Boston Manor’s second album ‘Welcome To The Neighbourhood’ will be released this Friday and the band have unveiled a final taster with new song ‘England’s Dreaming’, which is streaming now. Vocalist Henry Cox says that it’s “Probably my favourite track on the record. The song’s about waking up one day and realising you have nothing in common with your fellow man.” This feeling of isolation and an over-riding sense of bleakness is a thread that can be followed through much of ‘Welcome To The Neighbourhood’. It’s an affecting collection of songs that inhabits a world rife with poverty and drug addiction, boarded up shops and a population unable to escape a predicament they didn’t even know they were in.
‘I’m just trying to draw attention to a few issues,’ says Henry of the record’s motivations. ‘The things that are important to my generation are just so trivial in my eyes, but who am I to say? I can’t really offer any immediate solutions, but I can try to throw a bucket of cold water on some of my peers, to just get them to feel more and think more and not be so apathetic.’
Produced by Mike Sapone (Taking Back Sunday, Mayday Parade, Public Enemy) at New Jersey’s Barber Shop studios in the dead of winter, the album’s story of disenfranchisement incorporates an ambitious new approach incorporating swathes of sound and pulsating synths into Boston Manor’s punk-fueled oeuvre. It’s an album that’s inspired by the likes of Deftones, Nine Inch Nails, Tool and Failure.
Boston Manor have also announced their biggest headline tour to date, which will see them traverse the UK throughout September. This follows a summer of festivals that saw them open the main stage at Download Festival and also involved a bombardment of crowd surfers during an epic set at 2000trees. On top of the imminent headliner and forthcoming stints in the USA and Australia, Boston Manor will be playing a number of special one off shows around the record’s release. See below for further details.
‘Welcome To The Neighbourhood’ Album release events:
Fri 07 Sep Sheffield The Church Full band set at 7:00pm
Sat 08 Sep Manchester hmv Live in-store & Signing at 5:30pm
Sun 09 Sep Leeds hmv Live in-store & Signing at 2:00pm
Mon 10 Sep Birmingham hmv Live in-store & Signing at 5:30pm
Tue 11 Sep Bristol hmv Broadmead Live in-store & Signing at 5:30pm
Wed 12 Sep Kingston Banquet Records Acoustic set & Signing at 6:00pm
Wed 12 Sep Kingston Bacchus w/ Banquet Full band New Noise clubnight show
‘Welcome To The Neighbourhood’ UK Tour:
(w/ support from Microwave, Drug Church & Wallflower)
Fri 21 Sep Bristol Thekla
Sat 22 Sep London Electric Ballroom
Sun 23 Sep Birmingham Mama Roux’s SOLD OUT
Mon 24 Sep Nottingham Rescue Rooms
Wed 26 Sep Liverpool Hangar 34
Thu 27 Sep Glasgow SWG3
Fri 28 Sep Leeds Key Club SOLD OUT
Sat 29 Sep Manchester Gorilla