Dry the River shoot video with cult director + SXSW scheduleDry the River unveil video for 'New Ceremony' April 16th - RCA Victor "An extraordinary debut" - 5/5 - The Telegraph "Genuinely thrilling" - NME "This mix of fearlessness, craft and believability is irresistible" - 4/5 - Q "Epic, frenetic…rousing" - 4/5 - The Times Dry the River have announced details of the release of a new single. 'New Ceremony' will be released on Monday 16th April 2012 through RCA Victor. The single will be available as a limited edition gatefold 7” to coincide with Record Store Day, and digital download. The single is taken from their recently released 11-track debut album 'Shallow Bed', which was produced by Peter Katis (The National, Interpol) at his Connecticut home-studio during the summer of 2011 and is accompanied by a video filmed in L.A. by cult director Raul B. Fernandez whilst the band were on tour with Alabama Shakes. Having started the year with as one of the 15 artists on the prestigious BBC Sound of 2012 shortlist, they recently announced their biggest headline show to date at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire in November. This show follows their headline UK & IE tour in April and May, which includes a sold out show at the Electric Ballroom in London on May 2nd. Dry the River formed in spring 2009 and have lived together in the same shared house in Stratford east London since. Citing an esoteric list of influences - Leonard Cohen, At The Drive-In, Neil Young, Arlo Guthrie, Neutral Milk Hotel, Bruce Springsteen and Devendra Banhart – the band draw as much from their shared love of U.S. hardcore as they do from the classic songwriters they all admire. Dry The River are: Peter Liddle (vocals / guitar), Matt Taylor (guitar), Scott Miller (bass), Will Harvey (violin) & Jon Warren (drums). MARCH 14 - SXSW - Red-Eyed Fly - Transgressive Showcase - 11pm APRIL 17 - Nottingham - Rescue Rooms - UPGRADED VENUE MAY 02 - London - Electric Ballroom - SOLD OUT NOVEMBER 01 - London - Shepherd's Bush Empire http://www.drytheriver.net http://www.twitter.com/drytheriver http://www.facebook.com/drytheriver
March 9, 2012 11:39am ET by Dawbell
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