For anyone lucky enough to be in Perth this Saturday night, head on down to the Rosemount Hotel in North Perth for the launch of Umpire’s stupendous debut album Now We’re Active, which is now streaming in its entirety on Bandcamp. Tomorrow sees the Australian CD release and international digital release, with the international CD release to follow on 14 July. Visit the HSR Store to snap up some of the action.

In further Umpire news, Now We’re Active is feature album all this week on the Breakfast with Barr show on RTRfm. Tune in all this week to hear songs from the album, plus on Friday the band will be in the studio for a chat.

And finally, Umpire’s official website is now up and running, so pop along there to immerse yourself in all things Umpire. It’s a beautiful thing.