We Are The Physics play free Glasgow gig on Saturday

We Are The Physics are set to play a free gig in their home city of Glasgow this weekend as part of Merchant City Festival.

They headline 13th Note this Saturday (27th July).

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Additionally, the band are due to play this year's Doune The Rabbit Hole festival at Cardross Estate near Stirling, performing on Friday.

More live dates are set to follow this Autumn.

We Are The Physics' second album, Your Friend, The Atom was released back in October of last year, and spawned singles Goran Ivanisevic, Applied Robotics and Napoleon Loves Josephine. Most recently, a 7-inch pressing of album track Dildonics was released alongside the never-before-heard B-side, Welcome Back, Paul Dirac.

This year will see the noisy Glaswegians hit the big screen with a role in God Help The Girl, the feature film written and directed by Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch.

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We Are The Physics release their brand new album – Your Friend, The Atom

The Glasgow sci-fi new wave punks - consisting of three Michaels and one Chris - recorded the follow-up to 2008's debut We Are The Physics Are OK At Music in their home city with producer Thomas McNeice.

“We recorded the album over eight months in a hole next to the bit where Primal Scream store all their gear”, explains vocalist Michael M, “we didn't use any because it's locked up. But we stared at it through gates and we recorded the sound of longing. Eight months wasn't continuous time in the studio, it amounted to about a week of actual work. We all have actual human jobs and our producer, Thomas, kept going away on tour with Gang Of Four so it prolonged the recording process. We can't be angry at him because he's our pal and recorded and mixed the whole thing for Tic Tacs.”

Your Friend, The Atom features both previous singles - the eponymous paean to Croatian tennis star Goran Ivanisevic, and frantic shoutfest Applied Robotics – as well as live favourite and latest single Napoleon Loves Josephine. The disco-punk stormer Dildonics and code-quoting Circuit Babies have been live staples for some time, while There Is No Cure For The Common Cold So Don't Expect A Cure For Cancer takes their stop-start jerk-pop to darker new levels with explosive curve-ball Olivia Neutron Bomb rounding off proceedings.

That's not to suggest the foursome have strayed too far from the sound that has them consistently marked as one of the UK's best live bands.

“Every time you hear about a band being 'experimental' in the studio, it's as bland as them recording a song barefoot or something 'zany' like recording a cat's yawn and looping it. We're a very subtle and reserved band, so we'd never resort to such tactics. Just kidding – Michael Guitar built a screeching Atari Punk Console into a shoe and used it to make dying Nintendo sounds. At first it was in a Twiglet tin, but that doesn't look as good as shoe. He used it while recording a cat yawning. Both he and the cat were barefoot.

“If there's any sort of theme to the record it's of ideas that seem good at the time but, in retrospect, are cataclysmically bad, echoing the actual album itself. There are songs on there about knee-jerk reactions, capitalising on culture, embracing failure, having affairs, the redundancy of male genitalia, the democratisation of technology, nuclear power, 1960s space exploration, radiation poisoning and junkies eating buns. We wouldn't ever write a love song - there's 60 years of them if you want to start sifting through them.”

We Are The Physics formed in Glasgow in 2005, taking influences from bands such as Devo, Ex Models, Cardiacs, The Skids, Servotron, Brainiac and Buddy Holly.

Known for their eccentric and frenetic stage shows, their nerd rock b-movie aesthetic has taken them around the world several times, sharing tours and Irn Bru with acts including Polysics, Art Brut, Franz Ferdinand, 30 Seconds To Mars and Sigue Sigue Sputnik, as well as playing major roles at UK and European festivals, including the NME/Radio 1 Stage at T In The Park.

2013 will see them starring in God Help The Girl, the feature film written and directed by Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch. In the meantime, they'll be making a lot of noise, very fast, somewhere near you.

