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Sebastian Rochford’s Polar Bear have announced several more live dates to promote the bands latest release on The Leaf Label, Peepers.

Released at the start of March, Peepers has collected a swathe of  great reviews from the music press, The Times calling the album “The most convincing ‘post jazz album’ yet.”

On march 21st Seb Rochford fulfilled a last-minute request to join Patti Smith and Tony Shanahan on stage at London’s Union Chapel. My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields and Patrick Wolf were also invited to perform at this show.

Here is a video for the track A New Morning Will Come  – Polar Bear

Polar Bear have since played a couple more intimate shows in London and Windsor and will be performing at the following venues around the country during the coming months:

Friday 23 April
Ether Festival, LONDON
The Front Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall
On stage: 5.30pm
Tickets: Free

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/music/gigs-contemporary/tickets/polar-bear-52564

Sunday 2 May
Camden Crawl, LONDON

http://www.thecamdencrawl.com

Monday 3 May
Cheltenham Jazz Festival, CHELTENHAM
On Stage 6.00pm

http://cheltenhamfestivals.com/jazz

Thursday 13 May
Rescue Rooms, NOTTINGHAM
Masonic Place, NG1 5GG
Doors 7.30pm
Tickets £12 adv

http://www.rescuerooms.com

Sunday 30 May
Assembly Rooms, DERBY
Market Place, DE1 3AH
Doors 1.00pm
Tickets £15

http://www.derbylive.co.uk

Saturday 3 July
Mostly Jazz Festival, BIRMINGHAM
Moseley Park, B5 5RD

http://www.mostlyjazz.co.uk

Sunday 29 August
Aeon Festival, CREDITON, Devon

http://www.aeonfestival.com

Saturday 18 September
Richmond Jazz Festival, RICHMOND, North Yorkshire

http://www.richmond-jazz-festival.co.uk

Another of The Leaf Label artists, Sweden’s Wildbirds & Peacedrums will release two vinyl only EPs, the first, Retina is released in May, followed by Iris a month later in June.

Both EPs will be compiled as an album called Rivers which will be released in August as a CD and digital download.

The release of Retina will coincide with a short European Tour, where the minimalistic Wildbirds & Peacedrums will be backed by a twelve piece choir. The tour dates are listed below, but first here is the excellent live recording of  Doubt/Hope to get you in the mood.

Wildbirds & Peacedrums European Tour Dates:

Friday 14 May                  ATP Festival, Minehead, UK
Saturday 15 May              Bishopsgate Institute, London, UK
Sunday 16 May                 Cafe La Danse, Paris, France
Monday 17 May               Dampfzentrale, Bern, Switzerland
Wednesday 19 May         Babel, Malmo Sweden
Thursday 20 May            Jazzhouse, Copenhagen, Denmark
Friday 21 May                   Bla Oslo, Norway
Saturday 22 May             Sodra Teatern, Stockholm, Sweden
Sunday 23 May                venue tbc, Gothenburg, Sweden

For more information on these artists visit the Wildbirds & Peacedrums MySpace site, or Polar Bear MySpace site. For information on the record label visit The Leaf Label website.