PopFrenzy has licensed Irene's album "Apple bay" for release in Australia on February 19.

New European tourdates for Irene:

01/23 - Trabendo, Paris (FRA) w/I'm From Barcelona
01/24 - Academy 3, Manchester (UK) w/I'm From Barcelona
01/25 - ULU, London (UK) w/I'm From Barcelona
02/19 - Nachtcafe, Kiel (GER)
02/20 - Grüner Jäger, Hamburg (GER)
02/21 - Schocken, Stuttgart (GER)
02/22 - tba, Berlin (GER)
02/23 - Ilses Erika, Leipzig (GER)
02/24 - Atomino, Chemnitz (GER)

Look for Spanish tourdates in April to be confirmed soon.

Swedish twee-poppers Irene have posted their new X-mas single on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ireneswe

Irene
Apple Bay
Labrador

Self piteous, at times pathetic, insipid guff. Irene passed by HQ first time around, and while it was not obvious then, it sure is now on second album serving. Irene was a dinner lady. She wore thick tan tights, and a swirl pattern apron. She made drab pies and runny custard and everyone was obliged to like it. This is cousin Irene, but on record. Sometimes there is cabaret about the songs; it's the skipping/hop-scotch brigade-pat-a-cake of tweeness, blended with horrific language pronunciation. The linguistic delivery almost as bad as Billie the Vision and the Dancers, yet those guys have a positive message and a clear canvas to it all - this is simply weak. About as good as it get is all trumpets and doo-doo-doo's on "Little things (that tear us apart)". This is not kitsch cool like the old dinner lady; it is cheesy, and bad.
- Jason Christie

Erasing Clouds interviews Irene as part of their 100 bands project: http://www.erasingclouds.com/wk2506irene.html

Irene's new album "Apple Bay" can be streamed in its entirety at Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/music/Irene/Apple+Bay

Aftonbladet has the video for the new Irene single "Little things (that tear us apart)": http://www.aftonbladet.se/atv/player.html?catID=2672

This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 albums of the week:

01. The Radio Dept. - Pet Grief
02. The Knife - Silent Shout
03. The Knife - Deep Cuts
04. The Arcade Fire - Funeral
05. Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites
06. The Postal Service - Give Up
07. Thom Yorke - The Eraser
08. Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins
09. Tiger Lou - The Loyal
10. Hot Chip - The Warning

Top 10 tracks for the week:

01. The Rapture – Pieces Of The People We Love
02. Irene – Little Things (That Tear Us Apart)
03. Peter Bjorn and John – Young Folks
04. Marit Bergman – No Party
05. The Plan – Walk for gold
06. Laakso – High Drama
07. Mando Diao – Killer Kaczynski
08. The Knife – Silent shout
09. The Radio Dept. – It's Personal
10. Isis – Dulcinea

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Labrador has posted the new Irene single for downloading: http://www.labrador.se/mp3/irene-little_things.mp3

Swedish twee indiepop act Irene has posted a new song on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ireneswe

Irene's new 3-song single "Little things (that tear us apart)" has been confirmed for an August 30 release. The b-sides include the song "Baby blue" and a Mike Downey remix of the the title which, by the way, can be heard on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ireneswe

Swedish indiepop act Irene has posted a new track on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ireneswe

Swedish tweepop act Irene will contribute the song "Stardust" to a comp being released by UK club/label How Does It Feel To Be Loved?. More details to come.

Updated release schedule for Labrador Records:

07/19 - The Legends - Lucky star CDS
07/26 - Irene - tba CDEP
09/06 - The Legends - Facts and figures CD

Swedish twee act Irene has confirmed that their upcoming debut album will be called "Apple Bay", after the beach on the Swedish west coast.