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My 7th album LOVE IS NOT RESCUE is out now. It’s available on the merch stall on my UK tour (remaining dates below). Buy it from:

• Xtra Mile Recordings
• Banquet Records
• iTunes
• Amazon.co.uk (CD)
• Amazon.co.uk (MP3)

Please rate it, review it, talk about it on forums, tweet it, whatever. Thank you kindly.

MARCH 2010 remaining UK tour dates

* with guests Tom Williams & The Boat (acoustic)
** with guests Suzanne Elizabeth Marron + The State Of Georgia
**** with guests Le Reno Amps + Dave Hughes (acoustic)
° please note: NON-HEADLINE short set for the BBC with Ben Marwood

Confirmed: this Sat 27 Feb I’m playing a set at Marcus Brigstocke’s fundraiser for the Green Party at Brighton’s lovely Theatre Royal. Last few tickets HERE. Guests include Russell Howard, Mark Steel and Alistair MacGowan.

By the way, my new Morning Star column about Cowell’s Haiti single is HERE.

I was interviewed by the MintSouth website HERE and I wrote a piece for Indieoma.com about the filesharing / copyright debate HERE.

(If you’re looking for the tour dates please SCROLL DOWN)

My new single ‘Nintendo’ will be streamable online over the weekend. Find it on my Facebook, Youtube, Soundcloud, Vimeo, and yes even good old Myspace. Let me know what you think. There’s a sweet vid by @Rifa and @Blaim as well.

‘Nintendo’ out to buy on Mon 8 Mar – from anywhere as a two track download (the b-side is my cover of 60s soul classic ‘Abraham, Martin & John’) or as an iTunes Exclusive EP with ‘A,M&J’, ‘On The Turner Grand #2′ (an improvised piano piece) and the original demo for ‘Nintendo’.

Guess which of these two sleeves can’t be used under any circumstances… lawyers are SO sensible. Anyway, thank you Rachel @countessian for letting me use the self-portrait with bloody teeth.

* with guests Tom Williams & The Boat (acoustic)
** with guests Suzanne Elizabeth Marron + The State Of Georgia
*** with guests Oxygen Thief + Pagan Wanderer Lu
**** with guests Dave Hughes & The Renegade Punk Folk Band (acoustic)

Here’s what some of the Love Is Not Rescue sleeve artwork looks like, I invented this fabbo Prince-style ‘omega heart’ symbol on the left and photographer Anthony Melton reworked it on the right. Sexy…

Buy tickets HERE for our Midwinter Picnic 2 all-dayer on Sun 24 Jan at West Hill Hall, Brighton. I’ll do a short early solo set and the rest of the lineup is awesome. And then…

* with guests Tom Williams & The Boat (acoustic)
** with guests Elizabeth Marron + The State Of Georgia