Does It Offend You, Yeah? Sign to Almost Gold

Sebastien Grainger (ex-Death From Above 1979) Supplies Vox for New Single
Does It Offend You, Yeah? Sign to Almost Gold

The Almost Gold label's been awfully choosy in who they've signed, and being particular has paid off. Peter Bjorn & John and Calvin Harris have blown/are blowing up, and things look mighty good for Chicago duo Walter Meego, whose first full-length is due on the label by year's end.

So raise those hopes pronto for Does It Offend You, Yeah?, the cheeky Reading-bred electronic twosome that's the latest find for the Columbia Records subsidiary. They've generated a significant amount of excitement overseas via remixes for Bloc Party, Muse, and the Raconteurs, not to mention mixes like this one.

The group, currently working on a debut album for release next spring, already have a notable in their corner: new single "Let's Make Out" features ex-Death From Above 1979 belter Sebastien Grainger on the come-ons. "Let's Make Out" is available now as a free download (see below), and if you live in the UK and sign up for their mailing list, they'll send you a limited edition 5" vinyl single. On September 17, it will be released on a proper 7" and 12" in the UK. (They're on Virgin in the UK; the Almost Gold signing is for the U.S.)

Does it Offend You, Yeah? are also some tourin' fools, and they're out on a massive UK jaunt presently.

Does It Offend You, Yeah?:

08-17 London, England - Koko
08-18 Stafford, England - V Festival
08-19 Chelmsford, England - V Festival
08-21 London, England - Café de Paris
08-24 Birmingham, England - Barfly
08-25 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-26 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
09-01 Jersey, England - Jersey Live Festival
09-02 Carmarthen, Wales - Gwyl Macs Festival
09-13 Brighton, England Audio
09-14 London, England - Egg
09-15 Bedford, England - Hungry Bears
09-17 Glasgow, Scotland - King Tuts
09-18 Manchester, England - Academy
09-19 Leeds, England - Champion
09-20 Sheffield, England - The Small Plug
09-22 Birmingham, England - Academy
09-23 Oxford, England - Academy
09-24 Northampton, England - Soundhauz
09-25 Stoke-on-Trent, England - The Underground
09-26 Mansfield, England - The Mill
09-27 Wrexham, England - Central Station
09-29 Nottingham, England - Nottingham (two shows)
09-30 Southampton, England - The Unit
10-02 Exeter, England - Cavern
10-03 Hertford, England - Marquee
10-04 Reading, England - Fex
10-05 London, England - Borderline

Posted by Paul Thompson on Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 11:48am