“The band most likely to do a Kooks/Fratellis in 2007 by becoming the good-time-indie-rock outfit most people prefer to get drunk and act lairy to” - Q
"When the Day-Glo dust settles, they’ll be standing on top of the pile" - NME
“The most joyful band we’ve heard all year” – Elle
“"This will be their year." - Music Week
"This is music to blow your wig off" - The Times
“Fantastic, impassioned brass riffs” – The Sun
This track has been snapped up as the lead track from the forthcoming David Schwimmer directed Simon Pegg Film - Run Fat Boy Run (released in Cinemas in September) - the song will be featured in the trailer and TV advertising for the film.
And what a year The Rumble Strips have had. From being tipped by all and sundry as one of the most exciting new bands of 2007 the group have stepped up and delivered. From their explosive shows at SXSW (culminating in Charlie’s arrest and jumping bail), to their triumphant headlining of the NME ‘New Band Tour’ in May, to their packed Glastonbury set that had the entire John Peel tent singing as one - the band head into the festival season with an arsenal of songs set to become the soundtrack of the summer.
The track – backed by remixes from Hot Chip, Devil's Gun, David E Sugar and Marc Leaf as well as the band’s blistering cover of and live favourite, ‘The Boys are Back in Town’- is taken from the band’s eagerly awaited debut LP ‘Girls and Weather’ (due out in September). With the album, The Rumble Strips have recorded a truly classic British debut. With their somewhat eccentric origins in Devon, the four young men from Tavistock have fashioned a set of songs steeped with huge, life-affirming choruses all awash with the optimism of youth.
girls and Boys in Love is available as a 3 track CD (featuring the Hot Chip Mix and Boys are Back in Town), 7" picturedisc and 12" picturedisc featuring all 4 remixes.
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