Your Friend, The Atom Tracklisting:

Go Go Nucleo - For Science
Applied Robotics (e.g. Apollo 11)
Napoleon Loves Josephine
And So Now We're Wrestling With The Body Politic
There Is No Cure For The Common Cold So Don't Expect A Cure For Cancer
Goran Ivanisevic
Dildonics
Cluedo
Eat Something
All My Friends Are JPEGs
Junkie Buns
Circuit Babies
Olivia Neutron Bomb

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We Are The Physics new single Goran Ivanisevic

The track is a paean to the eccentric Croatian tennis superstar, and serves as the first taster of the Glasgow quartet's forthcoming second album.

Vocalist Michael M explains: “We know zero about tennis, but Goran has always been one of our heroes just because of the sheer determination he had, having lost the title several times and the fact he claimed at every match he was playing against five different opponents, one of which was himself. And also the ball boys. After losing a title he said he was going to kill himself, then after beating Tim Henman he claimed he was genius. Just that furious drive and refusal to quit in the face of worldwide sneering, we've always thought was equally admirable and terrifying”.

The follow-up to debut 'We Are The Physics Are OK At Music' will be released later this year. It was recorded in Glasgow with Gang Of Four's Thomas McNeice. 

Unveil brand new single 'Goran Ivanisevic, released TODAY!

Listen: http://soundcloud.com/wearethephysics/goran-ivanisevic 

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We Are The Physics UK tour dates announced

Fresh from this weekend's headline date in their home city of Glasgow, We Are The Physics have announced details of a UK tour this March.

The band, who are currently working on the follow-up to their 2008 debut 'We Are The Physics Are OK At Music', will head out in support of Johnny Foreigner - as well as make a couple more Glasgow appearances this Spring.

The dates are:

MARCH
03 Derby, Victoria Inn *
08 Brighton, Green Door Store *
09 Northampton, Legendary Labour Club *
10 Cheltenham, Frog & Fiddle *
11 Leeds, Brudenell Social Club *
16 Birmingham, Flapper *
31 Glasgow, Stereo **

APRIL
07 Glasgow, Deathkill 4000 @ Bloc
21 London, Upstairs @ The Garage *

* with Johnny Foreigner
** with The Plimptons

Watch We Are The Physics give you a tour of the studio they're recording in:  

http://youtu.be/eQiEB63HxOU

 

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We are Physics and The Victorian english gentlemens club tour dates

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New Glasgow date &k Barrowlands support this Saturday

Fresh from a micro-tour of the UK this weekend - and before their massive support slot with Kassidy at the Barrowlands in Glasgow, We Are The Physics have confirmed details of another hometown date. They'll play the Captain's Rest on 11th February.

17th December Glasgow Barrowlands (w/ Kassidy)

11th February Glasgow Captain's Rest

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End the year with two nights supporting The Wedding Present

The Victorian English Gentlemens Club will support The Wedding Present at two gigs at the end of this month, in Leeds and Glasgow.

The dates are:

29th December Glasgow Garage

30th December Leeds O2 Academy

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We Are The Physics and The Victorian English Gentlemens Club mini Russian Tour

To Russia, with love. We Are The Physics and The Victorian English Gentlemens Club were invited to travel together to Russia for a mini-mini-tour (two dates), and this weekend they'll be playing in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

25 November Moscow Club-Pirogi na Sretenke (info)
26 November St. Petersburg Erarta Museum of Modern Art (info)

We Are The Physics are currently working on their second album, and follow-up to debut 'OK At Music'.

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The Victorian English Gentlemens Club released third album, 'Bag Of Meat', back in June, and are well underway on a new project, entitled 'GYTS'.
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We are the Physics - New UK Tour Dates Announced

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New tour dates announced, including Glasgow headline next week, and Barrowlands support slot.

We Are The Physics have announced details of a handful of UK tour dates to end the year.

The band, who are currently recording the follow-up to their 2008 debut, 'OK At Music', will begin with a headline slot at Nice N Sleazy in their home city of Glasgow next week, on 11th November.

The other dates include London's Buffalo Bar, Nottingham Rescue Rooms and a sold out Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow, supporting Kassidy.

The full dates are:

NOVEMBER
11 Glasgow Nice N Sleazy

DECEMBER
9 Aberdare Elliot's Bar
10 London Buffalo Bar
11 Nottingham Rescue Rooms (w/ Swound!)
17 Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom (w/ Kassidy)

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