The Automatic - This Is A Fix
Nick Harrison - Oi Rude BoyuLive: The Automatic Full UK Tour
Bringing back the guitars to the uLive stages throughout November
Following up on the cracking opening with dan le sac vs. Scroobius Pip, uLive are pleased as punch to announce The Automatic as the next artiste to grace the uLive stages of Students' Unions across the UK.
With their bold second album This Is a Fix, you'll see The Automatic, the little band from Cardiff with the big ideas and the bigger tunes as you've never seen them before. And in more ways than one…
You'll notice the subtle reshuffle in the band's ranks. Away to pursue new projects is founding keyboard player Alex Pennie. In- though not as a direct replacement, is former Yourcodenameis:milo frontman Paul Mullen, adding another flank to James Frost's guitar assault, and providing melodic counterpoint to Rob Hawkins' vocals. All built upon Iwan Griffiths' pummelling drums, it makes up for a bigger, fatter sound, just as dynamic, just as melodic, but simply 'more'
And following up on their well-received debut, new album This Is A Fix brilliantly marries the strongest elements from all four members' back-stories; soaring choruses, skewed futurist rock, gigantic riffs, moments of all out mentalism- though not, necessarily in the way round you might expect.
The tour dates are:
02/11/2008 - Preston- 53 Degrees
03/11/2008 - Liverpool Guild of Students- Stanley Theatre
05/11/2008 - Swansea- Sin City
06/11/2008 - Bath Students' Union
07/11/2008 - Coventry- Warwick Students' Union
08/11/2008 - Guildford- Surrey Students' Union
10/11/2008 - Norwich- The Waterfront
11/11/2008 - Colchester- Essex Students' Union
12/11/2008 - Uxbridge- Brunel Students' Union
13/11/2008 - High Wycombe- Bucks Students' Union
15/11/2008 - Hatfield- University of Hertfordshire
16/11/2008 - Leeds University Union- Stylus
17/11/2008 - Hull University Union
19/11/2008 - Bournemouth- The Old Fire Station
20/11/2008 - Reading Students' Union
21/11/2008 - Derby Students' Union
The main support for the tour is Nick Harrison. Signed to A&M, Nick recently released a download-only single called Oi Rude Boy which Jo Whiley adopted and played a number of times on Radio 1.
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