We've been eagerly anticipating Girl Band's debut album for an age and now Rough Trade have told us when we can get our hands on it.
The Dublin noiseniks' first long-playing effort is entitled Holding Hands With Jamie and will land on September 25. Check out a trailer for the record below.
Recorded in Bow Lane, guitarist Alan Duggan says it required a very different approach to their single and EP work.
"It was way more challenging to stay focused – tricky to find a balance between keeping a distance from the songs for perspective but also to fully concentrate on them.” While they had the luxury of studio time (“we spent three or four days just setting up drums, amps, and mics”), the band laid down seven of the tracks in less than two days, ensuring that the record pulses with vitality and forward momentum.
Fancy a tracklisting?
1. Umbongo
2. Pears For Lunch
3. Baloo
4. In Plastic
5. Paul
6. The Last Riddler
7. Texting An Alien
8. Fucking Butter
9. The Witch Doctor
Before Holding Hands With Jamie , you can catch Girl Band live at Longitude on Saturday July 18 and at Electric Picnic on Sunday September 6.