Arcane Roots can now finally announce they have signed a record deal with the Play It Again Sam ([PIAS]) label (Young Guns, Seasick Steve, Zulu Winter). The band are currently hard at work on their debut album proper, set for an early 2013 release, which will include some surprise collaborations and new musical directions. The first release for Play It Again Sam will be a limited CD edition of the much acclaimed debut mini album, ‘Left Fire’. This special edition version (the first to ever be officially released) will include all the eight original tracks totally remastered and remixed, new track ‘Habibity’ and new acoustic version of ‘You Are’ and ‘Rouen’.
The album will also be released as a non-limited digital format.
Full tracklistings for both formats are as follows:
Limited Edition CD Version
1 – ‘Aus Blauderen Verederen’
2 – ‘In This Town’
3 – ‘You Are’
4 – ‘Home’
5 – ‘Rouen’
6 – ‘Million Dollar Question’
7 – ‘Habibty’
8 – ‘Long & Low’
9 – ‘Habibty (Extended Version)’
10 – ‘You Are (Acoustic)’
11 – ‘Rouen (Acoustic)’
iTunes Version – as above
iTunes LP
1 – ‘Aus Blauderen Verederen’
2 – ‘In This Town’
3 – ‘You Are’
4 – ‘Home’
5 – ‘Rouen’
6 – ‘Million Dollar Question’
7 – ‘Habibty’
8 – ‘Long & Low’
9 – ‘Habibty (Extended Version)’
10 – ‘You Are (Acoustic)’
11 – ‘Rouen (Acoustic)’
13 – ‘Habibty (Music Video)’
14 – ‘You Are (Music Video)’
15 – ‘In This Town (Music Video)’
16 – ‘You Are (Live Video)’
The band will be releasing the new track ‘Habibity’ as a lead single with a brand new video directed by the band’s drummer Daryl Atkins in advance of the album.
A full list of confirmed shows as it stands are:
APRIL
12 – Cheltenham, Trees on Fire Festival
22 – Nottingham, Hit The Deck Festival – Rescue Rooms
MAY
17 – Liverpool, Sound City – O2 Academy
27 – Brighton Haunt (with Awolnation)
28 – London HMV Next Big Thing – Garage (with Awolnation)
JUNE
04 – Kingston, Banquet – Big Day Out
JULY
14 – Cheltenham, 2000 Trees Festival
For more information visit the official Arcane Roots website.
