Television debut on Later… with Jools Holland

They made their television debut on Later… with Jools Holland on 30 May 2008, playing “Unfinished Business” and “Death”. This marked their final public performance prior to recording their debut album, scheduling sessions in ICP Studios in Belgium and Kore Studios in West London. The album was provisionally titled To Lose My Life or Lose My Love , with a scheduled release date was set for January 2009. The title came from a line in the album’s title track, ” To Lose My Life “. During the summer of 2008, the band played numerous UK and overseas music festivals, including major festivals Oxegen , T in the Park , and the Reading and Leeds Festivals . Beginning in September 2008, the band played their first headline tour, performing thirteen dates in the United Kingdom. The tour marked the release of “Death” on 22 September 2008, with a further six dates played in the United States in October 2008. The tour included an appearance at the CMJ Music Festival in New York on 23–24 October, alongside Jay Reatard , Amazing Baby and Violens. Following this, the band returned to support Glasvegas on their fifteen date UK tour in November and December 2008. NME .com exclusively announced their debut album would be released on 12 January 2009, with shortened title To Lose My Life… . The band preceded the album with the single release of “To Lose My Life” one week earlier. The full-length video for “To Lose My Life” premiered exclusively on the band’s MySpace on 21 November 2008.