The Sunshine Underground are back with tour & free download

Leeds based 4-piece, The Sunshine Underground, have announced details of a U.K. headline tour in May.

The band, who released their debut album Raise The Alarm in late 2006 and subsequently played the NME Awards tour alongside the Klaxons in early 2007, have been in the studio with producer Barny for the past few months recording their second, as yet untitled, album which is set for release later this year.

The band will be announcing details of the release of the first music from the sessions shortly, although a number of mixes and versions are currently being made available by the band via various blogs & sites including an experimental collaboration with FC Kahuna which won't be featuring on the album and is available for a limited period via a link at the band's website www.thesunshineunderground.co.uk.

The full list of U.K. dates are as follows:

MAY
2nd Brighton Coalition
3rd Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
4th Gloucester Guildhall
5th Oxford Academy
7th Stoke Sugarmill
8th York Duchess
9th Barrow The
10th Dundee Dexters
12th Dunfermline Velocity
13th Glasgow King Tuts
14th Carlisle Brickyard
15th Hull University
16th Manchester Moho Live
18th Preston 53 Degrees
19th Wolverhampton Civic Hall Bar
20th Bristol Coller
21st London Scala
23rd Leeds Met Uni

Tickets for the tour go on sale on today. Buy tickets here.

The band, who ended their last run of U.K. dates with a sold-out headline show at London's Astoria, will announce details of the album release shortly.

The Sunshine Underground are: Craig Wellington (vocal / guitar), Stuart Jones (guitar), Daley Smith (bass) & Matthew Gwilt (drums).