Nine Black Alps have finished recording their debut album and the buzz band’s singer Sam Forrest has told NME.com about the difficulties of bringing it together: “The sessions were quite stressful actually. It went on quite long, it took three and a half months which seemed a long time to us, but maybe that’s normal. It’s a bit of a weird process, you can listen to a song too many times I think while you’re doing it.”
Nine Black Alps, by the way, are one of the bands playing the The NME New Music Tour alongside Maximo Park, The Cribs, The Rakes, Towers Of London, Battle and The Checks. The dates for those live shows are:
18 May: Norwich Waterfront - Maximo Park, The Cribs, The Checks
19 May: Portsmouth Wedgewood - Maximo Park, Nine Black Alps, The Checks
20 May: Gloucester Guildhall - Nine Black Alps, Maximo Park, The Checks
21 May: Hull Silhouettes - Maximo Park, The Cribs, Towers Of London
22 May: Leeds Cockpit - The Cribs, Nine Black Alps, The Checks
23 May: Northampton Roadmenders - Maximo Park, Nine Black Alps, The Rakes
24 May: Bristol Fleece - Nine Black Alps, The Rakes, The Vega Method
24 May: London Garage - Towers OF London, The Checks
25 May: Brighton Concorde - The Rakes, Nine Black Alps, The Checks
28 May: Nottingham Rock City - Towers OF London, The Cribs, Battle
30 May: Manchester Roadhouse - Towers OF London, The Cribs, Battle
31 May: Birmingham Academy 2 - The Cribs, Towers Of London, Battle