Grand Pocket Orchestra - album launch

Grand Pocket Orchestra's eponymous debut, The Ice Cream is set for release on August 27. Building on the band's two previous EPs, the album was recorded in a house in West Cork, and features eighteen lo-fi pop songs.

GPO plan to release the album's second single 'Crave The Flesh' in mid-September, a follow-up to 'Basketballs' (video below).

The launch of this much-awaited album takes place in Whelan's on August 28, with special guest appearances by Girls Names and Hipster Youth.

Tickets cost €10/15+CD + booking fee, and are available from WaV Tickets [lo-call 1890 200 078], City Discs, Tickets.ie and Ticketmaster.