Holding Absence have been announced as support for the last to be announced Funeral For A Friend reunion show at Cardiff’s Y Plas on the 27th October. The Welsh post hardcore heroes are reforming for three shows in support of Stuart Brothers, a lifelong fan who has recently been diagnosed with terminal illness.
Vocalist Lucas Woodland comments: ‘We’re ecstatic to announce that we’ll be playing with Funeral For A Friend for the first of their 3 comeback shows. Being a post-hardcore band from South Wales we owe everything to FFAF, and never thought we’d get the honour of playing alongside them. It’s for a really special cause too, which says a lot about the character of this wonderful band, and the people inside it. We can’t wait!’
27/10 – Y Plas, Cardiff (Support from Holding Absence and Wallflower)
28/10 – Y Plas, Cardiff (Support from Raiders and Pay The Man)
29/10 – O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London (Support from Raiders and Those Damn Crows)
All three shows are sold out but donations are still welcomed at https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/forbigstu?utm_term=vANvWjzvW
You can read more about the shows and the reasoning behind them at https://www.funeralforafriend.co.uk/
Holding Absence released their self titled debut record back in March via SharpTone Records. Since then, the band has toured throughout the UK and Europe and more recently, they have announced that they’ll be making their way over to the US for the first time in September/October to support Being As An Ocean.
Listen to ‘Like A Shadow’ here: https://youtu.be/ayMMYcbp2Ls
Listen to ‘Perish’ here: https://youtu.be/aXv8GvkAzbs
Listen to ‘You Are Everything’ here: https://youtu.be/7yyQgcPR9Wo
Listen to ‘Monochrome’ here: https://youtu.be/QC_Wi-y9RzU
You can purchase the record on various formats now from: https://www.holdingabsence.com/