NEWS: BRETON – NEW SINGLE + HEAR BUSY P REMIX OF ‘GOVERNING CORRECTLY’
Breton have announced the release of a brand new single ‘Population Density’, due for release on 5th November 2012 on FatCat Records. Recorded between festivals over the summer at the band’s creative HQ The Lab, the band road tested it for the first time at the Route Du Rock festival in France in front of 7,000 people – it was one of the highlights of the set. There are two additional tracks on the single – ‘Governing Correctly’, taken... Read More
VIDEO: BRETON – PERFORMANCE FILM OF NEW SINGLE ‘JOSTLE’
To coincide with the release of their new AA single, ‘Jostle’/’Foam’, due for release of FatCat Records on 2nd July 2012. Breton have released a performance film of ‘Jostle’. It was recorded for A Take Away Show, filmed by and for the acclaimed French site La Blogotheque. Breton transported all their recording equipment and PA from their HQ The Lab in Kennington to Paris, where they took over a French Bistro and set up studio and performed... Read More
NEWS: BRETON – HEAR ‘JOSTLE’ FROM THE NEW AA SIDE + UK TOUR DATES
Fresh from an extensive and hugely successful two month tour of the UK, Europe and the States, Breton have announced a five date tour of the UK. They will also play further dates in Europe including a support slot in Paris with Hot Chip in July and various festival appearances including Latitude Festival throughout the summer months. Breton are fast earning a reputation as one of the UK’s most exciting and innovative live bands and their recent... Read More
LIVE: BRETON – 29/03/2012
Photos: Peter Rea - ISLINGTON MILL, SALFORD - By going through these doors, we agree to let ourselves be filmed for a commercial. I was under the impression that this gig would be a little shy on punters tonight, so the scenes inside the mill come as a complete surprise. Breton‘s debut album ‘Other People’s Problems’ was released through Fatcat Records on Monday. They came to my attention through hype following a popular support... Read More
NEWS/COMPETITION: BRETON – NEW SINGLE, DEBUT ALBUM + VIDEO / FREE GIG TICKETS & CDS
Sonic and visual experimentalists Breton will release their second single, ‘Interference’ on 19th March 2012 on FatCat Records. It’s taken from the band’s hugely anticipated debut album ‘Other People’s Problems’ - due for release on 26th March 2012 - and lyrically touches on compulsive, destructive relationships, their internal compromises and justifications. It’s a bold, epic production oozing in attitude thanks to... Read More
NEWS: BRETON – NEW EP ‘THE BLANKET RULE’ + TOUR DATES
On 17th January 2012 Breton released ‘The Blanket Rule EP’, to celebrate the announcement of a fresh set of dates, including shows in Paris, Dublin and the Mercury Lounge in New York, which will be the band’s first ever headline show. It consists of four new tracks that will not be included on their forthcoming debut album ‘Other People’s Problems’ due for release onFatCat Records on 26th March 2012. There will also be a bonus track, ‘The... Read More
NEWS: BRETON – DEBUT HEADLINE UK TOUR + STREAMED MIX INCLUDING TWO NEW TRACKS
Fresh from an incredible performance in front of 3000 people at Transmusicales Festival last weekend, multimedia masterminds Breton announce their first UK headline shows. They will take place next March 2012 in support of their debut album ‘Other People’s Problems’, which will be released on Fat Cat Records. Dates are as follows: 28th March – Corsica Studios, London 29th March – Islington Mill, Manchester 30th March – Nation Of Shopkeepers,... Read More
NEWS: BRETON – A SHORT FILM FOR THE DEBUT SINGLE
Visual experimentalists Breton have released a short film for their forthcoming debut single ‘Edward The Confessor’, due for release on Fat Cat Records on 21st November 2011. The track’s lyrics are based on a field recording of a conversation taking place between two unknown men, the subject matter of which is immigration and the frustration of surviving in a foreign country. It’s a similar frustration that’s echoed in the young faces... Read More
NEWS: BRETON – NEW VIDEO ‘THE COMMISSION’
Art pop architects Breton are releasing a stunning new video to accompany their new song ‘The Commission’. It was directed by BretonLABS and Stuart Sinclair, a motion graphics artist who makes computer generated clips of space and satellites. The actor is Patrick Lyons, a beat poet from Boston – and legend on the south London squat party scene. The pair met when Breton started out and regularly played the squat party circuit. ‘The Commission’... Read More
