Last month, Girl Band released a Rough Trade EP that cobbled together such essential rippers as the Blawan cover “Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage.” It’s essentially the equivalent of getting clocked with a Coke bottle in the middle of a bar brawl starring a Road House-era Patrick Swayze and Steven Seagal before he was a reality TV star. And yet it hurts so good.
The Dublin band’s shows are très brutal, too, making the following tour routing a must if you’re in said cities. If you’re not, there’s always this imminent album to look forward to in the fall:
Girl Band tour dates:
5/24 Villette Sonique Festival, Paris – France
6/12 Philadelphia, PA – Voyeur #
6/13 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg #
6/14 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg #
6/16 Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair #
6/17 Hamden, CT – The Ballroom at the Outer Space #
6/18 Washington, DC – Rock and Roll Hotel #
6/19 Toronto, ON – Garrison ^
6/20 Toronto, ON – The Underground (The Drake Hotel) ^
6/22 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
6/23 Pittsburgh, PA – Brillobox
6/24 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
6/25 Brooklyn, NY – Rough Trade
7/18 Longitude Festival, Dublin – Ireland
8/7 Micro Festival, Liege – Belgium
8/8 Visions Festival, London – UK
8/14 La Route Du Rock, St Malo – France
8/27 Pop Kultur Festival, Berlin – Germany
9/4 Into The Great Wide Open Festival, Vlieland – Netherlands
9/6 Electric Picnic, Co. Lauis – Ireland
9/15 Incubate Festival, Tilburg – Netherlands
10/1 Roisin Dubh, Galway – Ireland
10/2 Seoda Shows @ DOLAN’S, Limerick – Ireland
10/3 The Pavilion, Cork – Ireland
10/6 100 Club, London – UK
10/8 Almo2bar, Barcelona – Spain
10/10 Mucho Flow Festival, Guimaraes – Portugal
10/11 ZDB, Lisbon – Portugal
10/12 Lata de Zinc, Oviedo – Spain
10/13 Dabadaba, San Sebastian – Spain
10/16 Keroxen Festival, Santa Cruz de Tenerife – Spain
10/17 Covo Club, Bolgna – Italy
10/18 Bad Bonn, Dudingen – Switzerland
10/20 Autumn Falls Festival @ Botanique, Brussels – Belgium *
10/21 Autumn Falls Festival @ De Kreun, Kortrijk – Belgium *
10/22 ACU, Utrecht – Netherlands *
10/23 V11, Rotterdam – Netherlands *
10/24 Let’s Get Lost, Zwolle – Netherlands
10/24 Vera, Groningen – Netherlands *
10/26 Ubel & Gefahrlich, Hamburg – Germany
10/27 Loppen, Copenhagen – Denmark
10/28 Ekko Festival, Bergen – Norway
10/30 Goldhorn, Leipzig – Germany
10/31 London Calling Festival, Amsterdam – Netherlands
11/3 Patterns, Brighton – UK
11/4 Soup Kitchen, Manchester – UK
11/5 Nation of Shopkeepers, Leeds – UK
11/7 The Button Factory, Dublin – Ireland
# with Viet Cong
* with Fist City
