"There’s despair but always hope, and love comes in various forms. ‘Men Without Hats’ is a 1990s-indie pop tinged super catchy coming of age story, Kom beautifully sharing the anticipation, embarrassment, then release on buying his first (audiocassette!) single." - TheDigitalFix.com

The Burning Hell release Double A side new single 'Men Without Hats' / 'Fuck the Government, I Love You' from their latest album 'Public Library'

The seventh Burning Hell album is a collection of eight short stories drawn from different sections of the bookshelf of the brain. A murder mystery rubs shoulders with a biography, while a romance leans against a prison diary. There’s a killer priest, a nameless band lost in Yorkshire, and Elvis and Michael Jackson moonwalking their way into space and/or global annihilation. Despair and hope go hand in hand here, and although Mathias Kom’s songwriting has never been wordier, the stories never stranger, and the band never louder, the essence of The Burning Hell remains constant: life is not really so bad, as long as you can laugh a little and you have something decent to read.

The Burning Hell is the alter-ego of Canadian songwriter Mathias Kom, and the band has been on the road in one form or another since 2007, playing everywhere from festivals like Glastonbury and Dawson City to bars, living rooms, abandoned bunkers, and a mental asylum in rural France. Musically, The Burning Hell runs the gamut from introspective folk to hyperactive rock and roll, and so the band can adapt to its surroundings like a karma of anthropomorphic chameleons, taking the audience on a supermarket-cart ride through hooky, upbeat pop songs, dark ballads about pet euthanasia, and anthems for barbarians, economic conferences, and love.

On occasion, Mathias goes on the road as a duo with clarinetist Ariel Sharratt, and their debut album “Ariel Sharratt & Mathias Kom: Don’t Believe The Hyperreal” came out in November 2015. More often, Mathias and Ariel are joined by bassist Nick Ferrio, drummer Jake Nicoll and guitarist Darren Browne. The Burning Hell release Public Library, a new album of distorted story-songs, in April 2016, and they’ll spend the better part of the spring and summer in their natural habitat: the tour van.

"Songwriter Mathias Kom, a mischievous, caustic people's poet with a world view that lets you know the good guys occasionally win"

Q Magazine

 "A lesson in wit and nuance”

Uncut  

"Kom doesn't try to create moments that are bigger then life. No, he focusses on life most basic elements combine in wonderful, magical reactions.Through Kom's eyes we see life is for the living, not for the dreamers. The real rewards come from finding the hidden beauty in what we have, who we are and who we meet, not in what we desire"

 Herohill, CA 

“Canada’s The Burning Hell write the kind of literate, funny, catchy songs that makes you want to learn all the words and shout them passionately back in their faces.”

Drowned in Sound

The Players:

Mathias Kom - vocals, guitar, trombone, bass harmonica

Ariel Sharratt - vocals, saxophone, clarinet

Darren Browne - vocals, lead guitar

Jake Nicoll - vocals, drums, pump organ, synths, piano

Nick Ferrio - vocals, bass guitar

Links:

Private album Stream: http://geni.us/1E4J 

Facebook: facebook.com/theburninghell/ 

Website: wearetheburninghell.com 

Amazing Radio: http://amazingtunes.com/bb-island/theburninghell

Record Label: http://www.bbislandmusic.com

Digital album link: https://BBISLAND.lnk.to/RUZZJ 

Live Dates:

Sun 8th May - Magic Lantern, Tywyn, UK tickets

Mon 9th May - Roisin Dubh, Galway, Ireland tickets

Tue 10th May - Whelan’s, Dublin, Ireland tickets

Wed 11th May - DeBarras, Clonakilty, Ireland tickets

Thu 12th May - Start The Bus, Bristol, UK tickets

Fri 13th May - Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, UK tickets

Sat 14th May (Matinee) - Eagle Inn, Salford info / tickets

Sat 14th May (Evening) - Eagle Inn, Salford (SOLD OUT)

Mon 16th May - Arden Road Social Club, Halifax, UK tickets

Tue 17th May - The Crescent, York, UK tickets

Wed 18th May - The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, UK tickets

Thu 19th May - The Drouthy Cobbler, Elgin, UK tickets

Fri 20th May - The Hug & Pint, Glasgpw, UK tickets

Sat 21st May - Village Hall, Mickleton, Durham

Sun 22nd May - Spanky van Dykes, Nottingham, UK tickets

Mon 23rd May - MIMA, Nottingham, UK  (FREE show at Institute of Modern Art www.visitmima.com) 

Tue 24th May - Oslo Hackney, London, UK tickets

Wed 25th May - Hope & Ruin, Brighton, UK tickets

Thu 26th May - Moshi Moshi @ Tom Thum Theatre, Margate, UK (SOLD OUT)