The St Albans trio already count Colin Murray and Rob Da Bank (oh, and, erm, Zane Lowe) as fans, and of the album they say: “This 37 minutes of music is the end product of two years’ inspiration, frustration, toil and passion.  We set out to merge heartfelt, romantic songwriting with  our love of the dancefloor and blissful shoegaze guitars.” 

The band met at school and make "understated lo-fi pop music", although they started out with a Fugazi-inspired sound ("we took everything a little too seriously back then," they say).

The tracklisting for the album is:

Jump In The Pool
In The Hospital
Paris
White Diamonds
Strobe
On Board
Lovesick
Skeleton Boy
Photobooth
Ex Lover

The band will tour the UK this autumn and play various summer festivals too. The dates:

July

11 - Ireland, Oxygen Festival
19 - Germany, Melt Festival
23 - UK, Tunbridge Wells, Forum
24 - UK, London, Soho Revue Bar
25 - US, Philadelphia, Making Time
26 - US, NYC, Santos Party House
28 - US, NYC, Mercury Lounge
29 - US, Los Angeles, Mayan Theatre (with Bloc Party)
30 - US, LA, Space lands (Club NME)

August

1 - US, LA, Echo
7 - Japan, Tokyo, Duo (with Hot Chip)
9 - Japan, Tokyo, Summersonic
10 - Japan, Osaka, Summersonic
14 - France, St Tropez, Plage de Rock
22 - Reading Festival (Carling New Band)
23 - Leeds Festival (Carling New Band)
30 - Hydro Connect Festival, Inveraray Castle, Loch Fyre

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