Bnann, Matt, Wag, Al and Richie have spent the past five years battling around the world as the purveyors of premier league electronic rock n roll. Along the way they have headlined major festivals, toured with the likes of the Prodigy and the Chemical Brothers, journeyed as far as Hong Kong, China and Australia, not to mention a few near death experiences in the US and Russia, normally involving high speed pile-ups and nose-diving Aeroflot flights.

But let’s not forget about the music. In 2006 they released the now classic “We Are Not The Infadels” to universal acclaim. They would later earn plaudits for setting the musical landscape that the Klaxons and more recently La Roux and Delphic now inhabit.

The success of “We Are Not…” resulted in an unbelievable touring schedule that earned them reputation of being not only one of the hardest working outfits but also one of the finest. Their shows became something of legend, high energy affairs that left crowds soaked with sweat, the band requiring stitches and at worst, a full leg plaster cast. The success of singles such as “Can’t Get Enough” and “Love Like Semtex” cemented the Infadels as one of the biggest British bands in Europe.

After this came the album “Universe In Reverse”, a more guitar driven and lyrically reflective record, fuelled by the message of triumph over adversity. It’s inception was initially fraught, with the band fighting their way out of mounting debts, a result of being swindled out of two years touring profits. From the darkness came the hit single “Free Things For Poor People”, following which the band threw £5000 out of a central London window and had their collars felt by the local constabulary. The song went on to be their most successful yet and found them landing unexpected daytime airplay across the world.

Again more touring followed, culminating at the Lowlands Festival in Holland where Infadels headlined to overwhelming praise, even beating NERD and the Foo Fighters in the end of year polls.

And that brings us to the present and their new record. This time we find the band steering firmly into the electronic arena, enlisting dance music producer Alex Metric to ensure the party will be in full swing. Couple this with the bands laser firing, euphoric yet chilling future world vision and you have “The Future of the Gravity Boy”.

“This album is about the survival of human skills in the technological age” says singer Bnann. “I created a fantasy where the hopes of the human race were rested on a savior who wasn’t the fittest, fasted guy out there. Instead I wanted someone who stood up for the confused but skilled everyman. Someone whose place in society was being replaced by computer programs, automated machinery or just wiped out altogether”

Richie adds, “the Gravity Boy is an allegory to show how people with a vision should share that vision in order to make things happen. The album is intended as a call to arms. The basic manifesto is stand up and be counted!”

With Metric at the controls, the album sonically matches this message with the band wrestling unpredictable analog synths and effects to create an atmosphere of humans at war with the flashing, beeping machines around them.

“Alex is a man on a similar mission to us”, says Bnann, “he’s got a lot to prove and so far he’s really proving it”

All this is encapsulated in the hallucinatory ‘Ghosts’, which showcases the skills of both band and producer. Back with the sound and a vision befitting of the times and with an album that is uplifting and macabre in equal measure, the Infadels return to shake up the musical landscape once more.

Expect the dark disco to arrive in the first half of 2010.