Circa Waves release new track and self shot video for “Move to San Francisco” ahead of the release of the Happy side of their fourth studio album SAD HAPPY which will be available on all streaming platforms on January 10, 2020. FLOOD Magazine (who premiered the video) says, “It’s a song about weighing the idyllic versus reality, though the Super 8 film it arrives with is purely a daydream.”
Watch the video for “Move to San Francisco,” shot and directed by the band here:
Inspired by how quickly pop and hip-hop move in today’s streaming age, the Friday release of the Happy side of Circa Waves’ new album distills the band’s sound into its purest form while pushing it forward into a more expansive, and mature space. It’s a moving, energizing, and timelessly melodic record and incisive in its portrait of modern life. The heart and soul of the record lies in its hymns of fading relationships, self-deprecation, and anxieties of modern day.
Discussing new track “Move to San Francisco,” Kieran Shudall says: “Inspired by the Beatles favourite instrument the Mellotron, ‘San Francisco’ was written in a quick burst. It’s about escapism, pessimism, and Bruce Springsteen. In the spirit of DIY, we decided to film the video ourselves and let Joe edit the shit out of it. We walked to the highest point in San Fran, went to the lowest dive bars, and even filmed the Golden Gate Bridge. What the video lacks in camera prowess, it makes up for in idiotic charm.”
Lead single “Jacqueline,” which was released at the end of last year, is an infectious, Soweto-flavored groove that explores the theme of single motherhood in modern Britain. Fans will find songs like the anthemic “Move to San Francisco” and “Be Your Drug” just the kind of guitar-led sunshine pop rock they fell in love with five years ago. Happy was written and produced in full by Kieran Shudall and mixed by Grammy winners Dan Grech-Marguerat and Matt Wiggins.
| HAPPY 1. Jacqueline 2. Be Your Drug 3. Move to San Francisco 4. Wasted On You 5. The Things We Knew Last Night 6. Call Your Name 7. Love You More SAD 8. Sad Happy 9. Wake Up Call 10. Sympathy 11. Battered & Bruised 12. Hope There’s a Heaven 13. Train to Lime Street 14. Birthday Cake Circa Waves will also be heading out on their next headline UK tour in April. Kicking off at Glasgow’s O2 Academy on March 27th, the tour will also include a headline show at London’s Brixton Academy on April 3rd and finish with a hometown show at Liverpool’s Guild of Students on April 4th. Full tour dates listed below. CIRCA WAVES is Kieran Shudall, Joe Falconer, Sam Rourke, and Colin Jones. The band is available for interviews. |
| TOUR DATES: (Two Door Cinema Club support) Jan 17 – Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany Jan 18 – Docks, Hamburg, Germany Jan 20 – Carlswerk, Cologne, Germany Jan 21 – Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands Jan 23 – Olympia, Paris, France Jan 24 – Den Atelier, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Jan 26 – TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands Jan 27 – Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium (UK 2020 tour) March 27 – O2 Academy, Glasgow March 28 – Keele University SU, Keele March 30 – The Tramshed, Cardiff March 31 – O2 Academy, Leicester April 2 – The Waterfront, Norwich April 3 – O2 Academy Brixton, London April 4 – Liverpool Uni, Mountford Hall, Liverpool |