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Veronica Falls To Release Beachy Head

• 16th Apr 2010

Fittingly enough, for purveyors of all things gloriously offbeat and infectious, Veronica Falls are back for the summer with a brilliant double whammy neatly socked away. First up, a double A-side 7” on the tastemaking label No Pain in Pop on June 14, featuring the long beloved but previously unreleased “Beachy Head”, followed by a jaunt around the UK with those renowned forefathers of perfect pop, Teenage Fanclub themselves.

Like their debut UK single “Found Love in a Graveyard”, which spoke, beautifully, of unrequited love from beyond the grave, “Beachy Head” is yet another nugget of haunted pop classicism, complete with careening choruses, swoonsome harmonies and a deliciously nasty sting in its tail. As its repeated refrain of “I’m gonna miss you/ When you’re gone” attests, this isn’t exactly an ode to the seaside, but instead something rather darker, menacing even – the cloud in the clear blue sky, or the worm in the Pastels’ juicy pop apple.

Which is exactly why the band will be a wonderfully atypical counterpart to the newly reunited Teenage Fanclub when they embark on their much anticipated tour in June. You couldn’t possibly ask for more – Veronica Falls’ off-kilter songs of love and death playing beautifully off the pristine melodies of the Scottish foursome – this is a marriage made in pop heaven.

TRACKLISTING
1. Beachy Head
2. Staying Here
“Beachy Head/ Staying Here” released on limited edition 7” vinyl/ digital download on No Pain in Pop June 14.

UPCOMING LIVE DATES:
*w/ Teenage Fanclub
May 1 – Camden Crawl
May 2 – Camden Crawl
May 27 – Male Bonding Release Party @ Camp Basement
June 1 – London Koko (w/ Slow Club)
June 2 – Glasgow, ABC*
June 3 – Edinburgh Picturehouse*
June 4 – Leeds Cockpit*
June 6 – Bristol Academy*
June 7 – Birmingham Academy*
June 8 – Shepherd’s Bush Empire*
June 9 – London Heaven (w/ The Drums)