Pitchfork

Well whaddaya know? A Babyshambles story free of arrests, heroin, and Kate Moss: On December 5, the Pete Doherty-fronted group will make its Capitol Records debut with The Blinding EP, a five-song disc recorded at London's Turnmills Studios this summer. It will first land in the UK on December 4 via Regal.

Director Julien Temple (the Sex Pistols' Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle and The Filth and the Fury) has already created a video for the disc's title track, and "The Blinding" is right-- this crowded creation is packed with blinking white lights loud enough to bring out the epileptic in all of us. If you're into stabbings, paintings, skulls, and headaches, this one's for you.

The Babyshambles-produced EP will be supported by the band on a European tour that's already underway and scheduled to run through early January.

Tracklist:

01 The Blinding
02 Love You But You're Green
03 I Wish
04 Beg, Steal or Borrow
05 Sedative

Dates:

11-29 Oslo, Norway - Rockafella
12-04 Newcastle, England - Academy
12-05 Liverpool, England - Academy
12-06 Bristol, England - Academy
12-07 London, England - Selfridges Oxford Street (early show)
12-07 London, England - Apollo
12-08 Lincoln, England - Engine Shed
12-09 Inverness, England - Ironworks
12-10 Glasgow, Scotland - Academy
12-11 Middlesbrough, England - Town Hall
12-12 Manchester, England - Academy
12-13 Nottingham, England - Rock City
12-19 Barcelona, Spain - Apollo
12-20 Bilbao, Spain - Kafe Antzokia
12-21 Madrid, Spain - La Riviera
01-03 Haarlem, the Netherlands - Patronaat
01-04 Eindhoven, the Netherlands - Effenaar
01-09 Vienna, Austria - Arena
01-10 Graz, Austria - Orpheum