Fuck Buttons set for Arches
Written by admin on February 4th, 2010
Fuck Buttons take the next step in their continuing mission to expand the sonic landscape with the release of a new single, ‘Olympians’, on 12th April 2010. The pioneering duo will also play their biggest UK shows to date as part of a tour, including a headline show at London’s Koko, in April.
‘Olympians’ is taken from F*ck Buttons’ second album, ‘Tarot Sport’, a record that graced the high end of most critics’ Best Of 2009 lists (Best Albums of 2009 in NME (number 8), Mojo (8), Pitchfork (11), Clash (2), Uncut, Q, The Times, The Fly, The Independent!). The track got its name after the band undertook a train journey above the 2012 Olympics construction site whilst listening to mixes of the album and everything seemed to fall into place. The suitability of the title was evident and in their own words “the striving forward drive of this song makes us think of imminent glory”. ‘Olympians’ embodies that feeling: an aural depiction of something vast that presents something unique with each listen.
LAst in Glasgow for a show at Stereo in September of last year the Buttons will retunr to play the Arches on the 24th April for the concluding date of their UK tour.
