Indie pop sensation Declan McKenna is playing a special album launch show in Bristol

Indie pop sensation Declan McKenna is playing a special album launch show in Bristol

Posted on: 11 Jan 2024

Rough Trade are presenting this intimate album launch show at SWX, celebrating the release of his new studio album What Happened to the Beach? – out next month on Columbia.

 

Declan McKenna will play a Rough Trade out-store at SWX on Tuesday 13 February 2024.

 

The young singer-songwriter burst onto the scene way back in the mid-2010s and has seen a meteoric rise ever since. Now returning with his third album, McKenna is planning a stripped-back tour of the UK in collaboration with various record stores – grab your tickets while you still can!

 

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Hitting the mainstream with catchy and politically minded lo-fi indie viral hit ‘Brazil’, by the end of 2015 16-year-old Declan McKenna has performed at Glastonbury (where he won a major award) and signed to Columbia. The single shined a light on the corruption of football governing body FIFA.

 

McKenna’s talent for catchy melodies continued on his debut album, What Do You Think About the Car?, in 2017 which received widespread critical acclaim. His follow up, Zeros, charted in both the UK and US, hitting as high as number two in the UK charts with singles ‘Be an Astronaut’ and ‘Beautiful Faces’ also charting.

 

In 2022, ‘Brazil’ saw a new lease of life thanks to TikTok and last year the now 25-year-old McKenna released the first single from his new album, titled ‘Sympathy’. His new album, What Happened to the Beach?, is due on Friday 9 February 2024.

 

As well as Bristol, Declan McKenna will also play intimate album launch shows at venues in London, Trowbridge, Oxford, Leeds, Edinburgh, Dundee, Hull and Dublin. Album plus ticket bundles are available now from participating stores.

 

 

Declan McKenna will play a Rough Trade out-store at SWX on Tuesday 13 February 2024 – secure your tickets, HERE.

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Stanley Gray

Stan is a born and bred Bristolian, recently graduated from studying English Literature in Sheffield. His passions are music and literature and he spends the majority of his time in venues all over the city, immersing himself in Bristol’s alternative music scene. A lifelong Bristol City fan, Stan’s Saturdays are spent watching his team both home and away.