Their free album “Chariot”, which they recorded in 3 days, has racked up over 150,000 downloads on BandCamp, they got nominated at the Choice Music Awards and their debut single “Family”, released on February 20th on School Boy Error/ Cooperative Music, has been championed by Zane Lowe (who played it twice in a row on his Radio 1 show), Fearn Cotton, John Kennedy, Huw Stephens and Edith Bowman to name a few.
“Family” is the first taster from The Cast of Cheers debut album proper, produced by Luke Smith (ex-Clor) and set for release in 2012. The video for "Family", made up of 5,000 separate photographs, was directed by Russell Weekes.
The Cast of Cheers play two London shows this month, before heading out on a co-headline UK tour with Theme Park at the end of February. Full dates here:
January
26 – Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London w/ Theme Park, Man Without Country, Citizens
31 – White Heat @ Madame Jojo’s. London
February
27 – Art School, Glasgow
28 – Electric Circus, Edinburgh
29 – Cockpit, Leeds
March
1 – Bodega, Nottingham
2 – Charlie Browns, Luton
3 – Temple, Birmingham
4 – Deaf Institute, Manchester
5 – Louisiana, Bristol (The Cast Of Cheers only)
6 – Lexington, London
7 – Joiners, Southampton
8 – New Slang, Kingston
