Hello friends,

We hope you are all well.  The album is now finished and we're delighted with the results.  Over the course of the next few months we'll be posting different tracks here on MySpace so drop by every now and again to check them out.   The first batch are up there now so enjoy!

Best,

Tom

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If you visit our website and join our mailing list, you can download a high-quality mp3 of our song 'This Old Heart of Mine', recorded at Emperors HQ, free of charge!

We're delighted to confirm that Grammy nominated producer John Congleton will be producing our debut album. We knew he was the right guy when we heard his recent album Micah P. Hinson and the Red Empire Orchestra (if you haven't heard this we thoroughly recommend it.) He has worked with artists as varied as Modest Mouse, Antony and the Johnsons, The Polyphonic Spree, Explosions in the Sky, Marilyn Manson, Bono, Celine Dion, Erykah Badu and his own band The Paper Chase to name but a few. If we're honest it was the Celine Dion connection that really swung it for us.

John should be way out of our league but he has an ethos of working with underground bands that he really likes. We put together a list of producers who we'd like to work with on this album and sent them demo CD's. John was our number one choice and we are as excited as we are surprised that it's all working out.

The band will be in Texas with John over January 2009 and will no-doubt be posting some of the results for you to enjoy when we return (as well as some pics and vids of the trip). The plan is to release a single off the album fairly soon after we get back to be followed by the album release and some UK/European touring after that. We've still to agree a suitable label for the album release but we'll keep you updated and make an announcement when we've found a nice home for it.

The band arrived in Dallas on Wednesday, gin soaked and jet-lagged. It's taking a few days to acclimatise but we all made it through immigration unscathed, the studio is great, all the gear turned up and we've already completed two tracks, "There Go My Dreams" and "Good Night and Good Luck".  We're planning to post an occasional video diary following our progress and we'll let our mailing list members know about these updates via email. If you want to be included then please join our mailing list at www.theemperors.co.uk where you'll also receive a free download.

See the Video Diary here:  http://tommckeanandtheemperors.blogspot.com/
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Many thanks to all those who came to see us at Cadogan Hall. Think this has to be the coolest venue we've ever played and the sound was amazing. It's really interesting to play a seated theatre when you're used to performing for a crowd of rowdy drunks in a sweaty club. Something about the atmosphere of the place meant that the audience was absolutely silent during the quiet songs - you could hear a pin drop even though 900 people were crammed into the venue. Maybe this is something to do with Cadogan Hall's past life as a church, or its more usual role as a venue for classical concerts. Whatever it was, we're not used to our stuff being treated with such reverence. Either that or everyone had nodded off.

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We look forward to hearing from you,
Tom McKean and the Emperors