I’m rather shocked at myself to discover that – considering I have long enjoyed their music – I haven’t featured Edinburgh dark pop trio Dead Boy Robotics on the blog before.

The band – Gregor McMillan, Mike Bryant, and Paul Bannon released their debut, self-titled album in November 2011. Four years later, on November 20, they will follow it with New Cells.

The first track to do the rounds from the album is the single ‘Arrival’ which you can stream and download for free right here. Dark pop is how they describe themselves, dark pop is exactly what they make, and it’s fabulous:

The Skinny magazine, meanwhile, have premiered the video for the single, which is also rather fantastic: