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Girl Band unleash an imposing ‘Baloo’ live session
Squeezing their enormous live sound into a tiny, pitch-black room, it’s a gripping view.
Girl Band have unveiled a new Rough Trade Session for ‘Baloo’.
The track, taken from the band’s debut album ‘Holding Hands With Jamie’ is played out in a dark room, frontman Dara Kiely’s impassioned screams framed against a sharper-than-nails backdrop. Watch it below.
‘Holding Hands With Jamie’ is out now via Rough Trade Records. We recently caught up with Girl Band to talk everything from chucking spoons to bringing back nu-rave - that’s here. The band tour the UK next year - full dates below:
FEBRUARY
19 John Peel Centre, Stowmarket
20 Concorde 2, Brighton
22 The Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
23 The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge
24 The Buyers Club, Liverpool
26 Tunnels, Aberdeen
27 Summerhall, Edinburgh
29 Village Underground, London
MARCH
01 The Exchange, Bristol
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