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Tokyo Police Club, who just released their debut EP-- A Lesson in Crime-- in North America on Paper Bag Records, have signed to Memphis Industries in the UK and Europe.

The band's first single for the label will be "Nature of the Experiment". It comes out in the UK on November 20 with B-side "Box", which is available as an exclusive download below. The "Cheer It On" single, the B-side of which is currently unspecified, will arrive in the UK on February 5. On February 12, A Lesson in Crime will finally arrive in both the UK and Europe along with bonus track "Cut Cut Paste".

Tokyo Police Club will play a few dates with Art Brut and the Spinto Band on October 16 at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA before going on to play CMJ and a ton of dates in both the U.S. and Canada in November. A video for "Nature of the Experiment" is currently in post-production.

Memphis Industries has also signed two other bands: New Zealand's the Ruby Suns (formerly Ryan McPhun and the Ruby Suns) and Scotland's Bricolage. The Ruby Suns' self-titled debut comes out in the UK on December 4 and in Europe in January, and a second album is already "in the works," according to a press release. Bricolage are currently looking for the producer of their debut and hope to begin recording it in November.

Tokyo Police Club dates:

10-16 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs *#
10-17 Washington, DC - Black Cat *#
10-18 Brooklyn, NY - Soundfix (in-store)
10-18 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw *#
10-19 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
10-21 Itchaca, NY - Cornell University *
10-28 London, Ontario - Main Street Festival
11-03 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge (CMJ showcase)
11-04 Philadelphia, PA - The Khyber
11-08 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
11-11 San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
11-12 Los Angeles, CA - Echo
11-15 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
11-16 Victoria, British Columbia - Logan's
11-17 Vancouver, British Columbia - Gallery Lounge
11-18 Nelson, British Columbia - The Royal on Baker
11-21 Canmore, Alberta - The Canmore Hotel
11-22 Lethbridge, Alberta - Tongue n Groove
11-23 Calgary, Alberta - Broken City
11-24 Edmonton, Alberta - Power Plant
11-25 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Louie's Pub
11-26 Winnipeg, Manitoba - The Collective
11-29 Chicago, IL - Schubas
11-30 Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection

* with Art Brut
# with Spinto Band