MAY BANK HOLiDAY GIGS

This time next week we'll be knee-deep in the first of three sensuous nights with our comrades model village & Alnegator, spread languorously over the impending bank holiday. We'll be making our debut performances in both Cambridge and Oxford, split by a first gig in London for almost 2 years, all courtesy of Crushing Death & Grief & Burn the Jukebox. BRING IT.

Fri 22nd May - The Corner House, Cambridge:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1611722019040792/

Sat 23rd May - The Star of Kings, London:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1632309940326096/
(with added Witching Waves)

Sun 24th May - The Wheatsheaf, Oxford:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1056488611033438/

MAY GIG MADNESS

In a week's time, we'll be setting up for the first of two weekenders this month, encompassing Derby, Milton Keynes, Cambridge, London and Oxford. We're also very happy to be playing with some old friends at each gig. Exciting timez!

08.05.15 | The Hairy Dog, Derby | w/ Cheap Jazz​ & blunt mountains​
https://www.facebook.com/events/408801095945954/

09.05.15 | MK Gallery, Milton Keynes | w/ John Doran/Arabrot, Chrononautz​ & Klaar
https://www.facebook.com/events/450638791751942/

22.05.15 | The Corner House, Cambridge | w/ model village​ & Alnegator​
https://www.facebook.com/events/1611722019040792/

23.05.15 | The Star of Kings, London | w/ Witching Waves​, model village​ & Alnegator​
https://www.facebook.com/events/1632309940326096/

24.05.15 | The Wheatsheaf, Oxford | w/ model village​ & Alnegator​
https://www.facebook.com/events/1056488611033438/

NEW SHOES. I MEAN SHOWS. NEW SHOWS!

Hey there,

We've been delighted by the reaction to 'Labour & Love' (as well as its lovely remixes) in the last week; thanks to everyone who has bought, downloaded and streamed it. We've also enjoyed a healthy amount of radio play with continued support from the BBC's Gideon Coe bolstered by plays from Steve Lamacq and Dean Jackson, as well as The Breakdown in Sheffield. Cheers!

Our minds are currently focussed on sorting out some UK shows in April, May and June to support the release of the album... which reminds me that I need to tell you 'Zoetrope' will be released on Hello Thor Records on 16th March! We have a veritable smorgasbord of gigs coming up and some empty slots to fill on Fridays and Saturdays between these too. Do get in touch if you fancy having us round:

14.04.15 | The Head of Steam, Newcastle
15.04.15 | Kazimier Gardens, Liverpool | w/ Monster Killed By Laser & Gurgles
16.04.15 | Caroline Social Club, Saltaire | w/ Monster Killed By Laser & Gurgles
17.04.15 | The Eagle Inn, Salford | w/ Monster Killed By Laser & Organ Freeman
18.04.15 | Chameleon, Nottingham | w/ Galaxians & Blunt Mountains

22.05.15 | The Corner House, Cambridge | w/ Model Village & Alnegator
23.05.15 | The Star of Kings, London | w/ Model Village & Alnegator
24.05.15 | Venue TBC, Oxford | w/ Model Village & Alnegator

25.06.15 | Venue TBC, Nottingham | w/ Elk & The Skipping Forecast 
26.06.15 | The Audacious Art Experiment, Sheffield | w/ Elk & The Skipping Forecast 
27.06.15 | The Matrix, Grimsby | w/ Elk, The Skipping Forecast & East On Main

SATURDAY: LAST GIG O' T' YEAR(?)

Hola!

This is on Saturday 20 July:

Obligatory Facebook is here. Burn The Jukebox's website is here. Wallop!

This will our last gig in London (and probably anywhere else) for the year as we take some time off over the summer and our lives get incredibly complicated in September, then we'll focus on doing some new stuff!

THE CONTINENT BECKONS...

Aye up,

We finished the Splish/Wet Dog 12" the other day. Ultimate satisfaction was achieved and the audio is currently being pressed to hot dripping black wax as we type. Wait 'til you hear the Wax Stag remix, it's a scorcher. We'll get some things online for your streaming pleasure a little closer to the launch date; until then you'll just have to wait...

