'Dark Touches', the new album from Har Mar Superstar and his first since 2004's 'The Handler', is released on 13 October and Har Mar, the alter ego of Sean Tillman, is touring the new material announcing eight UK dates in a little over a week, later this year.

Since The Handler, self-styled love-God Har Mar has been busy touring, contributing to a few movie soundtracks including Paris Hilton cringeathon House of Wax, and generally continuing to look like US adult movie star Ron Jeremy. He has also been touring with Neon Neon, the 2008 Mercury award-nominated band created by Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys and producer Boom Bip.

The UK tour begins in Oxford on 29 November and closes eight gigs and nine days later at Manchester's Ruby Lounge, after which Har Mar will need a lie down. Probably with a lady.