Ben Parks
Rat Boy will tour the UK and Ireland early next year.
After recently releasing his debut solo album Scum, Jordan Cardy AKA has arranged shows in Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, Cardiff, Leicester, Newcastle and London in January and February 2018.
One of our first encounters with the young London songwriter came at last year’s Live At Leeds festival; “For all the gloss, there is intent. There’s as much a flavour of White Rose Movement as there is Ladyhawke or Metronomy,” the review said.
“It’s this kind of range of subversiveness that appeals, and it’s best summed up by Rat Boy’s closing set at the Brudenell. His amalgam of sounds is bristling with inventiveness and ire. As much Beastie’s as Willy Mason, with something of Gonzales’ wit and The Streets’ sarcasm.”
“It’s almost a party atmosphere, and he has the sense to go with it. The obvious Jamie T comparisons don’t do him justice. This is something different; just as clever, less belligerent.”
2018 UK and Ireland tour dates:
January
31 – Glasgow, Barrowland
February
2 – Belfast, Limelight
3 – Dublin, Academy
5 – Cardiff, Tramshed
6 – Leicester, O2 Academy
8 – Newcastle, O2 Academy
10 – London, O2 Academy Brixton