IN THE MEANTIME, we have been busily pulling together plans to hire ourselves a van and undertake our first ever European Tour in May! Yus, that's right: what better thing to do than to pile yourself into a small vehicle with your closest friends and far too much heavy equipment and proceed to drive 4,000 miles across six countries in ten days? Odds are that we will lose our minds somewhere around the halfway mark and inexplicably kill each other, but we intend to counter the effects of BEING ON THE ROAD by investing in high-quality BOOZE, which will be used to numb our senses, fill up any remaining space in the van and inevitably guarantee a strip-search at the Swiss border. That's just how we roll.

These are the dates to commit to memory. There will be a test (and probably more detail about venues, promoters and door tax) in April:

CANTALOUPE INAUGURAL EUROPEAN BOOZE JAUNT:
24.05.13 | Brussels, Belgium
25.05.13 | Luxembourg
26.05.13 | Offenbach, Germany
27.05.13 | Zurich, Switzerland
28.05.13 | Orléans, France
29.05.13 | Montpellier, France 
30.05.13 | Bordeaux, France
31.05.13 | Nantes, France
01.06.13 | Rouen, France

Excited? You bet we are!
 

WELCOME TO 2013

Lads and ladies,

We're back, and it's 2013: what the fuck is going on? We have plans a-plenty, ranging from finishing some tracks for a new 12" that we started recording with Mr Pete Fletcher before Christmas, due out on Hello Thor in early summer, to our first! ever! European Tour! at the end of May. We're planning on visiting Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and France, so get in touch if you want us to play near you - we're particularly keen to stop in at Luxembourg and Lichtenstein if we're given half a chance. And anywhere selling half-decent booze for cheap, no doubt. Other grand plans will be unveiled as the year progresses.

But what about UK gigs? Oh yes, we have some grand plans there too. First up, we're reconnecting with old friends Burn The Jukebox to play this gig in the capital city next Saturday:

We have also been promised the following fine things:

+ CAKES!
+ BURGERS! (upstairs!)
+ PINTS!

@ THE SEBRIGHT ARMS (closest tube – Bethnal Green, or BR Bethnal Green/Cambridge Heath, or buses up BG or Hackney Road)

8pm start, £3 o.t.d

R.S.V.P on facebook here.

See you there, yeah?

IMMINENT UK TOUR

Did you know that we're about to embark on a short UK tour with our good buddies Galaxians later this week? There's a Facebook event page here, or check out details of individual gigs below:

Wednesday 24th - THE GREEN ROOM, SHEFFIELD
http://www.facebook.com/events/370736003004312/

Thursday 25th - WHARF CHAMBERS, LEEDS

http://www.facebook.com/events/150596828412569/

Friday 26th - FUEL, MANCHESTER
http://www.facebook.com/events/454034644627605/

Saturday 27th - ONE THORESBY STREET, NOTTINGHAM
http://www.facebook.com/events/434925956544250/

Sunday 28th - OLD BLUE LAST, LONDON
http://www.facebook.com/events/225684324227749/

 

These will be our last live dates for a short while as we finish up on recording and mixing a bunch of new songs that we've been prepping this year. But have no fear! We have grand plans afoot for a handful of live dates in a couple of months and then MOAR TOURING ACKSHUN next year!

UK TOUR WITH GALAXIANS

 In October we will head out on a brief tour with our favourite band. Life is sweet:

 
The schedule:
24.10.12 | The Green Room, Sheffield | w/ Galaxians
25.10.12 | Wharf Chambers, Leeds | w/ Galaxians & Chrononautz
26.10.12 | Fuel, Manchester | w/ Galaxians
27.10.12 | Game City Closing Party @ One Thoresby Street, Nottingham | w/ Galaxians
28.10.12 | Old Blue Last, London | w/ Galaxians

Facebook event page

TORA! TORA! TORA!

Guten tag!

HUGE thanks to everyone who came out to the Teapot EP launch party and made it such a special night. We had an incredible time and Eleanor Lee, Nordenfelt, Azores and Forever Sound were all absolutely brilliant. Thanks too to FourbeatWalk, Hello Thor and our dedicated army of DJs and cake-bakers for making it super-sensual.

