Pitchfork

Personally, I have a hard enough time getting work done after a bad run-in with a Q-tip, but Pete Doherty-- who, I think we can say without fear of libel charges, is a smidge troubled-- has managed to crank out another album with his shockingly stable project, Babyshambles.

Shotter's Nation, produced by Stephen Street (the Smiths, Blur, Kaiser Chiefs), will be released October 1 in the UK on Parlophone, and October 23 Stateside from Astralwerks. In an interesting bit of incongruity, seemingly gentle folk legend Bert Jansch pops up on "Lost Art of Murder".

Perhaps as an apology for running a story reminding the world that Pete Doherty fancies the hard stuff every damn day on their website, NME is giving away a 7" single with an acoustic take on "Delivery" with copies of this week's issue. And, provided all goes well over the next few months (a big provision, but here's hoping), Pete will play a handful of UK shows with Dizzee Rascal and the View.

In other Pete Doherty news, uh, stay off the pipe.

Shotter's Nation:

01 Carry on Up the Morning
02 Delivery
03 You Talk
04 UnBilo Titled
05 Side of the Road
06 Crumb Begging
07 UnStookie Titled
08 French Dog Blues
09 There She Goes
10 Baddies Boogie
11 Deft Left Hand
12 Lost Art of Murder [ft. Bert Jansch]

Babyshambles:

11-22 Manchester, England - MEN Arena *
11-23 Newcastle, England - Metro Radio Arena *
11-25 Brighton, England - Brighton Centre *
11-26 Bournemouth, England - Bournemouth International Centre *
11-27 London, England - Wembley Arena *
11-28 Birmingham, England - National Indoor Arena *
11-30 Nottingham, England - Arena *
12-01 Glasgow, Scotland - SECC *

* with Dizzee Rascal, the View