We reported earlier that the first single off Johnny Foreigner’s second album would be “Feels Like Summer,” due in late May to coincide with the band’s UK headline tour with Tubelord, Copy Haho and Calories. In a recent myspace blog posted by artist Lewes Herriot – who is responsible for all the band’s artwork — the artwork for the single appears, and [...]
And so we finally address the remaining two tracks from WeLeftYouSleepingAndGoneNow, Johnny Foreigner’s obscure first long-player which was released in a hyper-limited edition of 40 handmade copies in 2005. But you know all that, yeah, ‘cos you’ve been following along as we dissected the album over the last two months [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. As we’ve already discussed the first [...]
And so let’s continue our trip across the unreleased first Johnny Foreigner record, shall we? We’re up to tracks seven and eight from the set WeLeftYouSleepingAndGoneNow [which we reviewed in full here a month ago], and next week we’ll cover nine and ten, and then we’ll be done, as we’ve already covered album closer “A Slow Song For [...]
The wait is over, and it was surprisingly short: the first single from the planned sophomore set from Birmingham, England noise-pop titans Johnny Foreigner will be for the new tune “Feels Like Summer,” according to an email from Best Before Records. The single, which will be issued by the label in the UK in May, is [...]
Last night saw Johnny Foreigner round off their UK tour in support of Hundred Reasons at Islington Academy, London, playing a set packed with songs which will feature on the band’s upcoming second album, which they recently recorded in New York with Alex Newport. With Alexei announcing that today would be their first day-off in 2 1/2 [...]
A number of new live Johnny Foreigner dates have began to surface, suggesting another upcoming UK headline tour for the band, as well as a one-off gig and 2 festival dates. With just two nights of their tour supporting Hundred Reasons remaining (the latter of which we’ll attend), the band has announced another London date on April [...]
[Behold our most recent tour report, as sent in by reader and all 'round good chap Neil Burden. KeepingSomeDarkSecrets aims to relay as much on-the-scene reportage as we can get from readers, so if you make it out to a show or in-store, please drop us a line with all the details and links to [...]