MERCHANDISE ANNOUNCE UK TOUR; NEW VIDEO FOR ‘TOTALE NITE’

Merchandise have a brand new self-directed video for the titular-song of their ‘Totale Night’ EP. After the success of their first shows at The Great Escape and 100 Club last month, we’re excited to announce that their first full UK tour has been booked for August and September. It’s an exhaustive jaunt, but Merchandise are now a four-piece, with a new drummer in situ.

In an attempt to summarize Merchandise, the basics will suffice: What began as a standard three-piece punk band has turned into something else entirely. Over the years the band has changed from a trio to a duo, back to a trio again for last year’s Children of Desire LP, and now to the entity that will tour this year: a foursome. The Children of Desire album, entirely self-recorded in the band’s Tampa, FL home, did much to expose Merchandise to a greater audience. Merchandise’s new record ‘Totale Nite’ is another evolution in their sound, five long-form songs are more focused and nuanced than any of their previous efforts, full of pop hooks with an experimental bend throughout.

MERCHANDISE UK DATES:
08-17 London, UK – The Hive Project
08-19 St. Albans, UK – The Horn
08-20 Birmingham, UK – The Hare And Hounds
08-21 Glasgow, UK – Broadcast
08-22 Manchester, UK – Deaf Institute
08-23 Leeds, UK – Leeds Festival
08-24 Liverpool, UK – East Village Arts Club
08-25 Reading, UK – Reading Festival
08-26 Bedford, UK – Esquires
08-27 Cardiff, UK – The Globe
08-31 County Laois, Ireland – Electric Picnic
09-01 Salisbury, UK – End Of The Road
09-02 Bristol, UK – The Fleece
09-03 Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
09-04 Sheffield, UK – The Queens Social Club
09-05 Oxford, UK – The Jericho Tavern
09-06 Brighton, UK – The Haunt
09-07 Isle Of Wight, UK – Bestival