Rascals Roundup

Further to Shola's post, there's been a lot of Rascals related news the past few days so thought I'd present a little roundup.

The Wirral trio played 2 gigs in one night in Londontown, starting in Islington as part of the MTV Spankin New Music tour and then over to Shoreditch scenester outpost, Old Blue Last. The latter gig was watched by a litany of celebs and Miles likened the event to something The Libertines would've done. Bands should really play more spontaneous, geurilla gigs. Although I don't think the energy and accessibility of The Libertines can be matched, it's cool to see promising bands like The Rascals doing something a little extra.

Has anyone been to any of the gigs on the MTV tour or the Old Blue Last Show? How have they been going? The tour also includes Tastes Like Caramel favorites, The Metros.

Featured above, is the cover art for the band's debut album, Rascalize, out June 9th in the UK. ahh apologies for the gushing, but that photo is the total hotness. Can't wait.

Freakbeat Phantom was featured as The Hottest Record in the World on Zane Lowe's show on Wednesday. Zane was totally enthusiastic (read: brink of giddiness) about the track, calling it a sticky groove and even playing the first 30 seconds over again because the opening is so old school and amazing. Really glad to see them getting this recognition. For me and I think a lot of people, Zane's show is the barometer of great new music so hopefully this got people even more excited about the upcoming album.

If you live in the UK, catch The Rascals on Channel 4's JD Set on May 30th and go see them at London Dingwalls in June!!