In the Woods festival

Now in its 7th year, Laurel Collective and friends are putting on their very special one day festival in an enchanted secret woodland location, just one hour south of London.

Curated and pulled together by the band with a small crew of dedicated helpers, the festival has fast become a watershed show for new talent, having seen Anna Calvi, Micachu + The Shapes and Alt-J play impressive sets just months before their careers took flight. The festival has also hosted Lianne La Havas who this year was nominated for BBC Sound of 2012 award. While espousing the virtues of small independent festivals has become de rigeur, the In the Woods crew are confident they’ve got more than enough on offer to make their event stand out from the crowd.They pay great attention to the acts they book, so punters are as likely to encounter a future star (Calvi) as much as a left-field brilliance (Connan Mockasin), soulful masters (The Invisible), noise rockers (Three Trapped Tigers) or even a veteran performer such as folk sensation Anais Mitchell. Mitchell’s stunning set last year showed her worthiness of the huge critical acclaim she has garnered, typical of the talent the festival chooses instead of the latest short lived “buzz” band. This years line up in the making promises to be equally diverse.

Amidst the carefully selected talent, beautiful lights and captivating art installations are scattered throughout the forest as punters mingle with nature and music over two stages, with local ales and food. A silent disco and gigantic bonfire keep things going til sunrise in a picturesque valley beside the site, and with only 750 tickets available from April 15th, the event has become one of the year's most unmissable parties. Join our mailing list to receive all the info on how to get to this special, exclusive event.

Date: Saturday 1st September 2012

http://www.inthewoodsfestival.co.uk/

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Halloween, Alaska on UK tour - Anna Calvi Support and Headline Show

“Halloween, Alaska may be a mythical town, but on the strength of All Night the Calls Came In, it's one you'll want to visit often.” Rough Trade

 

“The sounds — whether gravelly bass riffs or lighter-than-air background washes — are so carefully picked and programmed that you dwell on their texture in the same way that you’d run your finger over the grain in a piece of wood … Mesmerising stuff.” Sunday Times

 

Fresh off supporting Anna Calvi on the first leg of her European tour, Halloween, Alaska will be continuing their UK embarquement in support of Calvi on a string of Scottish and Irish dates next week, as well as a solo stop in t'North (see dates below).

 

Described live as a ‘full-blooded, proper rock band’ (Americana UK), the band will also play their own headline show in Edinburgh, which is set to be an intimate sceptical. The tour coincides with the release of the band's fourth album, All Night the Calls Came In, which is currently Rough Trade Shop's 'Album Of The Week'. The album will receive a full-on European release on Amble Down Records early next year.

 

All Night the Calls Came In also marks the solidification of a new lineup following an extended period of tension and transition. Singer/keyboardist James Diers, guitarist Jacob Hanson and drummer David King (The Bad Plus) are joined by newly recruited bassist William Shaw.

 

Halloween, Alaska were hurled onto the indie radar in 2004 with an auspicious self-titled set of electronically laced art-pop. Initially hatched by Diers and King as a low-key, studio-based diversion from other projects, the group soon took on a life of its own, spreading by way of Internet and TV to amass a sizable cult following. After 2005's Too Tall to Hide, the band's moody palette began to expand as original keyboardist/engineer Ev Olcott resigned his post and Hanson began to introduce weightier guitar work into the mix. The change was evident in the restless sprawl of 2009's Champagne Downtown, and when the group subsequently parted ways with original bassist Matt Friesen, the addition of Shaw set the stage for a more radical restart.

 

All Night the Calls Came In is both a continuation and a rethinking of Halloween, Alaska. Packed with forthright pop hooks and confident brooding, its tracklisting offers an earnest and compelling capsule of the band's self-imposed reboot.

14/11/11 – Manchester Cathedral – Manchester, UK*

15/11/11 – Oran Mor – Glasgow, UK*

16/11/11 – The Cockpit – Leeds, UK*

17/11/11 − Sneaky Pete's - Edinburgh, UK

19/11/11 – Vicar Street – Dublin, IRE*

20/11/11 – The Empire – Belfast, IRE*

* w/ Anna Calvi

Go here and grab this amazing free track ‘Dance By Accident’. We challenge you to sit still to those bassy grooves:

http://soundcloud.com/neverenoughpress/halloween-alaska-dance-by

  www.ambledown.com / www.halloweenalaska.com

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