FM Belfast: US Debut And European Tour!

Dance pop groovers FM Belfast are set to release their debut album How To Make Friends in the US, Due out in Spring 2010 on Kimi Records, the album is full of careening, zingy electro-pop album with lots of unexpected jolts and turns: think trumpets, cowbells, and plenty of seething synths.

What started as an informal duo in 2005 has developed into a sizable army of anywhere from 3 to 45 performers (including members of múm and Benni Hemm Hemm. Despite not having an album out in the US last year, FM Belfast became a must-see band at SXSW '09, giving out sticks of gum and drawings with their CDs and playing to packed venues.

The Austin Chronicle listed them as one of their "Bands to Watch," while the Denver Post named them one of the "Top 10 New Finds",calling them "one of the most refreshing" bands at SXSW. SPIN soon joined the bandwagon, making them "Artist of the Day" and proclaiming, "It's gloriously kitschy, Commodore-64-style digipop... kind of like a low-fi version of Royksopp." The BBC enthused, "Last night I got as excited by a new band as I've ever seen in my life...FM Belfast are utterly fantastic."

To celebrate this U.S. release the zany troupe are taking off on a, um, European tour! These are the dates and places you can catch their legendary stage antics...

18. Feb Evreux - Abordage
19. Feb Laval - 6 PAR 4
20. Feb Paris - Super Mon Amour Festival
22. Feb St Nazaire - Les Escales
24. Feb Roubaix - Cave aux Poetes
25. Feb Brussels - Botanique
26. Feb Dijon - La Vapeur
27. Feb Lausanne - Le Romandie
28. Feb Brussels - Home Plugged
02. Mar London - Hoxton Bar & Kitchen
03. Mar Amsterdam - 5 Days Off
05. Mar Copenhagen - Nordatlantens Brygge w/Retro Stefson
06. Mar Oslo - Blå w/Retro Stefson

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