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Girl Band announce debut album ‘Holding Hands With Jamie’
Dublin band’s first work is out via Rough Trade this September.
Dublin noise outfit Girl Band have announced details for their debut album.
‘Holding Hands With Jamie’ is due out 25th September via Rough Trade. It was recorded in Dublin’s Bowlane Studios earlier this year, and it consists entirely of previously unreleased songs. Track titles include the brilliant ‘Fucking Butter’ and ‘Paul’.
Check out the cover art, tracklist and the band’s new live dates below.
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 Dr.
UK and Ireland dates:
SEPTEMBER
25 Belfast, Bar Sub w/ Paddy Hanna
OCTOBER
01 Galway, Roisin Dubh w/ Paddy Hanna
03 Cork, The Pavilion w/ Paddy Hanna
06 London, 100 Club w/ Prom
NOVEMBER
03 Brighton, Patterns w/ Prom
04 Manchester, Soup Kitchen w/ Prom
05 Leeds, Nation of Shopkeepers w/ Prom
07 Dublin, Button Factory w/ Paddy Hanna
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