8 posts tagged “london”
Yes, 'Leave' is finally released this week...you can now download it from iTunes, Napster, Amazon and many others. The release goes out with a fantastic remix of 'Cover My Eyes' by the ambient popsters Kyte, which we're sharing here - have a listen and see what you think!
To celebrate the single release, we're having a launch party in the form of a RoTa showcase at Notting Hill Arts Club this Saturday (13th September). It kicks off at 4pm and is FREE admission to all. We'll be hitting the stage at around 7pm but come down early if you can to catch support from fellow slicethepi-ers The Keyz, Themselves and Timothy Edwards!
As if that wasn't enough, when we recover from the inevitable saturday night drunkeness, we're heading over to Proud Galleries, Camden to join another afternoon showcase, this time in support of the hotly tipped Dirty Skirts....it's also FREE (apologies for capitalising that word every time) and is sure to be a great afternoon as there are a load of acts on the bill - we may be looking a little worse for wear by that stage though!
We're kind of nearly getting there at last....We've spent some time back in the studio this month going over the final mixes of tracks for the album 'Deletia'. It's all coming together really well now although we're up against it trying to meet our planned release date - but so it goes! :) Thought I'd upload something new from the album anyway and see what people think. This is a brand new track called 'Army Of Two'. It'll be the last song on the album.....and is quite short and gentle sounding compared to a lot of the stuff we've posted previously so thought it might make a nice change! The songs we've put down for the album itself are quite diverse, but hopefully this'll give some idea of the range of sounds we're going for anyway...Gavin did an excellent job producing this - thankfully he really knew what we were trying to achieve with the ending - which is always a good thing ;) Hope you like it anyway!
A quick reminder once again to all you London folks that we'll be at Storm in Leicester Square this Friday night. We've never played the venue before but it should be a blast anyway - come along if you can!
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Damn! This is exciting - I think I'm going to chew my arm off before this thing is over! For any of you that haven't heard us yelling about it for the last week or so, we are in the indie/rock showcase at slicethepie.com - a site where artists get their songs reviewed, and those with the highest ratings compete for financing (from users of the site) of £15,000 to produce an album. The earnings from said album are then shared with those who helped finance it (hence the slice-a-da-pie).
Along with 13 other artists we made it through to the showcase stage where a final winner is voted upon to gain the financing...and we're now in 1st place! Thanks so much to any and every one who has voted for us so far - and especially to Rachel and Krissy at Vox for featuring our plight on the explore page this week!
We are not yet in the clear however, as the showcase doesn't close until next Wednesday..and it is a very close race at the minute! If you haven't voted already, please take a moment to help us out by registering (for free) and voting for us in the showcase. It only takes a minute, but we're at the stage where literally every vote makes a difference!
In all the excitement, we had almost forgotten about gigs! We'll be playing at the Lark in the Park, Islington this coming Tuesday (11th December) for any of you London-based Voxers, who'd like to come along. We should be hitting the stage around 9pm, and it'd be great to meet up with any of you that can make it...
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For Nottingham-based people (are there any on here I wonder? Maybe...who knows? ) we'll be playing The Tone Club at Nottingham Trent Uni this Friday night. It's open to all and only £3.50 on the door so come along if you can. Also, another reminder that we've also got a couple of London gigs coming up next week at The Dublin Castle (Mon 19th) and Notting Hill Arts Club (Sat 24th). See the last post for more details on those, but would be great to catch up with any of you that can make it down to see us.
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Quick update about our London gigs for this month, the first of which will be at The Dublin Castle, Camden on Mon 19th November (see poster and flyer below). We haven't played there for a while and are really looking forward ot this one, not least because we're going to be trying out some new songs for the first time. We'll be on first though (about 8.30pm-ish) so get down there early if you can!
We'll also be playing at RoTa @ Notting Hill Arts Club the following saturday (24th Nov) as part of a Shifty Disco showcase event which will be featuring some great bands and will be well worth checking out. The saturday RoTa gigs are in the afternoon (4-8pm) and are FREE admission too - definitely not to be missed! Look forward to seeing some of you down there if you can make it..
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A quick note about our gig @ Madame JoJo's, Soho this Thurs (13th Sept) night. If anyone is in the area that night please come along and check us out, say hi, hang around, get drunk, enjoy the good vibes etc, etc...
We're looking forward to it as it is a great place and a cool night as well (see flyer below), with several bands and DJs (including a DJ set from the Infadels) - and a late bar. We'll be on about 9.30 if you're able to make it down.
Hope to catch you there!
I thought i'd post an older track for people to have a listen to, ahead of our next Shifty Disco release next Friday. This song is a little different to our recent recordings in that it's bit longer, something of an epic really, and it was produced by ourselves so doesn't have quite the same gloss on it so to speak. Nonetheless, it was our first single release on Shifty Disco - kind of a piano / synth ballad - and it always seems to go down well live (and we still love playing it!). Please have a listen and let me know your thoughts on it anyway..
If anyone fancies coming to see us live by the way, we are playing at the Clapham Grand, London next Saturday (28th July). Tickets are just £6 from ticketweb and include access to the club afterwards until 3am (we are onstage approx 7.40pm apparently). It's going to be a great show anyway - hope some of you can make it!
Have a great (although likely very wet) weekend!
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It's great to have received some positive feedback about 'Stay as you are' - I'll definitely be posting some of our other tracks from the same session soon.
In the meantime, here's a quick post by way of an advert for our next London date at The Clapham Grand on Saturday the 28th July. Tickets are only £6 from ticketweb.co.uk, or alternatively just pm me for more details.
We're looking forward to what should be a really great night with live visuals galore (assuming they let me use the projector on the night of course!)
Great if some you can make it..!
Ben
Also playing the following venues / dates:
Mon 16th July - The Charlotte, Leicester
Sat 28th July - The Grand, Clapham, London
Fri 10th August - Jericho Tavern, Oxford
Wed 15th August - The Pleasure Unit, Bethnal Green
Fri 31st August - The GO! Club, Birmingham
Thurs 13th Sept - Madame JoJo's , Soho, London
