Chester French return to UK

Chester French return for a string of dates, kicking off at Club NME at KoKo on Halloween.

Signed to Pharrell Williams' Star Trak label, Chester French are Milwaukee-raised DA Wallach and Boston native Max Drummey, two friends who wrote and recorded their debut album Love The Future while in their final year studying at Harvard.

Drawing on their love of everything from Sixties pop to hip hop and putting into practice the basics of songwriting they had learnt from listening closely to Bowie and Beatles records, they put their unique songs to tape with Wallach handling most of the vocals and Drummey performing much of the music on an orchestra's-worth of instruments.

These recordings found their way into the hands of Don C, Kanye West's manager, who offered them a deal. Competing offers from Jermaine Dupri and Pharrell Williams quickly followed. Encouraged by Pharrell's promise of complete creative control, the duo signed to Star Trak.

Hear four tracks at www.myspace.com/chesterfrench

Following their August dates supporting N.E.R.D., Chester French return to the UK at the end of October for a run of gigs. The dates are:

Dates as follows:

31st Oct London Club NME at KoKo, 1A Camden High Street, NW1
1st Nov Nottingham Club Stealth at The Masonic Palace, NG1 5JT
2nd Nov Wolverhampton Little Civic, North Street, WV1 1RQ
5th Nov Manchester Night & Day Café, 26 Oldham St, M1 1JN
6th Nov London YoYo at Nottinghill Arts Club, 21 Notting Hill Gate, W11 3JQ
7th Nov Newcastle Digital, Times Square, NE1 4EP
8th Nov Glasgow The Arches, 253 Argyll St, G2 8DL

Chester French will release their debut album Love The Future on Star Trak in 2009.