{"id":17760,"date":"2022-02-03T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=17760"},"modified":"2022-02-02T17:57:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T17:57:40","slug":"smalltown-tigers-release-new-bomb-turks-cover-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=17760","title":{"rendered":"Smalltown Tigers release New Bomb Turks Cover Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Girl can help it - Smalltown Tigers (New Bomb Turks cover)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wfatq6Tt5Dw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Italian garage-punk tearaways SMALLTOWN TIGERS are back for the Chinese Year of the Tiger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To celebrate, they\u2019ve just released a video of their cover of Columbus OH action-rockers New Bomb Turks\u2019 \u2018Girl Can Help It\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track was originally recorded for the album\u00a0&#8216;<em>Defiled! A Heavy Medication Tribute To New Bomb Turks<\/em>&#8216;, released last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The band dropped their debut mini-album&nbsp;<em>Five Things<\/em>&nbsp;to worldwide acclaim in the Spring of 2020, deep in the first lockdown, meaning their accompanying UK tour was first postponed and then cancelled. The girls from Rimini are now determined to make up for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As previously announced, they\u2019ll be opening for The Damned on their reunion dates in the Autumn. They\u2019ll also be playing Some Weird Sin\u2019s Pump It Up! Powerpop Weekender in July, alongside Baby Shakes, Duncan Reid &amp; The Big Heads and more\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dates so far are\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3 July \u2013 The Lexington, London (Pump It Up! Powerpop Weekender)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>28 Oct \u2013 Hammersmith Eventim Apollo, London (w\/ The Damned etc)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>29 Oct \u2013 Hammersmith Eventim Apollo, London (w\/ The Damned etc)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3 Nov \u2013 O2 Apollo, Manchester (w\/ The Damned etc)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4 Nov \u2013 O2 Academy, Glasgow (w\/ The Damned etc)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5 Nov \u2013 O2 Academy, Birmingham (w\/ the Damned etc)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More dates TBC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buy&nbsp;<em>Five Things<\/em>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/areapiratarec.bandcamp.com\/album\/five-things\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buy&nbsp;<em>Defiled!<\/em>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/heavymedicationrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/defiled-a-heavy-medication-tribute-to-new-bomb-turks\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/smalltowntigers\">SmalltownTigers on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italian garage-punk tearaways SMALLTOWN TIGERS are back for the Chinese Year of the Tiger. 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