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The Hoosiers at Bodega SocialDate: Fri 29th Sep Time: 20:00 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF DEBUT ALBUM ‘THE TRICK TO LIFE’ HUGE UK TOUR PLAYING IT IN ENTIRETY 2007 saw The Hoosiers explode upon an unsuspecting public with their debut album “The Trick To Life”, which reached the top of the album charts and spawned the indie-pop classics ‘Worried About Ray’ and ‘Goodbye Mr A’, which still pack out indie dance floors a decade later. Never released on vinyl, the band will be selling a new limited edition vinyl pressing and expanded 2CD edition of their debut when they undertake a huge UK tour that will see them play the album in its entirety, something they've never done before. The multi-platinum success of their debut album raised huge expectations for its follow-up, not least at The Hoosiers’ record label. The prophetically titled “The Illusion of Safety” was, all the band agree, a troubled project from the start. Irwin suggests, “The word ‘hit’ is substituted for ‘good’. There’s an art to writing under those conditions, but it wasn’t one that worked for us. It exacts a toll on too many writers. You give up too much if you do that.” “The News From Nowhere”, released in 2014, was an astonishing return to form along with 2015’s “The Secret Service”, both self-released after the above troubles with labels. “Doing it on our own terms,” says Irwin, “and actually having a proper say in it, felt wonderful. We had nothing to lose, but a lot to prove.” Tension, creativity, democracy, arguments, time apart, coming back together, and then songs. Lots of them. Gone is the self-consciousness of the dog days around their second album; gone, too, the self-doubt. In their place is a deeply rooted – and hard-won – confidence, and a determination to lock back in to the freedom and joy of the early days. 29-Sep-17 Nottingham Bodega 01-Oct-17 Milton Keynes MK11 03-Oct-17 Canterbury The Lounge 04-Oct-17 Bournemouth Old Fire Station 05-Oct-17 Guildford Boileroom 06-Oct-17 Stoke Sugarmill 07-Oct-17 Coventry Kasbah 10-Oct-17 Norwich Waterfront 11-Oct-17 Leicester O2 Academy 2 12-Oct-17 Oxford O2 Academy 2 13-Oct-17 London Scala 14-Oct-17 Derby The Venue 18-Oct-17 Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach 19-Oct-17 Stroud Subscription Rooms 20-Oct-17 Bath Komedia 21-Oct-17 Exeter Pheonix 22-Oct-17 Bristol Fleece 25-Oct-17 Manchester Club Academy 26-Oct-17 Sheffield O2 Academy 2 27-Oct-17 Chester The Live Rooms 31-Oct-17 Scunthorpe The Lincoln Imp 01-Nov-17 Newcastle O2 Academy 2 02-Nov-17 Edinburgh Potterrow 03-Nov-17 Glasgow King Tut’s 04-Nov-17 Doncaster The Diamond Lounge 05-Nov-17 Lincoln The Engine Shed 06-Nov-17 St. Albans The Horn Bodega SocialPelham StreetNottingham Nottinghamshire NG1 2ED (more) Would you like to see more information about Bodega Social? Let us know here and we'll do our best to get them listed and inform you when they are. The Hoosiers(more) Would you like to see more information about The Hoosiers? Let us know here and we'll do our best to get them listed and inform you when they are. |