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The Magic Numbers were poised to drop their sophomore album, Those the Brokes, in America earlier this year via Capitol Records. Then this stuff happened, and-- poof!-- the Numbers' major label number was up. Thems the breaks, one might say.

Or so we thought! Now Capitol's sister/sub-label under the EMI Group umbrella, Astralwerks, has stepped to the plate to help drive Those the Brokes home in the United States.

The disc-- originally released in Europe last year on Heavenly Recordings/EMI-- breaks Stateside on July 3. Just to throw you for a loop, the American edition will feature a different track order, as well as an extra tune called "Keep It in the Pocket". UPDATE: THE AMERICAN VERSION ALSO INCLUDES THE HIDDEN TRACK "ALL I SEE".
 
Those Magic Numbers introduce Those the Brokes with a New York show May 9, then play heaps of festivals all summer long.

As previously reported, the quartet appears on the Starbucks/KCRW covers comp, Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project. That album dropped last month and features the Magic Numbers' take on Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love". The band also contributed a track to Rachel Fuller's "In the Attic" webcast compilation, Attic Jam, which hit iTunes exclusively back in February.

Those the Brokes:

01 This Is a Song
02 You Never Had It
03 Take a Chance
04 Boy
05 Undecided
06 Slow Down (The Way It Goes)
07 Keep It in the Pocket
08 Take Me or Leave Me
09 Let Somebody In
10 Runnin Out
11 Goodnight
12 All I See (hidden track)

Magic Numbers:

05-06 Mexico City, Mexico - Viva Latino Festival
05-09 New York, NY - Hiro Ballroom
05-18 Brighton, England - Great Escape Festival
05-19 Brighton, England - Great Escape Festival
05-26 Perth, Scotland - Perth Festival Concert Hall
05-28 Gelenn, The Netherlands - Pinkpop Festival
05-29 Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Melkweg
05-30 Eindhoven, The Netherlands - Effenaar Festival
06-01 Hertfordshire, England - Herts University
06-02 Southampton, England - Rosebowl
06-21 Aylesbury, England - Civic
07-03 Lisbon, Portugal - Super Rock Festival
07-07 Turku, Finland - Ruisrock Festival
07-08 Paris, France - Hippodrome le Longchamp (Solidays Festival)
07-13 Suffolk, England - Latitude Festival
07-14 Arvika, Sweden - Vintergatan
07-15 Guildford, England - Guilfest
07-21 Barcelona, Spain - Benicàssim
07-25 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Circo Voador
07-26 São Paolo, Brazil - Circo Voador
08-04 Cardiff, Wales - SongRites Festival
08-10 Inverness, Scotland - Belladrum
08-11 Leicester, England - Summer Sundae Weekender
09-01 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic
09-02 Carmarthen, Wales - Gwyl Macs Festival