Above you’ll see the re-worked album art for the Sinnbus Records release of Guide to an Escape (16th March) which, by the way, the first single (title track: Guide to an Escape) is out today in Germany, Austria and Switzerland!

We’re super stoked to say that Guide to an Escape will get it’s official release in Germany, Austria & Switzerland on 16th March, 2012!! That’s awesome! Sinnbus are great peoples who love music and are very supportive. We’re stoked. This means we’ll be in stores and touring G/A/S even more soon!!
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We’ve just posted a bunch of new tour dates with our buddies The Black Atlantic. We’ll be in the Netherlands with them in December and Germany/Switzerland with them in January. Come on out!
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Hello all!

Hope this email find you well and that you’ve got some sunshine where you are!

NL / DE MAY DATES:

We head out tomorrow for another short tour in celebration of our new album “Guide to an Escape”. This time we are headed to:
May 14, 2011 | Lokal (Do It Green) – Hamburg, DE
May 15, 2011 | Secret Location (with The Black Atlantic & Kim Janssen) – Hamburg, DE
few spaces left if you’re interested in attending please email
May 16, 2011 | Uebel & Gefärlich (dachgarten) – Hamburg, DE
May 17, 2011 | De Rode Laars – Nijmegen, NL
May 18, 2011 | Cafe De Overkant – Wageningen, NL
May 20, 2011 | Private Show – Offenbach, DE
May 21, 2011 | fabriQ Presents @ W2Poppodium – Den Bosch, NL
May 23, 2011 | Festival a/d Werf – Utrecht, NL

UK SUMMER DATES (SINGLE REMIXES):
Some exciting news coming together! It’s looking like we’ll have a couple of remixes to release in July/August sometime. Early drafts are sounding pretty great, we’re stoked. In support of these releases and the island in general, we’ll be touring the UK throughout July/August. If you’re interested in seeing us play this summer keep an eye on our summer schedule. We’re booking now! If you’re interested in booking us in the UK for this summer please email.

USA AUTUMN DATES:
We have begun booking some Stateside shows for 2 Autumn weeks (28th October – 11 November). We have set up a Facebook event with more information. If you can’t access the event and would like more information or want to host a show, please email.

JAPAN RELEASE:
Super excited to announce that as of last week (2nd May) our 2008 self-titled album and our 2011 album “Guide to an Escape” are released in Japan as a deluxe edition (2CD) via FastCut Records!!

VINYL/TSHIRTS:
We are considering additional Rue Royale merchandise. We would like to press our albums to vinyl and print tshirts but we don’t know how in demand these might or might not be. Since they’re very expensive to make we’d really appreciate your feedback on a couple of questions:

VINYL
Would you be interested in our album(s) on vinyl?
If so, is this something you’d pre-order?
If so, how much would you pay for this?

TSHIRTS
Would you be interested in a Rue Royale tshirt, tote, something else?
If so, is this something you’d pre-order?
If so, how much would you pay for this?

Thanks again so much to you all for your support! This has already been a great year so far and we’ve been very encouraged by the reception of our new offspring “Guide to an Escape”.

Peace to you,
B & R Dekker
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Like an early 20th-century Elliott from ET (minus the BMX basket/alien), a be-suited man flies through the sky on his bone-shaker bicycle. He’s clutching two clothes lines of flags that spell out ‘Guide To An Escape’.

The cartoon cover art of Rue Royale’s second album perfectly sums up the Anglo-American outfit’s self-propelled adventure.

Driven in every sense of the word, Ruth and Brookln Dekker have amassed 80,000 miles on the road in Europe alone since the release of their first eponymously-titled LP in 2008.

Meanwhile, without the backing of a label or manager, between tours the couple has rustled up a cottage industry at their cozy Nottingham home. Together they’ve printed, snipped, sewed and stuffed 7,500 Rue Royale CDs, including 500 pre-orders for ‘Guide To An Escape’ – carving out a tunnel in the tarmac to their local Post Office.

Fans have also been treated to hand-made Rue Royale knitted goods (how many groups do you know who sport hot water-bottle covers on their merch stand?), bags and clothes. Meanwhile, over in cyber-space, RR have personally nurtured a large Facebook/Twitter following and racked up over 500,000 MySpace plays.

Not bad for a husband and wife songwriting team who, then living in Chicago, only started performing together five years ago, inspired by the likes of Fleetwood Mac, Radiohead, Grandaddy, John Martyn, Jose Gonzalez and Elbow.

‘Guide To An Escape’, which gets its official worldwide release on 3 March, retains the acoustic duo’s hushed, evocative melodies but is richer in sound and wider in scope. It was recorded at home between touring and festival dates in summer 2010, following experimental sessions with producer Paul Pilot (who mixed the record) in London. The echo loop that lurks on the opening title track and the drum machine exit on “Get Me Standing” hint at the band’s bolder approach.

The album includes recent single “Halfway Blind” which got repeat plays on BBC 6Music by the likes of Gideon Coe and Nemone when released as a limited edition seven inch in January. The song, along with “Blame”, alludes to a struggle to see clearly – figuratively and literally for Brookln who’s legally blind in one eye. ‘Guide To An Escape’ is about self-discovery, embracing the flip-sides of life on the road (“Foreign Night”) and the tussle of uncertainty and hope as dreams are chased (“We’ll Go On Alright”).

After clocking up over 400 shows in the last three years, Rue Royale will continue to build their grass-roots following as they tour ‘Guide To An Escape’, playing many of their biggest venues yet across Europe in 2011.

It’s all about the journey, not the destination. The adventure is theirs, and yours, for the taking.
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We’re in transition between digital distributors at the moment. If you are interested in purchasing our music digital or physical), please go to our SHOP. We’ve now started selling digital albums as well..

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‎1. Guide to an Escape …………….. 4:08
2. Halfway Blind …………………….. 3:37
3. Flightline …………………………… 3:12
4. Get Me Standing …………………. 3:59
5. Blame ……………………………….. 4:07
6. Knocked Back to the Start …….. 3:20
7. Crater ……………………………….. 3:38
8. Meant to Roam …………………… 4:31
9. We’ll Go on Alright ………………. 3:58
10. Foreign Night …………………… 4:10
11. The Search and Little Else ……. 3:00

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Illustrated by: David Litchfield
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We are superly-duperly excited to announce that 24th January will see the release of the first single from our upcoming sophomore album “Guide to an Escape”.

The single “Halfway Blind”, will be released in 2 formats, digital download and 7″ vinyl. The release is through London based label Need No Water Records.

CLICK TO LISTEN TO SAMPLE

You can purchase the 7″ from the Need No Water Recordsshop.

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We (Rue Royale) have finished recording our sophomore album, Guide to an Escape!! It’s mixed and ready to be mastered then manufactured and finally heard by (your?) hungry ears.

Having spent all of our savings on recording and time off the road in order to record, we’re short of funds to manufacture and distribute the album.

We’ve started to book a release tour in the UK for February & the rest of Europe for March – April 2011 in good faith of the album having been pressed and ready to go.

We’ve come up with a plan to raise funds to get the album completed and released.

THIS IS WHERE YOU COME IN. Please consider pre-ordering “Guide to an Escape”. Wherein you will receive an early copy of the album PLUS an exclusive (pre-order only) preview digital EP of live versions of 4 tracks from “Guide to an Escape” and we’ll put your name in the liner notes of the album.

Thanks so much for your continued support! We look forward to seeing you all on the next step on this journey of ours..

FOR £10 (+ SHIPPING) YOU WILL RECEIVE:

__A signed early copy of “Guide to an Escape” in handmade (by the two of us) packaging. (CD) [Anticipated ship date 1st February]

__A Digital EP of live versions of 4 songs from Guide to an Escape (Digital Download) [At time of pre-order]

__Your name in the liner notes of the album (make sure to include your name the way you’d like to see it in the liner notes) * DO THIS WITH THE “ADD SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO MERCHANT” WITHIN THE PAYPAL CHECKOUT PAGE.

RUE ROYALE SHOP
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