Ladytron's Sugar

• 19th May 2005

Ladytron have announced details their new single Sugar to be released on June 20th – their debut on Island Records.

Ladytron released their debut album, 604, in 2001, it was an influential record that instantly gained recognition for it's analogue futurism and classic pop songs, following it up in 2002 with the acclaimed Light & Magic, an album that spawned the cult hit Seventeen, and made Rolling Stone's top 50 albums of the year. The last 18 months have also seen the band complete successful tours of USA and China before returning to their Liverpool based studio in late 2004 to work on their third album, Witching Hour.

The single, produced by Jim Abiss (Kasabian, DJ Shadow, Placebo) will be available on three formats, CD, 7″ and 12″, and followed by the release of their third album, Witching Hour in August.

The single will feature exclusive new songs plus mixes from the likes of Jagz Kooner, Playgroup and Archigram.

The full tracklisting is as follows

CD
1. Sugar
2. Tender Talons
3. Sugar (Jagz Kooner mix)

7″
1. Sugar
2. Fighting in Built Up Areas

12″
1. Sugar
2. Sugar (Archigram mix)
3. Sugar (Playgroup vocal)
4. Sugar (Metronomy)

The band, whose last UK show was a sell out London Astoria show in 2004, have also announced some low key live dates to coincide with the release of the single. A full UK tour will be announce shortly.

The full list of dates are as follows:
MAY 12th Glasgow Oran Mor
MAY 16th Manchester Academy 3
MAY 27th Brighton Concorde 2 (The Boutique)
MAY 28th Leeds The Faversham
MAY 29th Nottingham Liars Club
JUNE 7th London ICA
JUNE 30th London Wireless Festival