BRAIDS plays in Paintball rink and has a slew of upcoming shows

Braids took a break from their intensive touring schedule to record a live track from their critically-praised debut “Native Speaker”. Already topping early Polaris-prize long list leaks, the album has brought considerable praise to the young band based in Montreal-via-Calgary. Now you can see them play “Plath Heart” in a paintball gym more accustomed to testosterone-blowing firefights than atmospheric rapture. Somehow the oddly beautiful paint splattered setting fits perfectly.


Rock Ton Paintball avec Braids (Épisode 8) from Scène 1425 on Vimeo.
The band has a full summer schedule of festivals including a newly-announced run of European dates below.

Braids on tour & festival dates

06/17 Toronto, ON - The Garrison for NXNE
06/18 Toronto, ON - Great Hall for NXNE
06/22 Calgary, AB - Central United Church for Sled Island
06/24 Calgary, AB - Marquee Room for Sled Island
06/25 Saskatoon, SK - Amigo’s for Saskatoon Jazz
07/16 Ottawa, ON - Ottawa Blues Festival
07/22 Calgary, AB - Calgary Folk Festival
07/23 Calgary, AB - Calgary Folk Festival
07/24 Guelph, ON - Hillside Festival
07/30 Montreal, QC - Osheaga
08/05-06 Regina, SK - Regina Folk Festival

NEW EUROPE DATES

07/07 Liege, Belgium - Les Ardentes Festival
07/08 Trenton, Slovakia - Pohoda Festival
07/09 Dublin, Ireland - Oxegen Festival
07/10 Canterbury, UK - Lounge on the Farm Festival
07/11 Brighton, UK
07/12 Cardiff, UK
07/14 Hultsfred, Sweden - Hultsfred Festival
07/15 Suffolk, UK - Latitude Festival