Live favourite, ‘Tangerine’ will be the next single from London based four-piece, Teleman. The track is taken from their critically acclaimed second album, Brilliant Sanity, which is available now via Moshi Moshi. Watch the video for the single, which has an impact date of 16th September 2016, below...
Director Andy West says of it, “The band wanted to shoot a performance video at the MOTH Club in Hackney - and they thought it would be fun if they were all playing the wrong instruments. The club has a bizarre mixture of local talent show glitz and military memorabilia, so I decided to create a tangerine themed magic trick as the catalyst. It was pretty close, but I think the tangerines gave the best performance on the night.”
“‘Tangerine’ is standout in its simplicity, introducing itself to you like you’ve always known each other” – The Line Of Best Fit
Following an excellent Latitude performance (which DIY reviewed here), the band are heading to Kendal Calling and Standon Calling this weekend, with more festival appearances over the summer including End Of The Road and Festival No.6. Teleman will then embark on an extensive UK tour which will see them headlining The Forum in London on November 1st, their biggest show to date. Full tour dates are as follows, with UK shows in bold:
Saturday 27th August – Victorious Festival, Southsea, UK Thursday 1st September - End of the Road Festival, Salisbury, UK – main stage Friday 2nd September – Into The Great Wide Open, Holland Sunday 4th September - Festival No. 6, Portmeirion, UK – main stage Tuesday 18th October - Welly, Hull, UK Wednesday 19th October - Café Drummond, Aberdeen, UK Thursday 20th October - Electric Circus, Edinburgh, UK Friday 21st October - Queens Social Club, Sheffield, UK Saturday 22nd October - Leaf, Liverpool, UK Sunday 23rd October - Cookie, Leicester, UK Monday 24th October - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, UK Tuesday 25th October - Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, UK Wednesday 26th October - Junction, Cambridge, UK Thursday 27th October - Academy, Oxford, UK Friday 28th October - Music Hall, Ramsgate, UK Sunday 30th October - Sub89, Reading, UK Monday 31st October - Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth, UK Tuesday 1st November - Forum, London, UK Wednesday 2nd November - Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton, UK Thursday 3rd November - Globe, Cardiff, UK Saturday 5th November - Limelight 2, Belfast, UK Sunday 6th November - Workmans, Dublin, IRE
Brilliant Sanity, the follow-up to Teleman’s acclaimed debut, Breakfast, was written in their Homerton studio and recorded in South London with producer, Dan Carey (Bat for Lashes, Kate Tempest, Nick Mulvey).
Now a four-piece made up of singer and guitarist Tommy Sanders, his brother Jonny on synths, Pete Cattermoul on bass and Hiro Amamiya on drums, the process of touring has honed Teleman into a spectacular live act and brought about the decision to record the new record in a very live and spontaneous way.
The art of songwriting has been the driving force behind Brilliant Sanity, the process of crafting of the immaculate pop song, the dogged pursuit of the perfect hook. The result is an album that appears fastidiously and impeccably made, but also charged with joy.
