DON'T FORGET TO PURCHASE THEIR NEW ALBUM 'FOSSILS AND OTHER PHANTOMS' ON THE DAY OF THE IN-STORE AT ROUGH TRADE EAST AND COLLECT YOUR WRISTBAND AT THE SAME TIME, ANY REMAINING WRISTBANDS WILL BE GIVEN OUT 1 HOUR PRIOR TO THE STAGE TIME, FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS.........ONE PER PERSON



Pre-order 'fossils and other phantoms' here


For the past 18 months Peggy Sue have been happily and successfully booking their own sell-out shows, writing and recording their own records: a collection of sought-after, but sold-out, EPs and building a fanbase the envy of their contemporaries.



Through old-fashioned hard work and by embracing new technology Peggy Sue had unintentionally pioneered a new business model in a now fractured music industry. The band were not looking for a traditional record deal but having seen their sold out ICA show in November 2009, Wichita Recordings stepped in and made an offer. The label had long been fans of the band and the band were big fans of the label. Consequently, the deal was signed in December and, not ones to waste time, Peggy Sue's debut album will be released in April this year.

"Fossils was recorded over a year in Brooklyn, Brighton and London. It is made up of entirely unreleased material because we wanted it to exist as a whole in the way that our favourite albums do rather than being a collection of songs. Most of the album is about endings in one way or another, the title refers to both the absences and remnants of those endings and the empty spaces in the artwork reflect this theme. It was created by Benjamin Phillips whose path we crossed a couple of years ago whilst we were all living in Brighton, he has been making artwork for us ever since." - Katy Young

The band recorded the album with Alex Newport (Two Gallants), John Askew (The Dodos), Steve Ansell (of Blood Red Shoes) and Ben Lovett (of Mumford & Sons).

Blessed with two songwriters in Rosa and Katy and with the addition of drummer, Olly Joyce, early last year, Peggy Sue have been working hard to further develop their unique sound whilst playing shows with Mumford & Sons, Laura Marling and The Maccabees amongst others.

It's that time agan......

Lots of exciting thing happening at both RTE & RTW.

RTW will have acoustic sets all day in the basement from the likes of Peggy Sue, Jessica Hoop, I blame Coco and a host of others starting at midday.

RTE will have in store apperances by Laurie Anderson, Michael Rother, Sweet Billy Pilgrim and a host of others. It will also have a cake stall selling home made cakes as well as an outside refreshments stand and classic rock face painting!










confirmed releases so far....


Flaming Lips
Neu!
Thermals/Cribs
The Cribs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Bright Eyes
Simian Mobile Disco
First Aid Kit / Peggy Sue
Beach House
Caribou
Edwyn Collins & the Maccabees
The Black Keys
Midlake
Pin Me Down
Slow Club
The Hold Steady
Andreya Triana featuring Flying Lotus / Mr. Scruff
Primary 1 -
Jimi Hendrix
Editors
Bullet For My Valentine
Broken Bells
Menomena / Helio Sequence
Bloc Party
Lissie
The Album Leaf
Happy Birthday
Dum Dum Girls / Male Bonding
Soundgarden
Steve Mason
The Fall
She And Him
Pavement
Wooden Shjips
Electric Eels
Wood Pigeon
The Paddingtons
Teenagers In Tokyo