Videos

Scholars – Black and Blue (unplugged version)

• 8th Mar 2013

Capturing the dark and moody themes in their new single ‘Black and Blue’ with a new stripped down version, Scholars have released a video of their re-working of the track. It’s certainly a different take on their usually effervescent sound and it incorporates some unexpected instrumentation. Scholars’ debut album ‘Always Lead, Never Follow’ will be released through Banquet Records on 8th April. ‘Black and Blue’ is out the week before and the band will be touring the country throughout March and April.

Razor tight and bursting with energy, Scholars’ live show has that ability to win people over, no matter who they’re playing to. For Sam, that was tested when they hit the road with Canterbury and Mallory Knox at the tail end of 2012. “I expected us to go out there to a lot of raised eyebrows, but people really took to us,” he confesses. “I think it’s engaging the crowd and getting involved with them; we make an impact on people by being a very expressive live band.”

‘Always Lead, Never Follow’ captures all of that expression and more. Recorded under the guidance of ex-Hundred Reasons man Larry Hibbitt between Brixton and Melton Mowbray in the first half of 2012.

LIVE DATES

MARCH
07 Bristol, Stag and Hound
08 Bideford, Palladium Club
09 Penzance, The Studio Bar
10 Plymouth, The White Rabbit
11 Oxford, Cellar Bar
12 Birmingham, Sunflower Lounge
13 Manchester, The Roadhouse
14 Chester, The Compass
15 Leicester, Lock 42
16 Norwich, The Stanley Arms
17 Watford, The White Lion
17 Northampton, Roadmender

APRIL
04 Gillingham, Beacon Court Tavern
10 London, Camden Barfly
11 Portsmouth, Cellars