(Sandy) Alex G shares two new tracks and announces UK tour

The newly-renamed (Sandy) Alex G is releasing his new album ‘Rocket’ on Domino later this month, and has shared two more tracks from it.‘Sportstar’ and ‘Rocket’ follow ‘Bobby’, ‘Witch’ and ‘Proud’ in previewing the follow-up to 2015’s ‘Beach Music’ LP.Alex Giannascoli has also announced that he’s to return to the UK and Europe later this year, playing a London show at Scala on 24th October.‘Sportstar’ is a slow, piano-based cut, while, on the total opposite end of Alex’s repertoire, ‘Brick’ is a two-minute thrasher, which sounds like, um, Death Grips.View the tour dates and listen to the new tracks below.OCTOBER17 Dublin, Whelan’s 18 Glasgow, CCA 19 Manchester, Deaf Institute 20 Leeds, Brudenell Social Club 23 Nottingham, Bodega 24 London, Scala 25 Cambridge, Portland Arms 26 Brighton, Patterns 30 Brussels, Witloof BarNOVEMBER03 Cologne, Acephale 05 Zurich, Papiersaal 06 Munich, Milla 07 Mainz, Schon 08 Berlin, Badehaus 09 Copenhagen, Loppen 11 Oslo, John Dee