Beach Baby – Lost Soul, 15-date tour (Island)

Beach Baby confirm new single, ‘Lost Soul’ (Island Records)

Live: 15-date headline tour (Lexington, April 27^th) + festivals (Great Escape, Live at Leeds).

Radio 1, Beats 1, Radio X, 6Music + Spotify support

“Might just be the strongest thing the four piece have released yet” NME
“One of the best new bands in Britain” Sunday Times Breaking Act
“Make no mistake, Beach Baby have every means of triumphing in the big leagues” DIY
“Captures the best of several genres – post-punk, baggy, shoegaze, grunge –without sounding like a mess” Guardian
“That aching, inexplicable magic of college innocence is all here” Stereogum

“You’ll fall for this London foursome” i-D

Hear ‘Lost Soul’

‘LOST SOUL’ on Spotify and Apple Music

Beach Baby have confirmed details of latest single ‘Lost Soul’ – their first since signing to Island Records – which is available today and will impact on May 20^th.  The band head out on a 15-date headline tour this month, featuring The Lexington on April 27^th, in addition to a string of festival confirmations (Great Escape, Live at Leeds).

An early blast of spring, ‘Lost Soul’ blends Beach Baby’s slacker-inspired alternative rock with a keener focus on sunny 60s US pop, an idiosyncratic mix quickly becoming typical of the London four-piece. Lyrically, though, it’s less idyllic, describing an existential crisis in which (say the band) “you feel like a spectator in your own life, and are struggling to find a purpose. We also tried to infuse ‘Lost Soul’ with some of the sex and bravado of Motown, which is a new thing for us.”

In little over a year, Beach Baby have built up a tightly-sealed, vaguely surreal world of their own. They met in the musically-rich halls of Goldsmiths – via Brighton, Dorset and Sheffield – where co-vocalists Ollie and Lawrence placed an advert in halls looking to flesh out their then-folk-driven duo. Joined by drummer Shep and bassist Jack, the band’s songs – often transatlantic in sound – touch frequently on those less-glamorous uncertainties of post-campus life: apathy, escapism, and the distance between your own future and the iconic bands or movies you grew up on (John Hughes or ‘The Virgin Suicides’ have been an equal catalyst for Beach Baby’s early videos, with their wryly-detached snapshots of suburbia).

What a difference, then, twelve months can make: largely DIY, Beach Baby have picked up across-the-board support at Radio 1, Beats 1, 6Music and Radio X, topped Hype Machine, eclipsed 1 million streams on Spotify, and played to audiences around the UK, Europe and US. Currently recording their debut album, ‘Lost Soul’ suggests Beach Baby are moving closer to their moment in the sun.

April 13th       Bristol             Louisana **Headline Show w/ Willie J Healey**
April 14th       Cardiff             Clwb Ifor Bach **Headline Show w/ Willie J Healey**
April 19th       Glasgow          Stereo **Headline Show w/ Willie J Healey**
April 20th       Newcastle      Think Tank **Headline Show w/ Willie J Healey**
April 21st        Liverpool       Studio 2 **Headline Show w/ Willie J Healey**
April 22nd      Manchester    Soup Kitchen **Headline Show w/ Willie J Healey**
April 23rd       Leicester        The Cookie **Headline Show w/ Willie J Healey**
April 24th       Birmingham   Sunflower Lounge **Headline Show w/ Willie J Healey**
April 25th       Oxford             The Bullingdon **Headline Show w/ Babeheaven**
April 26th       Norwich          Norwich Arts Centre **Headline Show w/ Babeheaven**
April 27th       London            Lexington **Headline Show w/ Babeheaven**
April 29th       Southampton  Joiners **Headline Show w/ Babeheaven**
April 30th       Leeds                Live At Leeds Festival
May 1               Nottingham     Bodega **Headline Show w/ Babeheaven**
May 2               Guildford         Boiler Room **Headline Show w/ Babeheaven**
May 19-21      Brighton         The Great Escape Festival
July 15-17       Oxfordshire    Truck Festival