Hold onto your cowboy hats….those much-loved Texan pop-punks Bowling For Soup have announced details of a brand new EP, “Fishin’ For Woos”, scheduled for release on October 5th to coincide with their biggest UK headline tour to date! The EP precedes a new, full-length album release - the band’s 11th studio album - scheduled for early 2011.
Support for the UK tour comes from LA trio The Dollyrots (signed to Joan Jett’s Blackheart Records), fellow Texans Forever The Sickest Kids and the UK’s very own rock gods “A”, who will make their eagerly awaited return to the live stage. In fact, the band have been discussing a joint tour with Bowling For Soup for the last ten years!
UK tour dates:
06 Cambridge Corn Exchange
07 Bristol Academy
08 Exeter Lemon Grove
09 Plymouth University
10 Nottingham Rock City
11 Southampton Guildhall
12 London Shepherds Bush Empire
13 Birmingham Academy
14 Manchester Academy
15 Norwich UEA
16 Leeds Academy
17 Glasgow Academy
18 Aberdeen Warehouse
19 Newcastle Academy
20 Liverpool Academy
21 Sheffield Corporation
22 Dublin Academy
23 Belfast Spring and Airbrake
The “FISHIN‘ FOR WOOS” EP will be followed by a new, full-length studio release next year, which will be the band‘s first independent album release since the original FFROE Records version of the “Rock On Honorable Ones” album in 1996. Singer/guitarist Jaret Reddick explains:
"We split with our US label, JIVE, after 10 years in December last year. The sad thing is, "Sorry For Partyin" (BFS' 10th album: their 6th on JIVE) had only been out 4 weeks, and no radio/ video campaign was ever launched. I wasn't bitter, I understand business and that relationships change. It was time for the label, and BFS as well, to move along. But I was broken hearted that “Sorry For Partyin’” never really got a shot. We worked REALLY hard on that record, and for it not to get a fair shake really bummed me out".
The band recorded 15 songs that were produced by Reddick and Linus of Hollywood (the two partners in the writing/ producing/ bromance that is JARINUS) "I couldn't be happier”, he adds “I honestly think people will be blown away by this album. It is simple and to the point, full-on BFS. Full on fun. It will make you want to drink beer and hug your friends!"
“Fishin’ For Woos” will be released in the UK in October 2010. The proposed track listing is:
1. "Let's Pretend We're Not In Love"
2. "Dear Megan Fox"
3. "Here's Your Freakin’ Song"
4. "Evil All Over The World"
5. "Guard My Heart" *a NEW version of a fan favourite originally recorded in 1998 but never OFFICIALLY released
