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Aussie four-piece the Drones have followed up 2006's Gala Mill with a new album called Havilah. The record is named after both a biblical land near the Garden of Eden and the valley where the band recorded it. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with either "Hava Nagila" or this "TECHNO HARDCORE mix" of "Hava Nagila".

ATP Recordings will release Havilah in America on February 17 (it's already out in Australia).

The Drones have plenty of tour dates in their home country this winter (Australian for "summer"), starting November 29 in Melbourne.

Havilah:

01 Nail It Down
02 The Minotaur
03 Drifting Housewife
04 I Am the Supercargo
05 Careful as You Go
06 Oh My
07 Cold and Sober
08 Luck in Odd Numbers
09 Penumbra
10 You're Acting Like It's the End of the World

The Drones:

11-29 Melbourne, Australia - The Espy
12-06 Melbourne, Australia - Ding Dong Lounge (Gareth Liddiard solo show)
12-30 Lorne, Australia - Falls Festival
12-31 Marion Bay, Australia - Falls Festival
01-02 Busselton, Australia - Sir Stewart Bovell Park (Southbound Music Festival)
01-18 Gold Coast, Australia - Gold Coast Parklands (Big Day Out)
01-23 Sydney, Australia - Sydney Showground (Big Day Out)
01-26 Melbourne, Australia - Flemington Racecourse (Big Day Out)
01-31 Brisbane, Australia - Fortitude Valley (St Jerome's Laneway Festival)
02-01 Melbourne, Australia - Melbourne CBD (St Jerome's Laneway Festival)
02-06 Perth, Australia - Northbridge (St Jerome's Laneway Festival)
02-07 Adelaide, Australia - Fowler's Live Courtyard (St Jerome's Laneway Festival)
02-08 Sydney, Australia - Circular Quay (St Jerome's Laneway Festival)