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The Slow Readers Club is a band from Manchester, England, originally formed as Omerta in 2003. The members are Aaron Starkie on vocals, Kurtis Starkie on guitar, James Ryan on bass, and David Whitworth on drums.

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25 May, 2018

Live: Islington Assembly Rooms, London

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The band plays at Islington Assembly Rooms in London.

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Lunatic acoustic performance

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Aaron, Kurtis and Jim perform an acoustic version of Lunatic, from the album Build A Tower, on Granada Reports.

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Rock City interview

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The band are interviewed before their show at Rock City, Nottingham. On the crowd reaction on the tour:

Aaron: We’ve had good crowds everywhere. There’s one in particular that the crowd have really got on top of, and bouncing around. Manchester’s probably the first gig we had when we had people on people’s shoulders. The energy in the room has been fantastic…On the TV in particular, it’s got a really strong riff from Kurtis and a very direct chorus. The first few days on the tour the album wasn’t actually out, but you could see that people were getting on it in the moment. People were singing the riff through the tune, and before we came on for the encore.
Kurtis: My take was that when we first did the first couple of gigs before the album came out. I thought Supernatural was getting the best reaction. But it’s changed since the album came out.

THE SLOW READERS CLUB INTERVIEW (2018)

11 May, 2018

Haldern Pop festival announcement

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The band announce they will play at the Haldern Pop festival in Germany on August 10

Build A Tower reaches #18 in UK album chart

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Build A Tower reaches #18 on the UK album chart.

OUR ALBUM IS NUMBER 18 ? Build A Tower is in the top 20 of the official album chart, properly mind blowing. We want to say a massive thank you to all our fans for getting behind us…Thanks for spreading the word, here’s to the next stage of the adventure ??

7 May, 2018

I Saw A Ghost performance

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The band performs I Saw A Ghost, from their album Cavalcade, on BBC 5live Afternoon Edition.

4 May, 2018

Build A Tower track-by-track video

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The band release a series of short videos where they talk about each track on Build A Tower.

The Slow Readers Club - Build a Tower - Album Track By Track Interview

Live at Festival No. 6

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The limited edition Live At Festival No.6 album is released, as part of certain initial pre-order bundles from the band’s webstore. The album, recorded in Summer 2017 at Festival No. 6 at Portmeirion Town Hall, comprises a six-song set of stripped down songs accompanied by strings arranged and conducted by Festival No.6 composer-in-residence Joe Duddell.

Build A Tower

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The band release their third studio album, Build a Tower. The album is released on Modern Sky Records and was recorded and produced by Phil Bullyment at Edwin Street Recording Studios in Bury. The album is released in multiple formats including limited-edition red and yellow vinyl, and cassette tape.

We’re really proud of the record as we’ve learned a lot since our last, self-released, album. Build A Tower feels like a big step up. Even though fans have heard a couple of the tracks played on the last tour, there’s a lot we’ve been holding back until they had the album in their hands, so we’re also looking forward to getting out and playing live. We’re excited to see what people make of our new music.