Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong return

After setting SxSW alight with a series of scorching shows, Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong return to the UK for a headline tour leading up to the release of new single 'Where Do You Go?' in May.

Since bursting into the spotlight last Spring, and signing to Vertigo after only a dozen shows, Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong have been working flat out to turn a promising prospect into one of the UK's most thrilling new bands.

After finishing 2007 supporting CSS, Babyshambles, Dizzee Rascal and the Kaiser Chiefs as well as their own headline gigs - Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong show no sign of letting up in 2008. Since touring throughout February on the NME Awards tour with The Cribs the band have released their second single 'Lonely Buoy' in March and have just finished recording their debut album, scheduled for release this Summer.

The band formed in 2006 when Joe, then juggling drumming duties with The Pipettes, decided he needed an outlet for the effervescent pop symphonies that he had been writing. Luckily he didn't have to look far - "I realised I knew the three best guitarists in the country and managed to get one of them to play bass". Together with drummer James Craig, Panda (bass), Tom Dougall (guitar), Dom O'Dare (guitar) joined Joe in nearly a year of intensive writing and rehearsal before playing their first show early in 2007. After only a handful more gigs the buzz on London's music scene was deafening - a truly special band had arrived.

'Where Do You Go?' encapsulates all that is wonderful about Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong within its three perfectly formed minutes. Searing guitars, teenage drama, and an irrepressible chorus all add up to make a song that simultaneously embraces the last 50 years of pop music whilst grinding it under its heel.

Recorded over the last three months in a north London studio, the band's debut album is the perfect distillation of the boys' inspired blend of garage rock, classic pop and doo-wop. Featuring the singles 'Lucio Starts Fires', 'Lonely Buoy' and 'Where Do You Go?', as well as live favourites 'Baby', 'Teenagers', and 'Brooklyn', it is set to be one of 2008's most impressive debuts.

JOE LEAN & THE JING JANG JONG:

HEADLINE TOUR

21 Apr 2008 Asylum (18+), Hull
22 Apr 2008 Room1 (14+), Loughborough
24 Apr 2008 3SIXTY (18+), Reading
25 Apr 2008 The Marketplace (14+), Warwick SU
27 Apr 2008 Old Fire Station (18+), Bournemouth
28 Apr 2008 Rubix (18+), Surrey University, Guilford

1 May 2008 Underground (16+), Stoke
3 May 2008 Palace, Tamworth
5 May 2008 Academy 2 (14+), Liverpool
6 May 2008 Academy 2 (14+), Newcastle
8 May 2008 Tunnels (14+), Aberdeen
9 May 2008 The Arches (14+), Glasgow
10 May 2008 Thekla (14+), Bristol
12 May 2008 53 Degrees (16+), Preston
13 May 2008 Academy (14+), Oxford
14 May 2008 Cockpit (14+), Leeds
15 May 2008 Academy 3 (14+), Manchester
17 May 2008 Leadmill (14+), Sheffield
18 May 2008 Academy 2 (14+), Birmingham
19 May 2008 Rescue Rooms (14+), Nottingham
20 May 2008 Concorde 2 (14+), Brighton
22 May 2008 Scala (16+), London
25 May 2008 Wedgewood Rooms (14+), Portsmouth
27 May 2008 Waterfront (14+), Norwich