The Whip finish LP, re-release limited edition single, tour.
By: Thomas Hannan
"Manchester, so much to answer for..."
Add to that list The Whip, dance rockers who since 2006 have been agitating the feet and limbs of indie clubs around the land, their track 'Trash' in particular rising to semi-seminal status amongst people to whom words like 'Kitsune' mean anything. Yet until now, said song has only had a limited release, finding its way on to a mere 500 pieces of vinyl. Given that www.yahoo.com estimates the world population to be 6,602,224,175, that means that there are roughly 6,602,223,675 people who don't own a copy of the single. Fancy that.
Come the seventeenth of March, assuming that Southern Fried Records press 6,602,223,675 copies of it (hey, they might...), that situation could be addressed. A week later, the band release their debut album X Marks The Destination, and to kill time before that head out on a tour with Simian Mobile Disco before embarking on their own headline dates from the 8th of March onwards. Tour dates, as they so often do, follow:
With Simian Mobile Disco:
31/1 - Zodiac, Oxford
01/2 - Plug, Sheffield
06/2 - Cockpit, Leeds
07/2 - Academy 3, Manchester
08/2 - Digital, Newcastle
09/2 - Arches, Glasgow
12/2 - Digital, Brighton
13/2 - Astoria, London
14/2 - Thekla, Bristol
Headline Shows:
08/3 - Birmingham Medecine Bar
20/3 - London SEOne
21/3 - Manchester Warehouse Project
22/3 - Sheffield DQ
27/3 - Aberdeen Tunnels
28/3 - Glasgow King Tuts
29/3 - Nottingham Stealth
05/4 - Bristol Start The Bus