** Special coloured 7" vinyl with foil block artwork and DL

Following 2011’s supremely well-received debut album Open House, Driver Drive Faster are set to return with a brand new single, aptly named 'To Return' and aptly sounding like the work of a band brimming with confidence and good feeling.

The Manchester-based band recorded the track in Cornwall in July 2011. “Things were hampered slightly by the great weather – we spent a lot of time on the beach, swimming and having barbecues – but we also managed to get some songs together and they turned out suitably upbeat” says singer Dylan Giles. The track was recorded straight to tape, with the intention of creating a fresher, faster recording. “We were determined to try a different approach after having done our first album in a more intricate and labour intensive way,” says Dylan.

On the B-side, new track Voices provides another hint of the band’s next album, albeit in stripped-back, acoustic form. The single is split release on two leading independent lights aA Recordings (Akoustik Anarkhy) and Static Caravan, it’s their second date after joining forces to give the world a limited Plank! seven inch last year.

Driver Drive Faster are a band from Manchester, but you wouldn’t necessarily tell: theirs is a timeworn sound that exists somewhere between Americana and spectral indie rock. It’s crafted song-writing at its best, hinging on stirring chord sequences and moments of fragile beauty.