 After only eight gigs they headlined at Loughborough University to a crowd of over 500 people.The band signed a one single deal with Fiction Records, and the resulting single "Politics & Cigarettes" sold out within a week.Having supported The Paddingtons, The Horrors, The View, Milburn, Larrikin Love, Babyshambles and Boy Kill Boy, and played at Manchester's In the City and Leicester's Summer Sundae festivals, The Voom Blooms have concentrated on recording their debut album.