WHEEL announce UK Tour February 2020

By At The Barrier on 31st October 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

A bit gutted at missing Damnation like us? If you enjoyed Wheel’s MOVING BACKWARDS album as much as we did, then they’re back in the UK early in 2020.

The progressive metallers have announced a headline tour of the UK in February, supporting the release of their debut album Moving Backwards released earlier this year via Odyssey Music Network.

The tour will see the band travel all over the country on their first-ever headline run, including stops in Glasgow, Manchester and London.

Lead singer and guitarist James Lascelles comments, “Having been away from the UK for 10 years it’s exciting for me to go back with Wheel and to play longer sets than we have managed on previous tours. This tour is certainly going to be special and nobody should miss out on this!”

WHEEL FEBRUARY 2020 TOUR DATES:
6^th – Exchange, Bristol
7^th – Camden Assembly, London
8^th – Beta, Nottingham
9^th – Cathouse, Glasgow
10^th – Deaf Institute, Manchester
11^th – Key Club, Leeds

Tickets are available here: http://www.wheel.band/

MOVING BACKWARDS sees the band showcasing their distinctive and time-defying collage of progressive rock, grunge and film score that twists and turns into Tool-esque masterpieces.

In addition to its sonic ambition, the subject matter of the album is also complex and undeniably important. Already having dissected the media’s portrayal of the nightmarish inhumanities of the Syrian refugee crisis on early single Please, they have established themselves as a group very much unafraid to speak out. On MOVING BACKWARDS, they turn their gaze to censorship and institutionalised mind control.

“Censorship in academia is becoming increasingly common,” explains Lascelles. “If it continues, filtering out into films, comedy and music – we’ll end up in a place where nobody can say anything anymore. The lyrics for ‘Tyrant’, with lines like “silence will become the banner” are heralding what’s to come. On this album, rather than looking at an environmental or economic dystopia, we’re anticipating more of a social one.”