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Adebisi album and tour
The long-awaited second album from Adebisi Shank (which fans won't be surprised to hear is simply entitled, 'This Is The Second Album Of A Band Called Adebisi Shank') is released in September and the first track from it can now be streamed via our MP3 player, on the right. A second new song will be sent to subscribers of our '10 Collection on Monday.
The band tour the UK next month and dates are below. Look out for the album pre-order (CD and 12" vinyl, along with a t-shirt) coming in a week or two.
07.08 - Glasgow, Captains Rest
08.08 - Edinburgh, Bannermans
09.08 - Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
10.08 - Liverpool, The Shipping Forecast
11.08 - Leciester, Firebug
12.08 - Southampton, Unit
14.08 - Cardiff, Barfly
15.08 - Tunbridge Wells, The Sussex Arms
16.08 - Kingston, The Fighting Cocks
Dad Rocks!
I'm delighted to announce that Dad Rocks!, the solo project from Mimas vocalist Snĉvar Njáll Albertsson, will be joining the BSM family. Combining influences such as Owen and Why? with his own unique lyrical stylings to create this interesting and compelling sound, we'll be releasing the debut EP, 'Digital Age', on August 16th. Originally only available in Denmark via Kanel Records, the UK version will include a bonus track and comes packaged in a childlike popup digipak sleeve. It's available to pre-order now via our online store.
Check out the brilliant video for 'Nothing Keeps Up' (which '10 Collection subscribers may remember from a few weeks back) on the Dad Rocks! band page. We'll be announcing a couple of UK shows for October pretty soon, so check back soon for details.
Off The Cuff
Now in its second year, Off The Cuff festival takes place this weekend (23rd - 25th July) at The Flapper in Birmingham and boasts arguably my favourite lineup of the summer with the likes of Pulled Apart By Horses, Tubelord, Adebisi Shank, Tall Ships, Talons, Men, Tellison, Bats, &U&I (ex-Blakfish), Holy State, Shoes And Socks Off, Boat To Row, Hold Your Horse Is, runWALK and so many more appearing live. To celebrate such a great spectacle, we've helped put together the official festival compilation.
The 16 track CD will be available over the three days of the festival for just £5 and strictly limited to 200 copies in popup digipak sleeves, produced by our sister company, ACD/Sleeve. Any remaining stock will be available via the BSM webstore next week. Tracklisting is below and you can buy tickets for the event here.
01. &U&I - Chancer's Paradise
02. Hold Your Horse Is - Mackerel Jason
03. Bats - Star Wormwood
04. Tangled Hair - Just Like That
05. Shoes And Socks Off - Spit/Shake
06. Tall Ships - Vessels
07. Youves - Casino No, No
08. Talons - Anthropods
09. Adebisi Shank - Oyasumi
10. Dead Lights - Drum Wax
11. Men - Re: Your Re-Branding
12. Bronze Medals - Me In The Majors
13. run,WALK! - He Who Must Not Be Named
14. The James Cleaver Quintet - The Shame
15. Maybeshewill - Co-conspirators
16. Boat to Row - Thimble And Thread
Free Talons single
The first mixes from Talons album are in and sound HUGE! It's already a contender for my album of the year and I can't wait for everyone to hear it. To help fill the gap until then, the band have made a previously unreleased recording available as a free download. Recorded with Tom Woodhead, who also engineered the album, it's named Trevelyan (after Sean Bean's character in Goldeneye, fact fans) and can be found right here... www.musicglue.com/talons
Ahead of the album release in November, the band will have a new CD available exclusively at shows through September. The currently untitled 8 track release features everything they have so far recorded, which shapes up like this...
1. Commiserations Buff Orpington (original demo)
2. The Tragic Decline of Buff Orpington (original demo)
3. The Pearl (from the debut 7")
4. Manatee (7" b-side)
5. Bethlehem (from the sold out And So I Watch You From Afar split single)
6. Anthropods (from the sold out Noumenon split single)
7. Trevelyan (free download, as above)
8. The Pearl (previously unreleased remix)
Keep an eye on www.myspace.com/gotalons for tour dates, which will be announced within the next two weeks.
Hold Your Socks Off
Our new boys Hold Your Horse Is and bearded old-timer (only joking, Toby!) Shoes And Socks Off head out together on a mammoth 28 date tour together in September, following new releases from both in August.
Shoes And Socks Off's new album, the confusingly titled 'Robin Hood Waiter Champion Have-Not', is released on August 9th and can now be pre-ordered from our webstore with an exclusive t-shirt design. Remember that we're posting a video for each track from the record, week by week, leading up to the release. Punktastic have the latest, which of all 10 has the highest budget clocking in at a whopping £5! Check it out, as well as their exclusive interview with Toby and a reminder of July's full band dates here.
Meanwhile, Hold Your Horse Is release their new EP, 'Rammin' It Home', on August 23rd. The 6 track, half an hour long CD is influenced by many previous local heroes including Reuben, Million Dead and Meet Me In St Louis and is their first work for BSM. Preceding the EP is free digital download single, 'You Show Up', now available from their website.
