Athlete - The Getaway EP + Black Swan album January 2010 - watch video

Athlete The Getaway EP to be released November 3rd
Black Swan in stores January 2010

Athlete - The Getaway EP

Special US Preview Show November 3rd in NYC at Bowery Ballroom

Athlete

Since bouncing to prominence seven years ago with the spirited, electro-tinged, indie-pop of their Mercury nominated debut, 'Vehicles And Animals', Athlete have established themselves among the UK's finest songsmiths.

The southeast Londoners have sold more than a million copies of their three hit albums (the other two being 2005's Tourist and 2007's Beyond The Neighbourhood); packed out venues across the world; picked up an Ivor Novello award; and topped both the UK's album and airplay charts.

Athlete is now set to return with their finest work to date, Black Swan, which will be released early next year on Original Signal Recordings in the U.S.

In advance of the release of Black Swan, Athlete will release their first single "The Getaway" as a digital EP on November 3rd. On the same day, the band will arrive in New York for a special one off U.S. performance to preview the album live at the Bowery Ballroom, November 3.

Black Swan is a musical summary of everything Athlete have been through; the good, the bad and the ugly. But although its songs burn with literate emotion, this certainly isn't a downbeat record.

In fact, the album begins with the hurtling FM rush of the glorious track, "Superhuman Touch," which catapults the album to life with the opening line, "I'm on fire and nothing's gonna hold me back."

Produced by the esteemed Tom Rothrock (Foo Fighters, Elliot Smith, Elbow, Beck), Black Swan positively glows with snagging melodies, rich musicality and the band's heartfelt tales. These songs together make Black Swan the strongest album Athlete have ever recorded.

Watch Black Swan Song video:

"After everything we've been through in the last couple of years, it feels like we're starting again with this record," says lead singer Joel Pott. "We made it without any pressure and without really having anything to lose. That's exactly how it felt when we first got together. In a lot of ways, Black Swan is like our second debut album. That's a pretty exciting feeling."

Athlete - Black Swan

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"Awash with gorgeous melodies, the best thing they've ever done." - NME

"Strong results... from the rueful to the thunderous. A band reborn." - Q Magazine

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