Photo credit: Marieke Macklon
South London indie-rockers Ain’t have shared new single ‘Pirouette’ ahead of a hefty touring schedule and debut London headline show at The Waiting Room on 12 June. Guitarist/vocalist George Ellerby says: ”Pirouette’ details the drudgery of break ups and the lethargy that can come with dating, but I feel it’s preoccupied with a sense of something overwhelmingly hopeful and exhilarating falling into place.’
Recorded with Theo Verney (English Teacher, Lime Garden), the song opens with a burst of slacker-pop stylings and guitar hooks before veering into a more swaying shoegazey sound as the band harmonise about finding a perfect way out of a situation they don’t want to be in. The song expertly falters around the two-and-a-half-minute mark as the band repeat the question ‘Does this entertain you?’ before it then bursts back into life with Cribs-esque jangle hooks.
Live dates:
26/03 – The Garage, London – UK (supporting THUS LOVE)
27/03 – The Attic, Leeds – UK (supporting THUS LOVE)
28/03 – Stereo, Glasgow – UK (supporting THUS LOVE)
29/03 – The White Hotel, Salford – UK (supporting THUS LOVE)
30/03 – Delicious Clam, Sheffield – UK (supporting THUS LOVE)
31/03 – Strange Brew, Bristol – UK (supporting THUS LOVE)
01/04 – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff – UK (supporting THUS LOVE)
02/04 – Komedia, Brighton – UK (supporting THUS LOVE)
03/04 – Ramsgate Music Hall, Ramsgate – UK (supporting THUS LOVE)
12/04 – Outer Town Festival / Exchange Basement, Bristol – UK
03/05 – Wanderlust Festival, Southampton – UK
17/05 – Get Together Festival, Sheffield – UK
15/05 – The Great Escape, Brighton – UK
16/05 – The Great Escape, Brighton – UK
21/05 – The Garage, London – UK (supporting LOWERTOWN)
24/05 – Dot to Dot, Bristol – UK
25/05 – Dot to Dot, Nottingham – UK
12/06 – Waiting Room, London – UK (HEADLINE DATE)
