aaamusic | On 01, Sep 2010

After charming the crowds at Leeds and Reading Festival this weekend The Like released single ‘Wishing He Was Dead’ on Monday. The single is taken from their new Mark Ronson produced album ‘Release Me’, out this coming Monday Sept 6th, which album drops amidst their UK headline tour and ahead of their tour supporting The Strokes. Already this record has seen praise from The Sunday Times to Vogue to The Mirror and more. I’ll be doing a press day with the girls on Tuesday 14^th September so if you’d like to have a chat with them, register your interest now!

Here’s the video for Wishing He Was Dead:

And the tour dates are as follows:

1st Sept Glasgow King Tuts
2^nd Sept Newcastle The Cluny
3^rd Sept Manchester Ruby Lounge
4^th Sept Sheffield Plug
5^th Sept Nottingham Bodega
7^th Sept Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
8^th Sept Birmingham The Rainbow
9^th Sept Bristol Start The Bus
10^th Sept Oxford Jericho
11^th Sept Brighton Audio
13^th Sept Cambridge Haymakers
15^th Sept London ICA

Wishing He Was Dead, released on 30^th August, is a biting riposte to a cheating lover who might just regret his follies. Z Berg explains, “Wishing He Was Dead is a song for every girl who’s been conned, cheated, wounded, and bamboozled. After all, what girl hasn’t? It’s just a fun little ditty about wishing ill on the one who wronged you.”