SNOW COATS Announce Sep/Oct 2023 UK Headline Tour Dates
“Ridiculously catchy guitar pop” - STEREOGUM
“Effortless, lovelorn indie-pop” - Rock Sound
“Astute, humorous, and kinda addictive” - CLASH
“Won't remain a buzzy secret for too much longer” - DORK Magazine
“Music bountiful in heart and warmth” - Noizze [8/10]
Dutch Indie-Pop Quartet SNOW COATS Announce Sep/Oct 2023 UK Headline Tour Dates
Tickets on sale now - https://linktr.ee/snowcoats
Further EU Support Dates w/ Bony Macaroni (NL) + Redwood + Wednesday (DE) On Sale Now
Watch The Video For New Single ‘Marie’
Watch here - https://youtu.be/ckrU4WNAZ8U
Second Album If it wasn’t me, I would’ve called it funny Out Now via Alcopop! Records
Stream and share: HERE
Purchase: https://ilovealcopop.co.uk/collections/snow-coats
Dutch indie-pop quartet SNOW COATS are pleased to announce a run of September/October 2023 UK headline tour dates, with tickets on sale now.
The quartet will also be playing a run of German tour dates alongside Guildford alt-rockers Redwood this summer, and supporting US shoegazers Wednesday in Holland, along with further select EU dates with Bony Macaroni (see below for full listings).
The band’s second album If it wasn’t me, I would’ve called it funny was released last year and is out now on all good streaming services via Alcopop! Records, with a vinyl release coming soon.
To celebrate the tour announcement, the band have revealed a new video for album track ‘Marie’, which is out now.
Commenting on the track, vocalist Anouk van der Kemp said: “‘Marie’ is a song that can take on a lot of forms I think because it’s kind of about a lot of things simultaneously. Mainly it’s a letter I’m writing to parts or versions of myself that I don’t really feel connected to anymore. A big part of the video is just a lot of versions of me, sounds kind of self-centred I know haha, but it also represents what a big part of the song is focused around which is me looking back on parts or versions of myself I don’t really recognize anymore.”
The band’s latest album If it wasn’t me, I would’ve called it funny was recorded during the 2021 lockdowns in Snow Coats’ own purpose built rehearsal space and studio following a run of UK/EU tour dates with Boston’s Future Teens, with the band working remotely alongside producer/mix engineer Joe Reinhart (Beach Bunny, Hop Along and Modern Baseball).
Already burrowing their way into the ears and hearts of UK fans with alarming speed, the quartet have enjoyed a wave of early love from the likes of STEROGUM, CLASH, Rock Sound, DORK Magazine, The Forty Five, God Is In The TV Zine, Get In Her Ears, Distorted Sound, Noizze and more.
The band have also soundtracked the official trailer for the BBC Radio 4 Summer Comedy Festival, scored a #1 in the Dutch Indie XL chart, received spins on BBC R1's Indie Show with Jack Saunders, Radio X's John Kennedy, Amazing Radio's Audition new music show with Charlie Ashcroft, been featured tune on the Co-Op Edit with Hattie Pearson, playlisted at Idobi Anthm, supported by Tom Robinson at BBC 6music, and added to the KINK Radio playlist.
Second album If it wasn’t me, I would’ve called it funny is out now via Alcopop! Records
UK/EU Live Dates:
29th Jun - Aachen - Autonomes Zentrum (w/ Redwood)
30th Jun - Bremen - Bürgerhaus Weserterassen (w/ Redwood)
01st Jul - Offenbach - Hafen 2 (w/ Redwood)
15th Sep - Groningen - Simplon (w/ Bony Macaroni)
25th Sep - Tunbridge Wells, Forum Basement
26th Sep - Brighton, The Prince Albert
27th Sep - London, Signature Brew Haggerston
28th Sep - Bristol, The Exchange
29th Sep - Birmingham, The Victoria
30th Sep - Manchester, Retro Bar
01st Oct - Glasgow, Broadcast
02st Oct - Leeds, Wharf Chambers
12th Oct - Amsterdam - Cinetol (w/ Bony Macaroni)
13th Oct - Arnhem - Willemeen (w/ Bony Macaroni)
22nd Oct - Zwolle - Hedon (w/ Bony Macaroni)
09th Nov - Eindhoven - Dynamo (w/ Bony Macaroni)
Stream and share previous single ‘Right Fit’ - https://backl.ink/147284964
Stream and share previous single ‘Anyway’ - https://bfan.link/anyway
Snow Coats are:
Anouk van der Kemp - vocals/mandolin/acoustic guitar
Frank Peters - bass guitar
Daan Ebbers - guitar
Joost Ebbers - drums
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https://snowcoats.bandcamp.com/
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Completed by bassist Frank Peters and twin brothers Daan (guitar) and Joost Ebbers (drums), the four-piece met while studying music at performing arts school in Arnhem. Snow Coats was originally formed as a final exam project, but after graduating the band decided that they loved playing together so much that they would continue writing, and have been best friends ever since.
The band released their debut album Take The Weight Off Your Shoulders in the summer of 2018. Artfully self-recorded at home in their parents’ attics, the record was named as the #1 album of 2018 by highly regarded Dutch alternative pop platform 3voor12Gelderland.
The album release was followed by an extensive tour of The Netherlands and a 2019 support tour opening for Pinegrove, with word of their sparkling indie pop eventually reaching UK shores and ears in early 2020 as the band signed to Alcopop! Records and released the Pool Girl EP, releasing their second album If it wasn’t me, I would’ve called it funny in 2022.
“We’d spend multiple hours every day in our rehearsal space in Arnhem writing the songs and recording demo versions,” says guitarist Daan Joost. “After finishing a bunch of songs, we couldn’t wait for people to hear them and also see a reaction from the audience, but it just wasn’t possible as we were stuck in lockdowns.”
Enter producer Joe Reinhart, who has been involved in the creation of some of the band’s favourite records. The band sent demos across to him remotely, and arranged multiple meetings with Reinhart via Zoom where they intricately dissected songs and discussed ways to push them to the next level.
In February 2021 the band began recording the album in their rehearsal space and Anouk’s bedroom, then Reinhart mixed the album later that year in his studio in Philadelphia, PA. “This was kind of a first time for us, to have someone outside of the band have opinions about the songwriting and sonics and stuff,” explains Joost, “but we couldn’t wish for anyone other than Joe to be involved with making a record.”
After toying with a few options for the album’s title, If it wasn’t me, I would’ve called it funny presented itself as the perfect encapsulation of the band’s self-deprecating and lighthearted approach to their own perceived shortcomings.
“Sometimes it’s the embarrassing or awkward moments that make for a good story,” explains van der Kemp of her philosophy and source material. “The idea for the album title came after a night when I left a restaurant, and as I waved and said goodbye to the people who worked there, I did in fact not go through the exit door, but walked into the men’s bathroom. Very awkward for me, very awkward for the people who worked there, but if someone else would’ve told me this story, I would’ve laughed.”
