Hooton Tennis Club announce debut abum on Heavenly Recordings

Hooton Tennis Club have announced details of the release of their debut album. Highest Point In Cliff Town will be released on Friday 28th August 2015 on Heavenly Recordings. Recorded and produced at Parr Street Studios in Liverpool by Bill Ryder Jones, the tracklisting of the 12-track album is as follows:

1. Up In The Air
2. I’m Not Going Roses Again
3. P.O.W.E.R.F.U.L. P.I.E.R.R.E.
4. Something Much Quicker Than Anyone But Jennifer Could Ever Imagine
5. Jasper
6. Always Coming Back 2 You
7. Barlow Terrace
8. Spokes
9. Kathleen Sat On The Arm Of her Favourite Chair
10. Standing Knees
11. ...And Then Camilla Drew Fourteen Dots On Her Knees
12. Fall In Luv

The album can be pre-ordered via the following link

From Chester and Ellesmere Port, their name inspired by a sign for the tennis club in Little Sutton, Hooton Tennis Club grew up together and played in a number of bands with improbable names. While studying at various colleges they speedily recorded some songs to upload with no intention of ever being an actual ‘band’ but early demos soon caught the ears of Heavenly Recordings and by September 2014 the band had signed to the label.

Following a UK tour with label-mate H. Hawkline the band entered the studio to start recording their debut album in the early spring of 2015. Inspired by the plug-in-and-play quasi-improvisational approach of Deerhunter and Ariel Pink, the album is the sound of the summer of adolescence slipping into the autumn of adulthood.

Here the wit of Kurt Vonnegut and twisted storytelling of Wes Anderson collide to tell tales of banal jobs, relationships, memorable parties and passing characters. Musically melodic, fragile, wonky, witty, poetic and pop (definitely, defiantly pop) the skewed melodies and oddball narratives combine in perfect symbiotic musical harmony, each song a small burst of sunshine to warm the coldest of hearts. Think Teenage Fanclub, Guided By Voices, Randy Newman, Big Star, Silver Jews – but birthed in northern English towns in the 21st century.

The band have also revealed the video to their forthcoming single, Kathleen Sat On The Arm Of Her Favourite Chair. The video, shot and directed by the band, features live footage taken at their appearance at the Heavenly 25th weekend at Hebden Bridge in January of this year intercut with them larking about on tour.

The single, which is released on Monday June 29th 2015 on Heavenly Recordings, was recorded during the album sessions and follows the release of their debut single Jasper (Lauren Laverne’s self-proclaimed track of 2015 so far). Available on 7” it features the B-side New Shoes.

The band have announced a run of dates in the summer with King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard and are confirmed to play a number of UK festivals over the summer.

The full list of dates is s follows:

MAY

• 23rd Liverpool Sound City

JUNE

• 6th London Field Day
• 26th Pilton Glastonbury Festival

JULY

• 5th Liverpool Kazimer (Heavenly 25th Birthday)
• 6th Nottingham Rescue Rooms *
• 7th Leeds Belgrave *
• 8th Manchester Sound Control *
• 9th London Scala *
• 25th Sheffield Tramlines
• 31st St. Germans Port Eliot Festival

AUGUST

• 22nd Glanusk Green Man Festival
• 31st Liverpool LIMF

SEPTEMBER

• 5th Larmer Tree Gardens End of the Road Festival
• 6th Portmerion Festival No.6
• 12th London On Blackheath Festival

* with King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard.