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UK quartet Hard-Fi will release their sophomore album, Once Upon a Time in the West, via Necessary/Atlantic on September 3 in the UK and September 18 in the U.S.

The follow-up to 2005's Stars of CCTV features the (Flipper-inspired?) meta-artwork seen to the left; first single "Suburban Knights" dropped this week in three formats: a digital download and two separate seven-inches.

The band will launch a brief UK tour at the end of August.


Once Upon a Time in the West:

01 Suburban Knights
02 I Shall Overcome
03 Tonight
04 Watch Me Fall Apart
05 I Close My Eyes
06 Television
07 Help Me Please
08 Can't Get Along
09 We Need Love
10 Little Angel
11 The King

Live-Fi:

08-31 Portsmouth, England - Southsea Parade Pier
09-01 Birmingham, England - Irish Centre
09-04 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC
09-06 London, England - Hippodrome
09-07 Coventry, England - Coliseum
09-08 Bristol, England - Trinity
09-09 Cardiff, Wales - University
09-10 Worthing, England - Pavilion