Originally written by Dom Gourlay · 10 April 2007
Birmingham-based experimentalists Shady Bard are to release their debut album, From The Ground Up, via Static Caravan Records on download from Monday 14th May and in the shops a fortnight later (May 28th).
The full tracklisting is as follows:
'Fires' 'Bobby' 'These Quiet Times' 'Frozen Lake' 'Treeology' 'Torch Song' 'Memory Tree' 'Penguins' 'From The Ground Up' 'Winter Coats' 'Summer Came When We Were Falling Out'
In the meantime, the band are also heading out on their biggest headline tour to date from 20th April, calling in at:
April 20 Walsall Wharf Bar 21 Manchester Night & Day (w/Beep Seals and The Nightjars) 22 Birmingham Bull's Head 23 Exeter Timepiece 24 Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach (w/Thomas Truax) 25 London Luminaire (Club AC30 w/Maribel and Airport Girl) 26 Bradford Love Apple 27 Sheffield Grapes 28 Bristol Louisiana 29 Brighton Prince Albert
May 1 Newcastle Star & Shadow Cinema 2 Leeds Dr Wu's 3 York Picture House 4 Lancaster Yorkshire House 5 Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire (Gimme Shelter Festival w/James Yorkston) 6 Glasgow Mono (Gimme Shelter Festival w/James Yorkston)