‘Repeated Offender' is the first shot from The Rifles sessions with producer Ian Broudie (The Zutons, The Subways). Recorded in Mickey Most's legendary RAK studio, the band that have already made a ‘hottest record in the world' according to Zane Lowe and had Graham Coxon singing their praises, return with their sights even sharper.
Their division of young fans, hard won playing the pubs and clubs of the land, already propelled their recent single ‘Local Boy' to number 36 in the charts. For their new assault, Broudie took the band's garage sound, stripped it out, refitted it with handclaps, tambourines snaps and tremolo guitar to magnify the infectious pop melody hiding amongst all the feral energy.
The Rifles tour dates are:
15/02/2006 Astoria London, NME Brats Nights with Boy Kill Boy.
16/02/2006 King Tuts Glasgow.
17/02/2006 Academy, Newcastle.
18/02/2006 Faversham, Leeds.
20/02/2006 Sugarmill, Stoke.
21/02/2006 Soundhaus, Northampton.
22/02/2006 Fleece & Firkin, Bristol.
23/02/2006 Bunters (Tuck Shop), Truro.
25/02/2006 Colosseum, Coventry.
26/02/2006 Zodiac, Oxford.
27/02/2006 Chinnerys, Southend.
01/03/2006 Soul Tree, Cambridge.
02/03/2006 Moles Club, Bath.
03/03/2006 Met Lounge, Peterborough.
04/03/2006 Leadmill, Sheffield.
06/03/2006 Academy Birmingham.
07/03/2006 Social, Nottingham.
08/03/2006 Roadhouse, Manchester.
09/03/2006 93 Feet East, London.
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