Following on from Last year’s Springwell EP, The Last Battle have been back in the studio working on their sophomore album.

The first fruits of these sessions is a new single ‘Hope Is Gold’ which will be released later on this month.

On cassette, no less!

In the meantime, they have made the b-side ‘The Crunching’ available to download for free. It’s very very good indeed -and I mean this as a compliment – very different from anything else they have done before.

The launch night for the single takes place on June 22 at Pilrig St Paul’s Church Hall in Leith, with support from William Henry Miller, Star Wheel Press and Where We Lay Our Heads

Amongst the other forthcoming live dates they have are LeithLate 2 at Elvis Shakespeare on Leith Walk, Edinburgh on June 28,where they will be playing with Edinburgh School For The Deaf and Blueflint.