White Rose Movement return with free download

White Rose Movement are set to return to the fore this Spring, with news of a second album, a free download and a headline show at Hoxton Bar and Kitchen on the 18th February. Think About Life are supporting, tickets are £9 + bf in advance from See Tickets

Having landed a publishing deal with Domino, the band are currently putting finishing touches to their as yet untitled follow-up to feted 2006 debut 'Kick', scheduled for an early 2010 release. An arresting first taste of White Rose Movements' forthcoming electronic opus comes in the form of free download 'Helsinki'

http://soundcloud.com/createspark/white_rose_movement_helsinki

Following on from the success of 'Kick', WRM have been keeping busy over the past four years touring the world with NIN, Placebo, Bloc Party, The Strokes, Gary Numan, Soulwax and The Kills. They have also have been buried deep in recording, a process that was decisively extreme as front man Finn explains: "We closed ourselves off, to gestate and make something stronger and more concise… Something with more heart".

As work began they said farewell to Taxxi (keys) and embraced Poppy into the fold, a distant relative of Finn's, whose presence has provided the final unifying link for the band, all brought together by friendship or family connections.

After nearly driving two producers to mental illness and early alopecia, the band finally clicked with Teutonic studio stoic Robert Harder (of Whitey and Acoustic Lady Land production) and the band have created an army of new tracks, which the band have been airing at a handful of low key shows to both their loyal and new fans. These new songs find the band effortlessly flipping between the lascivious castrato of 'Bones' (conjuring 'emotional rescue' era Rolling Stones) and the propulsive energy of 'Cigarette Machine', in which only WRM could have the audacity to cross Neu and Generation X.

More details of the title, album and release date are to follow.

White Rose Movement are Finn Vine (vocals/guitar) Jasper Milton (guitar) Owen Dyke (bass) Ed Harper (drums) Poppy Corby-Tuech (keys)