Sunderland’s sharpest and best-connected band, Frankie & The Heartstrings, are to release their second album, ‘The Days Run Away’ via their label, Pop Sex Ltd on 27th May. The band tour the UK through June before embarking on summer festivals. Full dates below.

‘The Days Run Away’ was recorded during 2012 in Newcastle and London with former Suede figurehead and producer Bernard Butler. The band initially collaborated with Butler on a one off single ‘Everybody Looks Better (In The Right Light)’ released in November 2011.  This successful partnership led F&THs to record their upcoming second album with Butler, the first fruits of their sessions was released in the form of download track ‘I Still Follow You’ last October.

The eleven-track album continues the pursuit of guitar perfection they began with their debut ‘Hunger’ released in February 2011. ‘The Days Run Away’ maintains the F&THs tradition of songs that refuse to outstay their welcome - a precise blend of passion and guitars, with enough new tricks to show that they’ve spent the last six months updating their book of indie nous.

Lead off track ‘Nothing Our Way’ is the prime example of that – similar to the zealous and the fervent collectivism of their hit track ‘Hunger’ from their debut LP, but with an additional sense of scope and restrained grandeur.

Elsewhere on the record, the track ‘The Light That Breaks’ features a collaboration with Lets Buy Happiness vocalist Sarah Hall, as well as string arrangements from North Eastern compatriot Peter Brewis of Field Music.

Speaking with regards ‘The Days Run Away’, singer Frankie Francis said, “we’re raring to go with this new record, it’s been a long year and staying off the road so we can write and record a great album has been tough for us at times, but we've put everything we have into it and can't wait to unleash it".

Frankie & the Heartstring’s debut album ‘Hunger’ was released to huge acclaim in February 2011, arriving in the top 40 album charts. The quintet subsequently performed across the UK, Europe, Japan, America and Australia culminating in a series of high-profile festival appearances in the summer that year.