Bambara have shared ‘Pray to Me’ ahead of the release of their new album ‘Birthmarks’, out on 12 March 2025 via Wharf Cat and Bella Union.
With eerie and gothic tendencies taking over, complete with Reid Bateh’s deliberately slow and unsettling vocals about ‘singing country karaoke’, there’s a real intrigue to this song from its opening moments. The angular guitar hooks and frenetic drums soon come in as Reid tells a Nick Cave-esque story about a one-eyed man and his spiralling desire-driven descent into murder and madness…
Bambara UK & EU Tour
04/16/2024 – Nantes, FR – Stereolux
04/18/2024 – Tilburg, NL – Roadburn Festival
04/19/2024 – Esche, LU – Out Of The Crowd Festival
04/22/2024 – Brighton, UK – Komedia
04/23/2024 – Birmingham, UK – Hare & Hounds
04/24/2024 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
04/25/2024 – Glasgow, UK – Room 2
04/26/2024 – Salford, UK – The White Hotel
04/28/2024 – Bristol, UK – The Fleece
04/29/2024 – London, UK – The Garage
05/01/2024 – Brussels, BE – AB Club
05/02/2024 – Groningen, NL – Vera
05/03/2024 – Hamburg, DE – Molotow
05/06/2024 – Stockholm, SE – Bar Brooklyn
05/07/2024 – Oslo, NO – Blä
05/09/2024 – Copenhagen, DK – Loppen
05/10/2024 – Berlin, DE – Lido
05/12/2024 – Munich, DE – Ampere
05/13/2024 – Cologne, DE – Helios 37
05/14/2024 – Reims, FR – La Cartonnerie
05/15/2024 – Paris, FR – La Maroquinerie