SHOWS SHOWS SHOWS (and some album info) (and some other stuff)

ENGLISH MARTYRS IS COMING OUT ON SPECIFIC AND KERVINIOU IN JUNE 2017 BUT FOR NOW PLEASE CONTEND WITH
 
INFORMATION RAFT #42

A SHOW IN THE UNITED KINGDOM!!

AS RARE AS THE TOOTH OF A HEN

SALFORD, THE CRESCENT, 13th May
+ The Vanity Project + Monster Island + Flat Four
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then onto FRANCE and BELGIUM for WILD TIMES

total victory are THE OFFICIAL TOURING BAND OF NATIONAL GO CANOEING WEEK

RENNES, BAR 'HIC, 29th May
+ Tomboctou

 
 NANTES, LIEU UNIQUE, 30th May
+ The Goon Sax + Peninsula

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TOULOUSE, LES PAVILLIONS SAUVAGES, 31st May 
+ Pylone + Patrick

poster by Lilicoorjet

GRENOBLE LA BOBINE, 1st June
+ Empereur
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METZ, LA CHAOUÉE, 2nd June
***RECORD RELEASE PARTY***
 + Malaïse + Oromocto Diamond 
>> facebook group

 


PARIS, LA MECANIQUE ONDULATOIRE, 3rd June
https://www.facebook.com/events/399226390460601/
+ The Courtneys + Yuck As Fuck
we join the excellent Courtneys on their bill for the third version of our final date of the tour! i think we open this evening so get down a bit earlier.

notre nom est GUEST

WE (and by 'we' I mean ML) ALSO MADE SOME MUSIC VIDEOS FOR SONGS OFF ENGLISH MARTYRS THAT ARE PRETTY GOOD IMO

'Once In Every Century' (above)

'Gore Seer' (below)

We should have copies of the record by the time we get to France. There are still a few ...vs. Big Electric copies left and we'll have those.

More on English Martyrs in a future blog as we'll likely let you hear it all just before official release. If you want to ask us anything, be it a journalistic enquiry or personal curiosity, the email address should be to your right.

Currently no word on the National Service re-press though all the original labels are involved as well as Specific. We have sent our money and re-jigged the artwork and it's out of our hands now. Might not make it to tour, what with the pressing plant backed up for the pointless exercise of Record Store Day. But it's going to be back out there.

In the meantime here are some words about ...vs. Big Electric. Mostly positive, some not as much. Can't win 'em all. Critical culture is important.

from BANT (Turkish) - http://www.bantmag.com/magazine/issue/post/55/894
from Pigeons et corbeau (French) - http://pigeonsetcorbeaux.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/total-victory-total-victory-vs-big.html
from Perte & Fracas (French) - http://www.perteetfracas.org/zine/kros2017/kros_t/total_victory_vs_big_electric.htm
from La Grosse Radio (French) - http://www.lagrosseradio.com/rock/webzine-rock/flashback-rock/p17948-total-victory-total-victory-vs-big-electric.html
from New Noise (French, can't google this) - https://twitter.com/_totalvictory/status/832291319989018626
from Silence Is Sexy (French) - http://www.silence-is-sexy.com/copie-de-albums-fevrier-2017

And maybe we'll get something withering out of this...

I mean if we are punk then we are entryist punks at best but where hell else can we send shit?

After all this we will shut the fuck up for the rest of the year, I GUARANTEE.