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The self-titled debut LP from hotly-tipped dance duo the Black Ghosts, featuring beats from Theo "Touché" Keating and vocals from former Simian crooner Simon Lord, is due July 8 on IAMSOUND. The set sports some high-profile guest vocals from Blur frontguy Damon Albarn on the track "Repetition Kills You", and plenty more appealingly gloomy electro pop where that came from. It emerges in the middle of the group's continent-spanning current tour.

And, wouldn't you know it, Simon Lord's got himself a solo LP on the way too. The self-titled debut album from his Lord Skywave project-- named for the line of synthesizers crafted by his father in the 1970s, and responsible for all of the album's bass/electronic sounds-- is due June 9 in the UK from This Is Music. The disc emerges not long before a June 19 This Is Music label showcase at London's Hoxton Bar, at which Lord Skywave will appear.

The Black Ghosts:

01 Some Way Through This
02 Anyway You Choose to Give It
03 It's Your Touch
04 Repetition Kills You
05 Until It Comes Again
06 I Want Nothing
07 Full Moon
08 I Don't Know
09 Something New
10 Don't Cry
11 Face

Lord Skywave:

01 My Name Is Lord Skywave
02 Slow Movement (From Trio for Oboe, Piano and Flute)
03 Idyll (Just Like)
04 Back Into the Garden
05 Everybody
06 I Am a Dead Man
07 Dialogues (From Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano)
08 Half Forgotten (Keep the Best Bits)
09 Something
10 Maybe I Need To

Black Ghosts tour:

06-06 Manchester, England - Paradise Factory
06-08 Inverness, Scotland - RockNess Festival
06-13 London, England - On the Rocks
06-20 Paris, France - Social Club
06-29 Glastonbury, England - Glastonbury Festival
07-04 Bristol, England - The Blast
07-05 Brighton, England - Blah Blah Blah
07-07 London, England - The End
07-11 Kyoto, Japan - Kyoto World
07-12 Tokyo, Japan - Ageha