Rolo Tomassi have announced that their third album, Astraea, will be out on November 5 via Destination Moon Records.
The LP promises both some of their heaviest material yet, matched to a showcasing of their lighter, more melodic side, and marks their first album with new members Nathan Fairweather and Chris Cayford.
Says keyboardist and vocalist James Spence: "At the first practice with Chris and Nathan, we demoed ideas for what would make a few of the songs that ended up on the album. It was a worry that it would take time to bed the new members in but the chemistry between us with writing was unbelievable. This album is exactly the direction I wanted to push the band in post-Cosmology and I don’t think we could have done it without Chris and Nathan,."
The band are supporting the album’s release with a tour of the UK – here are the dates:
OCTOBER
Sun 21 – Fleece, Bristol
Mon 22 – Haunt, Brighton
Tue 23 – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
Wed 24 – Rainbow, Birmingham
Thu 25 – Cockpit, Leeds
Fri 26 – Sumo, Middlesbrough
Sat 27 – Deaf Institute, Manchester
Sun 28 – King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
Tue 30 – Arts Centre, Norwich
Wed 31 – XOYO, London