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Aldous Harding - New Enigmatic Jodorowsky-Esque Video For 'Fixture Picture'
Aldous Harding : New Enigmatic Jodorowsky-Esque Video For 'Fixture Picture'
11th April 2019

Today, Aldous Harding shares a new song and video for ‘Fixture Picture’ from her forthcoming third album Designer, out April 26.  Co-directed by Aldous Harding and Jack Whiteley, the video’s suspenseful opening scene finds Harding strumming her guitar on the white cliffs of Dover.  The pay-off comes later with a dramatic and enigmatic live performance by Harding and her band inspired by Alejandro Jodorowsky.

Watch the ‘Fixture Picture’ video here.

‘Fixture Picture’ follows first album single ‘The Barrel’ and its delightfully off-kilter accompanying video, the latter described as “uplifting and beautifully arranged,” by MOJO, with the Guardian saying “her spell remains strong."  Watch ‘The Barrel’ video here.

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Aldous Harding’s third album, Designer is released on 26th April and finds the New Zealander hitting her creative stride.  After the sleeper success of Party (internationally lauded and crowned Rough Trade Shop’s Album of 2017), Harding came off a 200-date tour last summer and went straight into the studio with a collection of songs written on the road.  Reuniting with John Parish, producer of Party, Harding spent 15 days recording and 10 days mixing at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth and Bristol’s J&J Studio and Playpen.  From the bold strokes of opening track ‘Fixture Picture’, there is an overriding sense of an artist confident in their work, with contributions from Huw Evans (H. Hawkline), Stephen Black (Sweet Baboo), drummer Gwion Llewelyn and violinist Clare Mactaggart broadening and complimenting Harding’s rich and timeless songwriting. 

Joined by a new 4-piece band, Aldous Harding began a string of US dates with a sold out show in NYC on Monday night.  Brooklyn Vegan called the performance “flat out amazing”, adding “there was a clear connection between her and the audience, who were pin-drop quiet and hung on every note.”  The European tour starts next month with a sold-out Berlin show on May 12 followed by 8 sold-out dates in the UK.  Festival performances include Primavera (Barcelona and Porto), Green Man Festival, Roskilde and This Is Not A Love Song. Full tour dates below and here.

April
11th - BSP, Kingston NY, US [TICKETS]
12th - Sala Rosa, Montreal QC, Canada [SOLD OUT]
14th - Empty Bottle, Chicago IL, US [TICKETS]
15th - First Ave Presents @ Turf Club, Minneapolis MN, US [TICKETS]
18th - Tractor Tavern, Seattle WA, US [TICKETS]
19th - Mississippi Studios Presents @ Polaris Hall, Portland OR, US [SOLD OUT]
22nd - Rickshaw, San Francisco CA, US [SOLD OUT]
24th - Zebulon, Los Angeles CA, US [SOLD OUT]

May
12th - Privat Club, Berlin, Germany [SOLD OUT]
14th - Rotonde Botanique, Brussels, Belgium [SOLD OUT]
15th - Concorde 2, Brighton, UK [SOLD OUT]
16th - Junction 2, Cambridge, UK [SOLD OUT]
17th - Brudenell, Leeds, UK [SOLD OUT]
18th - CCA, Glasgow, UK [SOLD OUT]
19th - The Cluny 2, Newcastle, UK [SOLD OUT]
21st - Gorilla, Manchester, UK [SOLD OUT]
22nd - EartH, London, UK [SOLD OUT]
23rd - Trinity, Bristol, UK [SOLD OUT]
25th - La Maroquinerie, Paris, France [SOLD OUT]
26th - Maison Folie Wazem, Lille, France [TICKETS]
28th - Stereolux, Nantes, France [TICKETS]
29th - Rock School Barbey, Bordeaux, France [TICKETS]
30th - This Is Not A Love Song, Nimes, France [TICKETS]
31st - Primavera Sound, Barcelona, Spain [TICKETS]

June
1st - Best Kept Secret, Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands [TICKETS]
7th - Primavera Porto, Porto, Portugal [TICKETS]
29th - 5th July - Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark [TICKETS]

July
7th - Cactus Festival, Bruges, Brussels [TICKETS]
10th - Nuits de Fourviere, Lyon, France [TICKETS]
12th - Iveagh Gardens, Dublin, Ireland [TICKETS]
13th - BST Presents, Hyde Park, London (w/ Florence & the Machine, The National) [TICKETS]
25th - Port Eliot Festival, St. Germans, UK [TICKETS]

August
2nd - OFF Festival, Katowice, Poland [TICKETS]
18th - Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons, UK [TICKETS]

November
11th - AB Flex, Brussels, Belgium [TICKETS]
12th - La Cigale, Paris, France [TICKETS]
13th - La Laiterie, Strasbourg, France [TICKETS]
15th - Locomotiv, Bologna, Italy [TICKETS]
16th - Bogen F, Zurich, Switzerland [TICKETS]
18th - Kranhalle, Munich, Germany [TICKETS]
19th - Artheater, Cologne, Germany [TICKETS]
20th - Heimathafen, Berlin, Germany [TICKETS]
22nd - Cosmopolite, Oslo, Norway [TICKETS]
23rd - Fasching, Stockholm, Sweden [TICKETS]
26th - Knust, Hamburg, Germany [TICKETS]
29th - Institute 2, Birmingham, UK [TICKETS]
30th - YES, Manchester, UK [TICKETS]

December
1st - Summerhall, Edinburgh, UK [TICKETS]
4th - Arts Club, Liverpool, UK [TICKETS]
5th - Roundhouse, London, UK [TICKETS]
6th - 1865, Southampton, UK [TICKETS
7th - O2 Academy, Bristol, UK [TICKETS]

“Cryptic and deeply idiosyncratic songs, a record you don’t want to turn your back on in any way.” MOJO ****
“Both fascinating and frightening, highly eccentric and blisteringly beautiful – a record destined to worm its way deep under the skin.” Q *****
"It’s easy to become swept up in this world of sustained and excruciating beauty.” - Uncut 8/10
“A warm, textured collection of songs that breathe life at every corner.” - DIY ****