we’ve got a new album coming out at the end of november, which is a weird time to release an album. except it isn’t, because it’s a christmas album. so it’s the perfect time to release an album. it’s got eleven songs on it. eight of the are songs written by us and three of them are seasonal cover versions. fans of our previous christmas singles will be delighted to know that both the first snowflake and an extended version of little donkey are on there.

it’s released on the 29th of november and will be available on cd and as a digital download. if you buy the cd from rough trade you will also get a limited edition christmas card signed by us as well. which is nice.

making a christmas album might seem like an odd thing to do, but some of our favourite songs are christmas songs. they make me so happy and so sad sometimes too. just like christmas itself. we’ve always been drawn to christmas songs and we’ve always written them. with the thought that someday we would have enough christmas songs to fill a whole album. and at last we have, so here it is. the boy least likely to christmas special. the christmas album we’ve always dreamed of making.

we’re also going on a little tour of the uk in december because we thought it would be fun. and because we’ve got a new album coming out at the end of november, but really just because we thought it would be fun.

here are the dates

tuesday december 7th - bodega social, nottingham
wednesday december 8th - king tuts, glasgow
thursday december 9th - ruby lounge, manchester
saturday december 11th - the railway inn, winchester
tuesday december 14th - hoxton bar and kitchen, london

tickets are available from all the usual places.

happy christmas

x

so anyway, we’re releasing a new little ep this week. it’s called the a fairytale ending ep, because the first song on there
is that one. and then it’s got three other songs on there too. one of them is the summer of a dormouse, which was released
as a seven inch by for us last year. and the other two songs are ones you won’t have heard anywhere before that we
recorded in the last sessions for the law of the playground. this is what’s on it then.

a fairytale ending
the summer of a dormouse
my country heart
happy to be myself

it’s only available as a digital download at the moment, but it is available all over the world. and it has a terribly sad cover.

this is the link to buy it from itunes in the usa.

and this is the link to buy it from itunes in the uk.

we could go on listing all the countries in the world and providing little links for them, but it seems silly.
you’re big enough to find things on your own now.

we hope you like the songs you haven’t heard before, and that you still like the ones you already knew.

x

so. we’re releasing a new single on november the ninth. which is only a couple of weeks away now.
it’s called the summer of a dormouse and it’s coming out on the rough trade shop’s very own for us label.
it’s available as a limited edition seven inch and there are only five hundred of them and it’s only
available from the rough trade shop and the cover has a drawing of a dormouse enjoying its
summer holidays on it. click the link to buy. hurry now.

don’t worry if you don’t live in the uk, the rough trade shop have a fantastic mail order department that
will happily ship it to you anywhere in the world.

it comes backed with our version of the another sunny day classic, i’m in love with a girl who doesn’t know i exist.

the a side is also included on the new rough trade shops indie pop 09 compilation, which has got twenty four other songs on.
and it’s amazing. so if you haven’t got a record player then you should probably buy that.
the b side is only available on the seven inch though. probably best to buy both anyway.

click the link to buy the cd.