When Deftones' Chino Moreno recently tweeted the video for Loathe's current single Two-Way Mirror he became the latest of a growing hoard of admirers for the Liverpool band. The lofty Deftones comparisons for the song hold up too.
With new album I Let It In And It Took Everything due on February 7 through Sharptone Records, guitarist / second vocalist Erik Bickerstaffe, guitarist Connor Sweeney and bassist Feisal El-Khazragi talked us through the guitars they rely on to deliver Loathe's dreamy waves of heaviness and brutal precision…
Erik Bickerstaffe's Squier Vintage Jazzmaster
Connor Sweeney's Squier Vintage Jazzmaster
Feisal El-Khazragi Fender Precision Bass
Loathe tour in February in support of the album:
w/ God Complex, Phoxjaw + The Well Runs Red
06 Feb Huddersfield - The Parish **
07 Feb Liverpool - O2 Academy 2 * VENUE UPGRADED
08 Feb Glasgow - Classic Grand *
09 Feb Newcastle - Cluny 2 *
11 Feb Birmingham - The Asylum **
12 Feb Cardiff - Clwb Ifor Bach *
13 Feb Southampton - The Joiners **
14 Feb Brighton - Green Door Store *
15 Feb London - Omeara **
*God Complex main support
** Phoxjaw main support
The Well Runs Red will be playing instead of Phoxjaw in Glasgow and Newcastle
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