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Born Ruffians – Nova Leigh
Canadian foursome and purveyors of angular infectious indie Born Ruffians are heading to UK and European shores this November, and are releasing a special seven track EP to coincide.
The ‘Plinky Plonk EP’ contains two new tracks, a drastically new version of album track ‘Retard Canard’ and remixes of tracks from recent album ‘Say It’ by VOWLS and touring buddies The Acorn, who join the band for their forthcoming dates in Leeds and London. One of the new tracks is ‘First Date Kid’, a collaboration with Tokyo Police Club.
The CD (limited to 1000 worldwide) will initially be available only at the band’s shows, with a digital release on November 22nd.
In addition the band have premiered a new video (directed by Jared Raab) for ‘Nova-Leigh’, a track from ‘Say It’ that appears in remixed form thanks to The Acorn on the forthcoming EP.
EP tracklisting:
1. Plinky Plonky
2. Like When You
3. First Date Kid (w/Tokyo Police Club)
4. Retard Canard II
5. Pool Party Fun
6. What To Say (VOWLS Remix)
7. Nova-Leigh (Acorn Remix)
The band’s Winter tour calls at the following stops.
Dates marked * are shows with The Acorn. Tickets are onsale now:
November
Thu 18 UK, Edinburgh Electric Circus – link
Fri 19 UK, Liverpool O2 Academy 2 – link
Sat 20 UK, Manchester Ruby Lounge – link
Sun 21 UK Leeds Brudenell Social – link *
Tue 23 UK, Brighton Audio – link
Wed 24 UK, London Scala – link / link *
Thu 25 NL, Utrecht Le Guess Who Festival @ Tivoli Oudegracht – link
Sat 27 DE, Munich On-3 Festival – link
Sun 28 DE, Schorndorf Manufaktur – link
Mon 29 DE, Dusseldorf Zakk – link
Tue 30 DE, Frankfurt Das Bett – link
December
Wed 01 BE, Gent Charlatan – link
Thu 02 FR, Lille La Peniche – link
Fri 03 FR, Paris La Maroquinerie – link
Sat 04 FR, Lyon Marche Gare – link
Mon 06 FR, Rouen Le 106 – link
Tue 07 FR, Strasbourg La Laiterie – link
Their debut album Red, Yellow & Blue laid the foundations in 2008, with 3 singles awarded ‘Record of the Week’ at Radio 1, including Hummingbird, a track that the band performed in an episode of Skins, appeared in Orange’s ‘balloon’ ad campaign and became a staple of indie clubs across the country.
Second album Say It saw the band teaming up again with producer Rusty Santos (who previously worked with Animal Collective, Panda Bear and more recently, Owen Pallett), and was followed by a week of riotous shows in May including a headline slot at The Great Escape.