After a great 2016 for the band that included a no.1 album on the rock chart, a sell-out headline tour and a hugely successful European tour in support of Biffy Clyro, Lonely The Brave continue their prolific streak as songwriters by releasing a second song from their upcoming EP, a cover of long-time band favourite ‘The Rat’.

As a band known for picking covers that perhaps people wouldn’t expect from them; Cyndi Lauper, Bjork, Pink Floyd and Antony & The Johnsons are some of their previous conquests – ‘The Rat’ is a leftfield take on an already wonderful song by The Walkmen, one that showcases David Jakes’ peerless vocals and one that will hopefully introduce the song to a whole new audience.

Alongside the new EP, out on friday through Hassle Records, Lonely The Brave today kick off a tour supporting British alt-rockers Mallory Knox featuring dates in Cardiff, Edinburgh, London, Bristol and both band’s hometown of Cambridge. Known for their uplifting, atmospheric and anthemic songs, Lonely The Brave are joined on the line-up by their old friends and tour partners, the Glasgow three-piece, Fatherson.

March/April 2017 UK tour dates w/Mallory Knox & Fatherson:

20/03/17 - Bristol – O2 Academy

21/03/17 - Cardiff – Tramshed

22/03/17 – Norwich – UEA

24/03/17 - Birmingham – O2 Institute

25/03/17 – Sheffield - Leadmill

26/03/17 - Cambridge – Corn Exchange

28/03/17 - Aberdeen – Garage

29/03/17 - Edinburgh – Liquid Room

31/03/17 - Newcastle – University SU

01/04/17 - Liverpool – O2 Academy

02/04/17 - Portsmouth – Pyramids

04/04/17 - Oxford – O2 Academy

05/04/17 - London – KOKO

06/04/17 - London – KOKO

Tickets at: www.lonelythebrave.com 

Erasure (Andy Bell and Vince Clarke) have released the first track from their brand new album, World Be Gone, out 19 May 2017.  The band’s seventeenth studio album, is the follow up to the The Violet Flame (2014), and follows the band’s recent 30th anniversary celebrations.

World Be Gone sees the award-winning songwriters in a more reflective mood, giving the world and recent political upheavals a thoughtful examination and, as highlighted on the painted artwork showing a ship's masthead rising up from being submerged in the stormy waters, looking forward to the future.

Explains Vince Clarke, “Obviously the current political climate lends itself to lots of ideas”, Andy Bell continues, “I think there’s an underswell of opinion, and people are slowly waking up. I’m hoping that people will take the album in a positive way, that they’ll use it as optimistic rabble-rousing music.”

The enduring BRIT and Ivor Novello winning pop duo have released a staggering number of albums, including 5 UK Number 1’s and 17 top 10 singles (35 singles charted in the UK Top 40) and their recent best of, Always, saw Erasure entering the Top 10 album charts once again.

Erasure are delighted to have been invited as special guests on Robbie Williams’ 2017 stadium tour taking place in the summer. Ahead of those dates, Erasure perform three sold out headline shows: 27 May in Glasgow, 28 May in Manchester and 29 May at London’s historic Roundhouse.

Watch the trailer for the new album here