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Walking The Dog Is fun,

• 11th Mar 2010

New York based three-piece fun. are set to release their double A-side debut single ‘Walking The Dog’ / ‘Be Calm’ as a limited edition 7” vinyl, on March 29th through Friends Vs Records. These two tracks are taken from their forthcoming album ‘Aim & Ignite’. ‘Aim & Ignite’ will be released on Hassle Records with exclusive bonus content on May 31st.

fun. is what happens when three extraordinarily talented musicians come together to create something altogether new and wonderful. Nate Ruess, late of The Format, has teamed up with multi-instrumentalist Andrew Dost and Jack Antonoff, resulting in their ingenious debut, Aim And Ignite. The trio melds an array of diverse inspirations – spanning Broadway to The Beach Boys, ‘Nilsson Schmilsson’ to ‘Pinkerton’ – into an irresistible collection of freewheeling pop songcraft.

First track on the double A side, Walking the Dog, has an early Vampire Weekend and Good Shoes sensibility about it. Be Calm, arranged by Andrew with Roger Joseph Manning Jnr, (Air, Beck, Jellyfish), melds finely wrought chamber-pop orchestrations – all brass and strings and multi-tracked harmonies – with guitar-fueled rock ‘n’ roll, resulting in a distinctive sound which simultaneously recalls the past yet remains very current.

Making their live debut in the UK, fun. are set to play four London club dates in March:

March
Tue 23 The Social, London
Fri 26 Club NME @ Koko’s, London
Sat 27 Barfly, London
Sat 27 Proud Galleries, London

The band are currently on tour in the USA, and will be back in the UK for a full tour later this summer.