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Mancunian four-piece PINS have announced details of their debut album Girls Like Us and a UK and European tour for October.
The album comes out on Bella Union on September 30 and features thirteen tracks. It follows on from their debut EP Luvu4lyf released by Bella Union last autumn and their self-released cassette Eleventh Hour / Shoot You. The album contains both songs from their forthcoming 7″ and download single Stay True and Get With Me.
Faith explains the simple concept behind the album, which is reflected in the back-to-basics approach they adopted recording the album at Liverpool’s Parr Street Studios. “Girls Like Us isn’t about being like us, it’s about being yourself. I always wanted to be in a band, ever since I can remember, it’s all I’ve ever wanted to do. Our album may have been recorded and mixed in a week but it’s been dreamed about for years! We had to be ruthless but we’ve got each other’s backs, we don’t let each other make bad decisions.”
The album tracklisting is as follows :
It’s On
Girls Like Us
Mad For You
Get With Me
Play With Fire
I Want It All
Waiting For The End
Howlin’
Lost Lost Lost
Velvet Morning
Stay True
To You
The Darkest Day
PINS have a couple of gigs lined up next week before their October tour. Their complete schedule to date is:
19 July – Manchester, Fuel, Withington
20 July – Sheffield, Stage 2, Tramlines
31 August – End Of The Road Festival
5 October – Sheffield, Harley
7 October – Bristol, Louisiana
8 October – Brighton, The Hope
9 October – London, Birthdays
10 October – Norwich, Hog in Armour
11 October – Newcastle, Cluny
12 October – Glasgow, Broadcast
15 October – Liverpool, Leaf
16 October – Birmingham, Bull’s Head
17 October – Leeds, Belgrave Music Hall
24 October – Lille (France), La Peniche
25 October – Paris (France), Point Ephemere
26 October – Lyon (France), Le Sonic
PINS official website can be found here. New single Stay True can be downloaded now and is available on 7″ single from Bella Union on 22 July. They are on Facebook and Twitter. Louder Than War reviewed their recent show at the Lexington in London.
All words and photos by David Brown. You can see more of David’s work on Louder Than War here
