Nat Johnson Debut Single "Dirty Rotten Soul"

Nat Johnson, formerly singer/songwriter of Monkey Swallows The Universe released her debut single "Dirty Rotten Soul" on a limited edition four-song CD and digital download  TODAY!

"Dirty Rotten Soul" is an energetic acoustic romp, showcasing Nat's sensuous vocals and sharp lyrics! It is backed with a delicious cover of "Mexico" by Cake and the limited edition cd features two bonus tracks.

Steve Lamacq and Gideon Coe have given the single plays on both BBC Radio2 and 6Music and it's received great reviews:

 "Nice and Dirty!" Richard Hawley

"I have to say the lead track does it for me.... I can't get the f*cker out of my head!" Norman Records

You can buy the CD or digital download from Thee SPC website www.theespc.com, our profile or Nat Johnson's profile.

Also available on iTunes!

CD Tracklisting:

1. Dirty Rotten Soul
2. Mexico
With bonus demos...
3. Heart of Clay
4. Judy's First beat

Also available from: Jacks Records, Sheffield
Record Collector, Sheffield
Rough Trade, London here
Piccadilly Records, Manchesterhere
Jumbo Records, Leeds
Norman Records here

Apple Crumble, Japan
Fastcust, Japan
Fileunder, Japan
IMPO, Taiwan

Championship Vinyl, Poland
Vollwert Records, Germany

Nat Johnson, singer/songwriter/guitarist in Monkey Swallows the Universe releases her debut solo single, "Dirty Rotten Soul", this Monday, 29th September. Hear it at www.myspace.com/judybeat

She plays Sheffield Academy this Saturday at the Last of the Summer Festival - see www.myspace.com/lastofthesummer

Then on Sunday, catch her at Bush Hall London, with support from I Concur and Rory McVicar.

Nat Johnson Debut Single "Dirty Rotten Soul"

"Dirty Rotten Soul" is an energetic acoustic romp, showcasing Nat's sensuous vocals and sharp lyrics! It is backed with a delicious cover of "Mexico" by Cake and the limited edition cd features two bonus tracks. The single has been praised by Richard Hawley as "Nice and dirty!"

You can buy the CD or digital download from Thee SPC website www.theespc.com, or from Nat Johnson's profile.

CD Tracklisting:

1. Dirty Rotten Soul
2. Mexico
With bonus demos...
3. Heart of Clay
4. Judy's First beat

Here's the video...

We have come to the decision to put Monkey Swallows the Universe on indefinite hiatus after we have finished our current run of gigs. What does this mean in practice? The answer is we don't know yet. We could be away for months, years, or it could be forever. We can't thank you enough for your support over the past few years. We wouldn't have got this far without you.

Bearing that in mind, you will probably have already realised that your last opportunity to see us live (for a while, at least) will be quickly approaching. In December, we're playing at The Band Room in Farndale on the 15th, and Fuzz Club in Sheffield on the 20th. We've got two gigs in January. The first is in Bush Hall in London on Friday January 11th. We anticipate this is going to be a big one, so we advise you to get your tickets early to avoid disappointment. A week after, we're playing our last gig in Sheffield at The Boardwalk. The same applies for this one, and tickets are available from Jack's Records. Finally, in February, we've got a run of three gigs in Scotland - our first visit north of the border.

Our record label, Loose Music, is having a Christmas Sale. This means you can pick up The Casket Letters at the bargainous price of £6 if you haven't got it already, or if you know someone that might be happy to find it in their stocking   Loose Shop

In other news, you may be interested to know that Nat has embarked on a solo project, and has just played her first solo gig, with a few more in the pipeline. Find out more about this new venture here: www.myspace.com/judybeat

Make sure you have a great Christmas, and we hope to see some of you at the last few gigs.

MSTU xxxxx

We're on this year's Rough Trade Counter Culture Compilation! It's out on 29th January. More info here

Tracklisting:

CD1
1 Various Productions - Home
2 The Last Town Chorus - Caroline
3 Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - The False Husband
4 Beirut - Postcards From Italy
5 Lily Allen - LDN
6 Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken
7 Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks
8 Hush Arbors - Bones Of A Thousand Suns
9 Monkey Swallows the Universe - Science
10 Richard Swift - Paisley Park
11 Yo La Tengo - Sometimes I Don't Get You
12 Treecreeper - Debris
13 Cold War Kids - We Used To Vacation
14 The Morrison Steam Fayre - Six String Layabout
15 Oneida - History's Great Navigators
16 Bricolage - Footsteps
17 New Moscow - C'mon Up
18 Tapes 'n Tapes - Cowbell
19 Broken Social Scene - Fire Eye'd Boy
20 Winterkids - I'm Not Used To You
21 Ripchord - Lock Up Your Daughters
22 Mike Sammes - Heineken

CD2
1 Burial - Nightbus
2 Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto - ax Mr. L.
3 Scritti Politti - The Boom Boom Bap
4 Uffie - Pop The Glock
5 Ladybug - Miniaturu De Lulu (feat Dieze Tigrana)
6 Crystal Castles - Air War
7 Envelopes - Free Jazz
8 CSS - Alala
9 Metronomy - You Could Easily Have Me
10 Xerox Teens - My Favourite Hat
11 Bromheads Jacket - Trip To The Golden Arches
12 The Rotters - Japanese Punk
13 The Sounds of American Doomsday Cults - Preamble - Great Divine Rector's Call
14 T.I.T.S. - Strong Arms
15 Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control
16 Pre - Dudefuk
17 Erase Errata - Another Genius Idea From Our Government
18 Bonnie Camplin - Get Me A Mirror
19 OOIOO - UMA
20 Wolf Eyes - Lake of Roaches
21 Nagisa Yoko and Justin Simon - Zeni Zeni
22 Andrew Liles - Orville's Engastrimythic Divinations
23 Trentemoller - Rykketid
24 The Disco Students - The Rough Trade Song

We're also in the heats for 'The Road to Benicassim'! If you're in London, please get down to the Cedar Room, N1, next Tuesday 16th Jan and make some noise for us!

love MSTU

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