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DEATH GOALS have announced European touring dates in support of EYES, set to take place in February. The tour will be the UK queercore duo’s first time playing on the mainland, following UK touring throughout 2023 in support of their latest album, A Garden of Dead Flowers.

TICKETS TO DEATH GOALS EUROPE TOUR IN SUPPORT OF EYES ARE AVAILABLE HERE.

Speaking on the announcement, DEATH GOALS comment: “We’re super excited to be heading out to Europe with EYES next February! They’re an amazing band who put out one of our favourite albums of 2023, plus this will be our first ever tour outside of the UK which we’re stoked to be doing in such great company. 

“We’ll be in the studio recording just before this tour too, so these dates will be our first chance to debut some new material live!”

Whilst bands are often prone to describing their latest opus as a progression, in the case of DEATH GOALS it very much is – and there were signposts towards their burgeoning intentions on 2021 full-length The Horrible and the Miserable’s closing track. Nothing Left To Give was the only song to feature clean vocals and paved the way towards what is now just around the corner with A Garden of Dead Flowers. This album also sees the pairing of Harry Bailey and George Milner embrace being defined as a queer hardcore band; their experiences – both good and bad – with that label and its accoutrements are documented throughout.

From the album opener – the wonderfully titled Genderless Clones of Gameshow Hosts – through to the joyously provocative closer, Faux Macho, Harry and George guide listeners through secret woodland hookups, fighting against queer erasure, nightmarish middle of the night fears, addiction and rehab, dysphoria, and – potentially most importantly – euphoric community acceptance.

Whilst there are undoubtedly dark moments on A Garden of Dead Flowers, DEATH GOALS are gleefully antagonistic and have created an engaging anthology of reflections on lived experiences, offering up hope, support and community to those around them.

DEATH GOALS Europe tour with EYES dates:
February 20 – Hafenklang – Hamburg, DE
February 22 – L’Amalgalme – Yverdons les Bains, CH
February 23 – L’Antonnoir – Bescanson, FR
February 24 – Le Cirque Electrique – Paris, FR
February 25 – Vera – Groningen, NL
February 27 – Voodoo – Warsaw, PL
February 28 – Zascianek – Krakow, PL
February 29 – Liverpool – Wroclaw, PL

A Garden of Dead Flowers tracklist:
1. Genderless Clones of Game Show Hosts
2. A Garden of Dead Flowers
3. Ultraviolence
4. Loveless
5. P.A.N.S.Y.
6. Death Goals In Cursive
7. I Wouldn’t Be Caught Dead (Taking A Bullet For You)
8. If I’m the Enemy Then Who’s the Protagonist?
9. Last Night I Had A Dream About Death
10. Year of the Guillotine
11. Faux Macho