Los Angeles based Army Navy released debut UK single Saints last week on Club Fandango. Produced by Adam Lasus (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Yo La Tengo), Saints – all sunshine doused West-Coast harmonies, melodius riffs and Lemonheads thrashy guitars -will be followed by their full length album Army Navy later this year. The four-piece have also just announced their first ever UK tour is starting next week: Monday 20th July – Unearthed @ Queen of Hoxton, London
Tuesday 21st July – Club Fandango @ Dublin Castle, London
Wednesday 22nd July – Buffalo Bar, London
Friday 24th July – Windmill, London
Saturday 25th July – Truck Festival
Saturday 25th July – Start the Bus, Bristol
Sunday 26th July – Camden Head, London
Having shared stages with the likes Arctic Monkeys, The Lemonheads, The Soft Pack, Cut Copy andTeenage Fanclub the quartet are fast gaining a reputation as one of the most exciting new groups in LA . The band’s recent performance on the
Conan O'Brien show can be viewed here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spydqs8x19k
- First ever UK tour next week
“Irrefutably charming and undeniably infectious” Filter Magazine
“Pure alchemy - Army Navy is a blast” Pitchfork (7.8)
“A splashy jangle of distorted guitars and winsomely defiant vocals” Spin Magazine
“Bounding jangle-pop guided by Kennedy’s plaintive, searching vocals” Rolling Stone
"A Posies-and Teenage Fanclub-style tsunami of melody and distortion that underscores the youthful essence of power-pop in all its bittersweet glory" NPR
"Saints (is a) lovely indie-rock swoon” Blender Magazine