The Pipettes announce release date for hotly tipped debut
June 18th, 2006
‘We Are The Pipettes’ The debut album released 17
‘Pull Shapes’
Single released 3rd July 06 Sold Out UK tour July 06 July
03 LONDON, KINGS COLLEGE
04 SOUTHAMPTON, JOINERS
05 BOURNEMOUTH, OPERA HOUSE
06 LEICESTER, THE CHARLOTTE
07 STOKE ON TRENT, THE UNDERGROUND
08 COTSWOLDS, STANWAY HOUSE - VICE 24 HOUR FESTIVAL
10 MANCHESTER, LATE ROOMS
12 GLASGOW, KINGS TUTS WAH WAH HUT
13 ABERDEEN, TUNNELS
14 LATITUDE FESTIVAL, SOUTHWOLD, SUFFOLK
29 LONDON, BEN & JEERY’S FESTIVAL, CLAPHAM COMMOM
August
05 MANCHESTER, D PERCUSSION FESTIVAL
26 CARDIFF, GET LOADED IN THE PARK
27 LONDON, GET LOADED IN THE PARK
Polka dot princesses, The Pipettes (Rosay, Gwenno & RiotBecki) have announced the release of their eagerly awaited debut album, ‘We Are The Pipettes’ on July 17th through Memphis Industries. Available on CD, Vinyl and Digital the album includes all the singles, ‘Pull Shapes’ (out July 3rd), Top 40 hit ‘Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me’ and ‘Dirty Mind’ as well as 11 other smashes. ‘Pull Shapes’ is currently brightening up radio and TV stations, look out for the ‘Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls’ Video. A glorious, Technicolor knee in pop’s groin. ‘We Are The Pipettes over the course of 14 tracks invents the kind of girl-power The Spice Girls could only dream of. Referencing the likes of The Shangri-La’s, The Crystals, The Shirelles, et al, both sonically and in style, but whereas the girls of yesteryear were happy to defer to the men in their lives (He Hit Me It Felt Like A Kiss, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?) on tracks such as One Night Stand (I left You Alone/At four in the morning / not a stitch to wear/ because you ignored my warning) or Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me (Can’t You See We’re Through/Boy get out of my face!) it’s plain to see The Pipettes are calling the shots. Although Brill-building, Motown and Spector references are inevitable (The Pipettes understand who made the greatest pop music) perhaps the most apt comparison would be with The Ramones. Like da bruddas, these sisters have created a record that whilst understanding pop music’s past are forging ahead in their own image.’ ‘We Are The Pipettes’ is an album written by teenagers for teenagers. An album that understands the heartbreak of leaving the disco alone (It Hurts To See You Dance So Well), tells stories of befriending the school’s outcast (Judy) and the older boyfriend who only wants one thing (Sex). However it’s the tunes that are most important - quite simply nobody is writing more infectious melodies than The Pipettes right now - from the string-drenched, four to the floor, call to the dance-floor that is lead single, Pull Shapes or the lonesome melancholy of A Winter’s Sky … www.thepipettes.co.uk and www.myspace.com/thepipettes
