Ontario pop-punkers Harbour have announced their summer 2015 Japan tour. The Toronto quartet will play six dates across the country during their debut run in Asia, having signed to Japanese label Bullion Records last year.
AUGUST
18th: Hachiouji, West Tokyo / Milky Way
19th: Shibuya, Tokyo / The Game
20th: Tsyuama, Okayama / K2
21st: Nagoya, Aichi / RAD
22nd: Shimodate, Ibaraki / Evil Garage
23rd: Aug: Akihabara, Tokyo / Ribole
Harbour are emerging as one of Ontario’s top prospects in the genre, combining clean, crisp and infectious melodies with punching riffs and fresh swelling choruses. A force to be reckoned with both on record and live, Harbour have supported a host of the leading bands in the genre including State Champs, Hit The Lights, Count To Four and Four Year Strong.
Since forming in March 2012, Harbour have emerged from the overgrown pop-punk wilderness to a highly-commended breakout band gracing the pages of Alternative Press Magazine and signing to Bullion Records in Japan.
In March 2013, the quartet dropped their debut release “All My Exes Are Dead To Me”. Despite the title of the record doing little to persuade genre cynics, the promise of the record itself was far from a cliché, showing a spark, energy and songmanship not akin to merely your ‘typical’ pop-punk band.
In November, 2014 Harbour released six-track EP – their latest offering – “Grade School Summer”. The release showcases the band’s most proficient and mature release to date, blending the best of throwback and more modern pop-punks stylings. The latest release builds upon the raw promise of Harbour’s debut EP, with the band’s emergence into a more accomplished and rounded outfit evident from 6 finely executed tracks. Mastered by Andy Krehm at Silverbirch Productions, “Grade School Summer” is the end-product of a band’s growth both musically and personally, and without looking to re-write the genre, Harbour have emerged as an undisputed talent within it. This talent has not gone unnoticed, with peers and industry folks both nationally and abroad taking note; in the Winter of 2014, Harbour signed to Japan’s Bullion Records, with the Japanese release of “Grade School Summer” soon following on December 17th.
2015 has seen the band progress both nationally and beyond, with a number of successful runs through Canada, including alongside Jersey pop-punks Survay Says! In June, Harbour announced their first Japan tour, set to take place in mid-August.
“Grade School Summer” is out now on Bandcamp
Harbour is:
Jamie Mittendorf – Vocals, Bass
Henry Dowling – Guitar
Josh Bombay – Drums
Mike Bielawski – Guitar, Vocals
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http://harbourontario.bandcamp.com
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