Anathema set to play Exeter Phoenix on 29th September

Following a phenomenal set at Download Festival and the release of their top 40 album 'The Optimist' Anathema will play Exeter next month on 29th Sept at the Phoenix.

The band will be joined by be accompanied by French blackgaze pioneers Alcest.

The full UK tour is as follows with tickets on sale now.

September

22 – Glasgow, Garage

23 – Belfast, Limelight

24 – Dublin, The Academy

26 – Manchester, O2 Ritz

27 – Sheffield, Plug

28 – Bristol, The Marble Factory

29 – Exeter, Phoenix

30 – London, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Anathema, led by brothers Daniel and Vincent Cavanagh, along with drummer John Douglas, singer Lee Douglas, bassist Jamie Cavanagh and drummer/keyboardist Daniel Cardoso recorded The Optimist in the winter of 2016 at Castle Of Doom studios in Glasgow with producer Tony Doogan [Mogwai, Belle & Sebastian, Super Furry Animals] at the helm and was mastered at the legendary Abbey Road Studios.

Anathema’s eleventh full-length The Optimist was released on 9th June through Kscope, where the ambient rockers revealed some of the darkest, most challenging and unexpected music the sextet have put their name to and has garnered some incredible reviews from the UK media