The Control Group is offering up the new Figurines single "Hey, girl" as a free download: http://www.controlgroupco.com/promo/figurinesdownload
As mentioned numerous times before, the band's new album "When the deer wore blue" will be out in the US on September 11.

MP3: Death By Kite - Himmelfahrtskommando

At a cursory glance, Death By Kite seems an awful lot like countrymates Figurines. A hyperactive, lock-step rhythm section; frenetic, jangly guitars; a squeaky, androgynous frontman. That is until the layers of delay start overlapping, turning the guitars into a shimmering beast and then you realize that, hey - those lyrics are quite a bit darker than anything you've heard from those other Danes. "Your love is a scar on my glass marble-eyes / It forces me to always keep you in sight / I cut myself quite severely / Blood and flesh filled the city I live in" and so on. And that's tame compared to some of the other suicidal musings on the record. Death By Kite puts noise catharsis to good use as therapy. Get it out, feel better.

Death By Kite - Himmelfahrtskommando

Morningside Records has pushed up the release date of the new Figurines album "When the deer wore blue" to July 23. It comes out in the US on September 11 via The Control Group.

The new Figurines single "Hey girl" is streaming on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/figurinesdk
The band's new album "When the deer wore blue" is now officially confirmed for release on August 13.

Figurines back in the UK, both live and on the radio:

04/30 - Hoxton Bar and Grill, London
04/30 - BBC Radio 1 Steve Lamacq 'In New Music We Trust' Live Maida Vale Session
05/01 - Plug (Club NME), Sheffield
05/02 - Leopard, Doncaster
05/02 - BBC 6music Gideon Coe
05/03 - Enterprise, London
05/03 - XFM John Kennedy
05/04 - Night N Day, Manchester
05/05 - Club NME, Stoke

Morningside Records reports that Figurines are back home in Denmark after spending a bit of time in Sweden recording basic tracks for their new album. Now it's time to finish with overdubs and then in May it's back to the UK for some new live dates and radio gigs. Read more: http://morningsiderecords.dk/?p=17

DoCopenhagen has a new video for "Back in the day" by the Figurines: http://docopenhagen.blogspot.com/2007/03/figurines-back-in-day-video.html

NME is running a special on Danish music in their February 24th issue. Artists featured include Figurines, Oh No Ono, Kashmir, Nephew, The Broken Beats, The Blue Van and WhoMadeWho. See a scan of the article here: http://www.rosa.org/v3/uploads/gallery/2/2289_full.jpg

Oh No Ono has posted the video for "Practical money skills for life": http://www.ohnoono.com/movies/practical100.mov
The Danish act will play a couple UK shows at the end of the month:

02/26 - Hoxton Bar & Grill, London (UK) w/Au Revoir Simone
02/27 - Club Fandango, London (UK) w/Figurines

Ben Watt (Everything But The Girl) is launching a new label entitled Strange Feeling and his first release will be the UK debut of Danish act Figurines with their most recent album "Skeleton". He's also remixed the band's song "Silver ponds" and will be releasing it as a 7" and 12" single.

Denmark's Figurines will finally have their most recent album "Skeleton" released in the UK this coming March via Strange Feeling, the sister imprint of Ben Watt's Buzzin' Fly.

Pitchfork talks to Figurines frontman Christian Hjelm about their plans for a new record and life on the road: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/39458/Figurines_Hjelm_Talks_New_Album_Facial_Hair

Seattle-based label The Control Group, the same folks that brought over Figurines, has licensed El Perro Del Mar for US release. It officially comes out over here on November 7, but you can always still buy the original Swedish release right here: [click here]
Look for Australian and New Zealand dates to be announced shortly.

Some new US dates for Denmark's Figurines:

10/18 - Khyber, Philadelphia, PA
10/19 - Mercury Lounge, NYC, NY w/You Am I
10/20 - Middle East, Cambridge, MA w/You Am I
10/21 - Main Hall, Montreal, PQ
10/22 - Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ONT
10/23 - Schubas, Chicago, IL
10/24 - 400 Bar, Minneapolis, MN
10/27 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
10/28 - Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, CA
10/30 - Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
10/31 - Crocodile Café, Seattle, WA

The Knife, Figurines and 120 Days are the first Scandinavian acts confirmed for this year's CMJ Music Marathon.