To Kill A King signs to Xtra Mile Recordings

To Kill A King

Sign to Xtra Mile Recordings

Deluxe LP ‘Cannibals With Cutlery’ out 7th October 2013

Xtra Mile Recordings are excited to announce the signing of "Rousing orchestral-folk" (The Guardian) marvels, To Kill A King and give details of the band’s forthcoming album, as well as their 13-date October/November UK tour.

The captivating London based five-piece are set to re-release their acclaimed album  ‘Cannibals With Cutlery’ as a deluxe edition with four extra tracks, on 7th October 2013 through Xtra Mile Recordings; with first single ‘Rays’ also available as a digital download from 7th October 2013. 

Ahead of this, To Kill A King are now offering the sublime ‘Bones’ as a free download here: – it the first track they ever recorded together as a band.

"We’re so excited to be on the same label as artists like Frank Turner and Beans On Toast. I’ve always really admired the work they have done over the years as an independent" - Ralph Pelleymounter, TKAK

Charlie Caplowe from Xtra Mile has added: “We are chuffed to bits to be working with TKAK. To see what they have achieved on their own is incredible and we are delighted to be working together with them to step things up even further and welcoming them into the XM clan.” 

You can pre-order the album from here:
Xtra Mile Recordings - http://bit.ly/1cvbAtl
iTunes - http://www.smarturl.it/to-kill-a-king

After a short tour in Germany in August (see below for European dates), the band will be performing at Reading and Leeds Festival (24th and 25th August respectively) and at Bestival on the Isle of Wight (5th-8th September). 
Then this autumn they embark on their UK headline tour – dates as follows:

October
Fri 18th   BRIGHTON, Audio www.oneinchbadge.ticketabc.com
Sun 20th BRISTOL, Thekla http://www.alt-tickets.co.uk
Mon 21st       WOLVERHAMPTON,Slade Room http://www.wolvescivic.co.uk
Tue 22nd LEEDS, Brudenell Social Club http://www.seetickets.com
Wed 23rd LIVERPOOL, Blade Factory www.ticketwerk.co.uk
Fri 25th PRESTON, 53 Degrees http://www.seetickets.com
Sat 26th EDINBURGH, Electric Circus http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/ 
Sun 27th NEWCASTLE, The Cluny http://www.seetickets.com
Mon 28th SHEFFIELD, Leadmill www.leadmill.co.uk
Tue 29th LONDON, KOKO http://www.alt-tickets.co.uk
Thu 31st NOTTINGHAM, Rescue Rooms http://www.alt-tickets.co.uk 
November 
Fri 1st  SOUTHAMPTON, Joiners http://www.joinerslive.co.uk/ 

To Kill A King join Xtra Mile Recordings as the label celebrates its tenth anniversary. Set up initially in 2003 to release the critically acclaimed debut albums by Reuben and Million Dead, the label built on this early success and steadily over the past ten years it has grown exponentially covering genres rock, punk, folk, indie hardcore, from the UK and USA. With distribution deals on both sides of the Atlantic as well as across Europe, Xtra Mile is now very much a global outfit, with its records (yes, it still makes records) available in most corners of the globe and an inspiring roster ranging from acts that have achieved mainstream success to unearthing and developing the best of underground music.

Xtra Mile Recordings is home to: Frank Turner, Against Me!, Jim Lockey & The Solemn Sun, Future Of The Left, The Xcerts, Ben Marwood, Beans On Toast, Chris T-T, Larry and His Flask, Crazy Arm, Sonic Boom Six, Mull Historical Society, Vinnie Caruana  and many more.

The band’s European dates are as follows:
August
Wed 14th BERLIN, Bi Nuu, Germany 
Thu 15th   BONN, Kunst!Palast, Germany     
September
Wed 11th BADEN, Merkker, Switzerland      
Thu 12th BERN, Ono, Switzerland   
Fri 13th NYON, La Parenthèse, Switzerland          
Sat 14th BASEN, Parterre, Switzerland        
Wed 25th Reeperbahn Festival

www.xtramilerecordings.com