MAX Raptor, Burton-on-Trent 's punk rock'n'roll four-piece, are embarking on a headline tour in support of their new single, My Heart Is Pumping To A Brand New Beat.

These cornerstones of the Midlands alternative rock scene will play The Duchess in York on Sunday and the Temple Of Boom in Leeds on Wednesday, backed by Freeze The Atlantic and Speaking In Italics.

Heralded by Kerrang! magazine and BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe, Max Raptor have one album to their name, Mother’s Ruin, released on Naim Edge Records last year, and their Sonisphere festival set was given the Craziest Moshpit of Sonisphere 2014 Award by rock blog Sinister Resistance.