The Northwestern, the new band formed by former Hope Of The States frontman Sam Herlihy and drummer Simon Jones, have announced a string of live shows to take place in August.
They will play the following dates:
August 13 Roadmender, Northampton
August 14 Barfly Cardiff, Barfly
August 22 The Royal, Derby
August 23 Fibbers, York
August 24 Moles, Bath Moles Bath
August 27 Plug and Play, Reading
Jones said: "We never set out to be a career band. I just don’t think
you can expect to make the same record over and over and expect people to take you seriously. We could have bashed out another same-sounding record with Hope of the States, but that just wasn’t for us.”
“With this new band everything has become exciting
again,” Herlihy added. “We just lost it for a while, but now it
just sounds like us as people and represents our situation. It feels
like a new lease of life.”
The band also plan to release an EP in October.
