We braved the snow/ice/sleet/cold and made it Kingston and back. Thanks to The Spunk for playing their first gig anywhere near London since 1991 and thanks to The 9s - a worthy discovery! You guys were great. Ta.
Thing that might be it for gigs this year now. It's been busy. 2011 needs to be busier to stave off the madness though.
Shall we?
The new EP from Eighth Day Army is here! Worth the wait. It's awesome. Get it. CLICK HERE. Then you can get the whole damn thing FOR FREE. You are dead if you don't get it. DEAD.
We are also at The Chameleon in Nottingham on Saturday 13th November for MixUp's annual Birthday gig (ALL WELCOME BTW) and then back in the studio to record an even tighter, sweeter, louder take of 'By The Sea' for the 7inch.
100th post on the blog here.
THANKS AND THAT.
Doing this:
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So I'll see you at Dublin Castle in Camden. Thursday 4th November. 8pm sharp!
It'll be all :
We're playing the Hockley Hustle weekend. TWICE! Cause we're all about Oxfam or something.
So this is this Saturday - lots of our chums, like Cecille Gray and Sofa King, on the bill - it'll be right good. Click it - it'll make it bigger so you can read it and stuff.
BEFORE
Thursday 7th October:: KNIFE CUTTER play THE ALLEY CAFE in Nottingham as part of INFL's WIRE AND WOOL - upstairs..for free..sometime after 11pm.
THEN
CHOIR PRACTICE over at The Social LINK - Lord Joseph Need of The Wickets is helping make that shit happen. Go and dance a bit.
I went for a skate after the gig and completely spooned myself. Full on superman dive off the board. Amazing landing using my knee and elbow and hat. Walked away with only minor scrapes. It was utterly hilarious...and NO ONE saw. I was disappointed, because it was so damn funny someone deserved to laugh at my expense. Oh well.
Northampton yesterday was pretty epic. First M1 jaunt with the new van. It did not explode. Which was nice.
It's big enough that everyone pretty much has their own row to lord about on.
Northampton was very accommodating, the venue was right next to the Carlsberg factory. They had bottles of Carlsberg for a pound a go if you were in a band..think they nicked em from their bins or something.
Apple Shift Seven and Thracia were super fun and nice and even bought some records. THANK A YOU! Check them out.
We had to leave when it all got a bit Dancing Joe:
Front and Centre!
We have quite a few gigs coming up between now and the end of the year.
Have a look at our myspace for the full list.
TA
xx
They sound wild! Again, all recorded live with us playing in the same room at the same time to tape. It sounds different to Big Animals though..BIGGER almost..different..new!
Sunday was a solid day of setting up, getting levels, making sure we were all happy with the sounds coming back off the tape..once we were (took most of the day) we just kept going til we got the right take. This took roundabout 9 tries for By The Sea each take getting faster by 5 seconds exactly. We were done at 3.35. Newspaper got done in fewer takes..in fact the take we went with may even be the first take (proper) we did a version first with an extended part that we all agreed was a waste of time.
So here we are. Mixing the tracks tomorrow. Vocals were all done on Monday whilst the rest of us made tea for those working..skived off to play GTA4...made lunch for everyone which included an insanely hot scotch bonnet (vicar) and was too hot for some..read viz...drew artwork ideas..and defaced whatever was laying around:
Ain't nothing better than tape!
Squarepusher presents - Shobaleader One - d'Demonstrator from Warp Records on Vimeo.
The unstoppable KnifeCutter (wickets drums+guitar noise 2 piece) are doing this:
It did!
My first GIF, my mother will be so proud.
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INFLUX Festival was amazing. Loads of new faces, plenty of old! THANKS to all who gave us love.
In other news Captain Cor Blimey appear to have lost their cymbals. They played outside at around 6.30, finished around 7.10. After getting their gear packed down their cymbals got misplaced. We hope another band picked them up in error and that someone knows where they are. Full set of cymbals in pro-racket bag.
IF YOU HAVE THEM
IF YOU SAW THEM
IF YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ARE
They just want them back!
This will put the band out of action until they are replaced.
A massive blow.
PLEASE HELP!
Message us
or
message CCB via http://www.myspace.com/captaincorblimey
or
find us on facebook
or
track us down in the street.
ANY HELP is huge!
THANKS
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Finally - Leeds gig this week at Rios has been cancelled.
Sorry if anyone was heading out to see us. We're re-booking ASAP.
We're booking a September tour as we speak. If you want to have us. Get in touch.
See you in a bit.
Gonna be reet loud.
If you are not on board with We Are Knuckle Dragger - - do this http://www.myspace.com/weareknuckledragger
And then TDA it: http://www.myspace.com/thatdefensivearm
Til then!
Our sweet van is no more...return to sender..move on with your life and all that...
Now taking donations..USED BAND SEEKS ROOMY VAN
Tickets on sale via www.mesters.co.uk and from any member of the band and from all upcoming Mesters gigs. Give us a shout if you want a ticket! THIS WILL SELL OUT!
Serf Combat - check them out - www.myspace.com/serfcombat - Springsteenian Punk
Wonk Unit - check them out - www.myspace.com/wonkunitband - well endowed acoustic poet
Was a night of excellent music, we all had a blast.
