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11th June 2007

:( (pronounced Colon Open Bracket) headline the next Indiestore.com night at The Fly on June 27th. Formed by friends and acquaintances in the glow of the northern lights of Aberdeen, :( fell right in at the deep end when their formative fumblings got them too much attention too quickly. Within months of getting together they found themselves on stage at Download Festival and wondering what the hell was going on. Two UK tours and an acclaimed EP release later they're still trying to figure it out... 'Like Jimmy Eat World playing Busted songs... in a Nintendo game... fronted by the robot dog from Dr Who' - NME

Support comes from Welsh four-piece FRIENDS ELECTRIC, making their proper London debut, the pop frenzy of DATA.SELECT.PARTY, and young rapper KC.

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