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Support from: Cruelty and Elliot Brett



Kite Base, a two-piece band consisting of bass guitarists Ayse Hassan (Savages) and Kendra Frost, have announced details of a headline U.K. tour in June.





The band previously announced a run of shows supporting Thor & Friends (Thor Harris of Swans / Shearwater) and an appearance at this year’s Field Day Festival.





The band also recently played a sold-out show at London’s Kamio, bagged a double-page spread in Loud & Quiet (https://issuu.com/loudandquiet/docs/issue_84) and picked their top-5 albums for London in Stereo (https://www.londoninstereo.com/kite-base-in-five/).





The full list of dates is as follows:





JUNE



3rd London Field Day



7th Glasgow Hug & Pint



8th Newcastle Underground



9th Manchester Night & Day



11th Leeds Brudenell Games Room



12th Brighton Prince Albert



13th Birmingham Sunflower Lounge



14th Bristol Louisiana



20th London Corsica Studios



Tickets for their headline shows go on pre-sale via the band’s website, www.kitebase.pmstores.co/tickets, from 9am Wednesday 5th April and general sale on Friday 7th April.





The band recently released Transition, which was accompanied by a visually stunning video based around live footage taken from the band’s sold-out show at London’s Electrowerkz at the end of last year and directed by Simone Pellegrini & Giorgio Testi (www.simonepellegrini.com / www.giorgiotesti.com).





The track is a taster from their forthcoming debut album, Latent Whispers, which is released on Friday May 26th 2017. The 9-track album can be ordered now via Pledge Music.





Recent praise for Kite Base:





"There are traces of everything from Stereolab’s urban sophistication to PJ Harvey’s ferocity to Radiohead’s artful darkness to Sufjan Stevens’ childlike singsong in this music" – Stereogum





"Undoubtedly as dark and rhythmically focussed as Savages, the project utilises these influences in a quite distinct fashion" – Clash





"Dadum is a promising first move, a mix of post-punk intrigue and pop grace" - The Guardian