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CD Album
1. The Way We Were
2. B-54
3. Round
4. Ba (Ba-Ba Ba)
5. Onkawara
6. (Reprise)
7. Only You
8. My Favourite Hat
9. Darlin'
10. Sun Comes Up
11. For Brian Haw
Vinyl Album
Side 1
1. The Way We Were
2. B-54
3. Round
4. Ba (Ba-Ba Ba)
5. Onkawara
6. (Reprise)
Side 2
1. Only You
2. My Favourite Hat
3. Darlin'
4. Sun Comes Up
5. For Brian Haw
Welcome
To Goon Island, the debut album from XX Teens, will be released through
Mute Records on July 28th 2008 on CD, gatefold LP and download. The
11-track album will be preceded by a single, Only You, on July 14th.
The
band have recently completed a run of dates, both supporting The Long
Blondes and their own headline gigs, culminating in a show at London’s
ICA. The band are also set to play at this years Glastonbury Festival
and the renowned Sonar Festival in Barcelona.
Somewhat of a
metaphor for Britain, Welcome To Goon Island is born from the great
British Art School tradition, the core of the band having met at art
college in Sothend; vivid, interesting, expansive and far-reaching, an
aesthetic that seeps into everything they do from their other-worldly
videos via intriguing photos to extra curricular activities such as
training dogs to dance. Yet such apparent frippery shouldn’t disguise
their uncanny ability to pen rather fine songs, as Welcome To Goon
Island attests.
Previous singles such as Onkawara, Darlin’ and
How To Reduce The Chances Of Being A Terror Victim have already seen
them bag single of the week slots in NME, praise from the likes of Zane
on Radio1, front covers of Artrocker and a slot in the NME’s tracks of
2007 list. And with Welcome To Goon Island, XX Teens look set to bring
a bit of depth & technicolour joy into the sometime hegemonic
drabness of the current musical landscape.
The album was
produced by with Ross Orton (Fat Truckers, MIA, Bromheads Jacket, Kid
Acne) in Sheffield at the end of 2007. A joyous and innovative record
which rumbles, rolls & swings coming to an end with the swirling
psychedelia of Sun Comes Up and a moving eulogy for Brian Haw.
XX
TEENS are: Anthony Silvester (guitar), Rich Cash (vocals), William
Morrow (guitar), Macks Faulkron (drums) & Jorgen Raa (bass). |
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