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Art Brut will be releasing its third studio album, Art Brut vs Satan (COOKCD492) on Monday 20th April, which will be preceded by a new single, Alcoholics Unanimous on Monday 6th April. Available on CD and as a digital download, the single features an extra track “Just Desserts”. There will also be a limited edition two track 7” single which will feature a different b-side – “Positively 5th St”.

Recorded over twelve days in December 2008, and produced by Black Francis, Art Brut vs Satan is the record Brut-o-philes have been waiting for since debut single ‘Formed A Band’ illuminated the musical universe back in 2004. From ‘Passengers’, a neat inversion of Iggy Pop’s ode to isolation, to the deeply personal ‘DC Comics And Chocolate Milk’ (“From delivering post to serving beer/I’ve never had much of a career”), it’s a rummage through the diaries of British pop’s sharpest observationist.

The pivotal ‘Demons Out!’, meanwhile, casts singer Argos as an indie Witchfinder General on the trail of those who would corrupt music to their own ends, complete with the lyric: “This is Art Brut versus Satan/The record buying public, we hate them!” But the surprise comes with a final ‘Mysterious Bruises’, a seven minute excursion into the agit-funk of ’77 era Talking Heads complete with the Pullitzer-prize worthy couplet: “I can’t remember anything I’ve done/I fought the floor and the floor won!” it’s a sobering account of the morning after the night before which seems destined to fill dance floors from Paris to Pasadena.

Art Brut vs Satan will be available on CD, as a digital download and as an exclusive iTunes bundle, which will include a bonus track, “Moved To LA”.

Full track listing as follows:

1. Alcoholics Unanimous
2. DC Comics and Chocolate Milkshake
3. The Passenger
4. Am I Normal?
5. What A Rush
6. Demons Out!
7. Slap Dash For No Cash
8. The Replacements
9. Twist and Shout
10. Summer Job
11. Mysterious Bruises
12. Moved To LA (iTunes only)

Art Brut will be doing a 10 date UK tour in April and May.

Full dates below:

Sun 26th April POOLE, Mr Kyps £10.00 BO: 01202 748 945
Mon 27th April MANCHESTER, Academy 3 £9.50 BO: 0161 832 1111
Tue 28th April BIRMINGHAM, 02 Academy £9.50 BO: 0844 477 2000
Wed 29th April NEWCASTLE, Other Rooms £9.00 BO: 0191 261 9755
Fri 1st May LEEDS, Cockpit £10.00 BO: 0113 245 5570
Sat 2nd May GLASGOW, Stereo £8.50 BO: 0844 847 2487
Mon 4th May NOTTINGHAM, Rescue Rooms £10.00 BO: 0871 310 0000
Tue 5th May BRISTOL, Thekla £10.00 BO: 0870 444 4400
Wed 6th May BRIGHTON, Concorde 2 £9.00 BO: 01273 637 311
Thu 7th May LONDON, Electric Ballroom £11.00 BO: 020 7403 3331



Click here for the Art Brut biography in full and below for the video.