Pitchfork: The Subways Invade "The O.C.", America

Another week, another band of British adolescents storming the colonies to save rock and roll. This time it's the Subways, a London trio who won't be allowed to legally drink when they reach the States. Evidently all of Britain has been apoplectic over these youths since July, when their debut, Young for Eternity, hit the High Street shops.

"Hormonal exuberance!" raves Q. "Impressive!" gushes The Guardian. "The next big thing!" enthuses The Sun. "Who the hell are the Subways?" asks America.

Well, we'll be sick of them soon enough, as the band has landed a cut on the Music from the O.C.: Mix 5 comp, namely "Rock & Roll Queen," which will also be the first single from the U.S. release of Young for Eternity when it comes out here in February. They will also perform on "The O.C." on November 18, apparently the only musical act that will appear on the show this season. Subways, meet Death Cab; Death Cab, meet Subways.

Forsaking some potentially lucrative import sales (or, more likely, a non-lucrative file-sharing frenzy), Sire will issue the same version of the debut LP that the Brits got. Until then, visit the official Subways site and the album will be loudly streamed at you whether you like or not. Like a counselor at a heroin clinic, you're looking for the tracks:

01 I Want to Hear What you Have Got to Say
02 Holiday
03 Rock & Roll Queen
04 Mary
05 Young For Eternity
06 Lines of Light
07 Oh Yeah
08 City Pavement
09 No Goodbyes
10 With You
11 She Sun
12 Somewhere
13 At 1AM

While a full-blown U.S. tour will have to wait until February, the Subways are following the time-honored gambit of playing a few teaser shows in American media capitals to titillate the glitterati. But first, they've got college kids and other NME readers to please back in the motherland:

10-12 Brighton, England - Brighton Event
10-13 Norwich, England - Norwich Waterfront
10-14 Hull, England - Hull University
10-15 Leeds, England - Blank Canvas
10-17 Newcastle, England - Newcastle University
10-19 Dundee, Scotland - Fat Sam's
10-20 Aberdeen, Scotland - Moshulu
10-21 Glasgow, Scotland - The Garage
10-21 Edinburgh, Scotland - Gig Edinburgh
10-22 York, England - Fibbers
10-24 Cambridge, England - Cambridge Junction
10-25 Wolverhampton, England - Wulfren Hall
10-27 Oxford, England - Oxford Brookes Uni
10-28 Bristol, England - Academy
10-30 Exeter, England - Lemon Grove
10-31 Cardiff, Wales - Cardiff University Solus
11-02 Manchester, England - Manchester Academy 2
11-03 Liverpool, England - Liverpool Academy 4
11-04 Sheffield, England - Leadmill
11-06 Paris, France - Paris La Cigale
11-08 Reims, France - La Cartonerie
11-10 Portsmouth, England - Pyramids Centre
11-11 Reading, England - Reading University
11-12 London, England - The Forum
11-13 Huddersfield, England - Huddersfield University
11-15 Leicester, England - Leicester University
11-17 Warwick, England - Warwick University
11-18 Preston, England - 53 Degrees
11-19 Middlesborough, England - Empire
11-28 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
11-29 Hollywood, CA - Cinespace
12-01 San Francisco, CA - Popscene
12-03 Boston, MA - Great Scotts
12-06 New York, NY - Vicious Party @ Rothko
12-07 Brooklyn, NY - Stuff Magazine Party @ North Six
12-09 Toronto, Ontario - The Mod Club Theatre