Having been active since 2008, the band have released various splits and EPs under the last decade as well as two albums, including 2014 debut ‘Rescue’ and last year’s sophomore LP ‘Laika’, on Apres Vous Records.

The band have also announced the following dates as their final live appearances.

APRIL
27 ALDERSHOT West End Centre
MAY
12 CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach

It shows the band performing the songs ‘Leash’, ‘Undercover’ and ‘Long Distance’, all three of which are taken from their second album ‘Our Pleasure’, which was released in June via Big Scary Monsters (UK/EU) and Dine Alone Records (NA).

The band will also be playing the following UK shows with Cassels this November.

NOVEMBER
15 BRIGHTON Green Door Store
16 LONDON Kamio* w/ Gender Roles
17 BIRMINGHAM The Flapper
18 MANCHESTER The Star & Garter
19 GLASGOW 13th Note
21 LEEDS Brudenell Community Room
22 NOTTINGHAM Bodega
23 CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach* w/ Samoans

* w/ Lady Bird

photo: Ryan Jupp

The song is taken from their second album ‘Laika’, which was released last week via Apres Vous Records.

The band will also be playing the following shows.

NOVEMBER
09 BRISTOL Hy-Brasil Music Club
13 BRIGHTON The Green Door Store w/ Cosmic Strip, Midfield Workhorse + Glove
14 LONDON The Old Blue Last
16 BIRMINGHAM The Flapper
23 CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach w/ Single Mothers + Cassels

The song is taken from the Cardiff alt rockers’ upcoming second album, ‘Laika’, which will be released on the 29th September via Apres Vous Records. Pre-orders are available here.

The band will also be playing the following shows.

SEPTEMBER
29 SWANSEA The Swansea Fringe
NOVEMBER
09 BRISTOL Hy-Brasil Music Club
13 BRIGHTON The Green Door Store w/ Cosmic Strip
14 LONDON The Old Blue Last
16 BIRMINGHAM The Flapper
23 CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach w/ Single Mothers + Cassels

It is taken from their upcoming second album, ‘Laika’, which will be released on the 29th September via Apres Vous Records. Pre-orders are available here.

The band have also confirmed the following UK shows.

SEPTEMBER
22 LONDON Notting Hill Arts Centre
23 CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach
29 SWANSEA The Swansea Fringe
NOVEMBER
09 BRISTOL Hy-Brasil Music Club
13 BRIGHTON The Green Door Store
14 LONDON The Old Blue Last
16 BIRMINGHAM The Flapper

The Cardiff alt rockers will be releasing the album on the 29th September via Apres Vous Records. It can be pre-ordered here and you can listen to the first single, ‘Patience’, below.

This jazzy fuelled thrash song is one part of a double A-side single, which will be available on Sunbird Records on the 14th October. The other track featured on the limited edition 7″ record is ‘Calla De La Cruces’.

This release follows their self titled debut album, which was released via FXD Records in 2014.

The quartet will also be supporting the release on a few UK dates next month.

Listen to ‘Perfect Hibernation’ by All the Best Tapes at Echoes and Dust

OCTOBER
06 DARWEN Sunbird Records w/ Samoans + Atlas:Empire
07 MANCHESTER TBC
14 EDINBURGH Opium
15 GLASGOW Bloc

Samoans’ brilliant debut full-length Rescue is released Monday. Keep your eyes peeled for our review, and stream the record over at Kerrang!.

Cardiff CF10 – July 22nd
Manchester Sound Control – July 23rd
London Islington Academy – July 25th
Glasgow ABC2 – July 26th

To start the day, GWDIHW played host to the irrepressible CUBA CUBA, who never fail to put on a fine show. Tracks from recent album ‘Where Else Is Safe But The Road?’ sound excellent, and a Few technical hitches aside, the band’s alt-indie dulcet tones kicked off the day impeccably. They’re long overdue a big break, and hopefully they won’t be tucked away so much next year at SWN.

Next, a trip across town to Clwb brought us the charming and mood tanking acoustic wares of Tobias Hayes under his SHOES AND SOCKS OFF monicker, and the man’s unique talets for depressing the fuck out of a room and simultaneously being awesome really show no sign of fading.

With a little time to kill, KUTOSIS take things a bit 2004 in Dempsey’s, blasting out some fairly repetitive garage rock. Though they’re not terrible, there’s nothing in particular to write home about, and the sound in the “village hall”-esque venue does them no favours either.

Next up, in Undertone’s charming basement venue, are HAIL! THE PLANES. Despite some hilariously bad sound mixing in places, the band’s off-kilter folk puts the room in a trance, and the brilliant arrangements across violen, trumpet and saxophone bring their songs to life. Led by a fantastic performance from violinist/vocalist Holly, the band are easily one of the most interesting things we saw all weekend.

Dashing back over to Dempsey’s, TIGER PLEASE smash through a set of almost exclusively new material. The band have had an excellent few years, and the new tracks are sounding as promising as everything that’s come before. Whenever and however ‘The Narrator’ arrives, it’s going to be a very exciting record, and seeing some of the new tracks live for the first time, we hope it arrives sooner rather than later.

For our final trip to Clwb for the weekend, SAM DUCKWORTH brings the house down with an incredible set to a captivated audience downstairs. Some great slide guitar work accompanies a great vocal throughout, and there’s no doubt he’s still one of the UK’s most interesting and relevant singer/songwriters.

To close off the day, we headed back to the basement of Undertone for SAMOANS, who have no trouble delivering the goods. The band really are one of the unsung greats in the UK at the moment, and hopefully 2012 will be the band’s year.

Our trip to SWN Festival, brief as it was, was amazing – it’s a great weekend for music discovery and catching up with old friends. Cardiff has loads of great venues hidden away, and the festival itself feels like it’s been put together with love for new music. Roll on SWN 2012 – we’ll be in it for the long haul next time!

TOM AYLOTT