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Algiers announce debut album, share ‘Irony, Utility, Pretext’ video

Trio have signed to Matador for a debut LP.

Algiers announce debut album, share ‘Irony, Utility, Pretext’ video

Fledging trio Algiers have announced details of their self-titled debut album.

The group - led by Franklin James Fisher - are putting out their first work on 1st June via Matador Records. They’ve also unveiled the video for ‘Irony, Utility, Pretext’, which applies archive footage and space-age visuals to shots of Fisher launching himself at the camera. Watch it below.

Algiers play London’s Power Lunches on 22nd April, before supporting Interpol on their US tour.

Tracklist:

1. Remains
2. Claudette
3. And When You Fall
4. Blood
5. Old Girl
6. Irony Utility Pretext
7. But She Was Not Flying
8. Black Eunuch
9. Games
10. In Parallax

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