BLESSTHEFALL Announce UK Dates
After over two-years since blessthefall’s album ‘His Last Walk’ blessthefall have announced a UK Tour for October.
Formed in 2004 by a group of higher-thinking high-schoolers who wanted their peers to find meaning and camaraderie in their music, blessthefall was intent on making their post-hardcore/screamo blend a different breed that people would remember. After several gigs in the area, more than just the locals began to notice. Later, after a 3-song EP made the rounds at shows and landed in label hands, this buzzy and burgeoning band were signed to Warner subsidiary Science Records and making their first full-length.
Armed with a defiant new record and a new frontman, blessthefall returned to the scene in 2008 as a stronger entity than ever before. Witness, the band’s sophomore album and first with singer Beau Bokan, formerly of Take the Crown, was be released by Fearless Records, who signed the band in May 2009.
Witness is a forward-thinking record that boasts bigger choruses and heavier guitars. Recorded during summer 2010 with Elvis Baskette (Incubus, Escape The Fate, Story Of The Year) in Virginia, blessthefall took their collective struggles to the forefront to produce a highly personal and evolved album – and bombastic live show – that shows the band back is with vengeance.
The band has truly taken the world by storm, with dates in 16 countries in 2010, including a slot on Cool Tour with As I Lay Dying, Underoath and Between The Buried And Me, an Australian / New Zealand Tour with Story Of The Year and Saosin, South American and European Tours with August Burns Red, and a U.S. tour with Atreyu / Chiodos in support of Witness.
2011 looks set to be blessthefall’s year, kicking off with an appearance at Soundwave festival in Austalia before heading into the studio to record their third full-length in late spring. Named by Alternative Press as one of their Most Anticipated Albums for 2011, the record is set for release in fall 2011, with tour dates planned in support of the album.
Trying to win over new fans while appeasing the old may be a difficult task for some bands, but blessthefall accept it eagerly as a challenge that they’ll work toward with their forthcoming tours and releases.
Sat 15 Oct 2011London Relentless Garage* 0844 847 1678
Sun 16 Oct 2011Oxford O2 Academy 2 0844 477 2000
Mon 17 Oct 2011Birmingham O2 Academy 2 0844 477 2000
Tue 18 Oct 2011Manchester Academy 3 *0161 832 1111
Wed 19 Oct 2011Newcastle O2 Academy 2 0844 477 2000
Thu 20 Oct 2011Glasgow Cathouse 0141 248 6606
*Tickets are £10 (£12 London) onsale now – www.gigsandtours.com / 0844 811 0051
Support: Pierce The Veil and Motionless In White
Bless The Fall Are: Beau Bokan – Lead Vocals, Jared Warth – Bass, Screams, Eric Lambert – Lead Guitar, Backing vocals, Matt Traynor – Drums
Witness is out now on Fearless Records.
www.myspace.com/blessthefall
