New Polar Bear Club Video & UK Tour!

So if you dont know these melodic punk rockers yet then which boulder have you been tanning under?
The Polar Bear Club boys return to the UK this August with a string of dates so make sure to get out to one as they are far more intimate shows than the last tour!
Whats more they have a brand new video for 'Living Saints' from their latest release 'Chasing Hamburg' available now on Bridge Nine records!

POLAR BEAR CLUB TOUR UK
8 August KENT (UK) HEVY MUSIC FESTIVAL PORT LYMPNE WILD ANIMAL PARK
09-Aug BRISTOL CROFT
10-Aug LEICESTER FIREBUG
11-Aug SOUTHAMPTON JOINERS - TICKETS HERE FOR THIS SHOW
12-Aug SHEFFIELD CORPORATION
13-Aug OSLO GARAGE OYA NIGHT
14 Aug go check out our friends Adam O playing London upstairs at the garage!

Polar Bear Club's first video off of the 2009 release Chasing Hamburg has been unveiled for the first time on MySpace Music today! Directed by Thomas Colella, the video for "Living Saints" is a conceptual piece in the same vein as Peter Gabriel's 1986 "Sledgehammer" video phenomenon. Complete with animation, never-before-seen visual effects, and one of the best singles of the year, it's safe to say Polar Bear Club and Colella have created a video unlike anything expected, and we know you'll be pleasantly surprised. The video premiere for "Living Saints" is live on MySpace right now! See the video below..

Living Saints

Polar Bear Club | MySpace Music Videos
Since the release of Chasing Hamburg, Polar Bear Club has been keeping busy showcasing new material live all over the world. Today, Polar Bear Club is pleased to announce a headlining summer tour with support from Moving Mountains, label-mates Lemuria, and Living With Lions. The tour starts June 10th in New York and takes Polar Bear Club across the nation to California in just two short weeks. With not a day to spare, the guys of Polar Bear Club will join up with Warped Tour on June 24th in San Diego and continue trekking across the states until the middle of July. Polar Bear Club's summer tour plans and venue information can be found below. Be sure to keep your eyes and ears peeled for more news to come surrounding the band that has The Punk Site boldly stating, 'If this is the future of punk rock, we're in good hands."

WTFest is over until next year!

So our 1st WTFest was a huge success id like to thank every band and single person involved in the whole event it was so much fun!

Heres a few photos from the gigs theyl be video footage to follow!

WTFest! 2 WEEKS TIME! DEAD SWANS TICS ON SALE NOW!

So the mighty WTFest takes over southampton for 5 days starting wednesday september 2nd with The Flatliners, tickets are still available for all show at the joiners webpage
But! to get your hands on a very intimate show with bridge nines's DEAD SWANS , tickets have just been made available limited to 50 tickets in advance and you can grab those right here..

As for the fest itself very limited numbers of especially designed prints from our good friend Johnfold will be available at everyshow see above for the photo.

With a line up boasting some of the greatest punk rock acts the world over be sure not to miss out on anyone including , A WILHELM SCREAM, BROADWAY CALLS , POLAR BEAR CLUB, COBRA SKULLS + MORE..

For more info on the event check the facebook group right here and get involved!

Whats more you can download the free WTFEST comp parts one and two right here and here..
With a tracklisting featuring the majority of bands partaking in the WTFest!

See y'all soon!

WTFesssssst! Sept 2nd - 6th - Southampton!

So finally we have announced the WTFest! this a is kind of a mini festival celebrating punk rock and DIY culture within our little city of Southampton! We have some amazing acts lined up over the 5 days some paid and some free so there is no excuses for not showing up!

It'll be running at various locations around Southampton, with secret free shows in record stores and people's houses alongside a bunch of proper paid gigs at the Joiners Arms. If you want to know where the secret shows are going to be, start following on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/wtfesst. You'll be given about four hours notice, so keep yer iPhone handy, or whatever it is you do with Twitter.

Other tickets for shows are available via the links below:
There's a dual ticket offer going on for Polar Bear Club and the A Wilhelm Scream shows, so you get both shows for just a tenner. You can buy them direct from http://www.joinerslive.co.uk


The line-ups thus far are as follows:

September 2nd – The Joiners
THE FLATLINERS
MIKE TV
OK PILOT
MASH ATTACK

September 3rd – House show
For details keep your eyes on the twitter page..

September 4 – The Joiners
POLAR BEAR CLUB
BROADWAY CALLS
BURN THE FLEET
CALVINBALL
PLUS MORE TBA

September 5 – House Show & Acoustic acts during the day at a location TBA
OUR TIME DOWN HERE
PLUS VERY SPECIAL AMAZING GUESTS TBA

September 6 – The Joiners
A WILHELM SCREAM
YOU ME AND THE ATOM BOMB
PLUS MORE TBA

Polar Bear Club Update

Hello! so after the success of the show a few weeks ago we have an update for everyone!

theres some news on the new album from Polar Bear Club, a video and some epic photos we you all to see!



1st off heres what Jimmy from PBC had to say about the new album which will be out on bridge nine records sometime in 09'!



Jimmy : Yes! Its mostly written , we spent January writing it so were going home after this tour and then then we go out with Have Heart and then record in April, and so yea its mostly done but we gotta go home and tidy things up in our short time off, its interesting... its polar bear club definitely but there's some songs that are kind of like... I always thought polar bear club the music was kind of like this grey area between punk and hardcore and indie or whatever.

I always thought the songs were kind of in the middle and there is definitely songs like that on there, you know where its not knowing what style or what genre it is, but there's a couple songs where the hardcore songs are more hardcore and the punk rock songs get more punk rock, but there's still that grey iffy area, with some songs leaning on the outside, but its cool im really excited about it actually we've been working really hard on it, I just want to get those songs out there you know! Just it takes so long for the whole process to come together, I'm ready for people to know the songs!



Photos by Ben Walker...





Video By Ricky Bates

Polar Bear Club Preview

POLAR BLOG CLUB...

Yes i stole it from them...

SO our next show for Wrongwayround promotions is none other than POLAR BEAR CLUB the boys are currently on tour with THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM AND FRANK TURNER and have recently signed to bridge nine records..
if youve seen them at the shows so far you'l know how awesome they are!
The show is monday march 9th at THE JOINERS in Southampton.
Tickets are 6 pounds in advance...
and support comes from two of householdnames greatest bands in the form of YOU ME AND THE ATOM BOMB & THE CUT UP'S

so go check them out if you havent already..
tickets are available from the the following.. seetickets.com, soton guildhall box office, RESKUE skate shop soton, oxfam music southampton and the joiners.

www.myspace.com/polarbearclub

and or a lovely video by our dudes at nationalunderground.org..