DIANA announce UK tour & Austra European support

Having released their sparkling debut album Perpetual Surrender to a flurry of high acclaim last month, DIANA return to the UK for a headline tour calling at London’s Electrowerkz on 11 November. The band are currently touring the US with fellow Canadians Austra and will be joining them on their European stint as well.

DIANA’s last single ‘Perpetual Surrender’ recently got the Four Tet treatment, listen to the “dazzling display of clean, fresh, analogue-warm techno” (The 405) Listen here

DIANA UK Dates:
Mon 11 Nov London Electrowerks Tickets
Wed 20 Nov Sheffield Bungalows & Bears FREE ENTRY
Thu 21 Nov Glasgow CCA w/ Austra Tickets
Sat 23 Nov Manchester The Deaf Institute w/ Austra Tickets
Sun 24 Nov Brighton The Hope FREE ENTRY
Mon 25 Nov London Koko w/ Austra Tickets

Praise for DIANA:
‘DIANA make ethereal electronica, excelling at a fantasy amalgam for music fans who carry a torch for Fleetwood Mac but also hanker after a bit of Grimes-like glitch pop’ The Sunday Times ‘Breaking Act’
‘A rich tapestry that effortlessly melds eras and genres, Perpetual Surrender is a masterpiece’ Notion
‘They’ve nuanced the retro-pop with a subtle chillwave glow, working their songs into sensuous, era-spanning shapes’ 4/5 Q
‘Something about the no-shit beats and just-kiss me vocals bats off the twee with suave effortlessness’ 4/5 The Fly
‘There are some sublime moments, ‘Born Again’ locates the mid point between the Cocteau Twins and Avalon-era Roxy Music” The Observer
‘A slinky, luxurious piece of summer dream-pop… currents of experimentalism ripple between straight-up pop hooks’ NME
‘To screw around with pop requires a mastery of the form… DIANA set out to ensnare and confound at once with their rainbow synths and bass-led strut’ Dazed & Confused
‘The same airbrushed ennui and varnished perfection as Roxy Music’s Avalon’ The Guardian
‘The guitar, saxophone and synthesiser solos throughout are moments of gleeful oversharing’ Uncut
‘DIANA might have a stonewall hit on their mitts…addictive soft-pop’ 8/10 Loud & Quiet
‘DIANA craft an enigmatic world of nostalgia that dazzles the senses’ The Line Of Best Fit
‘DIANA have certain qualities which make them truly stand out… Carmen Elle’s whispery coo is pure ear candy’ Crack Magazine
‘Screams 80s chic throughout… splendidly silky stuff’ London In Stereo
‘There’s a touch of Talking Heads’ disconnected drums pads in ‘Strange Attraction’, while the likes off ‘Born Again’ come off like a sweeping eighties film score’ Shortlist
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‘This totally dreamy debut album deserves to be a break-out hit’ 4/5 Attitude
‘8/10’ Vice
‘They’re masterful at blending the sharp 80’s with quicksilver synths, and Elle’s sublime pipes are a wonder to listen to’ The 405

DIANA are an enigmatic foursome from Toronto. Surely they must be putting something in the water with the number of great bands hailing from this city. Consisting of Joseph Shabason, Kieran Adams and singer Carmen Elle, with Paul Mathew recently joining the live line up, Shabason and Adams met while studying jazz at music college where they played extensively together. Having lent their skills (saxophone and drums, respectively) to many bands, including Bonjay, The Hidden Cameras and Shabason’s recent contributions to Destroyer‘s excellent Kaputt, it was a leap of faith to make their own full-length. But the time had come.

After a songwriting sabbatical in the Canadian countryside, Shabason and Adams went into the studio with engineer and co-producer Roger Leavens. They asked Toronto musician and vocalist Carmen Elle to sing on a track, as both Kieran and Joseph knew her from her work with other bands such as the much feted but short-lived Spiral Beach, all of whose members have since gone on to play in various successful Canadian bands from Austra to Doldrums. The pair thought her voice might add something special, this turned out to be a huge understatement. Even though Shabason and Adams wrote the songs, the lyrics and melodies belonged to Elle the moment they escaped her mouth, each nuanced phrase and melody deepening the sentiments. With this last dazzling piece of the puzzle in place, DIANA was born.

Though there are glances to music past and kinship with music present, there is a progressive and contemporary feel to the record. DIANA comparisons traverse eras and genres; from the soft-focus soft rock and pop of Avalon-era Roxy Music to the dreamy production of jj and Chromatics, topped off with the Balearic disco of Studio. While referencing so many, Carmen’s unique vocal brings them their own voice. For DIANA, the point is to push things forward, summed up with the embryonic bliss of instrumental closer ‘Curtains’, a startling piece of atmospheric production that stays with you long after the last sound has echoed into the ether.

DIANA European Dates:
Sat  2 November Reykjavik Iceland Airwaves SOLD OUT
Sun 10 November Berlin Introducing Festival @ Postbahnhof FREE
Mon 11 November London Electrowerks (Headline Show) Tickets
Tue 12 November  Paris Espace B Tickets
Thu 14 November  Bordeaux BT59 w/ Austra Tickets
Fri 15 November Rennes L’Antipode w/ Austra Tickets
Sat 16 November Nantes Le Stereolux w/ Austra Tickets  
Sun 17 November Lille Tourcoing w/ Austra Tickets
Mon 18 November Strasbourg La Laiterie w/ Austra Tickets
Wed 20 November Sheffield Bungalows & Bears FREE
Thu 21 November Glasgow CCA w/ Austra Tickets
Sat 23 November Manchester The Deaf Institute w/ Austra Tickets
Sun 24 November Brighton The Hope FREE
Mon 25 November London Koko w/ Austra Tickets