To mark the release of the album, Beth Jeans Houghton will be taking her band, The Hooves Of Destiny, on a canter around the United Kingdom. For anyone picturing a girl and a guitar, think again – this is a full band performance with Beth plus Dav Shiel (drums, vocals samples) Rory Gibson (bass, vocals), Ed Blazey (guitar, trumpet, vocals) and Findlay Macaskill (violin, vocals). Collectively, they’re The Hooves Of Destiny – a crack unit recruited from Beth’s native North East.

Her debut album 'Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose' was created with producer Ben Hiller (Blur / Elbow / Depeche Mode). It introduces one of the most self-assured new bands of the year, fronted by a pop polymath whose blend of psychedelia, glam rock and chain gang folk is quite unlike anything else you’re likely to hear in 2012.

If you’ve never seen Houghton before, expect the unexpected: Houghton’s performances are guaranteed to be different, often unpredictable and always entertaining, her between-song chat giving an eye into the slanted world explored further in her inspired lyrics. 

Clocking in at a brisk 2 minutes 14 seconds (including psychedelic breakdown and trumpet fanfares) ‘Sweet Tooth Bird’ is about sabotaging a relationship that’s too good. Or, says Houghton; “Something that is so good it’s bad. I think there is this strange feeling of guilt that we all get once we reach a stage of happiness. It is human nature to exist with grief and sadness.”  

Tour Dates:

Tue 24 Jan, BELFAST, BLACK BOX 
Thu 2 Feb, LONDON, HMV Next Big Thing, Garage 
Fri 17 Feb, GLASGOW, THE CAPTAINS REST 
Sat 18 Feb, ST. ANDREWS, ST. ANDREWS UNIVERSITY 
Sun 19 Feb, MIDDLESBROUGH, WESTGARTH SC 
Tue 21 Feb, LIVERPOOL, ERIC'S   
Wed 22 Feb, MANCHESTER, DEAF INSTITUTE   
Thu 23 Feb, LEEDS, BRUDENELL        
Sat 25 Feb, GATESHEAD, OLD TOWN HALL 
Sun 26 Feb, LEICESTER, THE MUSICIAN 
Mon 27 Feb, CARDIFF, BUFFALO 
Tue 28 Feb, BRISTOL, LOUISIANA 
Wed 29 Feb, BIRMINGHAM, HARE & HOUNDS 
Thu 01 Mar, LONDON, HOXTON BAR & KITCHEN