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Kate Moss launches new Topshop collection to the soundtrack of The Strange Boys 20 May 2010 in Strange Boys
Kate Moss has launched her new Topshop collection with a video for her dancing to The Strange Boys’ recent single Be Brave on Topshop’s website.
Photos: The Strange Boys at the ICA 22 April 2010 in Strange Boys
Last night The Strange Boys played an electrifying set to a sold-out crowd at the ICA.
Photos taken by Roger Sargent
The Strange Boys release Be Brave and announce UK Tour 22 February 2010 in Strange Boys
This week sees the release of Be Brave the new album from Texan Garage Rock group The Strange Boys.
Be Brave follows on from their eponymous debut album The Strange Boys and Girls Club which was released last year, since then the band signed with Rough Trade, toured relentlessly and added Tim Presley (of Darker My Love) and Jenna Thornhill-DeWitt (of Mika Mako) to their line-up.
Buy Be Brave on CD & LP from Rough Trade Shops
The album is currently Rough Trade Shops’ Album Of The Week
‘(Be Brave has) the ragged, blues rock ‘n’ roll of early Stones’ – Esquire
‘Be Brave is one of the ace-est singles we’ve heard so far this year’ – Sunday Express
Watch the video for lead track Be Brave here(not advisable for vegetarians).
The band have just announced a UK tour and the dates are as follows:
Thursday 15th – Nation of Shopkeepers, Leeds
Friday 16th – Nice ‘n’ Sleazy’s, Glasgow
Saturday 17th – Deaf Institute, Manchester
Sunday 18th – Academy 2, Birmingham
Wednesday 21st – ICA, London
Thursday 22nd – Freebutt, Brighton
Friday 23rd – Louisiana, Bristol
Saturday 24th – Lennon’s Club, Southampton
Biography
The Strange Boys are a phenomenal young group from Austin, Texas.
They are at the same time, both timeless and refreshingly avant garde. Set to appeal to anyone who has a liking for top quality beat and blues influenced rock n’ roll, The Strange Boys have provoked excitement and reaction in the Rough Trade offices the like of which has been unseen since the signing of The Strokes. They played their first European shows this summer to wild reaction and their live return to the UK is hotly anticipated. Having played across Europe this summer, they’ve since returned to the US and recorded their 2nd album in Costa Mesa. Entitled, ‘Be Brave’, it is the follow up to their debut ‘And Girls Club’, which was released on In The Red in the US and became a hugely popular underground record in the UK via import copies alone.
