Niki & The Dove Debut album – Instinct Released 14th May Mercury Records & UK Tour
Niki & The Dove, Sweden’s finest pro-pop musical duo, have announced the title and release date of their much-anticipated debut long player, ‘Instinct’. Out on 14th May in the UK, it features the critically-acclaimed singles ‘The Fox’ and ‘DJ, Ease My Mind’.
‘Instincts’ is set to be a landmark album. It’s a musical world of the bands’ own making. Spellbinding, it shows a band in complete control. Thrilling synth surges meet pop hooks, each track packed full of emotional weight. It’s a heavyweight pop record, one with a pure vision made up of very individual elements to create something wholly unique.
Forming in Stockholm in 2010 off the back of a long friendship, Malin Dahlstrom and Gustaf Karlof have so far released increasingly essential singles and EPs full of emotion, backed up by walls of synths, pounding drums and soaring vocals.
Niki & The Dove started the year in style, coming in at number 5 on the prestigious BBC Sound Poll, building on the fantastic support they’ve had over the past 12 months from Radio 1 from Annie Mac, and Huw Stephens, where the band’s latest single ‘DJ, Ease My Mind’ has been added to the B list. At the same time, they’ve appeared in the NME, Guardian Guide, The Observer, Sunday Times Culture and more. In recent months they’ve sold-out Cargo and supported Hurts on their UK tour.
Tracklisting:
Tomorrow
The Drummer
In Our Eyes
The Gentle Roar
Mother Protect
Last Night
Somebody
Love To The Test
DJ, Ease My Mind
Winterheart
The Fox
Under The Bridges
Niki & the Dove have just announced their most extensive UK headline show so far.
April
Fri 27 Sheffield – Bungalow & Bears
Sat 28 Reading – Oakford Social Club
May
Fri 4 Coventry – Kasbah – Groovy Garden
Sat 5 Leeds – Live at Leeds – Leeds Academy
Sun 6 London – Camden Crawl @ Koko
Wed 9 Southampton – Joiners
Thu 10 Brighton – Great Escape – NME Radar Stage @ Horatio’s
Wed 16 London – XOYO – Album launch Party
Fri 18 Liverpool – Sound City – Static Gallery
Sat 19 Glasgow – Stag & Dagger @ The Art School
Mon 21 Newcastle – Cluny
Tue 22 Birmingham – HMV Institute Temple
Wed 23 Cardiff – The Full Moon
Wed 30 Manchester – Ritz w/ Miike Snow
Thu 31 London – Brixton Academy w/ Miike Snow
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‘Extraordinary, unanswerable brilliance’ – Sunday Times Culture
‘Flamboyant, Bjork-influenced pop – The Independent
‘Touches of Prince, Kate Bush and Fleetwood Mac’ – NME
‘Dark, twisted pop with infectious swagger’ – Music Week
