FIGHT LIKE APES – THE BODY OF CHRIST AND THE LEGS OF TINA TURNER

Out 25 April in the UK

To solve the mystery of 2009's “The Golden Medallion” (turns out it was
Mr. T all along), Fight Like Apes put the tour into Tourettes and dragged
their sorry simian asses all over the world. From New York to Newcastle;
Berlin to Benicassim. Rings were wrestled in; wrongs were righted.

200 gigs later, the band came home and knuckled down with vim and
vigour to work on new songs in a North Dublin garage. Thumbs got split,
chicks got lit; as they sculpted dirty great big black chunks of noise with
synths, fuzz pedals, hammers and oxyacetylene torches.

Febrile with white heat intensity; FLApes decamped to London to work
with producer Andy Gill (Gang Of 4, Futureheads, Young Knives, Red
Hot Chili Peppers). Here, their new long player, entitled Fight Like
Apes: The Body Of Christ And The Legs Of Tina Turner was kicked
and screamed into being. Played live in the room. Black, no sugar.

FLA:TBOCATLOTT sees our intrepid sonic stevedores sink deeper
and darker into the treacly tar pits of their collective dank and fetid
imagination. Like a snotty kid poking a dead crow with a shitty stick –
Fight Like Apes take the tumescent cadaver of 21st century pop and
hotwire it with a million volts of electro-punk therapy.

Following intensive negotiations with Ms. Turner's “people”, The album
was released in Ireland at the end of 2010, charting at # 1 in the digital
charts and at # 3 overall. The critics loved it...

“An explosive and triumphant return” **** Sunday Business Post

“A head-spinning slice of twentysomething life” 4/5 Hot Press

“A stonkin' collection which becomes more entertaining on repeated plays”
**** The Dubliner

“This is their dirty heart, and it's beating hard” 4/5 The Sunday Tribune

FLA crowned the week of release with an astonishing show in front of a
packed crowd at the Electric Picnic; generally agreed by both fans and
the media to be one of the highlights of the festival.

Fight Like Apes have just been shortlisted for the Choice Music Prize for
TBOCATLOTT, the Irish Mercury Prize equivalent.

The album is released on CD, special edition CD + T-shirt and download
on Model Citizen Records on Monday 25th April.