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The Crimea return, split
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 10 July 2013
Best known for taking the then ballsy and unexpected move of giving their second album, ‘Secrets Of The Witching Hour’, away as a free download in 2007, The Crimea have announced that they will return with the follow-up, ‘Square Moon’, later this month. Released jointly through Alcopop! and Lazy Acre on 29 Jul, the band will perform at The Jazz Café in London the following night. And then they’ll split up forever.
Announcing the decision, frontman Davey Macmanus said: “It’s the right time. I’ve been spending time as a nurse in Diepsloot, South Africa over the past few years, where I’m starting a children’s orphanage. Now that the album’s found a home with the guys at Alcopop! and Lazy Acre, it seemed right to go out on something we’re incredibly proud of and close the book on an amazing few chapters of our lives”.
Listen to a track from the new album, ‘Only Living Boy And Girl’, here:
