Darwin Deez has certainly stamped his musical mark upon 2010 and, following the completion of the NME Radar tour, he will return this summer to make a string of high profile festival appearances, including T In The Park, Wireless, Latitude, Truck, Jersey, Underage, Secret Garden, Greenman, Bestival and a Roundhouse performance for the iTunes Festival with yet more to be announced.  

His sparkling charm,  penchant for spontaneous dancing and sampling of warped and wondrously random songs from the past and present make for a captivating live show and it is no wonder that he is in high demand come the festival season.  

Darwin Deez releases a new single ‘Up In The Clouds’, a highlight from the critically acclaimed self-titled debut album which was released through Lucky Number. Judging by the interest in his previous single, the Radio 1, 6 Music and XFM play-listed, ‘Radar Detector’,  you should expect to hear ‘Up In The Clouds’ sound-tracking summer 2010.  

With the likes of the Guardian, NME, Notion and more tipping him, there appears to be no ease up in Darwin Deez’s already whirlwind year.  If you haven’t succumbed already, the time is ripe to fall in love with his singular strain of gorgeously offbeat, tenderly humorous love songs. 

Below is a contemporary dance video for album track ‘DNA’, made by Darwin’s sometime drummer Miles for amazingly just under $100.  Both Michelle (bass) and Miles (drums) are professional dancers when they’re not in Darwin’s band.  Miles is the one wearing a pink jumper at end, Michelle is in yellow and  Charlene, in purple, was the girl in ‘Radar Detector’ video. 

You can catch Darwin Deez performing live across the UK on the following dates:

July
3 O2 Wireless
6 iTunes Festival
9 Oxegen Ireland
11 T In The Park
13 In-store Rough Trade East London (Single Launch)
18 Latitude Sunrise Arena (Headline)
23 Tramlines Festival Sheffield
24 Truck Festival
25 Secret Garden Festival
30 MFest Stirling Scotland
31 Ynot Festival
August
1 Underage Festival
20 Castle Calling North Yorkshire
22 Greenman Festival
September
4 Jersey Live
5 Jersey Live
11 Bestival 
October
12 Academy 3 Manchester 
13 Other Rooms Newcastle
14 King Tut’s Glasgow 
15 Cockpit Leeds
16 Bodega Nottingham 
18 Plug Sheffield
19 Thekla Bristol
20 Cavern Exeter
21 Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth
22 Digital Brighton
23 Jericho Oxford
24 Arts Centre Norwich
26 Scala London
27 Hare & Hounds Birmingham 
28 Kasbah Coventry 

Press Pieces on Darwin Deez

“His exquisite dream-pop indie will leave you in a state of delirium”, “Buoyant and joyous” – NME 
“Lyrically droll but musically blissed-out…my summer started here” – Financial Times
“A hot live prospect” – Guardian Guide
“Exhilarating…simple, yet irresistible” - Q
“one of the most perfect modern pop records for some time” - Zane Lowe, Radio 1
“A totally appealing sound that puts the joy back into art and the art back into pop” – Word
“Absolutely the good kind of sweet” – Time Out
“The best new band on the block” – Elle 
“Call it Deezitus…by the end of summer…vast swathes of the populace will have found some corner of their heart that is forever Darwin” – Notion

 Reviews & Features: Elle | Gigwise | Glasswerk | Guardian Guide | Hangout Altsounds | In One Ear | NME Radar (28th April) | NME (5th May)| NME Radar (12th May) | NME (12th May) | Observer | The Fly | TLOBF | The Music Fix | There Goes The Fear | TNT