‘We Are The Pipettes’
The debut album released 17TH July 2006 on Memphis Industries

MI072CD/LP/D

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’ (released July 3rd), Top 40 hit ‘Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me’ and ‘Dirty Mind’ as well as 11 other smashes.

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. Whilst referencing the likes of The Shangri-La’s, The Crystals, The Shirelles, et al, both sonically and in style, 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. Whether it be 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 this is a record that attaches itself to your subconscious and refuses to let go…

Tracklisting:
1   We Are The Pipettes       
2   Pull Shapes 
3   Why Did You Stay?
4   Dirty Mind   
5   It Hurts to See you Dance So Well
6   Judy  
7   A Winter’s Sky
8   Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me
9   Tell Me What You Want
10  Because It’s Not Love (But It’s Still A Feeling)
11  Sex
12  One Night Stand
13  ABC
14  I Love You

See The Pipettes live at these venues and festivals over the Summer:

19/05/2006  GREAT ESCAPE FESTIVAL, BRIGHTON 

29/05/2006 NOTTINGHAM, ROCK CITY, DOT 2 DOT FESTIVAL

07/06/2006, LONDON, THE BARFLY XFM XPOSURE Night HEADLINE

01/07/2006, BARCELONA, Faraday Festival

03/07/2006  LONDON, CARGO HEADLINE

04/07/2006  SOUTHAMPTON, JOINERS HEADLINE

05/07/2006  BOURNEMOUTH, OPERA HOUSE HEADLINE

06/07/2006  LEICESTER, THE CHARLOTTE HEADLINE

07/07/2006  STOKE ON TRENT, THE UNDERGROUND HEADLINE

08/07/2006  COTSWOLDS, STANWAY HOUSE - VICE 24 HOUR FESTIVAL

10/07/2006  MANCHESTER, LATE ROOMS HEADLINE

12/07/2006  GLASGOW, KINGS TUTS WAH WAH HUTHEADLINE

13/07/2006  ABERDEEN, TUNNELS HEADLINE

14-16/07/2006  LATITUDE FESTIVAL, SOUTHWOLD, SUFFOLK

22/07/2006  FRANCE, PARIS, SOUS LA PLAGUE @ PARK OF PARIS

29/07/2006  LONDON, BEN & JEERY’S FESTIVAL, CLAPHAM COMMOM

05/08/2006  MANCHESTER, DEPERCUSSION FESTIVAL with Field Music  

06/08/2006  CORNWALL, BOARDMASTERS FESTIVAL

11/08/2006  SWEDEN, EMMABDOA FESTIVAL  

18/08/2006  BELGIUM, PUKKLEPOP

26/08/2006  CARDIFF, GET LOADED IN THE PARK 

27/08/2006  LONDON, GET LOADED IN THE PARK