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Pull out the peroxide and let down those locks, because from now through the end of this news story, it's Long Blondes time. The stylish Sheffield quintet have unveiled a tracklisting, title, and release date for their long-awaited debut full-length, Someone to Drive You Home, as well as info on forthcoming single "Once and Never Again".

That single, which will precede the Blondes' LP (due November 6 via Rough Trade in the UK), hits shops in CD and two 7" formats on October 23. In addition to "Once and Never Again", it will feature new numbers "Who Are You to Her?", "Whippet Fancier", and "5 Ways to End It". The band churned out these tracks with in-demand remixer Erol Alkan (Franz Ferdinand, Scissor Sisters) as producer.

In support of both works, the Long Blondes have embarked on their first UK headlining tour, a month-long October jaunt. The majority of the trek sees labelmates 1990s on opener duty-- and all standards of rock nomenclature be damned: several bills include a band actually calling themselves Monkey Swallows the Universe (who are not nearly as bad as their name would have you believe).

Someone to Drive You Home:

01 Lust in the Movies
02 Once and Never Again
03 Only Lovers Left Alive
04 Giddy Stratospheres
05 In the Company of Women
06 Heaven Help the New Girl
07 Separated by Motorways
08 You Could Have Both
09 Swallow Tattoo
10 Weekend Without Makeup
11 Madame Ray
12 A Knife for the Girls

Dates with Blondes:

10-11 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Speak Easy #
10-12 Dublin, Ireland - Crawdaddy #
10-13 Liverpool, England - University #^
10-15 Oxford, England - Zodiac #
10-16 Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms #%
10-17 London, England - Mean Fiddler #%
10-18 Cambridge, England - Junction #^
10-21 York, England - Fibbers (MTV2 Gonzo Tour) @
10-22 Cardiff, Wales - CF10 at University #
10-23 Bristol, England - Thekla #
10-26 Brighton, England - Concorde 2 #
10-27 Southampton, England - Joiners #
10-28 Birmingham, England - Carling Academy 2 #^
10-29 Sheffield, England - Foundry #^

# with 1990s
^ with Monkey Swallows the Universe
% with the Sugars
@ with Klaxons, the View