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Ground Control Touring

Chain of Flowers

Listen to "Nail Me to Your Cross"

Chain of Flowers is a 5-piece post-punk band based in Cardiff, Wales who have been hailed as one of the finest young post-punk bands to emerge from the UK in years. Comprised of Joshua Smith (vocals), Ross Jones (guitar), Rich Clarke (drums), Daniel Anderson (bass) and Matthew Clements (synths), Chain of Flowers have drawn highly favorable comparisons to bands including The Smiths, Joy Division, Eagulls, Iceage, Ceremony and The Cure.

Since their inception in 2012, the band has been invited to tour and perform with internationally-acclaimed acts including The Fall, Chameleons, Ceremony, A Place To Bury Strangers and Eagulls on the strength of their mesmerizing live performances and superb recorded releases. Chain of Flowers’ first self-titled full length was recorded at Wales’ legendary Monnow Valley Studios in Rockfield, Monmouth last year, produced by Gothic Pearson and Darren Lawson and mixed by Ben Greenberg (The Men, Uniform), and released on…

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Code Orange Roadrunner Records Listen to "Liars//Trudge"
WAND Drag City Listen to "Stolen Footsteps"
Lemuria Bridge 9 Records Listen to "Chihuly"
The Seth Bogart Show Burger Records
Polvo Merge Records
Neutral Milk Hotel Merge Records
Crystal Stilts Sacred Bones Listen to "Through The Floor"
Blouse Captured Tracks Listen to "No Shelter"
Sir Richard Bishop Drag City
Screaming Females Don Giovanni Records
Mamiffer SIGE Records Listen to "Mara"
Royal Headache What's Your Rupture? Listen to "High"
She-Devils Listen to "Where There's No One"
Shopping FatCat Records Listen to "Why Wait?"
Saintseneca ANTI-
A Hawk and a Hacksaw L.M. Dupli-cation Listen to "You Have Already Gone to the Other World"
NAILS Nuclear Blast Listen to "Abandon All Life"
Chain of Flowers Alter Listen to "Nail Me to Your Cross"
Weyes Blood Mexican Summer Listen to "Do You Need My Love"
Your Friend Domino Recording Co. Listen to "Heathering"

Artist News & Press

Wolfgang Voigt’s GAS Signs to Ground Control Touring

Posted 06/21/2017

Ground Control Touring is proud to announce our partnership with Wolfgang Voigt. In April 2017, Voigt released Narkopop, his latest work under the moniker GAS and the first in 17 years. Narkopop marks a triumphant return of the project, receiving critical acclaim the world over. The Guardian and Pitchfork lauded the record, giving it 4 out of 5 stars and…

Art Feynman Is the Newest Ground Control Touring Roster Addition

Posted 06/12/2017

We’re happy to announce that avant-pop creator Art Feynman is the addition to the Ground Control Touring artist roster. There is a calm, disciplined pocket to be felt in everything Feynman does; krautrock slink, staccato bounce, and pentatonic bursts of Nigerian Highlife fuzz pour on the temporal canvas with unquestionable ease, never falling in the wrong place. Even more admirable…

UK Provocateurs, Shame, Have Joined Our Artist Roster!

Posted 06/07/2017

We’re excited to announce that the London 5-piece, Shame, has joined the GCT Family. Since starting out as school boys, this five-piece band has become notorious for stealing every stage with the outrageous, jaw-dropping performances that have become the Shame signature. Their riotous two-year journey has included gate-crashing a Glastonbury stage, supporting The Fat White Family, Warpaint and Slaves, performances…

Gatecreeper Has Joined Our Artist Roster

Posted 05/22/2017

We’re psyched to announce that Sonoran Desert death metal band Gatecreeper has joined the Ground Control Touring roster. Gatecreeper was formed in September of 2013 with members originating from both Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona. Gatecreeper plays crusty, doom-soaked death metal at its most infectious and uncompromising, with a massive sound that calls to mind the classic Swedish buzz-saw attack of…

Molly Burch Has Joined The Ground Control Touring Roster!

Posted 05/18/2017

We’re very excited to announce the newest addition to the Ground Control Touring family: Molly Burch! Molly Burch was exposed to the arts at an early age. Growing up in Los Angeles with a writer/producer father and a casting director mother, Burch’s childhood was filled with old Hollywood musicals and the sounds of Patsy Cline, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone.…

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