Catfish And The Bottlemen’s The Balcony Released

 CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN’S DEBUT LP

THE BALCONY OUT NOW

“KATHLEEN” REACHES #1 ON BILLBOARD’S

 “REALTIME TWITTER CHART FOR EMERGING ARTISTS”

BAND TO PERFORM ON “LATE SHOW WITH DAVID

LETTERMAN” JANUARY 7

WINTER TOUR DATES CONFIRMED

U.K. breakout band Catfish and the Bottlemen’s debut LP The Balcony is out now via Communion Records. The album’s lead single “Kathleen” recently topped the Billboard “Realtime Twitter Chart for Emerging Artists.” The band will perform the hit and make their late night television debut on “Late Show with David Letterman” tomorrow, January 7. Watch the official video for “Kathleen” here: http://bit.ly/1mweWUt. To celebrate the release U.S. tour dates have been added, see below for details.

The band, which recently won the Introducing Award for “Best New Act” at the 2014 BBC Music Awards, continues to receive critical praise:

“Some of the Strokes’ tautness and new-wave underpinnings in crisply told

tales of romantic friction.”—The New York Times

“Triumphant.”—The Wall Street Journal

“Combining the garage-pop-disco sensibilities of bands like The Strokes and Phoenix with narrative hip-hop-esque lyrics inspired by The Streets.”—NYLON

“A force to be reckoned with.”—Vice’s Noisey

“Intoxicating drums and mesmerizing guitar solos.”—MTV

“You feel this lot could do something pretty big.”—NME

The Balcony was produced by Jim Abbiss (Arctic Monkeys, Adele) and includes tracks off the band’s acclaimed EP Kathleen and the Other Three as well as new, never-before recorded songs. The record was released in 2014 in the U.K. and Europe and charted in the top 10 on the official U.K. albums chart. In addition, “Kathleen” recently reached #1 on Sirius XM’s Alt Nation and is charting in the top 20 on the Alternative Radio Chart.

The U.S. release of The Balcony follows a year of extensive touring for the British rockers. They played to massive crowds at over 30 festivals including Reading and Leeds, Latitude, Ibiza Rocks, Austin City Limits, Governors Ball and Life is Beautiful. The band will return stateside to tour throughout the winter. 

Catfish and the Bottlemen are Van McCann (lead vocals, guitar), Johnny Bond (lead guitar), Benji Blakeway (bass) and Bob Hall (drums). Hailing from North Wales, the band signed to Communion Records in 2013 and made a splash onto the London music scene soon after, playing over 100 shows in 2014 alone.

TRACK LISTING FOR THE BALCONY

1. Homesick

2. Kathleen

3. Cocoon

4. Fallout

5. Pacifier

6. Hourglass

7. Business

8. 26

9. Rango

10. Sidewinder

11. Tyrants

 

CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN TOUR DATES

February 8                                                  San Diego, CA                                                The Merrow

February 9                                             West Hollywood, CA                                           Troubadour

February 10                                             San Francisco, CA                                      The Independent

February 12                                                 Portland, OR                                       Mississippi Studios

February 13                                                  Seattle, WA                                                         Barboza

February 14                                                Vancouver, BC                                                  Media Bar

February 17                                                  Denver, CO                                            Larimer Lounge

February 19                                              Kansas City, MO                                                Record Bar

February 21                                              Minneapolis, MN                                          7^th Street Entry

February 23                                                St. Louis, MO                                                       Firebird

February 24                                                  Chicago, IL                                             Schubas Tavern

February 26                                                Columbus, OH                                             The Basement

February 28                                                   Detroit, MI                                                           Shelter

March 1                                                        Lansing, MI                                                     Mac’s Bar

March 3                                                       Toronto, ON                                                The Garrison

March 4                                                       Montreal, QC                                              Divan Orange

March 5                                                        Boston, MA                                                    Great Scott

March 6                                                    Philadelphia, PA                                                    MilkBoy

March 7                                                        Buffalo, NY                                Studio at Waiting Room

March 9                                                      New York, NY                                        Bowery Ballroom

March 11                                                   Washington, DC                                                           DC9

March 12                                                    Richmond, VA                                                  The Camel

March 14                                                     Nashville, TN                                             The High Watt

March 15                                                      Atlanta, GA                                                            Vinyl