more Veronica Falls tour dates & a free Popfest MP3 mix

by Bill Pearis

DOWNLOAD: Veronica Falls – Found Love in a Graveyard (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: NYC Popfest Mix (ZIP)

As mentioned before, UK band Veronica Falls are playing this year’s NYC Popfest on Thursday May 20 at Cake Shop. If you can’t attend that, the band have booked a few other shows in town: they play Glasslands on May 15 with Crystal Stilts and Bruar Falls on May 16. Veronica Falls are also playing the Elm City Popfest in New Haven, CT on May 14 and Boston on May 17. After Popfest, they’ll support Teenage Fanclub on a UK tour.

Based out of London, the band are made up of ex-members of defunct Glasgow bands The Royal We and Sexy Kids, as well as a member poached from Your Twenties. Their debut single “Found Love in a Graveyard” (one of my favorite tracks of 2009) is out now on Captured Tracks, the b-side of which is a really lovely version of Roky Erickson’s “Starry Eyes.” Download the A-side at the top of this post. The follow-up, “Beach Head,” will be out May 18, just in time for Popfest. The Royal We and Sexy Kids never made it to America (worth checking out, though) so do try and catch one of their shows.

Speaking of NYC Popfest, festival passes are sold out but you can still buy individual tickets for all shows. It’s a great line-up this year, including Manchester post punk legends The Wake, Seattle’s BOAT, one of Pants Yell!‘s last-ever shows, Tender Trap (new band from Amelia Fletcher of Talulah Gosh and Heavenly fame) (not to be confused with Temper Trap), Allo Darlin’ and loads more. There’s lots of information about the bands over at the official NYC Popfest blog. Also, the Popfest organizers have put together a nice mix of 17 of the popfest bands — the link to the zip file is at the top of this post.

All 2010 Veronica Falls tour dates, videos and the tracklisting of that Popfest mix are all after the jump.

Veronica Falls – Found Love in a Graveyard

Veronica Falls – “Beachy Head” live at Barden’s Bordoir, December 2009

Veronica Falls – 2010 Tour Dates
May 1 – CAMDEN CRAWL London
May 2 – CAMDEN CRAWL London
May 14 – Elm City Popfest at Cafe Nine New Haven, CT
May 15 – Glasslands w/ Crystal Stilts Brooklyn, NY
May 16 – Bruar Falls Brooklyn, NY
May 17 – Charlie’s Kitchen Boston, MA
May 20 – NYC Popfest at Cake Shop New York, NY
May 21 – Pi Lam Philadelphia, PA
May 27 – Male Bonding Release Party – Camp Basement London
Jun 1 – Koko w/Slow Club London
Jun 2 – Glasgow ABC w/ Teenage Fanclub Glasgow
Jun 3 – Edinburgh Picturehouse w/ Teenage Fanclub Edinburgh
Jun 4 – Leeds Cockpit w/ Teenage Fanclub Leeds
Jun 6 – Bristol Academy w/ Teenage Fanclub Bristol
Jun 7 – Birmingham Academy w/ Teenage Fanclub Birmingham
Jun 8 – Shepherds Bush Empire w/ Teenage Fanclub London
Jun 9 – Heaven w/ The Drums London
Jul 10 – Lounge On The Farm Kent
Jul 23 – INDIETRACKS Derbyshire
Jul 24 – 1234 Festival – Shoreditch Park London

NYC Popfest Mix
01. The Secret History – Johnny Anorak
02. Neverever – Teardrop Tattoo
03. Tender Trap – Oh Katrina
04. Horowitz – Popkids of the World Unite
05. My Teenage Stride – Cast Your Own Shadow
06. Sea Lions – Beautiful Day
07. Veronica Falls – Starry Eyes
08. BOAT – (I’m a) Donkey For Your Love
09. The Young Friends – Make Out Point
10. Brown Recluse – Night Train
11. Dream Diary – Bird in My Garden
12. Leaving Mornington Crescent – Seventeen
13. Allo Darlin’ – Dreaming
14. The Smittens – Half My Heart Beats
15. A Smile and a Ribbon – A Little Late To Be Polite
16. The Embassy – It Pays To Belong
17. The Wake – O Pamela
Length – 49:01 | Mix by Dr Maz