Brakes is comprised of members of British Sea Power, Electric Soft Parade, Restlesslist, Pipettes and Tenderfoot. The band have toured with Belle And Sebastian, The Killers, Buck 65, and Editors, as well as headlining many tours of their own. Touchdown was recorded at the legendary Glasgow studio Chem 19 by The Delgados Paul Savage (Mogwai, Arab Strap, Malcolm Middleton) and mastered by the similarly legendary Alan Douches at West West Side, NY. Two singles are being released to coincide with the album ? Colin Murray has fervently supported the first, Hey Hey, on his radio show, and the songs Iseetigers produced video featured as a Drowned In Sound exclusive before its universal release.