Pitchfork: Long Blondes Release New Single

What follows a casual Friday? How about the even more dressed-down "Weekend Without Makeup"? That's the next single from England's the Long Blondes. The single hits stores June 26 in the UK via Rough Trade, but us Americans will have to wait to download it at a later date.

Tracklist:

01 Weekend Without Makeup
02 Platitudes
03 Last Night on Northgate Street
04 Fulwood Babylon

There's also a free Long Blondes podcast available on iTunes. Blondes in a pod-- that sounds like some sort of science fiction movie, doesn't it?

The Long Blondes are making the most out of their summer, releasing singles and playing a bunch of shows, including three in America. The blonde thing is all hype, BTW. They're all brunettes, so don't be getting your hopes up for any platinum/peroxide action.

Blonde on blonde:

06-21 London, England - Kings College
06-26 London, England - Fopp (in-store appearance)
07-14 Madrid, Spain - Summercase Festival
07-15 Barcelona, Spain - Summercase Festival
07-16 Ibiza, Spain - Extassis
07-27 New York, NY - Knitting Factory
07-28 New York, NY - Don Hills
07-29 Philadelphia, PA - Transit (Making Time)
08-06 Canterbury, England - Electric Gardens Festival
08-13 Leicester, England - Summer Sundae (De Montfort Hall)
08-25 Reading, England - Carling Weekend
08-26 Leeds, England - Carling Weekend
09-03 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic
09-08 Venice, Italy - The Venice Biennale (Giardini di Castello)
09-10 Isle of Wight, England - Bestival