Haircut 100 announce the release of the follow-up to their smash debut album released in 1982 Pelican West.  Boxing The Compass will be released on May 29 with a vinyl release to follow on June 26 via October is Orange Ltd, distributed in North America by BFD/ The Orchard. An unexpected second chapter in the Haircut 100 story gathered pace last year when their single ‘The Unloving Plum’, became Radio 2’s Record of the Week and the band played sold out shows across North America and The UK . Pre-Order Boxing The Compass here.

The band, all these years later still deliver the same groove-driven, horn-laced tracks that will comfortably sit alongside their classic ‘80s hits ‘Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)’, ‘Love Plus One’, ‘Fantastic Day’ and ‘Nobody’s Fool’.

Talking about the new album, frontman Nick Heyward says: ‘Boxing the Compass’ is the traditional way of finding out where you are on land or sea using the compass rose. We’re arriving back at the port we left 43 years ago with a log of songs from our personal travels. Wherever I’ve been in the world, I’ve always been Nick Heyward of Haircut 100 and we’re all ready to set sail again for more adventures on the high seas.”

Bassist Les Nemes adds: “We still tend to record in the old school fashion as much as possible, the technology moves forward all the time but our creativity and the way we approach the writing, performance and recording still has its roots firmly in 1982.”

On capturing the ‘Haircut’ signature sound guitarist Graham Jones says: “When we were recording backing tracks with Sean Read at Famous Times Studio, he watched us working in our unique way and said something like, “Ahh, I get it, I see how you get the Haircut sound”. It’s what happens when you know and trust the other members to be themselves. We know when it’s not ‘Haircut’.”

 

Boxing The Compass will be released on digital, CD and vinyl formats.

 

Boxing The Compass tracklist:

1. ‘Come Back To Me’
2. ‘Vanishing Point’
3. ‘Soul Bird’
4. ‘Raincloud’
5. ‘Sunshine’
6. ‘The Unloving Plum’
7.  ‘Someone’
8. ‘That’s a Start’
9. ‘Dynamite’
10. ‘A Wonderful Life’

Live Dates

HAIRCUT 100

Apr 27 – Southend UK , Chinnerys

Apr 28 – Oxford, UK – O2 Academy

May 1 – London, UK – Palladium

May 2 – Warwick, UK – Arts Centre

May 3 – Poole, UK – Lighthouse

May 7 – Cambridge, UK – Corn Exchange

May 8 – York, UK – Barbican

May 9 – Manchester, UK – Albert Hall

May 10 – Glasgow, UK – Pavilion Theatre

May 14 – Bath, UK – Forum

May 15 – Bexhill, UK – De La Warr Pavilion

May 16 – Basingstoke, UK – The Anvil

May 17 – Lincoln, UK – Engine Shed

Jul 5 – Guilfest, UK – Guildford

Jul 17 – Hampton, UK – Hampton Court Picnic Concert

Jul 25 – Dundee, UK – 80s Calling!

Aug 8 – Darlington, UK – Discovery Festival,

 

NICK HEYWARD SOLO:

May 3 – Huddersfield, UK – Let’s Rock

Jun 27 – Leeds, UK – 80s Classical

Aug 30 – Cottingham, UK –  Cottingham Folk Festival

Sep 10 – Poole, UK – St Peters – supporting Saint Etienne

Sep 11 – London, UK – Shepherd’s Bush Empire – supporting Saint Etienne

Sep 12 – Birmingham, UK – O2 Institute – supporting Saint Etienne

Feb 27 – Mar 6- 80s Cruise (New Orleans – Mexico – Belize – New Orleans)

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