Being in a band isn't always a bed of roses.....you come across some funny types,dream weavers,pretenders and some tight fisted beggars for the love of your art. But it can also be the most rewarding of pastimes and the last week was one of those times....

We spent last week flicking between an acoustic and a normal set preparing for a Friday night in Camden and last night at the wonderful Mr Wolfs playing acoustic.  Chuck in a last minute call from BBC Radio Wiltshire to have a chat and play some live acoustic songs on their 7-9pm Thursday night slot (listen to them, and us here BBC Introducing - The Motherload) and it was quite the week of fun

So on bonfire night we took our guitars and chatted about our hopes and aspirations. Good to be on the radio for the first time as The Motherload, and it went swimmingly apart from the reference to us going to the toilet together.....its not true.

Friday night at Camden rock was great,good turn out on a dire rainy Friday eve,people danced and sent us on the long drive home in grand spiwits.

Last night saw an acoustic set with us and Paul Besselle&Slipdown dog,we went for a bosa nova,jazz and occasionally sad song approach. Piers got the organ grinding and our violin specialist (cheers drew) made it an interesting, experimental sound.

Right I'll sign off - have a listen to the radio show and listen to the voices behind The Motherload....and giggle at us.

We'll have the MP3's for the acoustic songs available soon,

Sound as a pound,

The Motherloadeeee's

well, that felt like a good way to get onto the subject of acoustic gigs, but having thought about it, we still need shitloads of electricity to play acoustic so it doesnt really work. but you get the idea.

so... we're doing our second ever official 'unplugged' gig in a couple of weeks - Monday 9th November to be precise - at Mr Wolfs In Bristol and we are well up for it. our first one was at the wicked Porter Cellar bar in Bath a few months ago and it was a cracking night, a real treat to play in a bit of a different format and a challenge to re-work our tunes to make em work all stripped-down like. and the sitting down bit is much easier on the old back.

so, as i write, nelson is wrestling with his gee-tar shuffling around a few of our new tunes and a whole load of as-yet-unheard material that we've been saving especially for such an occasion to make sure they sound sweet as hell for all your lovely ears, rob is turning his house upside down looking for his hotrods (kinda flimsy drumsticks that dont make as much noise as grown-up ones) and i am teaching myself to sing more quietly and practicing my foot-tapping ready for the Big Night.

if you fancy something a bit different, get your asses down to Mr Wolfs and check out what we've got in store for y'all. its a wicked bar anyways and they serve delicious noodles all night long. and lots of attractive people go there. shameless but true.

BYE

piers + themotherload

oh yeah, and if you haven't seen our new video, WATCH IT NOW we're really pleased with it and you will like it we promise: 'I Think You Should Know' The Motherload