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Future of the Left have already risen Phoenix-like from the ashes of Mclusky, and now the band will cement its status as Wales' most ferocious national export with the release of its first full-length, Curses.

In a post on the band's MySpace blog, lead Leftist Andrew Falkous carefully describes the album: "It's 37 minutes and 13 seconds long, an Aries, and enjoys long country walks, alfresco bathing and revenge." What's not to love?

Curses' tracklist is below, and it's full of songs that have been around in various incarnations since the band's introduction to the public via MySpace last year.

Falkous also vaguely but enthusiastically answers our other potential questions: "When will it come out? As soon as possible. When will we tour? Even sooner than possible. When is my next dentist appointment? In two months time."

Thanks to FOTL's label, Too Pure, we have some even better answers to those first two questions: October 9 (in the U.S.), and in September (with a pair of London shows this month).

Thanks to reader Shan Corrigan for the tip.

Curses:

01 The Lord Hates a Coward
02 Plague of Onces
03 Fingers Become Thumbs
04 Manchasm
05 Fuck the Countryside Alliance
06 My Gymnastic Past
07 Suddenly It's a Folk Song
08 Kept by Bees
09 Small Bones Small Bodies
10 Wrigley Scott
11 Real Men Hunt in Packs
12 Team : Seed
13 Adeadenemyalwayssmellsgood
14 The Contrarian

Future of the Future of the Left:

07-14 London, England - Buffalo Bar
07-15 London, England - Tin Pan Alley Festival
09-06 Cardiff, Wales - Clwb Ifor Bach
09-09 Brighton, England - Engine Rooms
09-10 Exeter, England - Cavern Club
09-11 London, England - White Heat @ Madame Jojo's
09-14 Hull, England - The Adelphi Club
09-15 Leeds, England - The Faversham
09-17 Glasgow, England - Barfly
09-20 Birmingham, England - Barfly
09-21 Sheffield, England - Casbah
09-22 Coventry, England - Taylor John's House
09-25 London, England - Water Rats
09-26 Oxford, England - The Wheatsheaf