In September, the favorite sons of Southern Ontario hardcore Single Mothers surprise released their ferocious 3rd album, Through A Wall, on Dine Alone Records & Big Scary Monsters. The album, which Noisey called “their most vicious yet,” is a blistering return to the band’s hardcore roots, and recently the band premiered the animated video for its (almost) title track “Tan Line (Like Passing Through A Wall)” with Kerrang! to announce a headlining North American tour in the new year.

In conversation with Kerrang! front-man Drew Thomson identifies the track as being representative of the central issues he was working through while writing the songs that became Through A Wall.

“I was reading a lot of Murakami going into this record,” Thomson tells Kerrang. “Before recording began for Through A Wall I had just come off of a cross Canada solo tour and really threw myself into ‘The Wind Up Bird Chronicles’.

“The solo tour was an amazing experience – I had never driven across the country by myself, or gone on tour alone, but had always wanted to do both. Pairing it with that book…it’s given the experience a very.. layered reflection.

The band’s North American run will begin in mid February, following a UK/EU tour with Drug Church.

Tour Dates

UK/European Dates
Jan 31 – Birmingham – Sunflower Lounge*
Feb 01 – Leeds – Key Club*
Feb 02 – Glasgow – Garage Attic*
Feb 03 – Manchester – Star and Garter*
Feb 04 – Leicester – The Cookie*
Feb 06 – Bristol – Exchange*
Feb 07 – Southampton – Joiners*
Feb 08 – London – Boston Music Room*
Feb 10 – Antwerp – JH Kavka*
Feb 11 – Eindhoven – Dynamo*
Feb 13 – Hamburg – Headcrash*
Feb 14 – Berlin – Musik Und Frieden*
Feb 15 – Cologne – MTC*
* = w/ Drug Church		 North American Dates
Feb 26 – Denver, CO – Streets Of London
Feb 28 – Phoenix, AZ – Lunchbox
Mar 01 – Las Vegas, NV- Evel Pie
Mar 02 – Los Angeles, CA – Hi-Hat
Mar 03 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
Mar 04 – Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room
Mar 05 – Oakland, CA – The Golden Bull
Mar 07 – Portland, OR – Black Water
Mar 08 – Seattle, WA – The Funhouse
Mar 09 – Victoria, BC – Lucky Bar
Mar 10 – Vancouver, BC – The Astoria
Mar 12 – Edmonton, AB – Temple