Funeral for a Friend have a big winter ahead, and fans got the first taste of the band's forthcoming album Sunday.
"You've Got a Bad Case of the Religions" gave the world a brief look at the newly announced Chapter and Verse, which will be available from Distiller Records Jan. 19.
On top of the single and album announcement, the group also released an eight-stop tour schedule for January. Here is the current itinerary, with new dates italicized:
10/4: Edinburgh, UK @ Cabaret Voltaire
12/18: Cardiff, UK @ Y Plas
1/15: Bristol, UK @ Fleece
1/16: Birmingham, UK @ Institute
1/17: Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
1/18: Glasgow, UK @ King Tuts
1/19: Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK @ Riverside
1/20: Leeds, UK @ University
1/22: London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
1/23: Southampton, UK @ 1865
Have a listen to the new stuff via Stereoboard:
The Welsh band has never made a big impact in the U.S. — 2007's Tales Don't Tell Themselves was their highest-charted release at No. 135 — but they have cleaned up in the U.K. with all six of their LPs charting in the Top 40.
Chapter and Verse will come roughly a year after 2013's Conduit, which featured the singles "Best Friends and Hospital Beds," "The Distance" and "Nails."
Earlier this year, vocalist Matt Davies-Kreye spoke to Alter the Press! about the band's goals.
"We're doing a lot of touring and that's pretty much our drive," he said. "We don't have a lot of lofty goals. We don't want to be arena rock stars or anything like that ... I think we [be]came pretty aware around 2007 that actually we don't really want to be that kind of band. We're just going to play as much as we can, as hard as we can, which is difficult for us now because a lot of us are in our 30s and have families and it's a bit of a challenge. You know, you miss your bed, you miss your cats and you miss you family, your wife and everything."
