VASA - News
February 4, 2020
Glasgow Post-Rock Band VASA Share New Single ‘Everything Is Golden’ Out Now
Forthcoming Heroics Album Details Revealed
Released 21st February 2020
February 2020 UK + EU Tour Dates w/ Thank You Scientist
Following an exclusive premiere with Rolling Stone Magazine India, Scottish post-rock band VASA are streaming brand new track ‘Everything Is Golden’ today on all good digital service providers.
The single is the latest to be taken from their new album, Heroics, with the band revealing the artwork and tracklist for the record today alongside the new cut. Released 21st February 2020.
Commenting on the track, the band said: “‘Everything is Golden’ appears early in the album and showcases the more joyful and optimistic side of VASA, which manifests itself in large riffs and larger breakdowns. The title is a reference to the nostalgic feeling we get when reminiscing about our younger years when we lacked the burden of knowledge and responsibilities that come with growing older.” .
To celebrate the release VASA will take to the road through February 2020 with an extended run of tour dates through the UK & mainland Europe with support on select dates from Thank You Scientist (see below for full listings).
On their live schedule, the quartet say: “As with most bands, we’d love to bring our music to as wide an audience as possible. It feels like instrumental music can cross borders that more lyrically dense music may struggle with due to language barriers. Being a proudly Scottish band, we feel the desire to get out and experience other parts of the world—and find common ground with people from vastly different cultures to ours—is more important than ever, as the UK tears itself apart and distances itself from our closest neighbours.”
Since forming in October 2011, the quartet have seen a rush of support from national press and huge swathes of the post-rock community, giving way to tour dates with experimental music heavyweights and hotly tipped newcomers such as Black Peaks, Deafheaven, Maybeshewill, This Town Needs Guns, Brontide, Poly-Math, and Body Hound, plus appearances at ArcTanGent, T in The Park, Wickerman Festival, PORTALS and more.
A continuation of their unrelentingly upbeat and joyful approach to the occasionally tawdry world of post-rock, Heroics sees them as riotous and celebratory as ever. Thankfully, despite their maturation, VASA are still the kind of band that consistently remind us that this whole music lark is meant to be fun, right?
VASA Live Dates:
14/2/2020 - Mainz @ Schon Schön*
15/2/2020 - Haarlem @ Complexity Festival*
17/2/2020 - Plymouth @ Underground *
18/2/2020 - Southampton @ Joiners *
19/2/2020 - Bristol @ Exchange*
20/2/2020 - Birmingham @ Mama Roux’s*
21/2/2020 - Glasgow @ Stereo^
22/2/2020 - Leeds @ Wharf Chambers^
29/2/2020 - London @ 10 Years of Chaos Festival^
* w/ Thank You Scientist
^ VASA ONLY
