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Young Legionnaire Announce Debut Single

• 17th Jun 2010

Young Legionnaire- a new band, with some very familiar faces.

Started by Gordon Moakes (Bloc Party) and Paul Mullen (The Automatic / ex-Yourcodenameis:Milo) after meeting when YCNI:Milo were sourcing bands for their ‘Print Is Dead’ collaborations project. The idea being that bands would go up to the YCNI:Milo studio in Newcastle and spend no longer than one day writing and recording a song for the record. The track they did was called 'Wait A Minute' and the process was a really inspiring experience, sowing the seed of an idea for them to work together again. Two years later, the result is Young Legionnaire.

With a common love of riffs/noise and influences ranging from Botch to Refused. It seems only natural that after paving the indie/electro wave for Gordon, and Paul honing his pop sensibilities in The Automatic, they would both enjoy a chance to rock out at ultra-volume. The band completed by drummer William Bowerman (Brontide) will be releasing their first 7inch on the consistently wonderful, Holy Roar Records.

Alex Fitzpatrick from Holy Roar has this to say- “Having already known Will via Brontide, I was pretty excited when he said he was doing a new band with Gordon and Paul, both in bands I spent my University years listening to. The fact that the band possess mild technical leanings and big stoner riffs, pretty much made this a no-brainer release!”

“Holy Roar were the first & most natural choice for the band to do a first single with “it's great for us to be able to reach the Holy Roar audience, as much as the fans that know us from the bands we're in already- Young Legionnaire is pretty heavy and we make no apologies for that…” Gordon Moakes

Holy Roar records (Rolo Tomassi/ Pulled Apart By Horses/Trash Talk) are releasing the 7inch single on August 16 2010. There will be a limited run of 500 records (100 black vinyl, 200 cream & 200 semi-transparent brown). When you pre-order at link you will receive the MP3 instantly.

These are the first fruits of the band, recorded in the tiny Gun Factory studios, where The Horrors did big portions of their 'Primary Colours' record.

A side 'Colossus'
B side 'Iron Dream'

Young Legionnaire will play their first headline show at Hoxton Bar & Grill on Tuesday 17 August.

Colossus/Iron Dream is out 16 August on Holy Roar Records.