Welsh brothers Tom and Ed Russell, aka the future garage unit Overmono, have announced a 20-date tour including shows in the US, UK, and Europe in support of their recent debut LP Good Lies. Overmono will be playing three dates in the UK and six more in various cities around Europe this Autumn.
Sharing the announcement on social media, the duo wrote in their Instagram caption they were, “gassed to announce this run”, and, “unbelievably excited to be playing a bunch of cities close to our hearts as well as visiting some places we’ve never played before”.
The Russell brothers will be kicking off their tour at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado in mid-September. They’ll be stopping off at venues around the US before heading to the UK and Europe in October.
The duo will start their European dates off in Dublin playing Vicar Street on the 6th October. They will then play the O2 Academy in Bristol on the 12th October and the independent warehouse venue SWG3 Galvanizers in Glasgow on 13th October. They will then tour around Europe before finishing their tour at The Roundhouse in London on the 25th October. For tickets see here.
Fans of the breakbeat act can catch their set at one of the many UK and Europe festivals they have lined up over the summer including Gala23’, Love Saves the Day, Primavera Sound, AVA Festival, Lost Village, End of the Road, and at Parklife for the second year in a row. Last year the duo played Wide Awake Festival, the independent festival that showcases new and unique acts.
Before Overmono, the brothers from Monmouth had solo careers in music with Tom making industrial techno under the moniker Truss and his younger brother Ed making dubstep under the name Tessela. In 2015, the two paired up spending a couple of weeks in a cottage making music together.
Good Lies, Overmono’s debut album, was released on the 12th May. Lush, atmospheric, and spacey the brothers combine cold breakbeats with echoey sampled vocals on the thirteen tracks to create ambient dance music that will please festival crowds.
Talking to The Fader this week, the brothers mused on the direction of dance music towards the sentimental. “The music we’re drawn to the most is music that you could listen to, depending on how you’re feeling that day, you could hear the same song in a different way”, Ed articulated. “That’s something we’re not consciously aiming for in the studio, but over the years of making music, we’ve realized it’s what we’re always gravitating towards: that in-between state of emotions when you’re not sure if you’re laughing or crying or both at the same time.”
Listen to “So U Kno” below:
See below for all Overmono’s upcoming UK and Europe dates:
26/05/23 – Gala23’ – London
27/05 – Love Saves the Day – Bristol
01/06 – Primavera Sound – Barcelona
02/06 – AVA Festival – Belfast
08/06 – Primavera Sound – Arganda del Rey
10/06 – Parklife – Manchester
16/06 – Maifeld – Mannheim
25/06 – Hideout Festival – Novalji
30/06 – Montreux Jazz Festival – Montreux
12/07 – Dour Festival – Dour
04/08 – Paradies Garten Festival – Bruck an der Leitha
04/08 – All Together Now – Portlaw
24/08 – Lost Village – Lincoln
31/08 – End of the Road – Sixpenny Handley
31/08 – INOTA – Várpalota
06/10 – Vicar Street – Dublin
12/10 – O2 Academy – Bristol
13/10 – SWG3 Galvanizers – Glasgow
18/10 – La Cabaret Sauvage – Paris
19/10 – Paradiso – Amsterdam
20/10 – AB – Brussels
21/10 – Astra Kulturhaus – Berlin
22/10 – Mojo Club – Hamburg
25/10 – The Roundhouse – London
