East London post-punk group Shopping — Rachel Aggs (guitar), Billy Easter (bass) and Andrew Milk (drums) — mesh edginess with a huge sense of fun. And while they embody the spirit of experimentation, social upheaval, clashing gender politics and ethical change that defined their 70’s counterparts and still ring true today. Why Choose, Shopping’s follow-up to debut album Consumer Complaints, retains the urgency, bite and the bristling, shard-syncopated rhythm-hooks of its predecessor. The band has shared debut single, “Why Wait,” and now presents “Straight Lines,” which Milk describes as “a love song for our times as retold in a tell all autobiography some 10 years later.”

Shopping’s Why Choose is out October 2nd on FatCat Records. The band will tour North America for the first time this fall, supporting Shannon and the Clams and Priests.

SHOPPING TOUR DATES:

Tue. Sep. 1 – London, UK @ Village Underground ^
Wed. Sep. 2 – Manchester, UK @ Deaf Institute ^
Thu. Sep. 3 – Brimingham, UK @ Hare and Hounds ^
Thu. Sep. 24 – Bristol, UK @ Fiddler’s Club
Sat. Sep. 26 – London, UK @ Oval Space
Wed. Oct. 7 – London, UK @ Dalston Victoria
Fri. Oct. 16 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg *
Sun. Oct. 18 – Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre *
Mon. Oct. 19 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott *
Tue. Oct. 20 – Winooski, VT @ Monkey House *
Wed. Oct. 21 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB *
Thu. Oct. 22 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern *
Fri. Oct. 23 – Detroit, MI @ UFO Factory *
Sat. Oct. 24 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean *
Tue. Oct. 27 – Madison, WI @ The Frequency *
Wed. Oct. 28 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry *
Sun. Nov. 1 – Portland, OR @ Star Theater *
Tue. Nov. 3 – San Francisco, CA @ The Knockout
Wed. Nov. 4 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
Thu. Nov. 5 – San Diego, CA @ The Hideout
Fri. Nov. 6 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Constellation Room
Sat. Nov. 7 – Phoenix, AZ @ 51 West
Sun. Nov. 8 – El Paso, TX @ Low Brow Palace
Tue. Nov. 10 – Dallas, TX @ Double Wide
Wed. Nov. 11 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
Thu. Nov. 12 – Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s
Fri. Nov. 13 – New Orleans, LA @ The Hi Ho Lounge
Sat. Nov. 14 – Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
Sun. Nov. 15 – Durham, NC @ Pinhook #
Tue. Nov. 17 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat #

^ w/ Ought
* w/ Shannon and the Clams
# w/ Priests