Leeds shoegazers Van Houten release debut album via Clue Records

Having distilled their choicest lo-fi, shoegaze and garage rock inspirations into eight eagerly-awaited tracks of dreamy pop perfection, Van Houten have released their highly anticipated debut album ‘The Tallest Room’ alongside new single ‘Panoramic View’. The Leeds quartet will also be heading out for an exciting run of UK headline & festival dates in the coming months.

Seven years in the making, ‘The Tallest Room’ has been worth the wait. Having enlisted the ears and ideas of producer Alex Greaves (bdrmm, Working Men’s Club, Bloc Party), the album is a captivating melting pot of eclectic influences, conflicting emotions and earworm hooks that celebrates the journey the band have been on and looks forward to the future with optimism, whatever it may hold.

Arriving with the album is new single ‘Panoramic View’ which sits at the centre of the record and perfectly sums up exactly what makes Van Houten tick. “It’s about going through an often painful, yet necessary process of reflection and growth” and Sadler’s understated phrase “got a panoramic view from the tallest room” encapsulates everything the band have seen, heard and been through and champions appreciating life from a different perspective.

Their returning singles have found the band played more and more heavily across BBC Radio 1 and BBC 6 Music, featured in Spotify UK’s New Music Friday and lauded by tastemakers including So Young, DIY, Wonderland and Far Out.

‘The Tallest Room’ is out now via Clue Records / EMI North.

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Live Dates:

23 MAR | Ritual Union Festival, Bristol

29 MAR | Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

30 MAR | FestEVOL, Liverpool

02 APR | The Hope & Ruin, Brighton

03 APR | The Lexington, London

04 APR | Hare & Hounds | Birmingham

05 APR | The Bodega, Nottingham

06 APR | YES, Manchester

12 APR | Play Brew Co, Middlesbrough