Pitchfork

Nearly a year after they tore through a nascent jam called "Direct Hit" at the 2006 Pitchfork Music Festival, Art Brut will finally make a recorded version of the song available for their UK fans' purchasing/downloading pleasure (since you've all already streamed it with great pleasure).

"Direct Hit" features on Art Brut's sophomore set It's a Bit Complicated, as you know, which arrives June 26 on Mute or Downtown Records, depending on your geography.

The "Direct Hit" single, meanwhile, lands June 18 in the UK in three fetching formats: CD, 7", and digital download. Each includes different B-sides, with the digital version boasting an alternate cut of "Direct Hit" with Eddie Argos dueting with Hank Starrs (ex-Animals That Swim). Eager beavers can buy a standalone download of "Direct Hit" beginning June 11.

Art Brut are presently cruising Europe, and have tacked on a bunch of festival dates in exotic-sounding, accent mark-addled locales since our last report.

"Direct Hit":

CD:

01 Direct Hit
02 Don't Blame It on the Trains

7":

01 Direct Hit
02 I Want To Be Double A-Sided

Digital:

01 Direct Hit
02 Direct Hit Alt Version [ft. Hank Starrs]
03 Ignorance Is Bliss

Art is hard:

06-06 Berlin, Germany - Lido
06-08 Copenhagen, Denmark
06-10 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
06-11 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
06-13 London, England - Astoria
06-14 Birmingham, England - Academy 2
06-15 Manchester, England - Academy 3
06-16 Glasgow, Scotland - Oran Mor
06-18 Leeds, England - Cockpit
06-20 Paris, France - Trabeno
06-23 Neuhausen, Germany - Southside Festival
06-24 Roeser, Luxembourg - Rock a Field Festival
06-30 La Roche-Sur-Yon, France - Microcosm Festival
07-15 Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy - Soundlabs Festival
07-20 Carhaix, France - Vieilles Charrues Festival
07-21 Angoulême, France - Garden Nef Party
07-27 Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic - Hrachkova Festival
07-28 Sumène, France - Les Transcevenoles
07-31 Sédières, France - Sédières Festival
09-15 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks (Monolith Festival)