TOTAL VICTORY CONCRETE CO. (inc. TOTAL VICTORY "BAND") SUMMER STATEMENT

BEFORE THE TOUR

So after Matt E left we had to sort some things out to play these shows. James, who has drummed on all our records and nearly all of our shows except the last tour, played guitar. Andy, who drummed on the last tour, remained on drums.

live at Freakshow 2017, photo by Yetiz Back

And our good friend Thom flew in from China and played extra guitar. After a lot of hard work and a couple of warm-up shows (PRESTON HAS COME OFF THE "PLEASE FUCK OFF" LIST, A RARE ACHIEVEMENT) across two months we went from being a creaking pissed-up ghost of a band to being, once again, a reasonably adept guitar group. Listen to Thom's mini-album from a couple of years ago. It is really special.

TEN YEARS OF TOTAL VICTORY

A long post of many parts after which we will shut up for a while.
Worcester, June 2017

(EDIT: a general flavour of this entry can be found in French with this interview with Alter1fo)

HISTORY
Ten years ago Total Victory formed in Queens Park, Bolton. Back then you still had great bands like Moco and The VCs and Neurosync and we wanted to join the party. Now we're the embarrassing guys at the party who won't leave.

We're not doing anything special to mark this moment other than writing this.

MAY / JUNE TOUR 2017
The tour of France that took place to promote the record is complete and we'd like to thank everyone who put us on, played with us, came to see us, gave us food, let us sleep at their place, or helped us in any way with promotion. And a special thank you to Ste who drove and played extra guitar, and Andy, who deputised on drums for James.

photo by Jesse Overman / Blast Radius

SHOWS SHOWS SHOWS (and some album info) (and some other stuff)

ENGLISH MARTYRS IS COMING OUT ON SPECIFIC AND KERVINIOU IN JUNE 2017 BUT FOR NOW PLEASE CONTEND WITH
 
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A SHOW IN THE UNITED KINGDOM!!

AS RARE AS THE TOOTH OF A HEN

ALBUM III (no, really) and TOUR V and RE-PRESS NEWS

Three major pieces of news. No messing around.

NEW ALBUM

It is completed. It is called ENGLISH MARTYRS. It has nine songs and is about 34 minutes long. This is the album cover.

1. Triangulation Point
2. Gore Seer
3. In The Home Counties
4. Once In Every Century (LISTEN)
5. Playing Golf With The Precariat
6. Written Backwards
7. Mistakes Upon Mistakes
8. The Public Weighbridge
9. Gold Curtain

We expect to have it on tour and on general sale after. Tour, you say? What tour? A-HA!

NEW TOUR

We're returning to France and Belgium in May and June. Dates as follows:

• 29 MAY Rennes, Bar Hic
• 30 MAY Nantes, TBA
• 31 MAY Toulouse, Pavilions Sauvages w/Marc Sens & Oliver Mellano
• 1 JUNE Grenoble, TBA
• 2 JUNE Metz, La Chaouee w/MALAÏSE
• 3 JUNE Liege, Le Garage

RE-PRESS NEWS

We are going to repress National Service. Some guy is selling it for 50 euro on Discogs and this will not do. Flood the market! We will have it soon, but maybe not by tour.