THIS 15 SMART CASUAL.
26.05.2023
9AM pic.twitter.com/C4zjsEJ5LF

— Kids In Glass Houses (@kighofficial) May 25, 2023

After the band announced their split in 2014, Kids in Glass Houses have just completed two comeback shows at Slam Dunk Festival only last week. Now that the band have reformed, they are looking to welcome everyone back with a UK tour that will coincide with Smart Casual’s reissue.

Eager to prove that the years spent away have not dulled the desire to perform, Kids in Glass Houses more than validated their rock credentials as they thrilled audiences at this summer’s Slam Dunk Festival. Choosing a great platform to announce themselves back on the scene, fans of the Welsh band will be delighted to learn of a run of six additional dates in the UK. Released in 2008, Smart Casual yeilded instant success for the band, with song “Easy Tiger” receiving much attention across music channels. Headlining tours soon followed in support of the album and so it comes as little surprise that the group now wish to recognise its major impact on their careers, 15 years later.

Speaking about the album and how much it means to the band, singer Aled Phillips said, “writing, recording and touring Smart Casual was our John Hughes coming-of-age era and its hard to believe its been 15 years. Getting back together with the boys in a room and celebrating those songs that carry so much meaning for us has been such a privilege and its been so humbling reading and speaking to people who have an affinity to those songs.” 

The album, due to be re-released in October, will be remixed and remastered and will be followed by a headlining tour-the band hitting incredible venues such as the O2 Forum in Kentish Town London and the O2 Academy Bristol before ending the run with a show in their home city of Cardiff. The band themselves are clearly relishing the prospect of returning to the road, saying, “we really can’t wait to hit the road this October and return to some much loved corners of the UK.”

Another pre-sale. https://t.co/DmuiXWRTtR pic.twitter.com/8V8WO6XXf9

— Kids In Glass Houses (@kighofficial) June 1, 2023

Pre-sale tickets went live yesterday and fans of the band will be able to purchase the advanced tickets only if they have already preordered a copy of the Smart Casual reissue. You can find the album preorder here.

If the pre-sale has passed you by, no need to worry as the general sale for tour tickets will go live tomorrow, 2 June at 9am. Tickets for the UK tour can be found here.

Kids in Glass Houses UK Tour:

15/10/2023 – SWG3 – Glasgow
16/10/2023 – Manchester Academy 2 – Manchester
17/10/2023 – O2 Institute Birmingham – Birmingham
18/10/2023 – O2 Forum Kentish Town – London
20/10/2023 – O2 Academy Bristol – Bristol
21/10/2023 – Cardiff Student’s Union – Cardiff

Peace is very much a classic Kids In Glass Houses track. Big poppy melodies, a dashing of post-hardcore before building up to a massive climax that would leave Ron Jeremy jealous. The video follows the story of a group of three people, two lads one lass. One’s romantically involved with the girl, while the other yearns to be. I think you can guess where this is going, but it all finishes a little bit heated.

It is the second single to be taken from Peace, following the release of Drive in June. Judging by the tracks that we’ve already heard, it can’t be too long before Kids In Glass Houses become the titans of Welsh rock, a fiercely competitive title.

Kids In Glass Houses go on a mammoth tour in support of Peace, which is released September 30th, this September and October. Dates are below.

September

Wednesday 25th – 02 Academy, Liverpool

Thursday 26th – Waterfront, Norwich

Friday 27th – Engine Shed, Lincoln

Saturday 28th – Asylum, Birmingham

Sunday 29th – Peel, Kingston

October

Tuesday 1st – Concorde 2, Brighton

Wednesday 2nd – Electric Ballroom, London

Thursday 3rd – Great Hall, Cardiff

Friday 4th – Academy 2, Manchester

Saturday 5th – Garage, Glasgow

Sunday 6th – Warehouse, Newcastle

Tuesday 8th – Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth

Wednesday 9th – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham

Thursday 10th – 02 Academy 2, Oxford

Saturday 12th – Academy 2, Dublin (Ireland)

Sunday 13th – Cypress Avenue, Cork (Ireland)

You can check out the video for Peace below, to get an idea of what the new album’s going to be sound like.