01.09 - Manchester, Retro Bar
02.09 - Crewe, Cross Keys
03.09 - Birmingham, Flapper
04.09 - Nottingham, Chameleon
05.09 - Derby, vines bar
07.09 - London, Old Blue Last
08.09 - York, Stereo
09.09 - Barrow-In-Furness, Canteen
10.09 - Edinburgh, Henry's Cellar Bar
11.09 - Glasgow, 13th Note
12.09 - Aberdeen, Cellar 35
13.09 - Leeds, Royal Park Cellars
15.09 - Leicester, Firebug
16.09 - Ipswich, The Swan
17.09 - Norwich, Marquee
18.09 - Portsmouth, Southsea Fest
19.09 - Southampton, Hamptons
21.09 - Cardiff, Buffalo Bar
22.09 - Newport, Meze Lounge
23.09 - Bristol, Mothers Ruin
24.09 - Plymouth, Skiving Scholar
25.09 - Barnstaple, Riverfront
26.09 - Gloucester, Underground Festival
28.09 - Kingston, Fighting Cocks
29.09 - Brighton, Pav Tav
30.09 - Oxford, The Cellar
01.10 - Canterbury, Caseys
02.10 - Aldershot, West End Centre
Kevin Devine stayed as steam
A year on from the release of latest album, 'Brother's Blood', and his brilliant live performances on tour with Brand New and Manchester Orchestra, Kevin Devine is back with a new EP.
'She Stayed As Steam' is released on July 26th on translucent coke bottle green 12" vinyl and features 6 previously unreleased songs including the title track and 'Big Bad Man', both outtakes from the 'Brother's Blood' sessions, along with two remixes and two live recordings from Kevin's FM4 session in Vienna. The record comes with free download codes and is VERY limited here in the UK.
Pre-order it now from our online store along with a new t-shirt design.
Tour Ships - Updated
Tall Ships have about a million gigs coming up through the summer, including support slots with 65 Days of Static, Futureheads, Tubelord, Maps And Atlases and a bunch of festivals. A few more may be added still so keep an eye on www.myspace.com/tallshipsfromfalmouth. The bands second EP, 'There's Nothing But Chemistry Here', will be released in September.
09.07 - Portsmouth, Drift In The City
10.07 - Bristol, Start the Bus (w/ Sharks)
15.07 - Colchester, Arts Centre (w/ 65 Days Of Static)
17.07 - London, Alcopopalooza @ Brixton Windmill
21.07 - Leeds, The Well
22.07 - Folkstone, The Veiw
23.07 - Aldershot, The Palace (w/ ERRORS)
25.07 - Birmingham, Off The Cuff Festival @ The Flapper
29.07 - London, YOYOS @ Notting Hill Arts Club
04.08 - Newquay, Beach Sessions (w/ Futureheads, Baddies)
05.08 - Truro, Live Bar
06.08 - Bristol, Crack Magazine's Birthday Party @ The Square Club
13.08 - Skipton, Moor Music Festival
14.08 - Middlesbrough, Uncle Alberts
22.08 - Redditch, Morton Stanley festival (w/ Tubelord, Hot Club de Paris)
18.09 - BSM showcase @ Southsea Festival
21.09 - Leeds, Cockpit (w/ Tubelord)
22.09 - Sheffield, The Harley (w/ Tubelord)
24.09 - Northampton, Labour Club (w/ Tubelord)
25.09 - Lincoln, SCY (w/ Tubelord)
26.09 - Underground Festival @ Gloucster Guildhall
27.09 - Norwich, Marquee (w/ Tubelord)
28.09 - Nottingham, Central (w/ Tubelord)
29.09 - Reading, Face Bar (w/ Tubelord)
30.09 - High Wycombe, The Nags Head (w/ Tubelord)
01.10 - Brighton, Audio (w/ Tubelord)
02.10 - Cambridge, Portland Arms (w/ Tubelord)
03.10 - Cardiff, Buffalo (w/ Tubelord)
04.10 - Falmouth, tbc (w/ Tubelord)
05.10 - Exeter, Cavern (w/ Tubelord)
06.10 - Cheltenham, Meantime (w/ Tubelord)
07.10 - London, Water Rats (w/ Tubelord)
08.10 - Brighton, Concorde 2 (w/ 65 Days of Static)
09.10 - Leeds, Brudenell Social Club (w/ Maps And Atlases)
10.10 - Glasgow, Captain's Rest (w/ Maps And Atlases)
11.10 - Manchester, Deaf Institute (w/ Maps And Atlases)
12.10 - London, Cargo (w/ Maps And Atlases)
News in brief
I've posted a lengthy message over at Blog Scary Monsters on pretty much everything. Some of it's covered below, some of it could be new to you. One thing's for sure; there's a heck of a lot going on!
Full band SASO tour
For the first time ever, Toby is taking Shoes And Socks Off on the road as a full band in July! Joined by members of Talons, Palehorse, On Histories Of Rosenberg and Nitkowski, it promises to be quite an occasion. Check them out on the following dates...
24.07 - Rhyhtms Of The World festival, Hitchin (w/ Get Cape Wear Cape Fly and more)
25.07 - Off The Cuff festival, Birmingham (w/ Pulled Apart By Horses and more)
26.07 - Leeds, Nation Of Shopkeepers
27.07 - Nottingham, Chameleon
28.07 - London, Barfly
29.07 - Kingston, Fighting Cocks
30.07 - Brighton, Pav Tav
The 3rd new video from the forthcoming album, 'Robin Hood Waiter Champion Have-Not', is now online via The 405. Check it out. 7 more to come.
Free Tall Ships remix
Having played (and disappointingly lost) in the Alcopop NBA Jam at Pure Groove in London last night, I'm all about the Sega Megadrive right now, so imagine my delight when this lovely remix appeared in my inbox this morning courtest of the wonderful MTBRD. Enjoy!
