Originally written by Luke Slater · 22 June 2010
Following on from their debut album release Our First American Friends, Kingston's "angular" rock quartet Tubelord will release a brand new EP, and one with a fantastic, if partly unpronounceable name. It's called Tezcatlipoca, contains three tracks and will be released on August 16 through Hassle Records.
The tracklisting for the EP is below, as is a stream of one of the songs from it, 'Ratchet'. We are told that the title is of Aztec origin and the compositions contained on it relate to the Aztec people and their understanding of time and space. Conceptual.
• Arbour
• Ratchet
• Bazel
Album art is this beaut:
If you want to see Tubelord live - which is highly recommended - then you've got plenty of chances to do so in the coming months, including an extensive tour in September and October.
June: 26 - Glastonbury Festival 30 - Berkshire, Wellington
July: 16 - 2000Trees Festival 25 - Birmingham, The Flapper
August: 1 - Y Not Festival 7 - London, ROTA @ Notting Hill Arts Club 15 - Skipton, Moor Music Festival 20 - Richmond Castle, Castle Calling 21 - Morton Stanley Festival
September: 21 - Leeds, Cockpit 22 - Sheffield, The Harley 23 - Manchester, Sound Control 24 - Northampton, Labour Club 25 - Lincoln, SCY 27 - Norwich, The Marquee 28 - Nottingham, The Central 29 - Reading, Face Bar 30 - High Wycombe, Nag's Head
October: 1 - Brighton, Freebutt 2 - Cambridge, Portland Arms 3 - Cardiff, Buffalo Bar 7 - London, Water Rats 8 - Portsmouth, Kraken Awakes 9 - Chester, Telford's Warehouse