Santa Dog are playing legendary club night Espionage on Friday 8th February. Supported by up and coming indie pop band The Kick Inside. Doors are at 9.30 p.m. The Kick Inside are onstage at 10.15 p.m. Santa Dog are onstage at 11.00 p.m.

Santa Dog play sparkly, summer-soaked pop with chiming guitars and a sinister perimeter.

Think Blondie going two rounds with the Smiths on the edge of a cliff with a stiff breeze whipping up skirts and causing mischief and you're still nowhere near capturing the band's distinctive sound and uniquely English charm. Formed in 2005, the band initially self-released three EPs, followed by a 7" with SoundsXPerience and debut album 'Kittyhawk' with Quince Records in Japan.

The band have received airplay on Radio 1 (Huw Stephens), Kerrang (Cntrl, Alt Delete & Indie Nation shows), XFM Scotland (Jim Gellatly), local BBC stations and numerous worldwide specialist alt/indie shows including Babes in Boyland (Paris), Popscene (Radio Bremen, Germany) & US college radio. Live, Santa Dog have played all over the UK and further afield, including dates in Paris, Toronto, & Austria and have gigs in Italy, France and the UK lined up for early 2008.