Yes! If the unambiguous yet slightly below par headline didn't tell you, Oxford's finest professional guitar noodlers This Town Needs Guns are off on a UK tour quite soon.

They'll be playing a few dates on the way with slightly-less noddly but little bit more emo-fied Tubelord who will also be sure to put on a cracking show for you lads and lasses.

Dates for yer diary:

October:

1 - Glasgow, Classic Grand X
2 - Aberdeen, Snafu X
3 - Middlesbrough, Uncle Albert's X
8 - Birmingham, Flapper !
9 - York, Fibbers !
10 - Oxford, Bullingdon Club %
11 - Nottingham, Bodega !
17 - Norwich, Marquee &
18 - Reading, Oakford Social Club &
20 - Cardiff, Barfly
21 - Bath, Moles @
22 - Plymouth, Hippo &
27 - Brighton, The Freebut &
28 - London, Hoxton Bar & Grill ?
29 - Southampton, Jouners &
30 - Cheltenham, Frog & Fiddle &
31 - Leeds, Brudenell Social ^

X with Jocasta Sleeps
! with Great Eskimo Hoax
% with The Big Pink, Dalek, Jonquil and Stricken City
& with Tubelord co-headlining
@ with Talons
? with Tropics and Talons
^ with Tubelord, Pulled Apart By Horses and Talons

Plans are afoot for a TTNG US tour as well as the release of Animals in Japan. The Japanese release will include acoustic versions of 'Baboon' and 'Panda' recorded in a basement for their mates at Tapes Online.