Andy Shauf’s Foxwarren announce debut UK / EU tour
New album, 2, out now via ANTI-
Foxwarren by Landon Johnson
Selected praise for Foxwarren’s 2:
“A special new chapter, inspired and beguiling.” – **** – Mojo
“An intriguing collection that reveals more of itself with each listen.” – 8/10 – Uncut
“An urban folk-based patchwork of found/curated sounds wrangled masterfully by lead singer-songwriter Andy Shauf… it’s tip-top stuff.” – 8/10 – Classic Rock
“A glorious prospect.” – 9/10 – Louder Than War
Following the release in May of their acclaimed second record, 2, today the Canadian quintet Foxwarren – Andy Shauf, Avery and Darryl Kissick, Dallas Bryson, and Colin Nealis – announce their much-anticipated debut UK / EU tour.
Full dates below:
October 28 Amsterdam, NL Paradiso Zonnehuis
October 29 Groningen, NL Vera
October 31 Paris, FR Le Trabendo
November 2 St. Gallen, CH Palace
November 3 Munich, DE Ampere
November 5 Berlin, DE Frannz Club
November 6 Cologne, DE Gebäude 9
November 7 Brussels, BE Botanique
November 9 Leeds, UK Brudenell Social Club
November 10 London, UK The Village Underground
November 11 Bristol, UK Bristol Beacon
November 13 Dublin, IE Opium
Tickets go on sale from Friday 11th July at 12pm BST
Further details on Foxwarren and 2:
After touring their lauded 2018 self-titled debut, the band dropped the familiar band-in-a-room routine. Instead, in their own home studios across four provinces, all five members would upload song ideas, melodic phrases, or rhythmic bits to a shared folder. In Toronto, Shauf would then plug these into a sampler and construct songs from the fragments supplied by his bandmates, leaning into classic hip-hop techniques and musique concrète alike as unlikely lodestars. Foxwarren would convene at weekly online meetings, offering long-distance suggestions about which way a song might shift. The result is mesmerising and uncanny, an album that traces two sides of a relationship through 37 minutes of collage art that aspires to “sound best blasting out your car window”, as put by Shauf.
By himself, Shauf has already had a stellar career, his reputation built by the sweet melodies and uniquely imaginative and precise storytelling found on 2016’s The Party through to 2023’s Norm. Foxwarren, especially here, is a crucial part of that ongoing process, but 2 represents something even more significant – five friends now nearing the end of their second decade making music together, pushing against what they’ve learned how to do in order to venture somewhere new. It is the sound of friends who trust each other, cutting themselves loose from their past and their preconceptions to have some fun with a sampler and the very idea of songs.
Watch the Video For “Deadhead”
Watch the Video For “Yvonne”
Watch the Video For “Listen2me”
2 album artwork