One of Manchester's finest and most underrated bands, The Virginmarys
celebrate a worldwide deal with DoubleCross Records by announcing their
first release for the label on 1st October. ‘Dead Man’s Shoes’ is the
perfect taster for the band’s debut album, ‘King Of Conflict’.
Having spent the last
two years touring extensively, supporting the likes of Eagles Of Death
Metal, Slash, Ash, We Are Scientists and Skunk Anansie, repeated
headline club tours and appearances at Download and Sonisphere it’s
little wonder that the likes of Kerrang have already started to fall for their ‘attitude spitting guitars’. Altsounds suggested of one show ‘they own the stage so much right now I doubt anyone would blink an eye if they took it home with them’.
Such extensive touring fulfilled two of the trio’s aims, to create
their own fan base away from the full glare of media hype and to make
sure that they were battle ready when they recorded ‘King Of Conflict’;
laying down the album live under the watchful eyes of Toby Jepson and
Chris Sheldon
(Pixies, Foo Fighters, Biffy Clyro, etc). Given that they have already
sold out London’s Garage as an unsigned band and that the forthcoming
debut album is a contender for rock record of 2013, mission accomplished
on both fronts.
For those playing catch up, ‘Dead Man’s Shoes’, according to bassist Matt Rose, ‘encompasses exactly what The Virginmarys are about, it’s the ultimate Virginmary’s tune’. Concerned with self-delusion, singer and lyricist Ally describes it as a song about ‘knowing what you do is damaging but doing it anyway’. The song melds a furious rock track to a dark story.
The Virginmarys are the
first signing to Cooking Vinyl’s new imprint DoubleCross. Phil Hopwood,
A&R man for the label is thrilled to sign the trio :
‘The
Virginmarys are incredible songwriters and live performers and we are
very proud to be working with them. They have a high level of intensity
and we feel they have the potential to be a huge international act’.
The Virginmarys tour the UK in support of ‘Dead Man’s Shoes’. All dates are below.
UK OCTOBER 2012
Wednesday 3rd
HULL, THE FRUIT
Thursday 4th
CARLISLE, THE BRICKYARD
Friday 5th
CAMBRIDGE, CORNERHOUSE
Saturday 6th
Saturday 6th
ALDERSHOT, WEST END CENTRE
Monday 8th
LONDON, THE OLD BLUE LAST
Tuesday 9th
WREXHAM, Central Station
Wednesday 10th
LIVERPOOL, O2 ACADEMY2
Thursday 11th
STOKE, SUGARMILL
Friday 12th
SOUTHAMPTON, Talking Heads
I can't wait to get this CD in February! These guys are awesome.
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