LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts) Smokey Bastard's new album 'Back to the Drawing Room' is out now through Bomber Music. The Reading based folk punks are on tour throughout the UK in support of the new album over the next 2 weeks.
Tour dates:
Sat 14 Nov - The Stag and Hounds, Bristol, UK
Sun 15 Nov - Exile, Plymouth, UK
Mon 16 Nov - Boileroom, Guildford, UK
Tue 17 Nov - Lady Luck, Canterbury, UK
Wed 18 Nov - The Islington, London, UK
Thu 19 Nov - Mk11,
Milton Keynes, UK
Sat 21 Nov - The
Phoenix Bar, High Wycombe, UK
Sun 22 Nov - The Owl Sanctuary, Norwich, UK
Thu 26 Nov - Leopard, Doncaster, UK
Sat 12 Dec - The Cornerhouse, Cambridge, UK
Speaking on the new release, Aled, the banjo player of Smokey Bastard, said, 'It's been a long process but we're extremely excited to have the new material out in the open and for it to be finally making it in to peoples ears."
The new album takes the next step in the band's progression. Over the years, Smokey Bastard have seen a number of line up changes and with each new member brings something new to the mix. When the band started, their aim was to emulate bands like
Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphys, but as we time went on, they worked hard on sculpting their own signature sound. During the writing of the second album, 'Tales From The Wasteland', they were branching out heavily from the well-trodden Celtic-Punk template. The new album, 'Back To The Drawing Room' is still recognisable as Smokey Bastard, but keeps going in the same direction with thier own, unique take on Folk-Punk, while incorporating a wide range of influences from the current band members.
After touring the UK and mainland Europe, playing a live Maida Vale session for the BBC
Radio 1 Punk Show and countless festival appearances, Smokey Bastard have now released their third offering, "Back to the Drawing Room". With a more progressive approach to rhythm and song writing, Smokey Bastard are pushing the limits of what you thought Folk-Punk could be.
What The Press Are Saying?
"a modern, British lease of life to a tired-out genre." - Rock Sound Magazine
"Fans of
Flogging Molly and
The Pogues take note, Smokey Bastard are a band you need in your life." - Big Cheese Magazine
"Smokey Bastard, with this record, have proved that there is life in the folk punk genre" - Sound-Revolution.net
"A band with a powerful capability to weld together a noise that moves the feet and the heart" - Sound Sphere
"one of the best and strongest rock bands in the UK." - Ringmaster
Smokey Bastard - 'Back To The Drawing Room' is out now on CD, 12inch Vinyl and
Digital Download through Bomber Music.
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