Nap Eyes at The Great Escape!

A quick reminder that Canada’s Nap Eyes will be playing at The Great Escape this year.

At The Great Escape – Brighton

Thursday 19 May at Late Music Bar – 10.30pm

http://greatescapefestival.com/artists/nap-eyes/

Other UK/Ireland Dates:

Thu 12 – Dublin –Whelans

Tue 17 – York – The Crescent
Wed 18 – Cardiff – Clwb Ifor Bach
Thu 19 – Brighton – Great Escape
Sat 21 – London – Moth Club

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Following a hugely successful SXSW and US tour, Canada’s Nap Eyes will be heading over for their first ever European tour in May. Their Great Escape time slot has been announced for 10.30pm at Late Music Bar on Thursday 19 May. They’ll also be heading out for other UK and Ireland shows in Dublin, York, Cardiff and London.
Nap Eyes‘ critically acclaimed new album Thought Rock Fish Scale was released last month via Paradise of Bachelors.

“Roll It”

Recorded live to tape, with no overdubs, on the North Shore of Nova Scotia, Nap Eyes’ quietly contemplative sophomore record Thought Rock Fish Scale refines and elaborates their debut, offering an airier, more spacious second chapter, a bracing blast of bright oceanic sunshine after the moonlit alleys of their debut Whine of the Mystic. But the briny, cold Atlantic roils beneath these exquisite, literate guitar pop songs, posing uneasy riddles about friendship, faith, mortality, and self-doubt.
For fans of The Only Ones/England’s Glory, The Modern Lovers, The Clean, The Verlaines, The Go-Betweens, Bedhead, and all things Lou Reed.

“Lion in Chains”

Praise for Thought Rock Fish Scale:
“It’s easy to imagine Lou Reed’s ghost giving Nap Eyes his gruffly benevolent blessing, impressed by their unvarnished diarizing in lean, art-pop songs that channel his spirit. But along with kitchen-sink detail, there’s real poignancy in the Canadians’ second set. Astutely played, instant charmers.” Uncut
“It’s almost a relief to hear the stoical guitar-bass-drums simplicity of this quartet. Concise, understated alt rock with cryptic, literate lyrics for Go-Betweens/Bill Callahan fans.” MOJO 4*s
“One of the most enjoyable and insightful albums released this year so far.” Drowned in Sound 8/10
“Thought Rock Fish Scale is an album brimming with passion and protest. It finds confidence in humility, power in relaxation. Its lethargy feels like an act of defiance against the hyper-speed pace of modern life.” Pitchfork