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After a run of revered albums in the 1990s with Girls Against Boys, singer/guitarist Scott McCloud will release his first solo album under the name Paramount Styles on July 8. The album is called Failure American Style, and it's on Dutch label KonKurrent, though Touch and Go is distributing it on U.S. shores.

McCloud got help on the Paramount Styles record from GVSB/Bellini drummer Alexis Fleisig, Psychedelic Furs' (and now Guns N' Roses') guitarist Richard Fortus, singer Angela McCluskey, cellist Marlan Barry, and composer/pianist Paul Cantelon.

Scott will soon embark on a Paramount Styles European tour, which kicks off May 21 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Failure American Style:

01 Alleyesareonyounowmypet
02 Paradise Happens
03 Hollywood Tales 2
04 Race You Till Tomorrow
05 One Last Surprise
06 These Starry Nights
07 Drunx, Whores & Mzk People
08 Come to New York
09 I Keep Losing You
10 The Crazy Years
11 More Than Alive

Paramount Styles:

05-21 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Rotown
05-22 London, England - New Slang @ The Works
05-23 London, England - Club AC30 @ Industry
05-24 Bruges, Belgium - Cactus
05-25 Asse, Belgium - 'T Smiske
05-26 Zichem, Belgium - Den Hemel
05-28 Rennes, France - Le 1929
05-29 Nantes, France - Spoutnik Bar
05-30 Paris, France - Mains d'Oeuvres
05-31 Mâcon, France - Cave a Musique
06-01 Saint-Etienne, France - L'Assommoir
06-06 Zagreb, Croatia - Teatar & TD
06-07 Murska Sobota, Slovenia - Mikk
06-08 Prague, Czech Republic - 007
06-10 Berlin, Germany - Privat Club
06-11 Hamburg, Germany - Hafenklang
06-12 Bremen, Germany - Nook
06-13 Bonn, Germany - Kult 41
06-14 Münster, Germany - Gleis 22
06-15 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso