ON TOUR

Aye up,

Thanks to everyone who came out for the launch of the Splish/Wet Dog 12"; we managed to sell Chameleon out (apologies ot anyone who couldn't get in!) and had an absolutely brilliant time. Extra special love goes out to I AM LONO, The Cusp and The Kneel Before Zod Video Club of Nottingham Club for their sterling, stellar work on the night. Left Lion also furnished us with a lovely glowing review of the night.

If you missed out on the gig, Splish/Wet Dog will be available in all remaining half-decent actual record shops from Monday 17th June.

If you're too excited, you  can pre-order it here from Hello Thor and get yer download codes in advance of the vinyl platter in June.

If you're in the Nottingham way, I'm sure we'll bring some copies to the Fists album launch all-dayer on Saturday 8th June too... assuming we have any left from our impending exploits abroad:

Oof! We can't wait.

MARCOS VALLE INVITES YOU TO OUR E.P. LAUNCH GIG!

I'm obsessed with this song (and album) at the moment.

Oh yeah, and of course you need to come to tomorrow night's gig at the Chameleon, Nottingham: 

HELLO THOR RECORDS PRESENTS

A 12" Launch Party

CANTALOUPE
I AM LONOTHE CUSP

With live visuals from KNEEL BEFORE ZOD

£6 pre-order ticket includes 12" and download code!
http://hellothor.limitedrun.com/tickets/81-cantaloupe-12-launch-party-saturday-11th-may-2013

£4 on the door

Also joining us will be Nottingham synth-pop misanthropes I AM LONO:
http://www.facebook.com/ILIKELONO

And shoe-gazing hot stuff THE CUSP:
http://thecusp.bandcamp.com/

And there'll be live visuals from obscure cinema renegades THE KNEEL BEFORE ZOD VIDEO CLUB OF NOTTINGHAM CLUB!
http://www.facebook.com/KNLBFRZD

Yer obligatory Facebook event page is here: https://www.facebook.com/events/349252181847531/?fref=ts

Bring cake! See you there xx

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This is the only place that you can buy the "Splish/Wet Dog" 12" and copies will be available exclusively at the gig: http://hellothor.limitedrun.com/tickets/81-cantaloupe-12-launch-party-saturday-11th-may-2013. For £6 you'll get into the gig, we'll give you a beautiful 12" single with download codes on the night, plus you'll get an immediate download of Splish, right now. Tickets without the 12" will be £4 on the door only - don't be late or you won't get in!

Following the gig, the 12" will be available for pre-order exclusively from www.hellothor.com from Sunday 12th May until it hits actual record shops from Monday 17th June.

The word is already beginning to spread! We spoke our brains to Mike Atkinson for a forthcoming piece in Nottingham Evening Post this week and Artrocker and Drowned in Sound have picked up preview pieces on our nu choons:

http://www.artrocker.tv/features/article/nottingham-alive-blog-6

http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4146374-drowned-in-nottingham-14

Oh, and you wanna hear Wet Dog? Left Lion are exclusively streaming it from today:

http://www.leftlion.co.uk/articles.cfm/title/listen--wet-dog-by-cantaloupe/id/5904#.UY04pqLD-z5

Oof! That's plenty for the time being.

11th MAY 2013: WILL BE OFFICIALLY THE BEST DAY EVER

Well, so say us anyway. Oh yeah! This is why:

HELLO THOR RECORDS PRESENTS
A 12" Launch Party

CANTALOUPE
I AM LONO
THE CUSP

With live visuals from KNEEL BEFORE ZOD

£6 pre-order ticket includes 12" and download code!
http://hellothor.limitedrun.com/tickets/81-cantaloupe-12-launch-party-saturday-11th-may-2013

£4 on the door

We are delighted to announce the release of HT016, a floor-filling 12" by Cantaloupe.

Featuring two tracks produced by Fletcher & Wells (Nottingham's answer to Stock, Aitken and Waterman) and a remix by Wax Stag, this sensual slab of vinyl is krautrock taken to its illogical boogie conclusion. Ridiculous, but totally bangin'.

Also joining us will be Nottingham synth-pop misanthropes I AM LONO:
http://www.facebook.com/ILIKELONO

And shoe-gazing hot stuff THE CUSP:
http://thecusp.bandcamp.com/

And there'll be live visuals from obscure cinema renegades THE KNEEL BEFORE ZOD VIDEO CLUB OF NOTTINGHAM CLUB!
http://www.facebook.com/KNLBFRZD

Bring cake! See you there xx

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That's right, advance tickets are now on sale at http://hellothor.limitedrun.com/tickets/81-cantaloupe-12-launch-party-saturday-11th-may-2013. For £6 you'll get into the gig, we'll give you a beautiful 12" single with download codes on the night, plus you'll get an immediate download of Splish, right now. We've purposely held back on sending out promos or uploading Splish onto any streaming sites so that anyone buying a ticket for the show gets an EXCLUSIVE first listen. And as it's the best thing we've ever done (he says, modestly) and may ever do, we're just a tad proud of it. Enjoy!

And yer obligatory Facebook event page is here: https://www.facebook.com/events/349252181847531/?fref=ts

THIS IS THE NEWS: Splish/Wet Dog 12" on its way!

Bosh!

Christ, it's been quiet since a fantastic gig at the Sebright Arms in London, courtesy of those wonderful Burn The Jukebox fellas. Cheers lads, etc.

It's been so quiet because we've been locked away in the studio, putting the finishing touches to our next release... which will be a fancy black floor-filling disco-tastic 12" which will be HT016 on Hello Thor, to be released this summer, probably in early June.

Featuring two tracks produced by Fletcher & Wells (Nottingham's answer to Stock, Aitken and Waterman) and a remix by Wax Stag, this sensual slab of vinyl is krautrock taken to its illogical boogie conclusion. Ridiculous, but totally bangin'. Splish has been our set-closer for every gig we've played since we wrote it and is everyone's favourite song. Wet Dog is a jazz/dub/acid mongrel that confuses everyone but inspires love in that strange way that only slightly misshapen and quirky crossbreeds can. Both have received the magic Fletcher/Wells treatment, with Wax Stag weighing in his own version of Splish to up the stardust-sprinkled feeling. Needless to say, we're immensely proud of this one.

So we're going to have a party to celebrate it, joined by our good friends I Am Lono and The Cusp. Full details to be posted ASAP, but live! updates! for the event at the inimitable Chameleon Arts Cafe in Nottingham on Saturday 11th May can be found on ye Facebook...

And what after that? Well, we thought we might as well go and CONQUER EUROPE while we're at it. So look out for some TOUR DATES soon, yeah?