O MONOLITH LP // WARP // 9 JUNE 2023
With the genre-bending new single UNDERGROWTH and video game still hot off the press, alt-rock experimentalists SQUID have announced a series of intimate shows partnering with record shops around the UK. Starting on 10 June, the day following the release of their sophomore O MONOLITH album, tickets for the tour will be available from 11am on THURSDAY 27 APRIL from: https://squid.ffm.to/o-instore
The band will be performing songs from O MONOLITH at the record stores and beloved local venues, and there will be an exclusive cassette version of the album available on this run. Independent record stores will also have a very limited number of exclusive posters and stickers.
Expansive, evocative and hugely varied, O Monolith retains Squid’s restless, enigmatic spirit. It’s a reflection of the progression of a band always looking to the future. “We’re quite a musically stubborn band and, in an endearing way, it’s a stubborn record,” says singer Ollie Judge. Like its namesake, O MONOLITH is vast and strange, alive with endless possible interpretations of its inner mysteries.
Pre-order the album here: https://squid.ffm.to/omonolith
Watch the visualiser for UNDERGROWTH here: https://youtu.be/UU0XoFoqGkI
PHOTO CREDIT: ALEX KURUNIS
INSTORE & OUTSTORE DATES
JUNE
Sat 10 BRIGHTON Resident Records
Sun 11 BRISTOL Rough Trade Records
Mon 12 TOTNES Drift Records @ The Barrel House
Tue 13 SHEFFIELD Bear Tree Records @ Foundry Studio
Wed 14 LEEDS Crash Records @ Brudenell Social Club
Thu 15 LONDON Rough Trade East Records
SQUID also recently announced their biggest UK, EU and US headline tours for 2023 and 2024.
2023 UK & IRISH DATES
MAY
Fri 05 WREXHAM Focus Wales Festival
JUNE
Sun 18 WICKLOW Beyond The Pale Festival
JULY
Fri 21 HERTFORDSHIRE Standon Calling Festival
Sat 22 OXFORD SHIRE Truck Festival
AUGUST
Sat 05 LONDON Rally Festival
Fri 18 BRECON Green Man Festival
OCTOBER
Fri 13 BRISTOL SWX
Sat 14 BRISTOL SWX
Mon 16 BIRMINGHAM Town Hall
Tue 17 LEEDS O2 Academy
Wed 18 MANCHESTER New Century
Sat 21 GLASGOW Barrowland
Sun 22 NEWCASTLE Boiler Shop
Tue 24 BELFAST Mandela Hall
NOVEMBER
Wed 01 LONDON Troxy
O MONOLITH track listing:
- Swing (In A Dream)
- Devil’s Den
-
Siphon Song
- Undergrowth
- The Blades
- After The Flash
- Green Light
- If You Had Seen The Bull’s Swimming Attempts You Would Have Stayed Away