Also, LOTP have a new single out and it's called "Bathroom Gurgle" and here it is. We're fairly confident that we are breaking some sort of law, but it's only illegal if you get caught etc.
We love Late of the Pier. We love England. And this summer, these two things will come together in glorious harmony. LOTP just posted this bulletin on MySpace:
well i'll be updating the site later. with some dates and things. we got ourselves a booking agent too. which is nice. whats even nicer is that we'll be doing some festivals. lots of european ones. leeds & Reading O2 wireless (DAFT PUNK & DEVO!!!) Glastonbury.
"Fit" DJs Remix London Teenagers For Your Electrobanging Pleasure
Every now and again, our email inbox decides to yeild something other than spam, Myspace comments and the desperate demands of some poor label intern. The other day, we got a nice little message from London-based Dj duo The C90s, with a link to their brilliant remix of Late of the Pier's "Space and the Woods". Now, "Space and the Woods" being LOTP's Best Song™, we were a little skeptical of it being rehashed. But the C90s boys knew what they were doing, apparently: their remix sounds like something MSTRKRTF would do, only it doesn't bore us to tears and make us want to shoot up every Korg in sight with an AK-47.
We remember reading about Late of the Pier--a gangly bunch of teenage boys making Gary Numan-inspired dance songs--in an NME review of the all ages WayOutWest showcases. BAsically, the review was all like: "Don't forget this name best band ever" etc, but since the NME say shit like that even more then we do, we just made a quick mental note and moved on. WELL. We had the pleasure of catching LOTP opening for the Cribs last weekend in London, and they blew us the fuck away--and not just because their seriously mental fanbase of 16-year-olds were dancing like crazy and freaking out at the beginning of every song. And not just because the bassist was wearing some sort of corset he seemed to have fashioned out of tinfoil. And not just becuase they were playing keyboards balanced on an ironing board. Seriously. It was that awesome.
Here's the boys doing their shit at the Old Blue Last in London not too long ago.