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CIVIL SERVICE to perform a special 'Past///Present///Future' set at 33 Oldham St., Manchester - 22nd February 2025, as part of the Ripcords Record Tour

Civil Service are due to perform a special set spanning our releases over the last decade - as we celebrate 10 years of Civil Service.As well as performing songs from ///LIGHT and 2025's follow-up, we will be revisiting the highlights of debut EP 'Life///Death', as well as the early singles.Join us at 33 Oldham St. on 22nd February 2025, for a truly unique - not to be repeated - performance.Tickets are available now via Seetickets.

CIVIL SERVICE are playing STRAGEFORMS 2025!
- Brudenell Social Club, Leeds - April 26th/27th, 2025

StrangeForms 2025!
Our biggest show to date - at one of our favourite venues - with some of our favourite bands and loads more special acts to come.We're already working on something special to mark the occasion, so be sure to get your tickets early.Join us at Brudenell Social Club on 26/27th April 2025, for an epic day of post-rock, math-rock, shoegaze, post-metal and all things alternative and excellent.Tickets are available now via Seetickets, Crash Records, Jumbo Records and via our linktree.

CIVIL SERVICE are playing Celestial Diadem Weekender 2025!
- 229, London - January 24th-26th, 2025

Celestial Diadem Weekender 2025!
Our biggest London show to date - and first of the year - with some of our favourite bands and loads more special.We're already working on something special to mark the occasion, so be sure to get your tickets early.Join us at 229 on 25th January 2025, for an epic day of post-rock, math-rock, shoegaze, post-metal and all things alternative and excellent.Tickets are available now via Dice.

CIVIL SERVICE ANNOUNCE AKARI FESTIVAL - a post-rock / math rock / post-metal all dayer @ 33 Oldham Street, Manchester - Saturday 30th November 2024

AKARI FESTIVAL - lighting up a dark winter night with the very best from the UK post-rock, post-metal, heavy math and alternative-shoegaze scenes.Headlining this years' event are LoE (Last of Eden). The Halifax post-rock quartet enjoyed well deserved critical acclaim for their debut record, The World and Everything In It (2023) which featured in the top 5 post rock albums on the Post Rock Reddit page. Following on from stellar shows at Trades Club (Hebden Bridge), appearances at Post-in-Paris festival and London Prog Fest, 2024 has seen the band bring a new level of polish to the already slick debut album tracks, as well as showcase a host of brand new songs, certain to become fan favourites on a follow-up record soon.Joining LoE across their November UK dates are Reading post-metal stars Mountainscape. The band have released one of the best post-metal/post-rock cross over records of the year in Iridesent, and if their last two Manchester shows are anything to go by, they will combine the ethereal beauty of Iridesent with the crunching heaviness of their entire catalogue.Your hosts - Civil Service - will perform their debut album, ///Light, in full - potentially the first and last time they will attempt this. Having recently toured the UK with US Post-metal/post-rock troubadors BLACKSHAPE, Civil Service are set to add their debut record to a stacked list of amazing albums released by the performing artists at this year's AKARI festival, with ///Light due for release on 4th October 2024.New Ghost join the album on the back of the release of 'A Dagger in Every Tide', which has received praise from the likes of Echoes and Dust, Noizze & featured on 6Music. We're delighted to welcome New Ghost back to the 33 Oldham Street stage, following a stand-out performance here last year.Dutch Elm head back to Manchester, bringing their exciting and energetic brand of heavy-Math rock. Having set the stage alight last time, this promises to be a strong opening to proceedings.Last but by no means least for the initial announcement; Maebe return to Manchester following their national tour and ArcTangent performances earlier in 2024. Rebirth. Relive. Repeat. set new standards for one of Bristol's most ambitious post-rock bands, and their unique, textured and technical style is likely to light up even the darkest November evening.+ More TBA

CIVIL SERVICE ANNOUNCE OUR FIRST VIDEO PREMIERE - with 4ndreas.Postrock on Youtube - 12th September 2024

