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Singles clubs: great for music, bad for hygiene. Why? Well, when you can make one easy online payment and be set for sevens or twelves for a whole damn year, there's really no need to go out in public to buy the things. And, hence, no reason to bathe. Need we connect the dots between bathing and hygiene?

While you ponder that one, let's extend a warm welcome to the new club on the block: Hidden Hive Recordings' Kissing Kin 7" series.

The newly inaugurated series will launch later this month with the release of the first of six split singles, which pairs adventurous London act Tunng with Brooklyn's own Stars Like Fleas. Future installments will see the likes of Marnie Stern, Le Loup, Essie Jain, Slowblow, Cap Pas Cap, Silvarco, and more. Plus we can look forward to a special collaboration between members of 2007 tourmates Jesu and Fog. Now there's something to raise a stink about!

Singles are limited to 300 copies apiece and Hidden Hive intends to ship a new one every six to eight weeks. The tracklists for the first four singles are available below.

What's more, the Kissing Kin series will feature unique, limited edition artwork in print-form from visual renderers of note. Artists confirmed thus far include Iker Spozio, Chris Summerlin, Jeremiah Maddock, Aaron Horkey & Wes Winship, and Alison Dexter.

Kissing Kin 7" Series:

#1:

A1 Tunng: "The Raven Flies"
B1 Stars Like Fleas: "End Times (for Elis Regina)

#2:

A1 Marnie Stern: "The Alchemist"
B1 Cap Pas Cap: "Not Not Got Made"

#3:

A1 Essie Jain: "Stop"
B1 Slowblow: "Brothers in Arms"

#4

A1 Silvarco: "Lack of Moral Fibre"
B1 Le Loup: "To the Stars! To the Night!"