Having just returned from consecutive east-coast tours with the likes of Elbow and Dan Auerbach, LEADER CHEETAH are about to embark on their first ever national headline tour in support of their debut album The Sunspot Letters (Spunk/EMI). With lead single ‘Bloodlines’ hitting radio waves late last year, the band received a surge of new interest. This attention was further fueled when The Sunspot Letters was made ‘Album of the Week’ on Triple J last month. Other notable album tracks ‘Alibi’, ‘Fly Golden Arrow Pt.1’ and ‘The Explorer’ have also received nation wide rotation. Conjuring a juxtaposition of mystery and darkness sitting beside sunshine and harmony, The Sunspot Letters was recorded in the Adelaide Hills with US producer Kramer (Galaxie 500, Low, Daniel Johnston). The result is a mix of soulful upbeat rockers, slow-cooked jams, and smoky moonlit ballads, all tied together by the band's love of majestic vocal harmonies and seamless dynamic arrangements. Before you catch them at this year’s SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS & COME TOGETHER festivals, make sure you see them performing tracks from The Sunspot Letters in your home town during their May/June tour. "Like many great albums, The Sunspot Letters (Spunk) seems to operate in a space and time of its own, neither in nor out of the mainstream but built to last well beyond the usual allotted time for this year's big things.....One of the strongest Australian debut albums since Augie March's Sunset Studies." - Noel Mengel, Brisbane’s Courier Mail | 
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