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Black Kids almost signed to Almost Gold Recordings when they linked with parent company Quest Management last fall, if you take "almost" to mean "not really at all." Flash forward a few months to now, though, and we find the ascendent quintet has in fact signed to Almost Gold for real-- but only outside North America. A record deal for the Jacksonville crew's home continent is still coming together.

Almost Gold will kick off the new relationship by treating UK audiences to a single for Pitchfork's 68th favorite track of 2007, "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You", on April 7. Long before that, however, Black Kids will treat the UK to a hearty helping of themselves. Having wrapped up a run of dates with Friendly Fires and Ipso Facto, BK will link up with Sons & Daughters later this week and come face to face with droves of Kate Nash fans come late February. After that it's Coachella or bust.

But oh wait, that's right, Black Kids don't even have an album yet (just that EP). That should change at some point in 2008, as the Kids have plans to hit the studio in March, with eyes on a fall release for the moment. We can look forward to a couple more singles between now and then.

Black Kids Are Alright:

02-06 London, England - Water Rats
02-07 London, England - Astoria #
02-08 Leeds, England - The Cockpit *
02-09 Manchester, England - Academy *
02-11 Portsmouth, England - Wedgewood Rooms *
02-12 London, England - University of London Union *
02-13 Bristol, England -Thekla *
02-15 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC *
02-16 Edinburgh, Scotland - Queens Hall *
02-24 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Hall Auditorium %
02-25 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia Theatre %
03-01 Wolverhampton, England - Wolverhampton Civic Hall %
03-02 Nottingham, England - Rock City %
03-04 Manchester, England - Apollo %
03-05 Preston, England - Guildhall %
03-07 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowlands %
03-08 Lincoln, England - Engine Shed %
03-09 Portsmouth, England - Guildhall %
03-10 London, England - Hammersmith Apollo %
03-12 London, England - ICA
04-27 Indio, CA - Coachella Festival

# with the Pigeon Detectives
* with Sons & Daughters
% with Kate Nash