Shed Seven with Issy Ferris – download hi-res photo © Andy Little 2024
SHARE THE NEW SINGLE ‘WAITING FOR THE CATCH’
A DUET FEATURING ISSY FERRIS OF FERRIS & SYLVESTER
LISTEN HERE / WATCH THE VIDEO HERE
FROM THE FORTHCOMING ORCHESTRAL ALBUM ‘LIQUID GOLD’, OUT SEPTEMBER 27th – PRE-ORDER HERE
In their 30th anniversary year, Shed Seven have almost exhausted their bucket list with their first ever No.1 album and two huge celebratory homecoming shows in their hometown of York now completed. Now Shed Seven continue a remarkable 2024 by releasing the new single ‘Waiting For The Catch’, which features Issy Ferris of Ferris & Sylvester, the UK folk/rock/Americana duo who released their second album ‘Otherness’ earlier this year.
Premiered this morning on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2, ‘Waiting For The Catch’ feels as if Shed Seven have channelled all their most essential traits into a single song. Fuelled by a balance between optimism and yearning that echoes their iconic anthem ‘Chasing Rainbows’, the blend of Rick Witter’s impassioned, full-feeling vocals with peppy, vivacious beats and an evocative Paul Banks solo makes it a crowning moment of their catalogue. And in Issy Ferris they have the feminine elegance to contrast Rick’s distinctive tone, while the ‘Liquid Gold’ strings provide an emotional heft and a grand sense of drama.
Rick says, “‘Waiting For The Catch’ fits perfectly alongside some of our biggest hits. The song has the classic ‘can’t live with you, can’t live without you’ sentiment and we felt making it a duet would fit perfectly with the lyrical theme, so we invited the amazing Issy Ferris to add her beautiful voice to the track which gives it a yearning, but also vengeful energy. You want to hear Shed Seven arena-sized? No problem, it’s our pleasure.”
‘Waiting For The Catch’ features on the upcoming orchestral reworks album ‘Liquid Gold’, which is out on September 27th and is available to pre-order HERE. Shed Seven have just launched the new bootleg edition of the album, each with artwork individually hand-stamped by the band. It adds three songs from their BBC Piano Room session, a live recording of ‘Casino Girl’, and remix of ‘In Ecstasy’.
Pre-orders for ‘Liquid Gold’ have already exceeded the numbers that Shed Seven reached with ‘A Matter of Time’. Could they make it two No.1 albums in a year? Stay tuned…
So much has already happened in Shed Seven’s 30th anniversary year, but there’s plenty more to come before 2024 is out. Following the recent news that they will play their debut album ‘Change Giver’ in full (alongside a greatest hits set) at a number of live dates in October, Shed Seven now have 49 shows on the calendar, almost all of which are already sold-out. There are also outdoor shows, with Blossoms and at BBC Radio 2 in the Park, a record store tour and a massive full-scale anniversary tour, before Rick Witter and Paul Banks bring the curtain down on their celebrations with two special duo performances in York. The dates are below, with any remaining tickets available HERE
AUGUST
25th – Manchester, Wythenshawe Park (guests to Blossoms)
SEPTEMBER
8th – Preston, BBC Radio 2 in the Park
27th – Manchester, HMV (1pm – SOLD OUT)
27th – Bury, Wax & Beans (6pm – SOLD OUT)
28th – Birmingham, HMV (1pm – SOLD OUT)
28th – Leamington Spa, Head Records (5pm – SOLD OUT)
29th – London, Rough Trade East (5pm – SOLD OUT)
29th – London, Rough Trade East (7pm – SOLD OUT)
30th – Southampton, Vinilo (1pm – SOLD OUT)
30th – Brighton, Resident (6.30pm – SOLD OUT)
OCTOBER
1st – Bristol, Rough Trade (midday – LOW TICKETS)
1st – Bristol, Rough Trade (5pm – SOLD OUT)
2nd – Nottingham, Rough Trade (midday – SOLD OUT)
2nd – Nottingham, Rough Trade (6pm – SOLD OUT)
3rd – Sheffield, Bear Tree Records (midday – SOLD OUT)
3rd – Liverpool, Jacaranda (7pm – SOLD OUT)
4th – Newcastle, Beyond Vinyl (6.30pm – SOLD OUT)
10th – Kingston-upon-Thames, Pryzm (‘Change Giver’ show, hosted by Banquet Records)
11th – Kingston-upon-Thames, Pryzm (‘Change Giver’ show, hosted by Banquet Records – SOLD OUT)
12th – Coventry, HMV Empire (‘Change Giver’ show)
16th – Edinburgh, Assai Records (midday – SOLD OUT)
16th – Glasgow, HMV (5pm – SOLD OUT)
17th – Glasgow, SWG3 (‘Change Giver’ show, hosted by Assai Records)
18th – Manchester, Academy 2 (‘Change Giver’ show, hosted by Crash Records – SOLD OUT)
19th – Leeds, Beckett Student Union (‘Change Giver’ show, hosted by Crash Records – SOLD OUT)
NOVEMBER – 30th ANNIVERSARY HEADLINE TOUR
14th – Sheffield, Octagon (SOLD OUT)
15th – Cardiff, University – Great Hall
16th – Liverpool, University – Mountford Hall (LOW TICKETS)
18th – Halifax, Victoria Theatre (LOW TICKETS)
19th – Hull, City Hall
21st – Aberdeen, Music Hall (SOLD OUT)
22nd – Glasgow, O2 Academy (SOLD OUT)
23rd – Edinburgh, O2 Academy (LOW TICKETS)
25th – Leicester, O2 Academy (LOW TICKETS)
26th – Margate, Dreamland
28th – Bristol, O2 Academy (SOLD OUT)
29th – Newcastle, O2 City Hall (LOW TICKETS)
30th – Leeds, O2 Academy (SOLD OUT)
DECEMBER – 30th ANNIVERSARY HEADLINE TOUR
2nd – Oxford, O2 Academy (SOLD OUT)
3rd – Lincoln, Engine Shed (LOW TICKETS)
5th – Stockton, Globe
6th – Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse (SOLD OUT)
7th – Birmingham, O2 Academy (SOLD OUT)
9th – Norwich, The Nick Rayns LCR, UEA (SOLD OUT)
10th – Cambridge, Corn Exchange (LOW TICKETS)
12th – Bournemouth, O2 Academy (LOW TICKETS)
13th – Nottingham, Rock City (SOLD OUT)
14th – London, O2 Academy Brixton (SOLD OUT)
DECEMBER – RICK WITTER & PAUL BANKS INTIMATE ACOUSTIC SHOWS
21st – York, Huntington Working Men’s Club (SOLD OUT)
22nd – York, Huntington Working Men’s Club (SOLD OUT)
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