Hello all

Well, October will be a busy time for festivals for us. We've got CMJ New York, Halifax Pop Explosion & HWCH.

We're having fun working out a new set as a live two piece again. Its a great challenge to reinterpret the songs with loops, samples & quick hands....looking forward to playing them live!

Really excited about CMJ New York, should be a great experience. I'd say thats where Krinkle is definitely. He's dead.

For HWCH this year we're playing Academy 2 on Saturday 17th Oct

For Halifax Pop Explosion we're delighted to be supporting Mates Of State at the newly refurbished Paragon Theatre (used to be the old Marque Club).

On a somber note our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Alex Fontaines of Halifax Pop Explosion who passed away two weeks ago. Alex was in touch with us about playing HPX and was by all accounts a lovely man & music lover.

Be well,
Justin & Elina

There's an interview with us in todays North Swedish paper NSD.

If you're not Swedish you won't understand a word!

NSD interview here

Big thanks to Avril, Jenny & all the Body & Soul crew for what was an amazing weekend at Electric Picnic. We played three shows the highlight of which was the Tree Stage on Saturday night. Bring on next year!


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Limited Edition 7" Double A-side of Lakes/Little Men available from Tower Records (IRL) & Road Records (INTL), click here:

"Lakes!!" single on




"Little Men" single on

Hey all,

We're looking forward to the forthcoming release of our Limited Edition 7" Double A-side of 'Lakes' and 'Little Men' on August 7th.

We've a number of gigs to celebrate:

Friday 31st July at Dolan's (Upstairs) w/ Windings & The Ambience Affair, 3 Dock Rd, Limerick, €10, Doors 8pm

Friday 7th August at Tower Records, 5pm, Wicklow St, Dublin 2, Free

Saturday 8th August Whelan's (Upstairs) w/ The Ambience Affair & Mail Order Messiahs, €10, Doors 8pm

We'll have the vinyl copies available from our 7th August gigs onwards, Tower Records & Road Records.

Also, we'll have details soon of how you can get your hands on one if you live outside Ireland.

Digitally speaking, they'll be on iTunes from 7th August (give or take a few days)

Love,
KKC

It seems the The Evening Herald have taken quite a shine to Elina!

Here's an interview she did the other week with Emma Blain...




Also, in a bizarre turn, the story of throngs of fans mistaking Elina for Lady Gaga in Toronto has got out. The Video Music Awards were on you see and she was in town. I'll have you know I blagged many a free drink/entry as 'Lady Gaga's fella' (not really)

This is page 3 no less...hilarious...go Elina Gaga!

Hey everyone,

Well, we're off to Canada for NXNE tomorrow morn. Its been a hectic few days organising and sure to be a bit mad over, cannae wait! We've got 3 NXNE Festival Toronto shows* & are filming a Take Away Show by the Touch for La Blogotheque too.
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*NXNE, Thurs 18th, 1pm, NXPO Day Stage, Hyatt Regency, 370 King Street West, FREE IN

*NXNE, Thurs 18th, 10pm, Whippersnapper Gallery 587A College St, $10 or NXNE wristband

*NXNE, Friday 19th, 10pm, Holy Joe’s, 651 Queen Street West, $10 or NXNE wristband

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So the plan is:

Wed 17th: travel for over 10 hrs to Toronto via London
-arrive at hotel:
-swim/sauna/shower
-NXNE Gala opening
-'One Helluva Spiritual' Party
-bed

Thurs 18th:
-swim/sauna/shower/swim
-buffet breakfast
-arrive at Hyatt Regency for wristbands + load in for 1pm show
-1pm, take to the stage most likely a tad jeglagged but definetely full legged (as in not legless...yet)
-swim/sauna/cold shower (you may see a pattern here, this is jeg lag/hangover treatment!)
-sushi lunch
-find local nut jobs to be part of the KKC live experience
-6pm load to Whippersnapper Art Gallery
-check out NXNE bands
-10pm show at Whippersnapper Art Gallery!
-check out NXNE bands
-mini-partay....
-bed

