Tamaki Marakau four-piece Ringlets are on a roll, hot off supporting The Damned, now comes the vinyl release of their incredible debut album!

Artful noise, ragingly bright post-punk quartet Ringlets could be described as the musical transcript of Black Adder; dark humour and theatre hazed over with rich, gritty colour and evident sonic technicality.

With a highly durable ,machine-tested rhythm section (A. Poulsen + A. Grey) and two of Aucklands leading lyrical & melodic consultants (L. Towers + L. Reynolds), Ringlets are fast building a solid reputation.

Fusing the wild-eyed frenetics of early XTC and the hectoring swagger of a nascent Suede, its no wonder theyve attracted the attention of Chris Ott, editor of Pitchfork Media from 1999 to 2004. These days Ott