'' Ritual '' , Jape 's first album in four years , was released under the Co-op label on 4 June 2008 . It entered the Irish album charts at number fifteen , while the '' Irish Independent '' s John Meagher named it his twentieth best Irish album of the 2000s . '' Ritual '' featured ten tracks , including " Streetwise " , " Graveyard " and " Strike Me Down " , all of which had previously been performed live . The album was preceded by the single " I Was a Man " , whilst a video for the song " Graveyard " , which was filmed in an actual graveyard in Dublin , was also released . There was a host of Irish and European dates and festival appearances to promote the album in June 2008 , including performances at the Róisín Dubh in Galway and Vicar Street and the Road Records music store in Dublin . Appearances alongside CSS , Battles and MGMT on the Park Stage and Dance Stage at Glastonbury in England on 28 – 29 June and an appearance at the Ola Festival in Spain followed . Jape then opened for The Flaming Lips at Belsonic in Belfast on 11 August 2008 and performed a free show as part of Heineken Green Spheres in Cork alongside Donal Dineen on 19 November 2008 . Supporting Friendly Fires led to the English band remixing Jape 's " Strike Me Down " single . There was also an appearance at Electric Picnic 2008 to follow the appearance Electric Picnic 2006 . Tony Clayton-Lea , writing in '' The Irish Times '' beforehand , said : " Suffice to say that if this whippet-thin geezer is n't one of the highlights of this year 's Picnic then that 's it &mdash; we give up " . In December 2008 , Jape fans were behind an unsuccessful petition to have the single " Phil Lynott " become the Christmas number one single in Ireland
Electric Picnic 2008
Electric Picnic 2008
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