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The Drones are back

Australia's finest dirty rockers, The Drones, have announced that they will be releasing a new EP, The Minotaur + A Brief Retrospective, on September 2 via ATP Recordings.

The EP is a bit of a catch-up lesson for those outside of Australia and will feature a mix of new material (such as the track below) and a collection of some of the group's finest work to date, including tracks from their Australian Music Prize winning 2005 record, Wait Long By The River And The Bodies Of Your Enemies Will Float By, as well as the critically acclaimed 2006 follow-up, Gala Mill.

The Minotaur

The Minotaur (available now via iTunes) will also feature on the band's fourth studio album, Havilah, which is set to be released locally on September 20 and early next year for 'international folks'. The new album, produced by Gerling's Burke Reid, was recorded over a two week period earlier this year in an isolated mud brick house in the mountains outside of Myrtleford, Victoria.

Tracklisting:

1. Nail It Down
2. The Minotaur
3. The Drifting Housewife
4. I Am The Supercargo
5. Careful As You Go
6. Oh My
7. Cold And Sober
8. Luck In Odd Numbers
9. Penumbra
10. Your Acting's Like The End Of The World

If you reside in the land of the US of Ay you can also catch the wild rock-n-roll troopers playing shows everywhere over the next couple of months, including a set at the All Tomorrow's Parties show in New York with My Bloody Valentine, Shellac and Built To Spill.

August 13: 3 of Clubs, Los Angeles, CA
August 18: Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
August 24: Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA
August 28: Hemlock Tavern, San Francisco, CA
August 31: Echoplex, Los Angeles, CA
September 13: Piano's, New York, NY
September 20: Kutshers Country Resort, Monticello, NY (All Tomorrow's Parties)
September 21: Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA *
September 22: The National, Richmond, VA *
September 23: 9:30 Club, Washington, DC *
September 24: Ram's Head Live, Annapolis, MD *

* w/ Built To Spill, Meat Puppets