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Haircut 100 band members Nick Heyward, Les Nemes, Graham Jones and Blair Cunningham announcing the album Boxing The Compass

Haircut 100 To Release New Album Boxing The Compass In May

by Paul Cashmere

Haircut 100 will release their new album Boxing The Compass on May 29, the first studio album from the band’s classic line-up since their 1982 breakthrough Pelican West.

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