After a brief but hugely-influential time away, Errors return with ‘Have Some Faith In Magic,’ out 30th January (on Rock Action Records) their third album and it counts as far and away their greatest shift in sound yet, heralding in a sound of serenely cosmos-gazing sugar-tipped pop previously hinted at with Spring single release ‘Magna Encarta.’

A group who emerged at the tale end of a period when anything purely-instrumental and guitar-based became lazily tagged “post-rock,” Errors have now distanced themselves from that loose genre so much that any fleeting comparison to it is now completely redundant. ‘Have Some Faith In Magic’ is an LP of sprawling pop, with delicious hooks applied liberally across post-electro scatterings; a complete turn away from previously lauded albums ‘It’s Not Something But It Is Like Whatever,’ and last year’s ‘Come Down With Me’ – not least with vocals now being included prominently for the first time. “It was just something that naturally happened,” comments the group’s Steev Livingstone, “We had the idea to put vocals in the music a while ago but we always intended that they should be treated as another instrument. We’ve used them in a way that sits really naturally so the music and the vocals don’t feel like separate entities.”

Fresh from supporting label mates (and bosses) Mogwai in both the USA and at their recent Glasgow Barrowlands show Errors will play their own UK & Irish headline tour in February 2012 (special guests on all dates will be Remember Remember)

FEBRUARY

9             Newcastle, The Cluny

10           Manchester, Islington Mill

11           Liverpool, Kazimer

12           Birmingham, The Rainbow

13           Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach

14           Bristol, The Fleece

15           Brighton, The Haunt

16           London, XOYO

17           Leeds, Cockpit 2

18           Dublin, Grand Social

24           Dundee, Doghouse

25           Aberdeen, The Lemon Tree

Tickets to all shows available via www.havesomefaithinmagic.com (and usual agents).

Errors fans have long had their faith rewarded by the band; their third album only looks set to continue that trend…  www.weareerrors.com

Photo Credit: Michael Kent

Words by Raegan Oates

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