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LISTEN: New Pigs X 7 Track, LP And Tour
Jamie Ryder , July 9th, 2018 12:42

The mighty Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs will release their second album this September and tour throughout the end of the year

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs have announced a new album. The followup to 2017’s Feed The Rats is entitled King of Cowards and features contributions from folk musician and Quietus favourite Richard Dawson. You can listen to the single ‘Cake of Light’ below and pre-order the full record here.

Guitarist Adam Ian Sykes gave an account of the recording of King of Cowards, which did involve actual pigs. He explains that the group “hired a remote, converted barn in the Italian countryside and spent a week there writing the bulk of the album and trying to make friends with wild boar.”

King of Cowards is out 28 September on Rocket Recordings. Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs have also announced a tour, with two album release shows set for 27 and 28 September. Find the full dates below.

Pigs X 7 Tour Dates

SEPTEMBER

27 - Star and Shadow, Newcastle
28 - Moth Club, London

OCTOBER

25 - The Georgian Theatre, Stockton on Tees
26 - Soup Kitchen, Manchester
27 - South Street, Reading
30 - Tom Thum Theatre, Margate

NOVEMBER

22 - The Picture House Social, Sheffield
23 - Hope And Ruin, Brighton
24 - Temple Of Boom, Leeds
29 - Fulford Arms, York
30 - The Shipping Forecast, Liverpool

DECEMBER

01 - Nice 'n' Sleazy, Glasgow