So, the wait is over, well sort of. We told you about Vessels’ interactive video a while back and the first part has now been released. The video combines visual storyteling and 3D interplay to break new ground in audience experience. For the best experience please close all others browser windows/tabs and applications. To pause the film at any point, click the mouse anywhere on the screen. You can find the video here:
http://vesselsband.com/helioscope

The band start their latest UK tour tomorrow (Saturday 5 November) in Bolton, all dates below. Meanwhile, you can download a jolly good mixtape from the band over here and the band’s Tom Evans has remixed ‘Spun Infinite‘ from Helioscope, which you can get by signing up to Vessels’ mailing list (via Vesselsband.com) or by clicking the link in the last but one newsletter.

Vessels live:

Sat 5 Nov 2011 - The Dog & Partridge, BOLTON
Sun 6 Nov 2011 - Night & Day, MANCHESTER
Mon 7 Nov 2011 - The Borderline, LONDON
Wed 9 Nov - The Louisiana, BRISTOL
Fri 11 Nov 2011 - Liverpool Music Week, LIVERPOOL
Sat 12 Nov 2011 - Constellations Festival, LEEDS
Sun 13 Nov 2011 - Captain’s Rest, GLASGOW

Wed 23 Nov 2011 - La Peniche, LILLE, France
Thu 24 Nov 2011 - Autumn Falls, BRUSSELS, Belgium

Wed 25 Jan 2012 - D:Qliq, LUXEMBOURG
Thu 26 Jan 2012 - Astra Strube, HAMBURG, Germany
Fri 27 Jan 2012 - Schokoladen, BERLIN, Germany
Sat 28 Jan 2012 - Spektrum Nachtklang Festival, DRESDEN, Germany
Sun 29 Jan 2012 - AZ, AACHEN, Germany

Vessels have just announced to festival appearances this summer. The first is their debut at Glastonbury, headlining the BBC Introducing stage on Sunday 26 June (7.30pm).

The band’s second appearance in a British field is a return to Gloucestershire’s 2000Trees on Friday 15 Junly (2.30pm) along with Zun Zun Egui, Three Trapped Tigers, And So I Watch You From Afar and Twilight Sad, amongst others.

Here’s a superb live video of the band playing ‘Later Than You Think‘ from Helioscope from their Brighton show earlier this week. Thanks to Fix The Sky Productions for this one.

Vessels - Later Than You Think (live) from Vessels Band on Vimeo.

Meanwhile Lee J. Malcolm from Vessels releases his debut techno album, Folded Spaces on EPM next week. It will be available digitally from all the usual places.

Vessels - Heal from Vessels Band on Vimeo.

Don’t forget you can pre-order Helioscope from our shop. The official release date is 21 March but we will send out as soon as we get the CDs and vinyl in!

See all the band’s shows on our live page.

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Watch a stunning live rendition of ‘The Trap’ from Helioscope, so you can get an idea of what to expect live. See the video here:

Vessels - The Trap live at Abbey Lodge from Vessels Band on Vimeo.

Here are the band’s tour dates:
Sun 20 February - The Duchess, YORK (with Stuart Warwick)
Mon 21 February - The Captain’s Rest, GLASGOW (with Stuart Warwick)
Tue 22 February - The Lemon Tree, ABERDEEN (with Stuart Warwick & Debutant)
Wed 23 February - Hustlers, DUNDEE
Thu 24 February - Speakeasy, BELFAST (with Kasper Rosa)
Fri 25 February - The Workman’s Club, DUBLIN, Ireland (with Stuart Warwick & Enemies)
Sat 26 February - The Quad, CORK, Ireland (with Stuart Warwick)
Mon 28 February - The Harley, SHEFFIELD (with Stuart Warwick and Emphemetry)
Tue 1 March - Academy 3, MANCHESTER (with Stuart Warwick)
Wed 2 March - The Borderline, LONDON (with Stuart Warwick)
Thu 3 March - Jam, BRIGHTON (with Stuart Warwick)
Fri 4 March - The Haymakers, CAMBRIDGE
Sat 5 March - British Wildlife Festival, Brudenell Social Club, LEEDS

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Vessels have announced a tour to promote their second album Helioscope, which comes out in March 2011. The tour takes them to Ireland for the first time and culminates at the British Wildlife Festival in Leeds.

Stuart Warwick, whose vocals appear on ‘Meatman, Piano Tuner, Prostitute‘, will be joining Vessels for the tour (except Dundee).

