Band of the moment Catfish and the Bottlemen capture the laid-back spirit of summer with their infectious new single ‘Hourglass’ released June 22nd via Island/Communion.
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The accompanying video to ‘Hourglass’ stars Ewan McGregor and came about after frontman Van McCann refused to take no for an answer in his quest to meet his hero. After cutting the original lyric video to Kathleen using Ewan Mcgregor film clips, he bombarded Ewan with tweets and even produced a ‘10 Reasons Why I Love Ewan McGregor’ video for Transmitter. Once the boys added Ewan’s face to their drum skin and toured with it, Ewan relented and took them out for breakfast in New York. He’s since seen them live, jammed with them, and now taken the starring role in their brilliant new video.
‘Honestly working with Sir Ewan was one of the funnest things I think i'll ever get to do. He's the most interesting and interested guy I've ever met.’ Van says. ‘He's just fucking brilliant. Total gentleman! When people tell you not to meet the people you look up to, FUCK THATTTTTTTTT! He genuinely buzzes off the band. Sends me photos of him listening to us before he walks onstage on his endless run of sold out broadway. AND HE LIKES MY LYRICS! Honestly, I love him. It all makes me laugh my head off! His daughter Clara is a class A photographer as well! The artwork for the single is a photo of me and Ewan that she took! Videos for us are hard as we've got Austin Powers heads but this was just fucking class craic!'
Catfish and The Bottlemen play the following festival and tour dates:
May Sun 24th NORWICH, Radio One's Big Weekend
June 26-28th SOMERSET, Glastonbury Festival
July Sun 12th PERTHSHIRE, T in the Park Fri 17th DUBLIN, Longitude Sat 18th SUFFOLK, Latitude
August Fri 7th NEWQUAY, Boardmasters Sat 29th READING, Reading Festival Sun 30th LEEDS, Leeds Festival
September Sat 5th PORTMEIRION, Festival No. 6
November Fri 6th LONDON, O2 Academy Brixton SOLD OUT Sat 7th LONDON, O2 Academy Brixton SOLD OUT
Catfish And The Bottlemen are: Van McCann (vocals/guitar), Johnny Bond (guitar), Benji Blakeaway (bass) and Bob Hall (drums).
www.catfishandthebottlemen.com
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