Since 1996, the Raincoats have played some special events, such as Wyatt’s Meltdown in 2001, and Chicks on Speed ‘s 99 Cents album-release party in Berlin in December 2003. Birch and da Silva recorded a cover version of “Monk Chant” for a tribute album of Monks songs called Silver Monk…
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On 15 May 2007, the band announced they would begin recording their second album on 4 June, and the band began recording then in Los Angeles with producer Butch Vig at Conway Studios. The band had written around twenty-five tracks which were recorded over a period of several months. In…
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Salewicz, Chris (15 May 2007).
Enter Shikari had performed over 500 times by 2007 and played on the Gibson / MySpace stage at 2006’s Download Festival . On 14 May 2007, Enter Shikari started their first North America tour. This was followed by three more North American tours.
Tales Don’t Tell Themselves was released on 14 May 2007 in the UK
reached number 16 in the Official UK chart on 13 May 2007.
having been leaked to the internet on 10 May 2007.
On 10 May 2007 the band played another intimate gig for Kerrang! 105.2 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall Bar, in which they played “Walk Away” for the very first time.
On 8 May 2007 the band released Tales Don’t Tell Themselves in its entirety for fans to preview via their MySpace page.
The band’s eighth studio album, Send Away the Tigers , was released on 7 May 2007. It entered the official UK Album Charts at number 2. Critical response to the album was largely positive, with some critics hailing the album as the band’s best in a decade.