Seattle awkward-pop bleep-rockers (or something!) Minus The Bear are to tour the UK in December.

The band - who release their third album, Planet Of Ice, through Undergroove next month - call in at the following venues:

December
6 Yeovil Orange Box
7 Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
9 Nottingham Rescue Rooms
13 Manchester University (Academy)
14 Birmingham Barfly
15 Oxford Academy
17 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
20 London Mean Fiddler

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There seem to be a few gaps there, so we're anticipating more confirmed dates soon. Watch this space. MySpace here. Photograph by Ryan Russell.