Here's a little camera-recorded video from our set:



Now we head out on our debut UK tour over the next week! Come and see us if you're in the vicinity:

03.06.12 | Power Lunches Arts Café, London | w/ Verity Susman (Electrelane), Yola Fatoush, Sacred Paws & Flamingods 
04.06.12 | The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds | w/ Runners & Galaxians
06.06.12 | Bloc Bar, Glasgow | w/ Forever Sound & Ancients 
07.06.12 | The Puzzle Hall Inn, Sowerby Bridge | w/ Buen Chico

08.06.12 | KRAAK, Manchester | w/ The FTSE 100, New Hips, Pooch & Arts and Craftwerk

We're also playing Sheffield and Liverpool later in the month - the latter with Damo Suzuki & Mugstar, which we're naturally quite excited about. More on this and much, much more soon...

TEAPOT EP LAUNCH PARTY & UK TOUR

Right you rotten lot,

Gideon Coe was good enough to play Scuttle on his show again tonight - cheers fella!

But this is the news we want to tell you about:

 

That's right, we're gonna have a good time. We're gonna have a party. In Nottingham And you're invited. You'll be able to buy a copy of the EP a good 3 weeks before its official release date and we have a couple of surprises up our sleeves. Come! It'll be awesome!

Oh, and after that we'll be heading out on the road around the UK with copies of the EP (and hopefully some super-snazzy t-shirts) in tow:

01.06.12 | Spanky Van Dykes, Nottingham | EP Launch Party with Azores, Nordenfelt & Forever Sound
02.06.12 | UK Tour darn sarf - get in touch!
03.06.12 | Power Lunches Arts Café, London | w/ Verity Susman (Electrelane), Sacred Paws & Flamingods
04.06.12 | The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds | w/ Runners & Galaxians

05.06.12 | UK Tour oop noorf - get in touch!

06.06.12 | Bloc Bar, Glasgow
07.06.12 | The Puzzle Hall Inn, Sowerby Bridge

08.06.12 | KRAAK, Manchester | w/ The FTSE 100, New Hips, Pooch & Arts and Craftwerk

As you can see, we've got a couple of gaps that we're trying to fill... we have things in the works, but if you're interested in helping us out, get in touch - we'd love to hear from you. You may have noticed from the videos of our performances at the Music Exchange and Holy Smokes! that we don't even need a PA!

Oh, and we'll be doing a couple of fantastic shows later in the month:

20.06.12 | The Green Room, Sheffield |  People are Strange
22.06.12 | The Kazimier, Liverpool | w/ Damo Suzuki & Mugstar, Mind Mountain

Excitement overload! Of course, if you can't make a show, you can always pre-order a copy of the EP from Hello Thor RIGHT NOW, by following this link and clicking on 'Records' under SHOP on the left-hand side.

MINIATOUR

Dave finally snaps after Simmo smuggles battery-powered keyboard in to tour van

A MINIATOUR (mini-uh-tawr) (n.) (not to be confused with a minotaur, as pictured above) is the kind of tour that is undertaken a band featuring three overworked 30-something office functionaries with limited holiday entitlement . It lasts for four! whole! dates! and isn't even sequential any more.

Yet despite its diminutive stature, it's still a bloody good thing, and we are tickled pink to be engaging in such a venture - especially in such stellar company. We'll be playing four shows with our esteemed comrades and highly regarded members of the IAOWB (International Association of One-Off Wedding Bands) PAPIER TIGRE, all the way from Nantes, France. And a further three with Scotch guitar thaumaturge RM HUBBERT.

Dates are as follows - if you are one of the approximately 17% of the population that live either in London, Nottingham, Manchester or Derby you've really no excuse not to be there.

03 May | The Old Blue Last | London (w/ Papier Tigre)
04 May | Chameleon | Nottingham (w/ Papier Tigre and RM Hubbert)
05 May | Night & Day Café | Manchester (w/ Papier Tigre and RM Hubbert)
12 May | Holy Smokes Festival | The Salt Mill, Derby (w/ Papier Tigre and RM Hubbert)

To get you all aquiver with excitation, here are some fine videos or our touring partners:






See you there!