Having distilled their choicest lo-fi, shoegaze and garage rock inspirations into eight eagerly-awaited tracks of dreamy pop perfection, Van Houten have released their highly anticipated debut album ‘The Tallest Room’ alongside new single ‘Panoramic View’. The Leeds quartet will also be heading out for an exciting run of UK headline & festival dates in the coming months.
Seven years in the making, ‘The Tallest Room’ has been worth the wait. Having enlisted the ears and ideas of producer Alex Greaves (bdrmm, Working Men’s Club, Bloc Party), the album is a captivating melting pot of eclectic influences, conflicting emotions and earworm hooks that celebrates the journey the band have been on and looks forward to the future with optimism, whatever it may hold.
Arriving with the album is new single ‘Panoramic View’ which sits at the centre of the record and perfectly sums up exactly what makes Van Houten tick. “It’s about going through an often painful, yet necessary process of reflection and growth” and Sadler’s understated phrase “got a panoramic view from the tallest room” encapsulates everything the band have seen, heard and been through and champions appreciating life from a different perspective.
Their returning singles have found the band played more and more heavily across BBC Radio 1 and BBC 6 Music, featured in Spotify UK’s New Music Friday and lauded by tastemakers including So Young, DIY, Wonderland and Far Out.
‘The Tallest Room’ is out now via Clue Records / EMI North.
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Live Dates:
23 MAR | Ritual Union Festival, Bristol
29 MAR | Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
30 MAR | FestEVOL, Liverpool
02 APR | The Hope & Ruin, Brighton
03 APR | The Lexington, London
04 APR | Hare & Hounds | Birmingham
05 APR | The Bodega, Nottingham
06 APR | YES, Manchester
12 APR | Play Brew Co, Middlesbrough
13 APR | King Tuts, Glasgow
03 MAY | The Boileroom, Guildford w/ The Orielles
04 MAY | Wanderlust Festival, Southampton
05 MAY | Portland Arms, Cambridge
Tracklisting:
Black and White
Never Did Come Back
Coming Of Age
Panoramic View
Note To Self
Only Wanna Be With You
Head Straight
I Let You
Van Houten are:
Louis Sadler – Vocals / Guitar
Henry Beaumont – Bass
Jake Ribton – Guitar
Jake Wrigglesworth – Keys
Ewan Barr – Guitar
Lachlan Banner – Drums
