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Eagulls to headline 2014 dates
By Aly Barchi | Published on Monday 16 December 2013
Flightless Leeds quintet Eagulls, who are good at making angry punk music, have confirmed the biggest headline shows of their short lives. Following a trio of dates (14-16 Feb 2014) supporting Parquet Courts, the real UK-based fun will unfold as follows:
27 Feb: Liverpool, The Shipping Forecast
28 Feb: Bristol, The Louisiana
4 Mar: Birmingham, Hare & Hounds
5 Mar: London, Electrowerkz
6 Mar: Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
7 Mar: Glasgow, Nice N Sleazys
8 Mar: Newcastle, Head Of Steam
In Eagulls release news, the band’s new single ‘Tough Luck’/’Opaque’ is out on limited edition seven-inch vinyl as of today. Their first LP, ‘Eagulls’ meanwhile, will follow on 3 Mar 2014.
Here’s lead Eagull George Mitchell on the story behind the ‘Tough Luck’ video, which is below: “‘Tough Luck’ originated from a poem I wrote about my granddad’s webbed feet titled ‘Thalidomide Poem’. The original poem was written from a child’s ‘pondering’ point of view. Intrigued by difference as a child I asked why my Granddad’s dissimilar feet were so unlike mine and I was told it was due to a tablet which was used in the ‘olden days’ to help mothers get through morning sickness during pregnancy”.
He goes on: “I later found out that this tablet was the drug Thalidomide which caused numerous birth defects. The song is portraying the gamble of trusting in something without knowing the consequences. ‘Touch wood’, everything will be fine. But then ‘tough luck’, sadly you’re left with misfortune with your gamble”.
