Giant Drag’s single ‘This Isn’t It’ is set to be released in the UK on the 17th of April, following the UK release of their album ‘Hearts and Unicorns’ last month. The single b-sides are; ‘Blunt Picket Fence’, ‘GTFU Radio Liner’, ‘Pretty Little Neighbour’ and ‘This Isn’t It’. Pre-order it today from Amazon.

Almost immediately after finishing their tour of the UK Giant Drag will spend the next few months on a Tour of America with Pretty Girls Make Graves. Dates are as follows;

April 27th – Belly Up Tavern: Solana Beach, CA US

April 28th – The Brickhouse: Phoenix, Arizona US

April 30th – Empire Polo Field: Indio, CA US (Coachella – Buy Tickets)

May 2nd – Sokol Underground: Omaha, NE US

May 3rd – Triple Rock: Minneapolis, MN US

May 4th – Mad Planet: Milwaukee, WI U

May 5th – Metro: Chicago, IL US

May 8th – Grog Shop: Cleveland Heights, OH US

May 9th – The Buffalo Icon: Buffalo, NY US

May 11th – The Middle East: Cambridge, MA US

May 13th – Irving Plaza: New York City, NY US

May 14th – The T.L.A.: Philadelphia, PA US

May 15th – Black Cat: Washington, DC US

May 17th – Exit In: Nashville, TN US

May 18th – The Earl: East Atlanta, GA US

May 19th – The Beta Bar: Tallahassee, FL US

May 20th – Culture Room: Ft. Lauderdale, FL

May 21st – Orpheum: Tampa, FL US

May 23rd – The Social: Orlando, Fl US

May 24th – House Of Blues New Orleans: New Orleans, LA US

May 25th – Emo’s: Austin, TX US

May 26th – The Gypsy Ballroom: Dallas, TX US

May 27th – Emo’s: Austin, TX US

May 29th – House of Rock and Roll: El Paso, TX US

May 30th – The Clubhouse: Tempe, AZ US

June 1st – The Casbah: San Diego, CA US

June 2nd – Glass House: Pomona, CA US

June 3rd – The El Rey Theatre: Los Angeles, CA US

June 4th – Great American Music Hall: San Francisco, CA US

Annie and Micah talk about life on the road amongst other things, read the whole thing here.

Check out the new pictures that have been added to the gallery.

Giant Drag have added some more dates to their UK tour which they will be headlining. Dates are as follows;

April 10th – London Borderline

April 12th – Glasgow Barfly

April 14th – Carling Academy Liverpool

April 15th – Cardiff Barfly

April 18th – Birmingham Carling Bar Academy

April 19th – Leeds Joseph Wells

April 20th – Night and Day Cafe Manchester

April 21st – The Louisiana Bristol

Don’t miss out, buy your tickets now!

The UK version of ‘Hearts and Unicorns’, with the bonus track ‘Wicked Game’, is now out in the UK, buy it now!

Giant Drag are currently on tour with The Cribs around the UK, read a review of their performace at the Manchester Academy 2 here.

The UK release of Giant Drag’s debut, ‘Hearts and Unicorns’, is set to hit stores on February 27th! The album also contains a bonus track, ‘Wicked Game’, which is exclusive to the UK version. Giant Drag will be touring in the UK from February 13th until March 2nd. Giant Drag will also be playing Coachella on Sunday April 30th, buy your tickets here.

Hearts and Unicorns is mix of grungy guitar riffs and beautiful melodies. Annie’s vocals resemble those of PJ Harvey but with a little bit more of the Kathleen Hanna feel. The opening track and current single Kevin Is Gay (which apparently was named so as to entertain Micah during rehearsal) is a catchy, more pop like song. Something you can nod your head and sing along to!

Second track, Cordial Invitation, is a wandering dreamy song, full of feeling, quiet and easy to listen to. Next it’s ‘This isn’t it’, popular with radio stations and its obvious why. ‘Love, love, love, this isn’t it, love, love, love you wouldn’t know it, if it hit you,’ sighs Annie in the chorus, sounding almost exasperated.

YFLMD, which is an abbreviation of ‘you fuck like my dad’ is so far my favorite track on the album. The simple but addictive riff immediately stood out to me. It has a darker feel than the songs preceding it and a lot of atmosphere and power.

Bursting in on our ears High Friends in Places is a fantastic tune which gets right on with it. The lyrics here are also interesting; the general songwriting on the album is far more interesting than anything else I’ve heard on the air ways recently.

The pace drops as we reach the songs ‘You’re full of shit (check out my sweet riffs)’ and ‘Everything’s Worse’ but picks straight up again with a brilliant drum intro into ‘My Dick Sux’. Another brilliantly simple and addictive riff in this a perfect punk rock song, resembling the likes of Nirvana and Hole. The album draws to an end with the heartbreaking ‘Smashing’ and then ‘slayer’, finishing with the just plain weird ‘Shine, shine, shine / mango mongo’.

Review by F.M.

Oh watch this for a minute,
It could change any second,
Don’t you let him forget it,
Oh oh

Oh watch this for a minute,
It will change any second,
Don’t you let him forget it,
Can’t give out,

Your dream,
Is my nightmare,
Your dream,
Is my new kiss,

Oh don’t stop me believing,
Once I get my head in it,
I will run from the corner,
I will leave here this minute,

Your dream,
Is my nightmare,
Your dream,
Is my new kiss,
Your dream,
Don’t have me there,
You’ll see its different when you care,
You’re not what I thought,

Your dream,
Is my nightmare,
Your dream,
Is my new kiss,
You’re not what I thought