ANIMALS AS LEADERS postpone European tour, including 4 UK shows

ANIMALS AS LEADERS POSTPONE EUROPEAN TOUR, INCLUDING 4 UK SHOWS

Boundary pushing instrumental trio, ANIMALS AS LEADERS, have regretfully postponed their European Parrhesia headline dates, including 4 UK shows, in January 2023.

The band have shared the following statement on their social media, “To our fans in Europe & the UK. We are very sorry, but we will be postponing the January Parrhesia tour. We would like to apologise to everyone who has purchased tickets to see the tour and for the short notice of this news. We will be announcing the rescheduled dates in the coming weeks. All tickets purchased will still be valid for new dates.”

The affected dates are:

Tue 10th Jan – UK – BIRMINGHAM The Mill

Wed 11th Jan – UK – GLASGOW Garage

Thu 12th Jan – UK – MANCHESTER O2 Ritz

Fri 13th Jan – UK – LONDON O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Sat 14th Jan – France – PARIS Cabaret Sauvage

Mon 16th Jan – The Netherlands – ZOETERMEER Boerderij

Tue 17th Jan – The Netherlands – NIJMEGEN Doornroosje

Thu 19th Jan – Germany – COLOGNE Essigfakbrik

Fri 20th Jan – Germany – MUNICH Backstage Werk

Sat 21th Jan – Germany – BERLIN Lido

Sun 22th Jan – Germany – HAMBURG Uebel & Gefährlich

An announcement with details of the rescheduled dates will be made in due course. All tickets will remain valid for the rearranged shows.

ABOUT ANIMALS AS LEADERS

It might sound strange to associate “storytelling” with instrumental music. But ANIMALS AS LEADERS jettisoned the rules, limitations, and boundaries of conventional rock music from the start. Armed with palette-expanding eight-string guitars, rich synths, and pummelling percussive grooves, the trio is beloved by metalheads, aspiring virtuosos, jazz fanatics, and casual listeners alike. As Pitchfork observed, “Animals As Leaders have walked the tightrope between sheer technical virtuosity and actual emotional resonance.” Even without vocals, this is intimate, myth-making music.

ANIMALS AS LEADERS began as a solo outlet for guitarist Tosin Abasi, whose creative partnership with classically trained guitarist Javier Reyes and Berklee-educated drummer Matt Garstka is built on a shared love of everything from fusion to technical death metal. Garstka graced the cover of Modern Drummer in 2015. In one of his many appearances on their cover, Guitar World named Tosin among the Guitarists of the Decade. Rolling Stone featured him as part of their “Young Guns” series. The Chicago Tribune declared him “the closest thing prog-metal has to an Eddie Van Halen.”

Kerrang! included their album, ‘Weightless’ among its Best Albums of 2011. ‘The Joy of Motion’ entered the Billboard 200 at No. 24 in 2014, and ‘The Madness of Many’ cracked the Top 20 in 2016. Now more than a decade into their career, a quick look at the bands they’ve toured with demonstrates the consistently diverse appeal of ANIMALS AS LEADERS. It’s a list that includes Korn, Deftones, Thrice, Meshuggah, Underoath, TesseracT, and Circa Survive as well as major festivals with the likes of Linkin Park, Avenged Sevenfold, and Slipknot.

ANIMALS AS LEADERS offer more than clinic-ready musicianship and proficiency. A focus on mood, texture, and emotive power elevates the material past any preconceived notions, resulting in a fascinatingly unique phenomenon, with an unlikely and profound appeal across multiple sub-genres and over 200 million career streams to date.

Animals As Leaders

PARRHESIA

Track Listing

1.Conflict Cartography

2. Monomyth

3. Red Miso

4. Gestaltzerfall

5. Asahi

6.The Problem Of Other Minds

7.Thoughts And Prayers

8. Micro-Aggressions

9. Gordian Naught

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