False Advertising Line Up November Newcastle Dates + Release Debut Album ‘Brainfreeze’
False Advertising Line
Up November Newcastle Dates + Release Debut Album ‘Brainfreeze’
Album Out 8th November Via Alcopop!
False Advertising to play Newcastle’s
Head of Steam on Monday 11th November 2019 – Tickets; https://tinyurl.com/FalseADVERTISINGncl #Ad
Listen To ‘Influenza’ Here
“This band is about connecting with
people, but it’s also a very personal catharsis. With ‘Brainfreeze’, I really
want people to feel like it’s inclusive. It’s not just our tirade against the
world, we want people to feel welcome in the way they experience this band.”
Jen Hingley, False Advertising
Manchester 3 piece False Advertising are set
to release their brilliant and vibrant, debut album ‘Brainfreeze’ on November
the 8th through their new label, Alcopop (Art Brut, DZ Deathrays, Tigercub).
Having announced the signing on Monday 26th August, the band have also now
released their new single+video for the towering ‘Influenza’ which is out now,
AND have announced a UK headline tour in November to promote the new album.
These dates follow a very busy summer which has taken in a tour with Jamie
Lenman, headline shows across the country and appearances at Truck, Tramlines,
The Great Escape, 2000trees Festivals and many more.
Full list of False Advertising headline
shows are below (supports will differ on each night):
Nov 9th – Fairfield Social Club, Manchester
Nov 10th – Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Nov 13th – Key Club, Leeds
Nov 14th – King Tuts, Glasgow
Nov 16th – The Big Top, Cardiff
Nov 17th – Crofters Rights, Bristol
Nov 18th – The Black Heart, London
Nov 19th – The Prince Albert, Brighton
Nov 20th – The Forum, Tunbridge Wells
The tale of False Advertising kicks off on the
open-mic circuit of Manchester. Both Chris Warr (drums, vocals, guitars)
and Jen Hingley (vocals, guitars, drums) were involved with the vibrant
scene, and started working together on the occasional duet. This very early
version of False Advertising also involved Josh Sellers (bass) but the group
“tried to run before they could walk” and broke up.
“I’d been really inspired by that experience in
that first band so I started writing more and more songs by myself and putting
together scrappy demos in garage band,” says Jen (Hingley). She ended up
sending those demos to Chris (Warr) who was working as a producer at the time,
and the pair started working on music together. No pressure, no expectations,
just two mates making music. That initial spark between them stayed lit and,
after borrowing a practice space from their friends in The Hyena Kill, the pair
set about building something new. Conversation quickly turned to doing
everything themselves, which would be fine, if either of those guitarists had
ever played drums before. “We were a bit over-confident” admits Jen. They’d
dabbled with drums before but not with conviction, so they set about teaching
themselves their own songs. It’s where their instrument switching, role
swapping live show came from. It also helped inspire the name. “It’s that fake
it ‘til you make it approach to something.” Josh then came onboard to play
bass, complete the lineup and “keep everything together.”
“No one was aware of what we were doing. We were
doing it completely of our own volition and essentially in secret,” explains
Chris. “That helped us find something more unique. So much has been done in
guitar music over the past 80 years, we felt like we weren’t going to bring
anything fresh or new to the table unless we really went on a journey of
creativity with no pressure.” After over a year of working in the shadows, False
Advertising emerged fully-realised with the gnarled, heavy hitter single
‘Wasted Away’ in March 2015. From that moment on it was full steam ahead. A
string of singles led to a self-titled full-length demo being released six
months after their initial unveiling. And then six months after that, the band
released the ‘Brainless’ EP. All urgent ambition and heavy promises, it
demanded attention.
Over the following few years, the band supported
everyone from The Amazons and Idles to Everything Everything. They played SXSW,
were invited by Robert Smith to play his edition of Meltdown festival alongside
and put in appearances everywhere from Kendall Calling and Liverpool Sound City
to South Korea’s Zandari Festa. The music kept coming, and so did the acclaim.
They also put on their own festival, or Falsetival, in Manchester.
For this debut album, both Chris and Jen have
written songs for the album, but they’re united by a common thread exploring
“those feelings of being trapped or that your decisions aren’t your own, and so
it can feel like a brainfreeze,” offers Chris. ”I’ve always written politically
charged lyrics. There’s always been some sort of blame at society or some
levelling against some mystical protagonist or Orwellian grand puppeteer that’s
running the show. I don’t believe there’s an almighty evil ruler, but I
appreciate it can feel like that sometimes, particularly when you cant seem to
catch a break in life.” ‘At My Top’ takes a swing at the smoke and mirrors at
play around the news cycle, ‘Personal Gain is about elitism while ‘Heard It All
Before’, “is generally about anyone who rules for the wrong reasons.”.
There’s the opening burst of the new massive single
‘Influenza’, a song that looks at how a family member copes with a shared loss
and the anger and frustration that digs up, while ‘Uncomfortable’ is about
“people who go out of their way to be weird towards you for a reason you don’t
think is fair,” ‘Reading it Wrong’ looks at defiance and finding yourself. It’s
the turning point on the album where the narrator realised they’re in control
while the closing ebb and flow of the stunning ‘So Long’ sees Jen work through
the death of her mother with heartbreaking honesty. “I get a lot of catharsis
from False Advertising and what it allows me to do. I get to stand on stage,
jump around, sing loudly and be heard. The best thing is when you’re going
through that therapy and you can see that it might be prompting other people to
have a similar reaction.”
“It needs to find the right people,” continues
Chris. “People who feel like society hasn’t dealt them the best hand. People
who feel a little bit like an outcast, who are sat on the sidelines and feel
devalued. I’d like to bring those people together, I resonate with all those
feelings and we want to create a community of people who have common ground and
who show each other a little bit of understanding.”
‘Brainfreeze’, False Advertising‘s debut album
will be released on November 8th through the brilliant Alcopop record label.
Catch the band on tour through November.
False Advertising are:
Jen Hingley – Vocals and Guitar and Drums
Josh Sellers – Bass
Christopher Warr – Drums and Vocals and Guitar
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North East Show:
False Advertising to play Newcastle’s
Head of Steam on Monday 11th November 2019 – Tickets; https://tinyurl.com/FalseADVERTISINGncl
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