▁' self - im posed ▁ret irement ' ▁to ▁join ▁musical ▁friends ▁from ▁The ▁Gre ys ▁pub ▁in ▁a ▁re he ars al ▁room . ▁The ▁new ▁songs ▁that ▁came ▁from ▁these ▁sessions ▁inspired ▁the ▁formation ▁of ▁a ▁band , ▁ambigu ously ▁named ▁' D ates '. ▁D ates ▁music ▁echo ed ▁elements ▁of ▁the ▁Pir an has ▁in ▁that ▁qu ir ky ▁lyr ics ▁were ▁at ▁the ▁fore front ▁of ▁their ▁sound , ▁plus ▁the ▁band ▁was ▁front ed ▁by ▁two ▁singer ▁guitar ists , ▁but ▁although ▁still ▁highly ▁mel od ic ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁lot ▁br ash er ▁and ▁heav ier ▁util ising ▁dist orted ▁gu it ars ▁and ▁feedback . ▁▁ ▁D ates ▁debut ▁album , ▁First ▁Party , ▁Fire ▁and ▁The ft ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁H ah ! ▁Records ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁gain ing ▁air play ▁on ▁BBC ▁ 6 Music ▁from ▁Phill ▁Jup it us . ▁The ▁band ▁dissol ved ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁Gro ver ▁and ▁Hel mer ▁reun ited ▁to ▁co - write ▁new ▁material ▁and ▁perform ▁together ▁again ▁as ▁Pir an has ▁ 3 D . ▁The ▁new ▁line - up ▁featured ▁Gro ver , ▁guitar ▁and ▁vocals ; ▁Hel mer , ▁guitar ▁and ▁vocals ; ▁O wen inst ere o ▁( O wen ▁K ellett ) ▁bass ▁and ▁vocals ; ▁Steve ▁Burn aby ▁Dav ies , ▁drums , ▁per cussion ▁and ▁vocals , ▁with ▁guest ▁Domin ic ▁Dr ing