This indie pop Scottish band has been around for almost 15 years now and apparently they haven't lost their sound or their creative edge. I have a tendency to forget how much I like these guys, I think I have about 8 of their albums in my collection so they must be one of my favorites. Yep, now that I think about it, they are. It's kind of like a great restaurant that's been around for a long time, you get so caught up trying to keep up with the new places that you sometimes forget how great the old "great places" are and the next thing you know you haven't been there in a couple years. Which reminds me, when I last saw them live they praised on stage, Hot Doug's. That was back when it was still on Roscoe and not the California Ave. line around the block hipster encased meat "in" restaurant/hot dog stand that it is now. I think it's time for some duck fat fries this Friday, Hot Doug's has fallen off my radar, time to get it back on along with B&S.
So check out the new song from their album to be released October 12th. They posted it on Twitter yesterday as a free download to the first 20k people. I'm not sure how long that's going to last so you can either grab it from them or from this post.
It's an uptempo song, sounds pretty much like a lot of their stuff (which these days is refered to as twee) and features Carey Mulligan. She's one of the it girls in Hollywood right now, I saw her in An Education and she was great. I guess she can sing too.
or you can download it "officially" from their site here
It's been four years since they've toured, so if you want to check them out live, tour dates after the jump
September 2010
- September 25th BARCELONA, BAM Music Festival - Damm Factory
- September 30th NEW YORK, Williamsburg Waterfront
October 2010
- October 2nd LAS VEGAS, The Pearl at Palms Casino
- October 3rd LOS ANGELES, Hollywood Palladium
- October 5th LOS ANGELES, Hollywood Forever Cemetery
- October 7th MEXICO CITY, Vive Cuervo Salón
- October 8th MEXICO CITY, Vive Cuervo Salón
- October 9th GUADALAJARA, Teatro Estudio Cavaret
- October 11th CHICAGO, Chicago Theatre
- October 12th TORONTO, Massey Hall
- October 14th WASHINGTON DC, DAR Constitution Hall
- October 15th BOSTON, Wang Theatre
- October 17th SAN FRANCISCO, Treasure Island Festival
- October 19th PORTLAND, Arlene Schnitzer Hall
- October 20th SEATTLE, Benaroya Hall
December 2010
- December 1st BELFAST, Ulster Hall
- December 3rd DUBLIN, Grand Canal Theatre
- December 5th GATESHEAD, Sage Gateshead
- December 6th BIRMINGHAM, Birmingham Symphony Hall
- December 7th MANCHESTER, Apollo
- December 9th BOURNEMOUTH, 02 Academy
- December 10th MINEHEAD, Butlins
- December 14th LEICESTER, De Montfort Hall
- December 16th BRISTOL, Colston Hall
- December 19th GLASGOW, Barrowland
- December 20th GLASGOW, Barrowland
- December 21st GLASGOW, Barrowland
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