South-coast 3 piece indie-punks GLOO have announced a run of UK tour dates in support of their their highly anticipated sophomore album ‘HOW NOT TO BE HAPPY’(set for release 27th August 2021 through the beloved UK independent, Hassle Records.) Fans can pick up tickets HERE.
Speaking on their triumphant return to the live circuit “Are we in a dream? Gigs are back and that means tours are back too?” exclaims GLOO frontman Thomas Harfield. “I don’t know if we’re either going to explode from excitement or be frozen in shock… but we’ll be there, van broken down or not. We’re so absolutely buzzing to get back out on the road again and to play to humans…”
Reflecting on the imminent release of their new album ‘HOW NOT TO BE HAPPY’ Thomas adds “We’ve only been able to show people the album in headphones or by watching our videos because of the lockdown restrictions, but that’s only half of it. These songs deserve to be seen, played loud and with plenty of drinks and flashing lights to get the full story… and we can’t wait to share it with you this summer.”
‘HOW NOT TO BE HAPPY’ packs 10 tracks of escapism that reflect the drudgery of the everyday but seek to shrug it off over the course of a thirty-minute blur of power-pop, post-grunge and punk rock. The album was recorded with producer Jag Jago (The Maccabees, Jamie T, The Ghost Of A Thousand) across the summer of 2020, in-between local lockdowns, travel bans and COVID restrictions.