We're excited to announce our first video premiere is taking place on Thursday 12th September 2024 - 8pm GMT / 9pm CET - on YouTube / 4NDREAS.POSTROCK.The video for our first song from debut album /// Light - Lines of Communication, is a vivid imagination of the themes of the music, via what is fast becoming Civil Service's trade-mark collage 'found' video style.
Spanning over 7 minutes and featuring a mix of creative commons footage, live videos shot by Civil Service and friends in the likes of New Ghost; the video aims to match the ambition of the song, which features over a dozen special guest spoken word parts, including appearances from Ritzy Bryan (the Joy Formidable) and Valerio Azghar (Il Giardino Degli Specchi).Andreas has a great track record of promoting all things post rock, whether it be in his native Munich, Germany - or online via both his YouTube and socials channels - and we're delighted he's chosen to host our first Video Premiere.Join us on Thursday 12th September to catch it for the 1st time; then join us over on Zoom (via links on Facebook and Youtube) to chat with us about the Video, the Song and all things Civil Service.Love,
Civil Service

CIVIL SERVICE ANNOUNCE OUR DEBUT ALBUM '/// LIGHT' - Out 4th October 2024 (pre-order now)

"A single speck in an ocean of darkness, we advanced towards the radiance, oblivious to what would be found there; a sea of static, echo and decay.
For a brief moment there was meaning and connection.
But then it fell silent..."
The industry's worst kept secret is out, our album LIGHT is releasing on October 4th on @weareripcord! Pre-orders for digital and CD are up now on their Bandcamp with the song 'Their Lines Of Communication, Severed' available to stream now.
https://ripcordrecords.bandcamp.com/album/light
We recorded this last year with the amazing Dave Sanderson [65daysofstatic / Gilmore Trail / Haus Horo] in Sheffield and could not be happier with how it has turned out. He has done a fantastic job of pushing us and managing all the layers we've slapped on.
A huge thanks goes out to Caroline Cawley from two of our favourite bands Dystopian Future Movies and Church of the Cosmic Skull for providing beautiful narration throughout. Also PR.Trail for getting this release across the line and helping us with promotion.
We can't wait for you to hear this record, by far our most ambitious work yet, and we hope you enjoy the single.
Love,
Civil Service

New London show announcement - Thursday 20th February 2025 @ New Cross Inn, London - with Million Moons & Solars

We're delighted to announce our first 2025 show. We've never announced a show 6 months in advance before! We'll be joining Million Moons and Solars at their London show, at New Cross Inn - on Thursday 20th February 2025.Million Moons have been causing something of a tidal shift in the London post-rock scene since entering their first phase in 2022, with Gap in the Clouds. Followed up with a stellar and well attended show in early 2023 in support of the same, Million Moons have built, through spectacular videos, developed songs and a cohesive complete package - a follow up record - I May Be Some Time. In their latest record, the band prove their development and push towards a mainstay position in the London post rock scene.
We're looking forward to sharing a stage with Million Moons once more.Birmingham post rock quartet Solars round out the line-up; bringing a wealth of material released over the course of the last 8 years. Over that period, Solars have established themselves as one of Birmingham's go to support acts for established Post Rock bands on tour. This date with Million Moons and Civil Service marks their 6th trip to the capital, and with new record A Fading Future due out on September 6th 2024, this promises to be a show packed full of the best new post rock out there.

New Manchester show announcement - Wednesday 21st August 2024 @ Signature Brew (E8), London - with BLACKSHAPE

We're thrilled to be joining BLACKSHAPE at their London show, at Signature Brew, E8 - on Wednesday 21st August 2024.US post rock quintet BLACKSHAPE return to Europe
having surpassed over 1 Million views of the video for sleeper hit ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL from their debut record.
Since their last appearance in London, at Portals Festival 2022, with the likes of pg.Lost and Teeth of the Sea, BLACKSHAPE have gone from strength to strength - and return to the UK for a highly anticipated performance at this year's ArcTanGent festival.Civil /// Service continue the inexorable march towards releasing our debut record later this year. These shows with BLACKSHAPE promise a new audio-visual performance element, as well as the release of our first single and video from the record to coincide with these shows.

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