Following on from their debut album release Our First American Friends, Kingston's "angular" rock quartet Tubelord will release a brand new EP, and one with a fantastic, if partly unpronounceable name. It's called Tezcatlipoca, contains three tracks and will be released on August 16 through Hassle Records.

The tracklisting for the EP is below, as is a stream of one of the songs from it, 'Ratchet'. We are told that the title is of Aztec origin and the compositions contained on it relate to the Aztec people and their understanding of time and space. Conceptual.

1. Arbour
2. Ratchet
3. Bazel

Album art is this beaut:

If you want to see Tubelord live - which is highly recommended - then you've got plenty of chances to do so in the coming months, including an extensive tour in September and October.

June:
26 - Glastonbury Festival
30 - Berkshire, Wellington

July:
16 - 2000Trees Festival
25 - Birmingham, The Flapper

August:
1 - Y Not Festival
7 - London, ROTA @ Notting Hill Arts Club
15 - Skipton, Moor Music Festival
20 - Richmond Castle, Castle Calling
21 - Morton Stanley Festival

September:
21 - Leeds, Cockpit
22 - Sheffield, The Harley
23 - Manchester, Sound Control
24 - Northampton, Labour Club
25 - Lincoln, SCY
27 - Norwich, The Marquee
28 - Nottingham, The Central
29 - Reading, Face Bar
30 - High Wycombe, Nag's Head

October:
1 - Brighton, Freebutt
2 - Cambridge, Portland Arms
3 - Cardiff, Buffalo Bar
7 - London, Water Rats
8 - Portsmouth, Kraken Awakes
9 - Chester, Telford's Warehouse