Rolo Tomassi Announce New Album

Third album Astraea out on November 5; UK tour dates below

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

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