Tony Moss, MD of BMG Rights UK said "We love the band and see this as a great way to help them get some records out and grow the fanbase.

Hopefully, this will be a big step on the way to long term success" [5] Lead-singer Rob Shah said "We’re all really excited about the deal; it means that fans will soon be able to buy our music.

We’ve been in talks with different people this year but we’re really excited about what BMG have to offer and really looking forward to 2010" [5][6] The band began recording their first EP January 2010 with Adam Zindani of the Stereophonics as producer.

Taking with them a production team consisting of Jim Lowe (The Charlatans, The Noisettes), Adam Zindani (Stereophonics) and John Davis (Florence and the Machine, Snow Patrol, Kaiser Chiefs), Hip Parade recorded at the Monnow Valley Studio in Wales and at Vale Studios in Worcestershire in 2011.

The album includes the tracks "Girl on the Radio", "Katie Goes Dancing", "Catastrophe", "Dynamite" and "Teenage Romance".