The self-titled debut album was released in September. Including the singles 'All Ones and Zeros' and ' So Far Gone' it garnered excellent reviews and much critical acclaim. They have recently played stunning live shows at Sonic Cathedral (with Damo Suzuki, formerly of Can), Corsica Studios (with Acid Mothers Temple) and around the UK with iLiKETRAiNS. The band are currently recording tracks for a new E.P. release in February and will be playing more live dates around that time.

The album is released in Japan in December and in the USA in January.

"Signed only last year and releasing just one single prior to this one, these are indeed the early years. Continue creating moments like this however and the next few years could be very special." Drowned in Sound

"This is what good indie music is all about; music that moves away from what's considered the norm, the mainstream and fusing together different sounds and ideas." CD Times

The Early Years released their second single for Beggars Banquet, 'So Far Gone' on June 26th, in the UK. Available on 7" and CD, (BBQ 398/CD).

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The band will be playing the following live shows in July:

Fri 14th July - Latitude Festival, Suffolk (headlining Huw Stephens' Arena 4)
Thur 20th July - London, Brixton Windmill
Fri 21st July - Nuneaton, This Is Sound @ The Nags
Sun 23rd July - Truck Festival, Oxfordshire

The brilliant debut album 'The Early Years' will be released in mid-September.

The Early Years new single is entitled "So Far Gone" and will be released on 26th June. The track was recorded with Pat Collier and includes a "Part II" of the song recorded with Tim Holmes at Contino Rooms. Another new track, "Rats", is also included on the single.

Leading up to the release the band will be playing the following live dates :

May 24th/25th - Luminaire, London NW6 (w/ Electrelane)
June 20th - White Heat @ Madame Jo Jo's, London W1 (w/ Amusement Parks on Fire)
June 23rd - AC30 @ Water Rats, London WC1

The Early Years are playing the following dates:

FEBUARY
Mon 13th Feb - The Freebutt, Brighton*
Tue 14th Feb - Barfly, London*
Fri 17th Feb - Tatty Bogle, London (Tatty Bogles is a members only club - www.thetattybogle.net for free membership)
Tue 21st Feb - Artrocker @ Buffalo Bar (w. The Double)

MARCH
Thu 2nd March - Bristol AR2*
Sat 4th March - Liverpool Uni*
Sun 5th March - Birmingham Bar Acadamy*
Wed 22nd March - Manchester, High Voltage @ Music Box
Thu 23rd March - Newcastle, Stonelove @ Digital, Times Square
Fri 24th March - Glasgow, Nice'n Sleazys
Sat 25th March - Coventry, Colosseum
* supporting CALLA

The debut single from The Early Years, 'All Ones and Zeros', is released on Beggars Banquet in the UK on Monday the 16th of January 2006 and is available as a CD, 7" and Download.

The Early Years were born in 2004 when David Malkinson decided to do a solo gig armed with a guitar, an amp and a large number of effects pedals creating a wash of psychedelic guitar noise for 20 minutes in front of about 20 people.

From there the only way forward was to expand the line up to include two friends Roger Mackin and Phil Raines on guitar and drums respectively. Creating a noise born out of Dave's love for ambient noises and melody (Mogwai, Acid Mother's Temple, Spiritualized), Roger's hankering for 60's Garage, drones and feedback (Television, Velvet Underground, Spectrum) and Phil's dedication to the krautrock beat (Neu!, Can, Tortoise), The Early Years set off to create the kind of music which stood out against the post-Libertines sound of London at the time.

Since then, they have gone from strength to strength playing a number of successful shows across London and getting a number of plays on Huw Stephens' One music show, Steve Lamacq, and John Kennedy's XFM show. This then led to The Early Years recording sessions for Radio One and XFM.

The band will be opening for Electrelane at University of London on Wed 26th October and their debut single "All Ones and Zeros", recorded with Tim Holmes at the Contino Rooms studio, is released on Beggars Banquet in January 2006.