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Sharpening their sonic duets amongst the hard brick walls of a garage on the outskirts of the city, our three primary protagonists loaded themselves with a handful of blues inspired nastiness.

Coaxed out of the confines of the garage by The Long Blondes to play their first gig in November '04, their debut in Sheffield as The Dreams Of Michigan carried just one record that was to make its way to their debut album.

Fast forward 6 months, a new name and a whole rack of better songs, their second gig in a small London bar was one of more promise. Their Leeds hometown debut was a packed affair of sweaty anticipation.

Leeds club-night Bad Sneakers saw the potential and offered their mutual debut recording over a handshake. Released in February 2006 on limited pink 45, 'Doo Wop/TV' was picked up by the likes of XFM's John Kennedy and soon became a live favourite. It is now their rarest release.

The follow up, 'Monsters', became a viral hit, ensuring a top ten indie placing on release. Phil Jupitus named it his 'Single Of The Week', Mark Riley invited them for the first of two live sessions and most of Europe invited them on tour.

Sweetened by the prospect of lengthy touring, Anna, Jodie and Matt juggled fulltime jobs with heavy touring schedules with the likes of Nine Black Alps and The Long Blondes.

With their third offering came the dancefloor record they'd hoped for. Way To My Heart, produced by The Bees' 'Paul Butler', was another top ten indie smash and found its way into the heart of Richard Hawley who kindly asked them to accompany him around the country.

Then disaster struck. A debilitating wrist injury meant the sad departure of youthful drummer Jodie two weeks prior to recording the album. A record deal in the bag, studio time getting put back further and further, time forced a change.

Further major league supports with the likes of Seasick Steve helped them widen their audience with Long Blonde, Screech Louder, standing in on percussion duties. And then the revelation.

Having known Alex from his drumming days in Leeds, the remaining duo captured him from his London base, locked him away in a freezing cold warehouse and played him endless loops from the album till he saw drum beats in his sleep.

Without time to breathe they ran to the confines of an underground studio and spent 4 weeks hammering their debut long player into the work they had long promised. Producer Will Jackson, hot off duties with The Pigeon Detectives and The Cribs, slowly became a 4th member of the band as he attempted to capture the intensity of their live shows. What escaped from the desk was a mature collection of distorted duets, cinematic ballads and bass heavy dancefloor drama.

Two days fresh from the studio and it was on the road with The Von Bondies eager to hit stages up and down the country.

Now with 4th single 'Black Friday' due for release on 9th June followed by the awaited debut, The Curse Of The Sugars', on 23rd June they are fine tuning things to add to their exciting live show.'

For LABEL enquiries contact: info@badsneakers.co.uk

For PRESS enquiries contact: dan@darlinguk.com

For BAND inquiries contact: thesugars@hotmail.com

For BOOKING contact: phyllis@itb.co.uk