XX Teens have announced details of the release of a new single. They will release ‘The Way We Were’ through Mute on May 19th 2008. This follows the release earlier this year of the single ‘How To Reduce The Chances Of Being A Terror Victim’ and ‘Darlin’’ which came out in 2007 and made it into the NME’s singles of the year chart in December ’07.The band also have a number of forthcoming live dates, including the Dot To Dot and Great Escape festivals are as follows:MAY
8th Newcastle Digital Skins Tour
15th Birmingham Custard Factory Skins Tour
17th Brighton Artrocker @ The Water Margin, 9.45pm The Great Escape
21st Manchester Metropolis
24th Nottingham Dot To Dot
25th Bristol Dot To Dot
27th Liverpool Sound City @ Carling Academy (with Hadouken, Does it
Offend You, Yeah? + Crystal Castles)
29th London ICA (supported by Ipso Facto and SCUM)
30th Glasgow Adventures Close to Home @ The Admiral
31st Aberdeen Adventures Close to Home @ Moshulu
JUNE
1st Edinburgh Studio 24
The band have also recently finished their debut album, ‘Welcome To Goon Island’, with Ross Orton (Fat Truckers, MIA, Bromheads Jacket, Kid Acne) in Sheffield. The album, a beguiling and innovative record in the great art school tradition, will be released through Mute in July 2008. XX TEENS are: Anthony Silvester (guitar), Rich Cash (vocals), William Morrow (guitar), Macks Faulkron (drums) & Jorgen Raa (bass).XX Teens