Late November 2009

Hello!

I'm writing this from a plane heading for Denver from Philadelphia, where we enjoyed a great gig playing a live radio session for WXPN. Theyve been really supportive of us from the start, and theyre a great station with a loyal following. If you fancy it, you could listen again on http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120745108 whilst reading this. Why not put the kettle on and get comfy...

Lots has happened since we last spoke we thoroughly enjoyed touring supporting the wonderfully eclectic and hilarious Bob Schneider, along with his fantastically tight and entertaining band. They (and of course his enthusiastic audiences) made us feel very welcome.

After shows in Des Moines Iowa, Minneapolis Minnesota, Madison Wisconsin, Chicago Illinois, Burlington Vermont, Teaneck New Jersey, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Pittsburgh, and Brooklyn New York, we finished up in Baltimore - Maryland. Phew!

It was our first time in the city; The Ravens had lost a home game to the Indianapolis Colts (17-15 since you ask) and we were a little anxious because just as we pulled up outside the venue, two large men fell out of the bar next door punching each other. Thankfully, The 8x10 was full of music-appreciators who were seemingly indifferent to any sporting defeats, and it turned out to be a great gig to end the tour on. Bob invited us back on stage for the encore; encouraged by our less-than-sober state by then, we provided some manly backing vocals to Sex Machine, whilst I shook a tambourine, Kristian did some falsetto freestyling over a breakdown, and Jamie sang, played melodica, euphonium, and even gamely prodded at a keyboard. At the same time!*

We were without tour bus or gourmet catering for this trip, so we definitely feel like weve been on the road in a very real sense for the last month! We shared driving duties, personal space, and good wholesome times, mainly spent in a van that we managed to load each night in a Tetris-style fashion, ensuring we generally had a bench each to lie down on for the often large distances we covered in shifts throughout the night. Highlights include driving all the way from Indianapolis, Indiana to Burlington, Vermont, only to stumble on the last hurdle and get diverted and subsequently very lost on the charmingly named, Dick Mountain. Its name felt increasingly appropriate as we drove in circles around it seemingly for hours, with an ill-informed yet belligerent sat nav, becoming increasingly afraid we were starring in a sequel to Wrong Turn.

We also enjoyed our first American Thanksgiving experience. We stayed in the same apartment hotel as last time for a couple of days in Soho, New York, and were treated to roast chicken and all the trimmings (not enough of us for turkey; salmon for Kristian), sweet potato and roast potato, all expertly cooked by Pete Masterchef Rinaldi, with hot cider (AMAZING!) and Bass Players Delight dairy-free Pistachio ice cream with berries. We squeezed ourselves out the door after a food-coma-induced nap that evening to see Ninja Assassin. Am looking forward to next Thanksgiving already

We also enjoyed playing for the following please feel free to check us out on the following links We did a session at XM for The Loft with Mike Marrone show in Washington DC. It should be online soon, at http://www.xmradio.com/theloft

We also did a show at the City Winery in NY hosted by Rita Houston that was broadcast live on WFUV. It should be online soon also at: http://www.wfuv.org

And so with no small thanks to the invention of the combustion engine we power our way towards the west coast to play some shows in Denver, Salt Lake City, LA, San Francisco, Portland, Spokane and Seattle (please check out dates and details on www.oneeskimo.com and www.myspace.com/oneeskimo ), including a very special FREE SHOW in the Silent Movie Theater in LA on December 10th. Also, check out the Shockhound Session we recorded last time we were in LA: http://www.shockhound.com/features/873-one-eskimo--a-magical-world-of-their-own

As always, dear music-lovers, we hope to see you there.

Byeeeeeee!

Adam x

*Not true.

November 2009

Hello all!

It's been a while. How are you? Good, good. Sorry? Well, since you ask, we're fine too. Thanks.

What a summer! We've been in America so much, we almost speak the language. Still can't order a water in a restaurant without receiving a prodigious amount of confusion though.

First we had the Tori Amos tour in the US & UK, followed by our own US tour before immediately joining Paolo Nutini for a UK tour. We had a few weeks at our respective homes (spent wondering how to tie our own shoelaces and why room service never answered our calls) before flying out to New York last week and setting up a home-away-from-home in an apartment hotel in Soho (if at home you sleep in a bed that appears to be made for large 6-year-olds).

Actually, we love it round there - usually we end up staying in Times Square and spending all our food money on taxis there & back, so it was great to have Soho on our doorstep this time.

When not competing between ourselves at seeking the best sushi, we went and performed a few songs in the offices of VH1 (who have just added Kandi), Clear Channel (where we're a New!' featured artist), and ADA Creative Licensing (who have a tradition of bands bringing in beers for a Friday afternoon performance, which was handy as we definitely sound better the more you drink).

We've become extremely adept at traveling lightly and not plugging anything in for these office gigs it's great playing busker-style like this; there's no pa or production to hide behind(not even a mic for Kristian), so it's a good test of whether your songs are actually any good or not! We then did a studio performance at RXP radio, and even found some rare time to bounce some ideas around in a rehearsal studio.

We then got up at 5am and went to La Guardia to begin the familiar routine of eliciting gasps of horror from airport staff as we attempt to check in our 13 bags (after shipping 6 boxes and that's just our hair products), before flying to Moline, Illinois (via the worst sandwich I've ever had, in Detroit).

There we did a recording of Kandi, Hometime, Astronauts, and UFO for Daytrotter in Rock Island session should be available soon. It was really cool - they are one of the few studios that still record old-skool onto 2-track half-inch tape!

Whilst loading in there, I discovered that my bass drum had suffered at the oaf-like hands of the airline baggage handlers (we suffer so regularly at their mercy that we may actually consider buying some proper flightcases some day!). I needed a gentleman hero fast, and I found one courtesy of Guitar Center, Davenport, Iowa, who took my drum home and fixed it that evening thanks Chuck McClurg!

So now I write to you, dear reader, as we wind our way through the endless, Autumn sun-dappled corn fields of Iowa, on our way to The Vaudeville Mews, Des Moines for our first day of supporting the estimable Bob Schneider on a US jaunt that should keep us out of trouble until the 22nd November. All the details are on www.myspace.com/oneeskimo and www.oneeskimo.com It would be great to see you if you can make any of the dates!

Cheerio!

Adam : )

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