Look out for more shows soon…

Sun 20 February - The Duchess, YORK (with Stuart Warwick)
Mon 21 February - The Captain’s Rest, GLASGOW (with Stuart Warwick)
Tue 22 February - The Lemon Tree, ABERDEEN (with Stuart Warwick & Debutant)
Wed 23 February - Hustlers, DUNDEE 
Thu 24 February - Speakeasy, BELFAST (with Stuart Warwick & Casper Rosa Midnight)
Fri 25 February - The Workman’s Club, DUBLIN (with Stuart Warwick)
Mon 28 February - The Harley, SHEFFIELD (with Stuart Warwick and Emphemetry)
Tue 1 March - Academy 3, MANCHESTER (with Stuart Warwick)
Wed 2 March - The Borderline, LONDON (with Stuart Warwick)
Thu 3 March - Jam, BRIGHTON (with Stuart Warwick)
Fri 4 March - The Haymakers, CAMBRIDGE
Sat 5 March - British Wildlife Festival, Brudenell Social Club, LEEDS

Meanwhile, Vessels have revamped their shop so now you can buy some of their fantastic T-shirts. Click here for the shop.

Vessels begun their European tour with Oceansize yesterday and announced a free download via their mailing list. The track is live favourite, ‘Ornafives‘, which the band have been playing on their travels the last year or so. All you need to do is subscribe on their website and hey presto, your download will appear, existing subscribers should have received an email with details how to download. Full details here:
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‘Meatman, Piano Tuner, Prostitute’ is the first single to be taken from the Vessels‘ second album Helioscope (due out Feb 2011) and is released 8th November. The band features the guest vocals of Stuart Warwick (formerly Jacob’s Stories) who will accompany the band on their headline set of dates in November (please note new London venue). Before then, Vessels embark on a tour of Europe with Oceansize. All dates can be seen on the live tab. The band will be writing a tour diary so keep up to date at the band’s newly refurbished website:
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Meatman, Piano Tuner, Prostitute (feat. Stuart Warwick) by Vessels

A brilliantly colourful video has been made by Kira Zighalina:

Vessels - Meatman, Piano Tuner, Prostitute (feat. Stuart Warwick) from Vessels Band on Vimeo.

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Vessels have announced a European tour with Oceansize this autumn. The Leeds-based band will join Oceansize for 24 shows throughout mainland Europe and then will return to the UK for a set of headline shows where they will be be previewing music from their second album, due for release in early 2011. More information on this soon!

The UK shows will see Brighton’s Stuart Warwick (Jacob’s Stories) as support, with Humanfly also joining the bill for the London show at The Black Heart on Thursday 17 November. The hometown show takes place at the Brudenell Social Club, a fringe event of the Constellations festival (Broken Social Scene, Four Tet).

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Here are the dates:

Fri 24 Sep - The Venue, DUMFRIES
Sat 25 Sep - Bar Continental, BARROW-IN-FURNESS

Sat 9 Oct - Bibelot, Dordrecht, NETHERLANDS (with Oceansize)
Sun 10 Oct - Doornroosje, Nijmegan, NETHERLANDS (with Oceansize)
Mon 11 Oct - Melkweg Oude Zeel, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS (with Oceansize)
Wed 13 Oct - Gebaude 9, Cologne, GERMANY (with Oceansize)
Thu 14 Oct - Logo, Hamburg, GERMANY (with Oceansize)
Fri 15 Oct - Beta, Copenhagen, DENMARK (with Oceansize)
Sat 16 Oct - Garage, Oslo, NORWAY (with Oceansize)
Sun 17 Oct -Malman, Stockholm, SWEDEN (with Oceansize)
Tue 19 Oct - Kuudes Linja, Helsinki, FINLAND (with Oceansize)
Wed 20 Oct - Lost in Music, Tampere, FINLAND (with Oceansize)
Sat 23 Oct- Hydrozagadka, Warsaw, POLAND (with Oceansize)
Sun 24 Oct - Lucerna Music Hall, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC (with Oceansize)
Mon 25 Oct - Werk 2, Liepzig, GERMANY (with Oceansize)
Tue 26 Oct - Colossaal, Aschaffenburg, GERMANY (with Oceansize)
Thu 28 Oct - Kulturladen, Konstanz, GERMANY (with Oceansize)
Fri 29 Oct - Backstage, Munich, GERMANY (with Oceansize)
Sat 30 Oct - Sublime, Aflenz, AUSTRIA (with Oceansize)
Mon 1 Nov - Grabenhalle, St Gallen, SWITZERLAND (with Oceansize)
Tue 2 Nov - ISC Club, Bern, SWITZERLAND (with Oceansize)
Thu 4 Nov - Be Cool, Barcelona, SPAIN (with Oceansize)
Fri 5 Nov - El Tren, Granada, SPAIN (with Oceansize)
Sat 6 Nov - Ritmo & Compass, Madrid, SPAIN (with Oceansize)
Sun 7 Nov - Rock Star Live Barakaldo, Bilbao, SPAIN (with Oceansize)
Tue 9 Nov - Nouveau Casino, Paris, FRANCE (with Oceansize)

Fri 12 Nov - Brudenell Social Club, LEEDS (with Jacob’s Stories &)
Sat 13 Nov - Deaf Institute, MANCHESTER (with Jacob’s Stories)
Wed 17 Nov -The Queen Of Hoxton (new venue),, LONDON (with Jacob’s Stories & Humanfly)
Thu 18 Nov - Bierkeller, BRISTOL (with Jacob’s Stories)