LATE OF THE PIER TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM 'FANTASY BLACK CHANNEL' ON ASTRALWERKS IN JANUARY 2009

BAND TO PLAY FIRST EVER US GIGS IN NYC AND PHILLY

"Attention young, would-be dance punks: Stop wasting your time making enormous bids on analog synthesizers on eBay. Instead, check out the selection of tracks on this EP by Nottingham groove-dudes Late of the Pier, because these guys can create arena-electro as good as the 80's antecedents that came before them"- Alternative Press

“… grand retro-futurism...a hiccupy approach to Gary Numan synth-pop, and some of the glam-rock pomp of the Darkness…” -Pitchfork

“Late Of The Pier are rapidly making most other British bands seem like primitive, drooling luddites by comparison” – NME

“Maverick debut from Nottingham quartet…urgent, innovative art-pop…an outstanding first album of surreal twist and infectious turns. 4 stars”- Q Magazine (UK)

“Fantasy Black Channel succeeds thanks to its bounteous jumble of ideas and infectious positivity...Deliberately daft, but also bold and adventurous, Late of The Pier are a hyperactive British answer to MGMT. 4 stars” - Uncut (UK)

Following their critically acclaimed Echoclistel Lambietroy digital EP, Late Of The Pier will release their remarkable debut album Fantasy Black Channel on January 13, 2009 on Astralwerks.

Produced by Erol Alkan, Fantasy Black Channel is an album full of undeniable highlights and features previous UK singles ‘Space And The Woods’, ‘Focker’, ‘The Bears Are Coming’ and ‘Bathroom Gurgle’ as well as the future-classic ‘Heartbeat’.

Recorded at Late Of The Pier’s Nottingham home studio and London’s Miloko Studios, Fantasy Black Channel is a massively daring album in terms of scope and ambition. It segues between musical styles with fleet footed fluidity, constantly experimental and boundary-pushing yet focused and – at its core –unashamedly pop.

Late Of The Pier are: Samuel Dust (vocals, guitar), Rouge Dog Consuela (drums, percussion, believer), Francis Dudley Dance (bass) and Jack Paradise (synths, sampler).

Late of the Pier will play their first- ever US gigs in October including a play at CMJ on October 24.


October 24 New York, NY Irving Plaza (CMJ)

October 25 Philadelphia, PA Making Time


TRACKLIST:

1. Hot Tent Blues

2. Broken

3. Space And The Woods

4. The Bears Are Coming

5. Random Firl

6. Heartbeat

7. Whitesnake

8. VW

9. Focker

10. The Enemy Are The Future

11. Mad Dogs And Englishmen

12. Bathroom Gurgle

13. No Time (HIDDEN TRACK)