Burtonwood’s finest, Slydigs have released their brand new 6 track EP. ‘How Animal Are You?’. The EP follows last year’s Suburban Confinement, which was accompanied by a documentary about the band shown on British Airways.

How Animal Are You? Track list:

1 How Animal Are You
2 The Truth Will Be Found
3 Give It up Brother
4 To Catch a Fading Light
5 Suburban Confinement
6 The Kids Feel Underrated

The group will tour the UK in May and June before making appearances at massive European festivals Graspop in Belgium and Hellfest in France.

They start their 19 date tour at Manchester’s iconic Deaf Institute on the 19th May. Going on to play York, Newcastle, Sheffield, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Warrington (headlining Warrington Music Festival), Nottingham, Birmingham, Bristol, Brighton, London, Milton Keynes, Cambridge, Amsterdam, Nijmegen, Belgium and France.

Tickets can be bought from the Slydigs website at www.slydigs.co.uk/live

2017 sees Slydigs play Warrington Music Festival for the first time since 2014, and are set to dedicate their headline set to Viola Beach.

Dean Fairhurst, Slydigs’ frontman, described the headline gig as a ‘true honour’ and said their set will be dedicated to the four piece indie band whose posthumous Debut album reached number 1 in August 2016.

He said: “The Warrington Music festival has always been a focal point for any up-and-coming, aspiring artists in the area.

“It’s a true honour to be asked to headline this years festival which coincides with our own UK headline tour and EP release.

The lead single, How Animal Are you?, features on the Warrington Music Festival Compilation, which features 15 fantastic bands and artists, all completely free to download from the below.

The EP, is available now from all usual outlets