Surrounding themselves with sources of comfort and escapism after a tumultuous year, English indie-pop band Scouting For Girls recently released their new studio album Easy Cover – a collection of 11 tracks celebrating their broad array of musical influences.
Going back to the music and culture of their childhoods in the 1980s, the band regrouped during what should have been a summer of festivals to curate a joyful album of 80s covers, alongside some incredible new, original tracks inspired by the music of the era. The result – a glittering LP full of solid gold bops from the bands’ favourite musical memories, from Tears For Fears, The Waterboys, Cyndi Lauper, Whitney Houston and Phil Collins.
Easy Cover Track Listing
1. Everybody Wants to Rule the World
2. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
3. I Wanna Dance with Somebody
4. The Whole of the Moon
5. The Look of Love
6. Put the Message in the Box
7. Easy Lover
8. End of the World as we know it (And I Feel Fine)
9. I Wish it was 1989
10. Neon Lights
11. Xmas in the 80s
We managed to catch up with Scouting For Girls’ lead singer Roy Stride as he talked about the latest album, upcoming tour and more!
2021 Headline Tour
September 2021
30th – Wrexham, William Aston Hall
October 2021
1st – Barrow, The Forum Theatre
2nd – Warrington, Parr Hall
3rd – Liverpool, O2 Academy
5th – Edinburgh, Liquid Rooms
6th – The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
7th – Fat Sam’s, Dundee
8th – The Boiler Shop, Newcastle
9th – The Empire, Middlesbrough
10th – The Barbican, York
12th- The Junction, Cambridge
13th – The Corn Exchange, Ipswich
14th – The Waterside, Aylesbury
15th – Gliderdrome, Boston
18th – De Montford Hall, Leicester
21st – The Town Hall, Cheltenham
22nd – The Factory, Barnstaple
23rd – The Cheese & Grain, Frome
25th – The Corn Exchange, Exeter
26th – The Engine Rooms, Southampton
28th – Madding Crowd, Bournemouth
29th – The Live Rooms, Chester
30th – The Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton
31st – Sub 89, Reading
November 2021
2nd – Fairfield Hall, Croydon
3rd – G Live, Guildford
4th – Dreamlands, Margate
6th – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone
8th – Chalk, Brighton
9th – The Apex, Bury St Edmunds
10th – The Roadmender, Northampton
12th – The Engine Shed, Lincoln
13th – The Leadmill, Sheffield
14th – The Picturedrome, Holmfirth
16th – University, Hull
17th – Victoria Hall, Stoke
18th – The Empire, Coventry
19th – The O2 Academy, Oxford 20th – The Venue, Derby
22nd – The Assembly Hall, Worthing
23rd – Del La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill
25th – Monroes, Galway
26th – Cyprus Avenue, Cork
27th – Limelight, Belfast
28th – The Button Factory, Dublin