If you live in mainland Britain, chances are Ida Maria will be appearing on a stage near you soon.
The group, fronted by 23-year-old singer-songwriter Ida, will play the majority of the shows as support to a number of acts currently floating around in the indie stratosphere before returning for their own show at Islington Academy.
Foals, Joe Lean, Wombats, Good Shoes. See for yourself:
November
6 London Borderline *
7 London ULU +
8 London Barfly ^
11 Birmingham Academy 2 ±
13 Manchester Academy 2 ±
14 Leeds Metropolitan University ±
15 Glasgow ABC ±
18 Cambridge Junction ±
19 Norwich Waterfront ±
20 Brighton Concorde ±
21 London Astoria ±
29 London Islington Academy
* = w/ Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong
+ = w/ The Wombats
^ = w/ Foals
± = w/ Good Shoes
An EP will enter our worlds at some point before the year’s out; pre-cursing an album expected in May ’08.