Battles NZ Tour

Battles NZ Tour

Feel Presents/Tally Ho Presents is pretty darn hoppingly excited to announce two New Zealand dates for the super heated BATTLES. If you haven’t already heard the first single ‘Atlas’ getting thrashed on your local bNet radio station, or seen the video on C4 (or on YouTube), then almost certainly you will have heard someone talking about something they heard that sounds like nothing else they have ever heard….and now you CAN hear them – Live!

Auckland – Friday the 21st of September – Kings Arms

Wellington – Saturday 22nd of September – San Francisco Bath House

Tickets on sale nationally from Thursday 12th of July at Ticketmaster.co.nz and Real Groovy stores

The Battles are John Stanier (Tomahawk, Helmet), Ian Williams (Don Caballero) Dave Konopka (Lynx) and Tyondai Braxton

Having served time in seminal acts Don Caballero, Helmet, Tomahawk, Lynx and The Mark of Cain amongst others, Battles draw from a sprawling range of styles and sounds and distill this erratic static into the tightest mindfuck jams to be committed to playable format. Tyondai Braxton is the son of noted experimental/idiosyncratic jazz musician Anthony Braxton, who has released over 100 albums since the 1960s. Battles appeals to fans of key alternative international acts such as Mars Volta, Explosions In The Sky, TV On The Radio, Fugazi, Tortiose, Melvins etc…

The first single Atlas is a verifiable anthem, unrelenting and gigantic, but never surrendering them skewed aesthetic of the band’s past. This rhythmic rocker features some freaky vocals, a stomping drum beat & a captivating juggernaut of a groove & has a killer video featuring Battles performing in style.

The video for Atlas had an exclusive international release on Pitchfork, and has already received 335,000+ views on Youtube…have a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpGp-22t0lU

Tour Contact;

Tally Ho representative: Ben Howe 096387999 ben@archhill.co.nz or Simon Coffey, 0211745392, liz.cotton@xtra.co.nz
Press: Lucy Macrae – lucy@border.co.nz / 09 415 0540

What they are saying about the Battles:

NME 'the sound of post punk genius at play’ …

MESS & NOISE "Having listened to about 5 songs now I’m hearing Animal Collective, Hot Chip, The Futureheads, Oompah Loompas and The Chipmunks in this shit. it's good." …

DROWNED IN SOUND 'single of the year’

THE GUARDIAN SINGLE OF THE WEEK 'Atlas is something else..it's a gleaming slab of silicon-bright disco splattered with crunchy guitars and big wobbly gloops of synthesiser that's been scientifically proven to induce broad grins and spontaneous limb movements in everyone that hears it' …

PLAYLOUDER ‘the most exciting seven minutes of music you're likely to hear all year” a giant mirrored cube, spinning through outer space, showcasing their inimitable

Locally, Scott Kara in the NZ HERALD gives the album Five Stars and writes “these guys need iron bars to keep them restrained…for fans of Can, TV on the Radio and the Mars Volta.”

CHEESE ON TOAST ‘ It’s like a pulsating rhythmic child with ADD…they rule’
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