Idlewild guitarist / songwriter Rod Jones, is back with a remarkable new band, The Birthday Suit. Their debut album, The Eleventh Hour, is a return to the noisy pop moments that originally established him as a legend in the UK music scene.

Formed with Roddy Woomble and Colin Newton in Edinburgh in 1995, Idlewild spent the last 16 years becoming one of Scotland's most beloved indie rock acts. But after seven studio albums, four top 20 singles and numerous world tours, including supporting bands such as REM, Pearl Jam, U2 and The Rolling Stones, the band decided to take a break to concentrate on their individual solo projects.

With Idlewild currently on hiatus, Rod formed The Birthday Suit with a selection of friends and local musicians. The Eleventh Hour sees him deliver some of the most passionate, fiery and powerful songs he has ever written. It creates a sound that captures the sound of early Idlewild albums, such as 100 Broken Windows - an album that was recently voted the number one Scottish album of the last decade by readers of The Skinny magazine.

Rod has been busy the last few years with a range of projects, including working with the Scottish Mental Health Foundation on the “Music Like A Vitamin” shows in 2008, the release of his debut solo album, the folk-tinged A Sentimental Education in 2009 and spending 2010 teaming up with Emma Pollock to bring together artists from Frightened Rabbit, Twilight Sad (among others) on the critically acclaimed First Edition album as part of the Fruit Tree Foundation.

The Eleventh Hour is due for release on 11th of November 2011 via Sing It Alone Records.

Tracks:
1. Do You Ever?
2. Hope Me Home
3. They Say I Love You
4. On My Own
5. Sell It All
6. World Gone By
7. Are You Ok?
8. A Nation
9. Don't Look Down
10. The Eleventh Hour
11. Talking Over You

Live dates

22 Newcastle Cluny
23 London Borderline
24 York Fibbers
25 Birmingham The End
26 Manchester Ruby Lounge
27 Glasgow King Tuts
28 Aberdeen Tunnels

November

4 Edinburgh CabaretVoltaire
5 Annan The Basement
25 Dundee Beat Generator
26 Stirling Tolbooth

December

10 Leslie Greenside Hotel