A drum loop somewhere between Motown and Madchester, replete with a vibra-slap that will forever evoke hot summer evenings and a chorus that's as irrepressible and arrogant as a soccer chant.- Pitchfork on Veni Vidi Vici.To celebrate the release of the Black Lips debut UK album, Good Bad Not Evil, 250 limited edition white label 7s, on December 3rd. An instant collector’s item, the 7 features the next cut from the album, Veni Vidi Vici on the a-side, and live favourite and Lips classic Hippie Hippie Hoorah on the b-side.The Black Lips are Cole Alexander - Vocals & Guitar, Joe Bradley - Vocals & Drums, Jared Swilley - Vocals & Bass and Ian St. Pe Guitar. They return to the UK in November to play the following shows:UK NOVEMBER TOUR DATESFri 2-Nov-07 UK London All Tomorrows Parties @ The Forum Sat 3-Nov-07 UK Leeds Nasty Fest Sun 4-Nov-07 UK Dublin Crawdaddy Mon 5-Nov-07 UK Beflast Speakeasy Tue 6-Nov-07 UK Aberdeen Lemon Tree Thu 8-Nov-07 UK Glasgow ABC2 Fri 9-Nov-07 UK Newcastle Digital Sat 10-Nov-07 Portugal Lisbon Barreiro Rocks Sun 11-Nov-07 UK Cardiff SNW Noise Festival, Clwb Iforbach Mon 12-Nov-07 UK Leicester The Charlotte
Debut UK Album Good Bad Not Evil OUT NOW! LP/CD/Digital