简介：MadStaringEyesarea3piecefromLondonwhohavebeendescribedasacrossbetweentheCureandEchoandtheBunnymen. In2005,afterreleasingtheirdebutEP,theywontheJohnPeel'BestNewBand'competitionandplayedGlastonburyFestivalthatsummer.SincethentheyhavetouredintheUSA,Canada,RussiaandGermanyandplayedgigswitheveryonefromTheFratellistoTheSubwaystoPeteDoherty. Theirdebutalbum,'BoredOfLookingCool',recordedatRayDavies'(TheKinks)KonkStudioinNorthLondon,wasreleasedinearly2008ontheirownlabel,RetinaRecords. ThisyearMadStaringEyeswontheTorontoIndependentMusicAwardfor'BestInternationalAct'andwereoneoftheselectfewUKbandstobeinvitedtoNewYorktoplaytheprestigiousCMJMusicMarathon. ThebandhaVerecentlysecuredapublishingdealandhadtheirmusicfeaturedonhitTVshowssuchas'Skins'and'GossipGirl'andarenowhardatworkatMSEHQrecordingtheirsecondalbum.