Following the release of their gargantuan debut album ‘BUMMER’, Canadian duo cleopatrick have announced extensive European tour dates for 2022 – including their biggest headline show to date at London’s Electric Ballroom.
The shows will follow the band’s forthcoming completely sold out November headline UK tour, that will see them play across Royal Tunbridge Wells, London, Birmingham and Nottingham. Support comes from Brighton grunge band Sick Joy.
In anticipation for these shows cleopatrick have run a series of uncompromising live sessions of tracks from the album on their YouTube channel, titled ‘LIVE FROM THE BASEMENT’ – watch here.
Released earlier this year via their own label Nowhere Special Recordings, ‘BUMMER’ was lauded for its transgressive take on guitar music, with DIY Magazine commenting “Blending together their love for guitars and hip hop, the pair seem to have hit on an intoxicating formula that showcases the power those genres can possess when united…no one in rock right now sounds like Luke Gruntz”. CLASH’s 8/10 review stated “‘BUMMER’ is a record made to be played hard and loud, heard blaring out of car windows and making cavalcades in faceless crowds”, with Kerrang noting “Absolutely titanic riffs…cleopatrick’s obvious love of deafening rock and roll deserves praise”. ‘BUMMER’ will be available on vinyl on 16th October..
Since their inception, cleopatrick have proved themselves to be one of the most in-demand rising rock bands on the planet. They were the only band picked for Amazon Music UK’s Ones To Watch 2021, and have amassed over 100 million streams alongside multiple sell-out tours across Europe which included an immediately sold-out underplay at London’s Electrowerkz and several shows (including London’s Alexandra Palace) supporting Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes in 2020.
“We want our music to feel as big as hip hop does in the club – big subs and loud drums and vocals right up front. But lyrically, we want to sing songs that everyone in the crowd feels comfortable singing along to. There’s a [historical] formula to rock music where people sing about drugs and alcohol and sex and it’s so phony; it makes us so angry that kids who want to hear guitar music and get something from it and have a favourite band have to settle for that, and listen to these dudes lying to them,” Luke asserts. “It’s so gross to me and completely the opposite of how this genre started.”
At its heart, it’s an album about two friends, who’ve been with each other since the formative first steps that adorn ‘BUMMER’’s heartwarming cover images (two pictures taken by the pair’s kindergarten teacher from when Luke and Ian accidentally showed up to school in matching sweaters) and made something that’s a testament to the power of sticking to your guns.
cleopatrick live dates
November 2021
24th November – Royal Tunbridge Wells, Forum (SOLD OUT)
25th November – London, Islington Assembly Hall (SOLD OUT)
26th November – O2 Institute, Birmingham (SOLD OUT)
27th November – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham (SOLD OUT)
2022
3rd March – Belfast, Limelight 2
4th March – Dublin, Academy 2
5th March – Glasgow, Garage
7th March – Leeds, The Wardrobe
8th March – Newcastle, Newcastle University
10th March – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
11th March – Bristol, Trinity Centre
12th March – Sheffield, Leadmill
13th March – Manchester, Gorilla
15th March – London, Electric Ballroom
18th March – Southampton, The Loft
19th March – Norwich, The Waterfront
20th March – Brighton, Concorde 2
22nd March – Brussels, AB Club
23rd March – Paris, FVTVR
24th March – Amsterdam, Paradiso Nord
25th March – Hamburg, Molotow
27th March – Berlin, Hole
28th March – Munich, Backstage Halle
29th March – Nurnberg, Z-Bau
31st March – Nachtleben, Frankfurt
1st April – Stuttgart, Im Wisemann Studio
2nd April – Cologne, Luxor
DEBUT ALBUM BUMMER OUT NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL 16TH OCTOBER
