The Early Years have reformed and announced their first live show and new material in over three years.

The influential London-based krautock-inspired four-piece play a one-off Sonic Cathedral show at The CAMP Basement in London on November 2. Tickets are on sale from today (September 19).

A single featuring new songs ‘Complicity’ and ‘Fallen Star’ will be available as a limited-edition vinyl seven-inch at the show and then released digitally the following week (November 7), coupled with the two tracks from the band’s last Sonic Cathedral release – ‘Like A Suicide’ and ‘The Computer Voice’ – both of which are being released digitally for the first time.

The Early Years – singer/guitarist David Malkinson, guitarist Roger Mackin, bassist Brendan Kersey and singer/drummer Phil Raines – released their acclaimed self-titled debut album in 2006. They followed it with ‘The Great Awakening’ EP the following year and their Sonic Cathedral single in 2008.

Their live shows became the stuff of legend, incendiary and experimental affairs that impressed Brian Eno – who compared drummer Phil Raines to the late, greatKlaus Dinger of Neu! – and, as Faris Badwan told NME, inspired The Horrors around the time of their breakthrough ‘Primary Colours’, with their mix ofSpacemen 3 drones and krautrock dynamics.

However, various other distractions meant that the band was put on hold. Until now.

“This is only a one-off,” explains David Malkinson, “so we’re pouring heart and soul into it and doing some tunes we never got the chance to play last time around. We have been overwhelmed with requests to do another show over the last three years, but Sonic Cathedral was the only place we were ever going to play.”

Here are the details of the comeback show:

with support from

ECHO LAKE and SENNEN

and special guest DJs

Wednesday, November 2

70 – 74 City Road

London

EC1Y 2BJ