AN ALT ROCK band from York will be busking in York city centre throughout the day ahead of its UK-wide September tour.

Bull, signed by EMI Records, can be found in and around the Shambles Market with a 'Bull Boutique' and friends from Young Thugs Records.

The North Yorkshire songsmiths recently released their debut album ‘Discover Effortless Living’ and new single ‘Eugene’, described as "a mini-symphony of self-flagellation which trips through the various stages of feeling down on yourself using tempo changes to paint an audio picture".

“I wrote the song Eugene when I was feeling dissatisfied with what I was doing” guitarist and singer Tom said.

“It's kind of a self-hate song, you know when people talk about self-love? It's not that. I'm slating myself; it moves through the key changes and different moods, and ends in a way that mocks the sadness, another form of self-deprecation!"

The band’s debut album, ‘Discover Effortless Living’ consists of 13 'indie bangers' - from previous singles such as ‘Disco Living’, ‘Green’, ‘Bonzo Please’ and ‘Love Goo’.

The home-grown band is popular with the likes of Chris Hawkins and Steve Lamacq at 6Music, Huw Stephens at BBC Introducing, Clara Amfo as well as fellow musicians like Elton John on his Beats 1 show and Declan McKenna.

Formed in 2011 by vocalist and songwriter Tom Beer and guitarist Dan Lucas, Bull’s mission is simply to make the music they wanted to listen to, inspired by their 90’s heroes such Pavement, Yo La Tengo and the Pixies.

The rest of the band came together later through friendships and being in the right place at the right time.

Drummer Tom Gabbatiss joined after jamming together in bars while backpacking around Thailand. While Kai West used to jump up on stage with the band before they eventually let him play bass.

The band will be back on the road in 2021 with a full UK tour starting in September, tickets go on sale March 12, 2021.

The band will play at The Crescent in York on September 24 as well as October 23 with 'A Slow Education'.