Today (3rd July 2020) Bristolian quartet PHOXJAW release their eagerly anticipated debut album Royal Swan, out now via Hassle Records.
“Hello, people of the World.
The day has landed and the wait is finally over. It’s time to take a sonic bath and wash all of the bad feelings down the plughole. This is PHOXJAW‘s best work, and we are so proud of this golden swan. As proud as watching your child’s first spin of the pedals on his bicycle. We did it all for you. It was always you. I love you x” – vocalist/bassist Danny Garland.
To celebrate, PHOXJAW have announced their Royal Swan UK headline tour, set to take place in February 2021. The ten-date tour will see support from electronic art-rock trio POISONOUS BIRDS.
Dates are as follows:
February
16th – Birmingham, The Victoria
17th – Bristol, Rough Trade
18th – Southampton, Heartbreakers
20th – Leicester, The Cookie
21st – Manchester, Gullivers
22nd – York, The Fulford Arms
23rd – Tynemouth, Surf Cafe
25th – Glasgow, Garage Attic
27th – Stoke On Trent, Sugarmill
28th – Norwich, Waterfront Studio
Tickets will go on sale on Monday 6th July at 10am BST.
Stream/purchase Royal Swan here: https://smarturl.it/Royal_Swan
PHOXJAW recently released a video for their single ‘Teething’, watch it here: https://youtu.be/EyHS1h_MU20
‘Teething’ follows ‘You Don’t Drink A Unicorn’s Blood’, which saw recent support from Daniel P. Carter on the Radio 1 Rock Show and features on Kerrang! Radio’s K! Nights playlist. Previous single ‘Triple AAA’ has also been championed multiple times by BBC Radio 1’s Indie Show with Jack Saunders, Radio 1 Rock Show, Kerrang! Radio, Amazing Radio and more.
PHOXJAW have announced their Royal Swan album release show, in partnership with Signature Brew. Due to the current lockdown the date for the event is to be confirmed, but tickets are on sale now and include a free beer. Those who purchase tickets and cannot make the date will be given a full refund.
Tickets are on sale here: http://signaturebrew.co.uk/phoxjaw
Born from a cabin-fevered recording experience at Devil’s Bridge in Wales, Royal Swan harks back to a fantastical medieval England. Without being overtly political, Royal Swan also details the tension inherent in modern day Great Britain – the sense of isolation and resentment the United Kingdom has fostered versus trying to retain a sense of pride in one’s own country. Listen out especially for the title-track and opening track for this.To this end, and in classic PHOXJAW style, Royal Swan enlists a range of local musicians and sound-experiences, adding to the band’s core unique sound. Devil’s Bridge Cottage leaves its mark on the record, fostering PHOXJAW’s claustrophobic recording experience and physically shaping the sound, with each band member recording in separate rooms (and guitars in an airing cupboard).
Self-produced, with drums recorded by Lewis Johns, Royal Swan marks PHOXJAW’s step into the limelight following two highly respected EPs (2018’s Goodbye Dinosaur… and 2019’s A Playground For Sad Adults). A rare group who combine humour, quirk, intrigue, a huge range of influences, and power, PHOXJAW are a band who’ll never stop having things to say.
Having toured with Black Peaks, Pagan, Zakk Sabbath’s cruise, Loathe and plenty more already, PHOXJAW have begun making waves in the UK underground rock scene. Solid support from Kerrang!, Metal Hammer, Rock Sound, Dan P. Carter’s BBC R1 Rock Show, Jack Saunder’s BBC R1 Indie Show, Total Guitar Magazine and more has earmarked this band as ones to watch, and rightly so.