The Vaselines Are Back With a New Album and Tour Dates

The Vaselines are set to release their first new album in two decades. Sex With An X will be released by Sub Pop Records on September 14. The band is offering a download of the first single "I Hate the '80s" on their website thevaselines.co.uk.

Sex With An X is produced by Jamie Watson. The album was recorded in England at the Analogue Catalogue studio. The album's twelve songs and two b-sides were recorded in just thirteen days.

Sex With An X tracklisting:

Ruined
Sex With An X
The Devil Inside Me
Such a Fool
Turning It On
Overweight But Over You
Poison Pen
I Hate the 80's
Mouth to Mouth
Whitechapel
My God's Bigger Than Your God
Exit The Vaselines

The Vaselines Fall Tour Dates

Wed 15 Sep 2010 Edinburgh Bongo Room
Thu 16 Sep 2010 Newcastle Other Room
Fri 17 Sep 2010 Leeds Brudenell Social Club
Sat 18 Sep 2010 Liverpool Static Gallery
Sun 19 Sep 2010 Cardiff Millenium Music Hall
Mon 20 Sep 2010 Nottingham Rescue Rooms
Tue 21 Sep 2010 Bristol Thekla
Wed 22 Sep 2010 London The Scala
Thu 23 Sep 2010 Manchester Deaf Institute
Fri 24 Sep 2010 UK Glasgow Oran Mor

Bio:
Formed in Glasgow in 1987, The Vaselines released two singles and one album, Dum Dum, on the 53rd & 3rd label. Splitting up in 1989 (in the same week their album was released), they might have faded into obscurity but for the intervention of a certain band from Seattle. Nirvana covered three Vaselines songs, helping to fuel a growing after-the-fact appreciation of their seedy, two-and-a-half chord, garage pop manifesto.

Founding members Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee remained musically active throughout the intervening years: the former with Captain America aka Eugenius and finally as a solo artist; McKee with Painkillers and Suckle.

Eugene and Frances collaborated intermittently in the intervening years. They toured jointly and played a few of the old songs together in the wake of their respective solo project releases in 2006. But an acclaimed, unannounced appearance at a fundraiser in Glasgow's Mono for Malawi Orphan Support in 2008 was the real catalyst for their latest, exciting bout of creativity.

Ensuing tours of America (including a stand-out appearance at Sub Pop’s 20th anniversary festival, SP20), Brazil, Japan and some UK festival dates saw The Vaselines “re-connect” with wildly appreciative audiences who had blinked and missed them the first time round. Buoyed by the success of their live return, the two punk rock chums decided to go back into the studio.