Keeping Some Dark Secrets

So not only does Johnny Foreigner‘s forthcoming debut full-length now have a release date, it has a whole other market. The hotly anticipated Waited Up ‘Til It Was Light will be issued in the UK June 2. On the same day it will also be issued in Japan on the Fabtone Records label, through a deal disclosed Friday. Fabtone has released in Japan records by notable Western indie rockers Dirty On Purpose and The Lodger. The Japanese release of Waited Up ‘Til It Was Light will have two bonus tracks (we bet we know one of them, a cover, just guessing) and shmancier art work. We’re sure we’ll buy it for a crazy amount off EBay. To punctuate the Birmingham, England-based trio’s conquest of Japan it will play the SummerSonic festival in Japan August 9. If you’ve read guitarist Alexei Berrow’s March missive in DrownedInSound you know dude and his honchos Kelly and Junior just rock, smoke, drink and record rock, all with little rest and occasional illness. We can’t imagine plying their wares is going to get Johnny Foreigner any more rest, but perhaps they’ll be able to sleep on the plane? As we’ve reported over and over, Waited Up ‘Til It Was Light will be preceded May 19 by the single “Eyes Wide Terrified,” the video of which we posted below some days ago before our laptop exploded. See this little square picture to the left? It’s the sleeve art for “Eyes Wide Terrified.” ‘Tis small, but it is obviously another Lewes Herriot design that we can’t wait to see rendered in a seven-inch square. Anyway, what with the band’s third single “Our Bipolar Friends” selling out, here’s an MP3.

Johnny Foreigner — “Our Bipolar Friends” — “Our Bipolar Friends” b/w “The House Party Scene Is Killing You”
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[buy the entire single at EMusic here]

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