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“Hot Club de Paris have been listening to Safetyword, XTC, Mike Watt, Minutemen, Make Believe, Parts and Labor, Owls, The Mae Shi, Firehose, No Age and Modest Mouse.”
It’s the closing paragraph of the most recent Hot Club de Paris press release that’s most intrigued DrownedinSound, which also states that the band will be releasing a second album after a comprehensive UK tour.
That new album will be known as Live at Dead Lake, was produced by Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Iron and Wine, Sea and Cake) and will arrive through Moshi Moshi on the 26th of May. The follow-up to 2006 effort Drop it ‘til it Pops will be previewed at these live dates:
May
16 Brighton Horatio’s Bar (Great Escape)
17 Brighton Ocean Rooms (Great Escape)
18 Nottingham Bodega
19 Stoke Sugarmill
20 Wrexham Central Station
22 Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire
23 Derby The Royal
24 Hull The Welly
25 Birmingham Bar Academy
26 Manchester Night and Day
28 Newcastle Cluny
29 York Fibbers
30 Liverpool Zanzibar
31 Leicester Charlotte
June
1 Leeds Brudenell Social Club
3 Southampton Joiners
4 Northampton Roadmendor
5 London Hoxton Bar and Grill
6 Oxford Bar Academy
7 Colchester Arts Centre
A single called ‘Hey Housebrick’ will be released on the 26th of May – hear it now at the band’s MySpace.
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