Fusing classic British guitar pop with Motown and Stax grooves..the missing link between the Arctic Monkeys and the golden age of doo-wop – The Guardian 

The world is theirs for the seducing – Evening Standard

A talent for ska-inflected, hook-filled rock ­– Sunday Times hottest download

Various Cruelties have announced details of the release of their self-titled debut album through Hideout Recordings on Monday April 30th 2012.

The 11-track album was recorded in the summer of 2011 with Tony Hoffer (Beck, Goldfrapp, Foster the People) and features previous singles Chemicals and Great Unknown.

A further single, Neon Truth, will be released a week earlier on Monday April 23rd..

The tracklisting of the album, available on CD and download, is as follows:

1.  Chemicals 

2.  Great Unknown

3.  If It Wasn’t For You

4.  Magnetic Field

5.  Cold As You

6.  Dry Your Tears

7.  Beautiful Delirium

8.  She Is The One

9.  Capsize

10. Thrill Is Gone

11. Neon Truth

Catch them live:

APRIL

17th                                      Portsmouth                   Wedgewood Rooms

18th                                      Nottingham                  Bodega

20th                                      Leeds                           Cockpit

22nd                                    Newcastle                     Cluny

23rd                                     Glasgow                       ABC 2

25th                                      Manchester                 Ruby Lounge

26th                                      Bristol                         Thekla

MAY

3rd                                       London                         ULU

www.variouscruelties.com