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Sunburned Hand of the Man photo by Don Harney

Sunburned Hand of the Man will follow through on their promise of an album that sounds like "our older stuff, crossed with a Can record or a dance record" with the Smalltown Supersound release of Fire Escape on October 2.

We take the potentially danceable aspect of the folksy collective's new LP to come from the production by former tour buddy and friend-for-life Kieran Hebden, aka Four Tet. And Hebden's not the only fairly famous name attached to the project, as Fire Escape's artwork comes from Boredoms leader Yamataka Eye. Members of Vibracathedral Orchestra also contribute.

Sunburned and Hebden both have some shows scheduled for the coming weeks as well. Hebden's dates are split between Four Tet sets with Brazilian group Open Field Church as part of the TrocaBrahma festival, shows with his band Fridge, and festival performances with recent collaborator Steve Reid.

According to Sunburned's MySpace, the collective has another release planned for October as well: The Blaze Game (Conspiracy Records), credited to "Sunburned Circle". With Z released just a couple months ago, that means they will have served up at least three LPs by year's end.

Fire Escape:

01 words to live by
02 nice butterfly mask
03 what color is the sky in the world you live in?
04 the parakeet beat
05 captain knowhere
06 fire escape
07 the wind has ears
08 triple, double, everything
09 raw backwards

Sunburned dates:

07-29 Brattleboro, VT - Indoor Altamont @ Tinderbox
08-03 Acra, NY - Campfire Sounds Festival

Kieran Hebdan dates:

07-27 Glasgow, Scotland - The Classic Grand (Four Tet with Open Field Church)
07-28 London, England - Plastic People (Four Tet with Open Field Church)
07-29 Liverpool, England - Bumper (Four Tet with Open Field Church)
08-09 London, England - Barden's Boudoir (Fridge)
08-11 London, England - Field Day Festival (Fridge)
08-16 Dublin, Ireland - The Village (Fridge)
08-17 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival (Fridge)
08-18 Brecon Beacons, Wales - Green Man Festival (Fridge)
09-01 Inveraray, Scotland - Inveraray Castle (Connect Festival) (with Steve Reid)
09-02 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic Festival (with Steve Reid)