🚃…Old friends, new friends, good friends, enemies, and most of all, fairweather friends, we hope you enjoy. 🕰️🫂Out today on
@SlumberlandRecs
and
@ToughLove
. We hope to see you all at the release show next Friday
@rickshawstopsf
!! Thank you 🥂
Thank you Manchester.🎶
We're headed to Leeds now to play a Geddy Laurence indie pop happening with Captain Starlet and
@AutocamperBand
and it will surely be an unmissable shambolic experience!! Looking forward to it!
🍒We had a real life-affirming time doing the
@Sarah_Records
in Bristol yesterday. We also had a great time playing Exeter, and we’ll be doing it again TONIGHT at
@Lepub
in Newport, Wales Cheers!
🇺🇸Excited to announce our first headline US tour!
🍔🥤We will be playing with some excellent bands, eating at some glorious pit stops, sleeping in some pristine motel 6s, and looking forward to seeing your shining all-American faces.
Tickets on sale now:
Three Cheers! 🍻 We’re excited to announce our new album ‘Fairweather Friend’ will be out 1/26 via
@SlumberlandRecs
/
@ToughLove
Check out the video for our new single “Three Cheers!” (directed by Michael Cruz), and preorder the record here:
The final single from our album is out TODAY! 🫂 We can't wait for you to hear Fairweather Friend in its entirety, out soon on January 26th
We're also "Gone" away to Paris on March 16th ✈️ Tickets on sale this Friday at 10am CET
Good evening to our mates across the pond! UK, we're coming back in March to play our new tunes for you 🇬🇧
Tix on sale 10am Friday
5/2 - Newport
6/3 - Coventry
7/3 - Manchester
8/3 - Leeds
9/3 - Glasgow
10/3 - Newcastle
11/3 - York
12/3 - Nottingham
13/3 - London
14/3 - Oxford
💌oh man, how do we even put it into words…
This UK tour with Seablite has been everything and more! (Apt
@thedollymixture
reference there) and it’s all thanks to
@chickfactorzine
, the fantastic friends who helped us and hosted us, and all the kind folks who came to our shows.
We can’t wait to tour the UK with our pals
@seabliteband
next month!!! All tickets are on sale now via the link in our bio ✈️🏴🏴🏴
Art by
@GalineMod
Happy New Year!🥂 and what an amazing year it has been… not sure how much better it can get from here, but we do have some exciting things in the works for 2023!! We’re grateful for where we’ve been and where we are headed. Peace and love, peace and love. -
@ringostarrmusic
☮️
Hi !!! really excited to play
@chickfactorzine
’s 30th in London in October !!! Tickets are on sale soon!!! Also other UK dates to be announced shortly ✈️💯
Gather all ye IRN BRU and get thee to the gig tonight at the worlds greatest record store
@Monorail_Music
_music some lovely acts playing so get there early!! 4
Photos by Peter Rooney
we had such a good time playing our UK shows with such amazing bands. Thank you to everyone who supported us it was an unforgettable experience!
We top it all off with a show at supersonic records in Paris tomorrow night! See you there
Our next show is on 3/18 with
@blueslawyer
and hits at Thee Stork Club in Oakland, CA! Tickets are on sale now via the link in our bio - see you there ✨
Hello from Buffalo NY!!! We are stoked to share that
@amylame
of the BBC6 has chosen our debut LP as her album of the year !!! Tune in today to hear it played on BBC6. Thanks
@amylame
💕⭐️
Good morning! ☀️ Our first full length is out TODAY, which also happens to be bandcamp Friday and our release show
@rickshawstopsf
… strange how time works… anyway, endless thank yous to
@SlumberlandRecs
for doing this thing with us, and to Tim Green for mastering,
Hello… We will be touring most of next month and will be sharing the stage with some very exceptional groups! Check out the flyer to see if we will be coming to your town! 🎣🚐🌞
Ticket are available for most shows in via the link in our bio 🎫
Never thought we'd say this but... we're in a
@HeavenlyIndie
music video! 🦋🌼with lots of other artists who have inspired us for years before this! WOW! What the.... make sure to check it out, and while you're at it snag your copies of the new heavenly reissues!
We are thrilled to be coming to London in October with our buds
@seabliteband
and
@artsickband
for
@chickfactorzine
's 30th year anniversary show! Tickets are on sale now via the link in our bio!
You truly gave us an experience of a lifetime that we will cherish forever. The ‘Blites and ‘Brollies were the perfect tour family, along with our sf groupies!💟Now it’s time to lay off the lagers and chips for a bit… until next time!! 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴
xx the Brellas
Missed the exact while out on tour, but this perfect peach of an album came out just over a year ago! Endless hugs to The Umbrellas, can’t wait to hear what they come up with next.
