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SEAN McGOWAN – Reveals exclusive video from Shepherd’s Bush Empire – Headline dates this week – Album out 11 May 2018

March 8, 2018
SEAN McGOWAN
 
REVEALS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW & SESSION VIDEO HERE

UK & EUROPEAN TOUR DATES BEGIN THIS WEEK

DEBUT ALBUM ‘SON OF THE SMITH’ OUT 11 MAY 2018
In the run up to his debut album release, lyrically dextrous folk-punk troubadour SEÁN McGOWAN has shared an intimate new interview and session video – watch HERE

Featuring a stirring solo acoustic session of Seán performing currently unreleased track ‘Springhill’, the video also sees the budding singer-songwriter open up about family, football, his current influences, as well as lifting the lid on what to expect from his eagerly anticipated debut album release ‘Son of The Smith’ – out 11 May 2018 via Xtra Mile Recordings. 

This exclusive video was shot just hours before Seán took to the stage of the hallowed Shepherd’s Bush Empire earlier this year, while supporting Xtra Mile Recordings compadre Will Varley on his latest UK tour. 

The video arrives as Seán prepares to go to back to his homeland with a series of Irish shows throughout this week that begin at Cork’s Brú Bar (6 March) and wind up in Belfast this weekend. Seán will then tackle an extensive run of UK and European dates over the coming months as he tours ‘Son Of The Smith’ – see full dates and details below. 

Giving us our first taster of the new album ahead, Seán also recently released the single ‘Off the Rails’, which you can check out here

Recorded at SS2 Studios in Southend with labelmate Sam Duckworth (AKA Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.) and Jay Malhotra, ‘Son of the Smith’ will be released on Xtra Mile Recordings on 11 May 2018.  Disarming in its scope, surprising in its erudite tackling of life’s challenges, and strong of voice with just a dab of laddish humour – the album is aural personification of Seán himself. 

Preorders for the album on CD, LP and digital are available now:
 https://seanmcgowan.lnk.to/sonofthesmith 
 
 
Catch Seán on tour at the following UK & European dates:
 
MARCH HEADLINE SHOWS
08 Limerick Mother Mac’s
09 Dublin Vintage Room
11 Belfast Drone Mansions 
29 London 100 Club – supporting Ferocious Dog
 
APRIL SUPPORTING WILL VARLEY 
04 Leiden Gebr De Nobel, Netherlands 
05 Utrecht Tivolevredenburg, Netherlands 
06 Arnhem Luxor Live, Netherlands 
07 Groningen Vera, Netherlands
08 Hamburg Monkey’s Music Club, Germany
09 Berlin Bi Nuu, Germany 
10 Kassel Goldgrube, Germany
11 Munster Gleis 22, Germany 
12 Trier Lucky Luke’s, Germany 
13 Cologne Artheater, Germany 
14 Hannover Lux, Germany
15 Wiesbaden Schlachthof, Germany 
17 Karlsruhe Jubez, Germany
18 Munich Kranhalle, Germany
19 Baden, Switzerland @ Nordportel 
20 Winterthur, Switzerland @ Gaswerk 
21 Milan, Italy @ Serraglio 
 
MAY SUPPORTING FRANK TURNER
14 London Roundhouse (Lost Evenings II) 
 
MAY HEADLINE TOUR
15 London Monarch
26 Kingston Fighting Cocks
27 Bristol Crofter’s Rights
28 Birmingham Sunflower Lounge
29 Nottingham Bodega
31 Sheffield Totem
 
JUNE
1 Leeds Santiagos
2 Southampton Joiners
3 Cardiff Tiny Rebel
5 Exeter Cavern
7 Cambridge Portland Arms
8 Oxford Cellar
9 Reading Rising Sun Arts Centre
 
 
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‘Son of the Smith’
 Album track-listing
 
  1. Mind The Doors
  2. Cuppa Tea
  3. Romance Ain’t Dead
  4. Skin & Bone
  5. Porkie Pies
  6. Oh My Days
  7. Mind Your Head
  8. Springhill
  9. Local Boy
  10. Auto Pilot
  11. Life Has A Way
  12. Off The Rails
  13. Mind The Gap
 
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION
 
https://seanmcgowan.lnk.to/sonofthesmith

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