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Acts will join Madness, Friendly Fires and The Human League at the event

Well hello there sir/madam. When we're not ROFLing hard at our very own Shreds video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgJqkDsfdZk ), or engrossed in our Panini World Cup sticker book (who needs a Javi...

Well hello there sir/madam.

When we’re not ROFLing hard at our very own Shreds video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgJqkDsfdZk ), or engrossed in our Panini World Cup sticker book (who needs a Javier Mascherano?), we’ve been in Ed’s garage slowly crafting music that will, in the not too distant future, make up our second album. Yep that’s right, you thought you’d finally got us out of your hair for good, but here we are with another set of bangers, slow jams and skits for club, street and home listening.

Working titles, likely to change at a moments notice, include:

Chimes / Tubular / Bells
True Love
Pull Me Back To Earth
Schaffel: The Return
Running Away
Ultra Slow Jam

+++ a whole load of other fragmented micro-bits and nano-bobs.

In the spirit of the UK’s new coalition government, we are working on a song in conjunction with an mind-bogglingly talented and unique singer with whom many of you will be familiar. I’ll give you a clue as to who it is; the person doesn’t wear bad hats or have a cousin called Tulisa.

Anyone wanting a first listen to a small handful of these songs should pop along to one of our festival gigs this summer. If you think they’re awful then boo them and maybe we’ll consider changing them a bit…democracy in action.

The dates are as follows:

29th May: Saint Laurent de Cuves, Pampillon de Nuit, France

4th June: Selector Festival, Krakow, Poland

11th June: Inverness Festival

12th June: Warehouse Project Festival, Manchester

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Hey guys,

As well as playing Wireless (same night as Jay Z!!) we will be performing at a brand new festival (how many more festivals can there be I hear you cry!?) called LED.

Three giants of live music, Cream, Goldenvoice and Loudsound, have joined forces to create what is destined to become one of London's most exciting outdoor electronic dance festivals.

The inaugural festival takes place over in London's Victoria Park where we will be playing on the 28th August. Other acts on the day include GoldFrapp, Aphex Twin and Leftfield so it should be a pretty bangin day out.

For tickets to both events go to the links below.

LED Festival
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Wireless Festival
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Ta and hopefully see you there!
FF
xx