Following on from the success of 2005's debut album 'Tilting at Windmills', Oxford quartet Dive Dive are about to unleash another slice of British Punk rock in the shape of 'The Revenge of the Mechanical Dog'.
The band were originally spawned from John Peel favourites Dustball, doing an impressive five Peel sessions. Since then they've played with the likes of Funeral for a Friend, Ordinary Boys and Franz Ferdinand.
They're set to kick off 2007 by supporting Frank Turner on the following dates:
January:
Wed 24, Leeds Josephs Well
Sun 28, Nottingham Social
February:
Wed 7, Cambridge The Loft
Sun 11, York Fibbers
Mon 12, Birmingham Bar Academy
Tue 13, London Borderline
Dive Dive's album 'The Revenge of the Mechanical Dog' is released on January 22 on Land Speed Records. The tracklist is:
'Let The Blind Lead The Blind'
'The Game'
'Cuts And Bruises'
'Seven Of Eight'
'Maybe I'm OK'
'Holding Back The Broken Door'
'Take It, It's Yours'
'Talentless Fucks'
'Clarence Boddiker'
'Perfectly Pathetic'
'This Ain't Jetplane'
'Idiot Parade'