Fri 19th:
-swim/sauna/shower/swim/cold shower/steam room/shower
-buffet breakfast (still free!)
-check out Toronto's sights
-busk at Kensington Market
-6pm load for Holy Joe's Queen St W
-forage some kind of food
-pray to allah/jesus/the works
-baptise some local children
-10pm show at Holy Joe's!
-party!!
-bed

Sat 20th:
-swim/sauna/shower/swim/cold shower/steam room/shower/sauna/steam/swim/rest
-buffet breakfast (still free!)
-2pm NXNE Back Lot BBQ
-5pm Joao Carvalhos Mastering's Annual BBQ Party
-NXNE party, The Rivoli [Upstairs]
-various NXNE bands
-1am, Ghost Bees, Bread & Circus
-swim/shower/sauna....no, only kidding!
-bed

Sun 21st:
-swim/sauna/shower/swim/cold shower/steam room/shower/sauna/steam/swim/rest
-buffet breakfast
-1pm Take Away Show with The Touch
-various random locations...possibly a cemetery, strip club, kensington market, the city morgue, restaurant/bar/diner..
-NXNE Closing Party @ Wrongbar, Queen St E
-bed

Mon 22nd- Wed 24th:
-maan, we'll chill the fuck out!

Wed 24th:
-fly home, 6hrs, no stop over yes!!

Well, this is the plan & like all plans they're subject to change dramatically.

These are our first Trans Atlantic shows with Mick (drums) & Elton (bass), really looking forward to it!

Oh, I did a NXNE preview interview with Sarah Kong at NXEW.
Check it our here:

NXNE presents Kill Krinkle Club

Big thanks Sarah!

Justin

Hi all, just a quick note, our RTE 2fm session has been brought forward to tonight the 25th May at Midnight (so strictly speaking its Tuesday, but we're not strict speakers!)

Big thanks to Dan Hegarty for having us in, to Ian Wilson as producer & Mark McGrath our engineer for the day. He put the 'sound' in Sound Engineer.

Click on the link below and then on the listen bar. Dan's show is 00:00-02:00 GMT

We'll have a proper blog on the session soon.

Liverpool Sound City was cool...eventful to say the least. You gotta love scousers...alright!

Talk soon,
Justin

Kill Krinkle Club 2fm Session

Hey all, just a quick update on how the recordings going. We've roped in a few of our friends to play on the album and the result: expanded sounds galore.

We're really happy with the way its coming together. Although we're  proud of our debut EP we think the album's going to real step up. If you pressed us to describe the songs we'd say poppy experimental folk with electronic touches, if thats not too much of a mouthful!

There's less of a slant to the electronic than the EP but rest assured we're planning to release a pure electronic album in the not so distant future.

We're planning a single release too, which we'll announce details of soon, keep you posted!

Anyways, our good buddy from Glasgow, Gordon Wyper, came over and put some remarkable trumpet on a number of tracks, giving a real old style feel to some of the tunes. His inspiration between takes was Anthony & The Johnstons possessed by an East End chav who has a hankering for Pat Butcher ..."two pints of Stellar love".  Hopefully he'll be coming over to play a few shows with us soon...but minus that bizzarre motivational ritual...big thanks Wulfy!








Okay, enough messing, here's some pics of recording...








6am Beach Boys jam. Cue 'evil eye' from our neighbour the next day, he's obviously more of a Daniel O' Donnell kinda guy, next time we'll have to take requests.







Talk soon!

Justin & Elina

Hey everyone,

We're delighted to be playing the IMRO showcase tour at Andrew's Lane Theatre on Friday April 24th with 3 superb bands: Angel Pier, Heathers & The Funeral Suits.

To be on the guest list email: showcase@imro.ie with your full name & the date/venue above....and come early because its sure to fill up fast!