WATCH: New Imperial Wax

Imperial Wax, the new band from the last and longest-serving line-up of The Fall, present their debut video premiering exclusively with tQ

Through their time playing with Mark E. Smith in The Fall, Keiron Melling, Dave Spurr and Pete Greenway also hold the honours of being the longest serving instrumental members of the mercurial group.

Now, the trio have joined forces with frontman Sam Curran for a new group, Imperial Wax, with debut album Gastwerk Saboteurs on its way on 17 May via Saustex Records.

The video for their debut single ‘No Man’s Land’ is streaming exclusively with tQ above. The band describe themselves as "noise rock & garage brawlers unafraid of a psych workout or a rockabilly dust-up."

The group have also announced a substantial UK tour for May and June, the full dates are as follows.

May

30, Huddersfield, The Parish

31, Manchester, Night People

June

02, Brighton, Prince Albert

06, London, The Islington

07, Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach

13, Glasgow, Broadcast

14, Newcastle, Think Tank? Underground

To pre-order the debut album from Imperial Wax, click here. You can find the band on Bandcamp here, and find out more on their website here

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