@theumbrellassf
Hi Twitter! We're looking for places to crash in the following UK locations:
10/22 Glasgow
10/24 Liverpool
10/25 Manchester
10/26 Cardiff venue set up
10/27 Oxford
10/28-11/1 London
The last LP in our 2021 Baker's Dozen is from a group that seems umbilically tied to Kelvingrove Park and our hearts.
@TheUmbrellas
- The Umbrellas play pop like their lives depend on it, full of life and the full spectrum of emotions that entails
🌉Bay Area 🚝
Our next show will be at the Oakland Weekender Festival with a bunch of amazing bands!!! We play Saturday 6/25 but you should buy a 3 day pass 🌀🌀🌀
And then the cords sharing their brilliantly inspired music. It’s why we do this, really. ❤️
Thank you
@Monorail_Music
and
@popmutations
for such a special evening
@theumbrellassf
@Monorail_Music
Something really beautiful about the Californian pop sound inspiring Glasgow bands in the 80s who in turn inspired the current Californians bringing their sound to Glasgow tonight
GONE! gone away forever 🌬️ or maybe for a while...this JUNE 😉
Check out this super sweet super8 vid shot by Umbrella Morgan for "Gone" 🇺🇸 and come see us across north america next month!
We're SO EXCITED to share this
*The Umbrellas - Fairweather Friend*
Monorail/RT exclusive on blue vinyl 300 only
San Fran's heartworn romantics follow up their debut with a confident dreamboat of an album.
@theumbrellassf
@ToughLove
Order
“Drenched in layers of fuzz, "Write it in the Sky" is like The Pains of Being Pure at Heart covering The Pastels, or maybe the other way around.” 🌀🫠. Thank you for the kind words
@brooklynvegan
!!!
This week's Indie Basement reviews: Horsegirl, the 'Land Trust' benefit, The Umbrellas, Malka Spigel, and Long Odds ++ the new issue of 'chickfactor' and more
Here’s the official flyer for
@chickfactorzine
‘s 30th anniversary show in London!!! We can hardly wait 🌼🌺🌸🌻😊
Tickets are on sale now via the link in our bio 🎟
Flyer by
@MrTaewonyu
Happy New Year!🌈 we put together a mix in our tour van last month that
@amylame
debuted on the
@BBC6Music
the other morning to ring in 2022, and you can listen to it at the link in our bio!
We're putting on a show with good pals
@popmutations
for our absolute shop favourites,
@theumbrellassf
at
@Monoglasgow
and we're excited. Support from
@seabliteband
too! A Glasgow debut for both of the SF Bay Area acts!
Sat 22nd October, tickets here >>
Out today: The Umbrellas debut album is pop perfection, blending everything from 60s folk-pop to 80s Paisley Underground to all the classic indiepop of the last 40 years. It’s terrific!
@theumbrellassf
“Three Cheers” finds
@theumbrellassf
thickening their sound, bursting from the speakers in pop perfection. The band wears a pop gloss-up well, swerving into a sunshine strum that’s infectious, bandying M/F vocals back & forth with glee.
@SlumberlandRecs
New show on sale:
THE UMBRELLAS
SEABLITE
☂️
Wed 26th Oct 2022
8.30pm 18+
🎟️
☂️
FFO: The Pastels, Belle & Sebastian, Aislers Set, MBV, Lush, Orange Juice, The Byrds, Veronica Falls, AGSFB
☂️
Super rare chance to see these San Franciscan bands in Wales!
We are still looking for places to stay in Liverpool on 10.24 and in London 10.28 - 11.1 !!! If anyone knows where we could stay that’d be greatly appreciated !!! 💐🫡
Playing
@BARTDAVENPORT
’s record release next month at
@TheChapelSF
along with Brigid Dawson & the Mother’s Network!! Tickets are on sale now !!!
Link in bio🎫
Been waiting to tell you about this..
Monorail Exclusive:
Pre-order
@theumbrellassf
debut LP on
@SlumberlandRecs
on 1st ed Green or 2nd ed white vinyl (we're the exclusive retailer on this) + Signed print!
Timeless, pure pop in the OJ/Paisley U lineage:
Amoeba SF welcomes local dreamy favorites
@theumbrellassf
for a live set and signing of their new 7" single “Write it in the Sky” on Wednesday, June 29th at 5:30pm! The 7" releases on 6/24 via
@SlumberlandRecs
in a ltd quantity.
Info:
Our conversation with
@DetroitVinyl
is now live on all podcast platforms! Check it out if you like our music or you just simply agree that Del Taco is superior to Taco Bell ✨
Season 2 debut of The Vinyl Detroit Podcast where I had the honor of speaking to The Umbrellas is now live on all podcast platforms! Links in bio. Enjoy!
#theumbrellas
#slumberlandrecords
🔈Bay Area and Pomona - Our next two shows are just a little over a week away and are expected to sell out! Check out the link in our bio to grab a ticket !!! ⭐️🎫⛓💐
Proof of vaccination and masks are required to attend