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Collaboration with The Music's Rob Harvey will be released in October
The Streets Mike Skinner and former singer in The Music, Rob Harvey, have announced details of their new collaboration The D.O.T.
The D.O.T. will release their 11-track album 'And That' on 22 October, before heading out on a UK tour together in October.
The album also includes contributions from Claire Maguire and US rapper Danny Brown on opening song 'And A Hero', according to NME.
Harvey revealed that the two had more than 60 songs before they decided on the final tracklisting of 11 on the album.
Harvey told the NME: "We'd both in bands for 10 years, and obviously Mike was really successful with what he did, and I had a little bit of success with The Music boys, but we were just bored of doing the same thing.
"So we just wanted to do something different [after our bands had split]."
Two tracks, 'What You Livin' For' and 'Goes Off', can be heard on the band's official website Thedot.net.
The tracklisting for 'And That' is:
'And A Hero' 'You Never Asked' (featuring Clare Maguire and Danny Brown)
'Goes Off'
'Weapon Of Choice'
'Shut Up And Keep Talking'
'Like You Used To'
'What You Livin' For'
'Right Side Of Madness'
'Strong Skunk'
'Colours That Don't Exist'
'Where Did I Go'
Check Gigwise Gig Tickets for more information on The D.O.T.'s UK tour, which will take in the following shows:
XOYO, London (15 October)
Digital, Newcastle (16 October)
King Tuts, Glasgow (17 October)
Electric Circus, Edinburgh (19 October)
The Masque, Liverpool(20 October)
Bodega, Nottingham (24 October)
Birmingham Institute Library, Birmingham (25 October)
53 Degrees, Preston (26 October)
Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (27 October)
The Bullingdon, Oxford (9 November)
Haunt, Brighton (10 November 9)
The pair's former bands The Streets and The Music both came to an end in 2011, with Mike Skinner publishing his memoir The Story of The Streets back in March.
The D.O.T. previously released a video to the song 'Trouble', which was filmed live in one take.
In 1994 whilst working in fast food restaurants to support himself, Mike Skinner forms The Streets alongside Johnny Drum Machine and Kevin Mark Trail...
The Streets first single 'Has It Come To This' is released in 2000 by the Locked On label, home to The Artful Dodger. A marked success, the track reaches number 18 alongside a remixes from Hospital Records' High Contrast.
In 2002 'Original Pirate Material' was released recieving critical acclaim across the board from critics and fans. The Streets are then nominated for the Mercury Prize alongside Best Album, Best Urban Act, Best Breakthrough Artist and Best British Male Artist at the 2002 Brit Awards.
In 2004 The Streets released 'A Grand Don't Come For Free' which reached the number one spot, with 'Fit But You Know It' following closely at number four in the singles chart. A concept album dictating the rise and fall of a relationship alongside losing and then finding a grand, it is perhaps the The Streets' seminal album.
'Dry Your Eyes Mate' from the second album debuts at the top of the UK charts with it's reflection on the more sensitive side of male emotion.
'Blinded By The Lights' is also released in 2004, becoming for many the bands anthem, reflecting a brutal honesty not often seen in chart topping material.
'The Hardest Way To make An Easy Living' is released in 2006, dictating Skinner's difficulty in coming to terms with his new found fame. 'When You Wasn't Famous' the first single, breached the top ten amidst speculation of whether the song was about Cheryl Cole or Rachel Stevens.
'Everything Is Borrowed' is released by The Streets in 2008 reflecting a more positive sound that muses rather than dwells around current events.
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The Streets headline the Relentless Freeze festival at Battersea power station alongside Groove Armada.
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