Enter Shikari formed while still in school in 2003. As soon as the summer came around, they climbed in the van and hit the road. They’ve pretty much never come home since.
Nearly three years of constant touring has turned Enter Shikari into one of the most exciting, brutal and explosive live bands on Britain’s screamo / post-hardcore ‘scene’ and has placed them in the position of being arguably the biggest unsigned band in the UK.
A tent-lifting appearance at 2006’s Download festival saw Enter Shikari step it up a gear, playing to their largest crowd so far an a rammed-to-the-rafters Gibson / MySpace stage.
Despite attracting attention from several major and large indie labels, Enter Shikari have chosen – for the time being – to release their music on their own label, Ambush Reality, which the band run and co-own with their management.
‘Mothership’ is Enter Shikari and Ambush Reality’s first release.
It was recorded in Newcastle with Justin Lockey of Your Code Name Is: Milo, and mixed in London by Pedro Ferreira (The Darkness, Therapy?).
‘Mothership’ is released on August 27th as a download only single.
(A full-blown single - physical formats and everything. the whole shebang - entitled ‘Ok, Time For Plan B’ will be unleashed upon the world in October 2006, but let us not get ahead of ourselves just now).
To bridge the gap between then and now, Enter Shikari have made available, as a FREE download, the track ‘Enter Shikari’.
A trip to
www.7digital.com/entershikari will score you a copy of that.
There’s a hella lotta Enter Shikari shows ‘tween now and November… but the main ones are these dates for their first ever full headline tour;
Oct 14 Queens Hall. Narbeth
Oct 15 Sugarmill. Stoke
Oct 16 Academy 2. Newcastle
Oct 17 Academy 2. Liverpool
Oct 19 Tunnels. Aberdeen
Oct 20 Viewfield. Arbroath
Oct 21Cabaret Voltaire. Edinburgh
Oct 22 King Tuts. Glasgow
Oct 23 Roadhouse. Manchester
Oct 25 Komedia. Brighton
Oct 26 First Floor. Derby
Oct 27 Pitz. Milton Keynes
Oct 28 Fibbers. York
Oct 29 Bar Academy. Birmingham
Oct 30 Zodiac. Oxford
Nov 1 Barfly. Cardiff
Nov 2 Cavern. Exeter
Nov 3 Joiners. Southampton
Nov 4 Mean Fiddler. London
Further reading on the subject of Enter Shikari can be found at
www.entershikari.com or
www.myspace.com/entershikari 
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Enter Shikari - Mothership - download only single released August 27th and UK tour
