Electrifying Bristolian rockers TAX THE HEAT recently spent the day at YouTube Space in London to record some live sessions.

To celebrate kicking off their UK tour today, the band have released the first live video from that shoot.

Watch the new single, "Cut Your Chains," here:

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"'Cut Your Chains' is all about being free and living your life. Do what ever the hell you like," explains vocalist Alex Veale. "When we first played it live it got the place jumping, I think there is something just fundamentally fun about the tune and people connect with that. When we spoke about the next single we decided to just do a live music video, no stories, overdubs, scripts or any of that bullshit just us playing this little tune. We were lucky enough to be working at YouTube and it all lined up."

The UK tour dates, with NAKED SIX supporting, rack up as follows:

w/ NAKED SIX
19.04. UK Sheffield - The Foundry Studios
20.04. UK Southampton - Heartbreakers *SOLD OUT*
21.04. UK Nottingham - Rough Trade* (1.30pm - 2pm)
21.04. UK Birmingham - The Flapper
23.04. UK Brighton - Sticky Mike's Frog Bar
24.04. UK Norwich - The Waterfront
25.04. UK Manchester - Night People
28.04. UK Newcastle - Jumpin' Jacks
29.04. UK Glasgow - Stereo
30.04. UK Hull - The Polar Bear
*no NAKED SIX

Tickets & info: www.taxtheheat.com

Alex Veale says, "When we wrote the Change Your Position album we followed our nose and let the music manifest itself in the way it did. Now we've started rehearsing for the tour it's become apparent how good this will feel to play the album live and loud in some fantastic intimate venues. We can't wait, join us!"

The band released their sophomore album Change Your Position last month. The new offering has that familiar mix of alternative-rock swagger that we have come to love about the band and is laden with big, chunky riffs and foot stompin' anthems.

"If an album is about capturing a band or artist at a certain point, Change Your Position might have happened at the perfect time. As a band we toured, found our sound, found our place and took inspiration from a world in utter chaos. With Change Your Position we pushed ourselves creatively as hard as we could and it took us further into ourselves than we expected - we hope it's apparent to the listener." comments Alex Veale

Order Change Your Position now, here: https://nuclearblast.com/taxtheheat-cyp
Order Change Your Position digitally, here: https://nblast.de/TTHAllTheMedicine

Change Your Position Tracklisting:
01. Money In The Bank
02. Change Your Position
03. Playing With Fire
04. All That Medicine
05. On The Run
06. The Last Time
07. Taking The Hit
08. My Headspace
09. We Are Consumers
10. Cut Your Chains
11. Wearing A Disguise
12. The Symphony Has Begun

The band have been curating playlists over on Spotify recently, which are now online.

Check out their picks, below:

JP: https://open.spotify.com/user/taxtheheat/playlist/6Xj8JVwqasXQ0WP9LeofYo?si=DQrs2hRcTSilWxAsPfe_iQ
Jack: https://open.spotify.com/user/taxtheheat/playlist/6dpzg19iTl41I44lWvzYrd?si=JlLRkV8FQBSvdq2lgDRV5w
Antonio: https://open.spotify.com/user/taxtheheat/playlist/6X8ZrbWx6TsFUYwKK7RO11?si=Gxt9Es78Rz-PQW8O4fNSug
Alex: https://open.spotify.com/user/taxtheheat/playlist/6RTzOk5B8tqn11gw3AQiqC?si=cBZPbJrDRg2Qv0mMX03h_g

The band will be performing the new album in full at three special album launch shows, one of which is now sold out. Due to overwhelming demand, the band have just announced an extra date at Bristol's Rough Trade venue. These shows will be followed by a full UK tour in April. See below for details.

Alex Veale says:

"When we wrote the Change Your Position album we followed our nose and let the music manifest itself in the way it did. Now we've started rehearsing for the tour it's become apparent how good this will feel to play the album live and loud in some fantastic intimate venues. We can't wait, join us!"

TAX THE HEAT live:

Album Launch Shows
06.04. UK Bristol - Rough Trade
07.04. UK Bristol - Rough Trade *SOLD OUT*

19.04. UK Sheffield - The Foundry Studios
20.04. UK Southampton - Heartbreakers
21.04. UK Birmingham - The Flapper
23.04. UK Brighton - Sticky Mike's Frog Bar
24.04. UK Norwich - The Waterfront
25.04. UK Manchester - Night People
28.04. UK Newcastle - Jumpin' Jacks
29.04. UK Glasgow - Stereo
30.04. UK Hull - The Polar Bear

Tickets & Info: www.taxtheheat.com

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News reported by:Jean-François "Thrashing Assault" Briard

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