It gives me great pleasure to announce that our debut album on Electric Honey Records is finished and is slated for a February 2009 release.

The 11 song album is called 'The Ship and the Iceberg' and, as well as great music, features amazing photography and artwork from our old pals Balehouse Photography.

The track listing is....

1. Ivor Cutler suggests we join the Noise Abatement Society...

2. Let's Make T-Shirts

3. Archaeological Dig

4. The Tenderness of wolves

5. Grass stains

6. Archie's Tears

7. My binoculars

8. After the fight

9. ...and then we join the Noise Abatement Society

10. Our favourite park

11. The Ship and the Iceberg

We've worked very hard on this recording and feel very proud of it. Feels a bit strange right now, kind of nervous about it all. We just hope that people like it and cherish it as much as we do. There will be more detail to come in the next wee while but, in the meantime, we'd just like to say thanks to everyone who has helped us get to this point.

Best wishes one and all.

PRESS RELEASE

Issued: 07/05/2008

For Immediate Release

The State Broadcasters Debut Single for Electric Honey Released

Glasgow six piece The State Broadcasters are proud to announce the release of their debut single for legendary student run record label Electric Honey in May 2008. The single 'Let's Make T-Shirts' is currently available on 7 inch vinyl through the bands own website www.thestatebroadcasters.com and from all good independent record stores.

The single follows on from the warmly received self released and now sold out 5 song EP back in December 2006. Mixing a unique lyricism with wide ranging musical instrumentation including, harp, piano, banjo, cello and trombone the sound perfectly encapsulates the broad influences of each band member. From The Smiths to Lambchop, Tom Waits to ancient traditional folk music, the songs of The State Broadcasters endure long after the record has stopped spinning.

"Let's Make T-Shirts is destined to be one of my singles of the year." - Gideon Coe 6 Music

'Displaying a sense of the absurd in lyrics like, 'I really liked your Bunk Beds' that would have seemed right at home on the soundtrack of the film "Gregory's Girl"…Heart warming stuff. I think I need a hug.' - blues bunny.com

'The gentle, folky melancholy of 'The State Broadcasters EP'. Swoonsome and touching, the Glaswegian five-piece produce a sonorous blend of Americana and Scottish folk which, although understated, will melt the stoniest heart. Great stuff.' - The List

'The sense of warmth and comfort, coupled with a mix of honest yet covert lyrics adds to the impression of a band relaxed with their own talent. [like] Teenage Fanclub on a midnight beach in LA that can be only be a good thing.' - Is This Music?

The band have been building a reputation as a popular live band around Glasgow for the last few years, receiving a Danny Kyle new band award at Celtic Connections festival 2006 and sustaining a loyal and ever growing fan base since.

Electric Honey is one of Glasgow's foremost small record labels famously releasing Belle and Sebastian's debut LP and also putting out early singles by Snow Patrol, Biffy Clyro and most recently the Stuart Maconie endorsed Wake The President.

The State Broadcasters are proud and honoured to follow in the footsteps of such great Scottish bands and will be continuing to develop with Electric Honey throughout 2008. An album release is pencilled in for later in 2008. For now, 'Let's Make T-Shirts' is a fine introduction to the latest in a long line of exciting, original talents from Glasgow.

email: broadcasterboy@yahoo.co.uk

website: www.thestatebroadcasters.com and myspace.com/thestatebroadcasters

phone: Graeme Black 07743307788

*press photos available on request or downloadable via website and myspace*

I had the pleasure of seeing Josh Riitter live last night in Edinburgh. It’s the first time I’ve seen him and it was one of the best gigs I’ve been to in ages. What a great band he has! Also, the wonderful Dawn Landes was the support act. Her latest album ’Fireproof’ is a cracker!

Has this been the longest, coldest winter ever or what? Well, despite the chill we haven’t been idle so I feel the need to update you.  I guess we don’t blog often so this is a rare treat for anyone that might stumble upon this.

The main news? Well, we’ve signed with the legendary Glasgow label Electric Honey and will be releasing our debut single on 7 inch vinyl (!) with them in April. The single is going to be ’Lets Make T-Shirts’ and the b-side will be an acoustic version of ’Silver Sons’. Obviously, we are delighted to be putting this out through Electric Honey and we’d like to thank all at Stow College for putting so much faith in us. We’d especially like to thank Willie Bolland who first put us forward to the label. What a lovely man!

Hopefully, we can follow in the footsteps of some of the other great bands who started out releasing music on EH. Most recent signings Wake The President have certainly set a high standard.

After the single we hope to be putting an album out in October/November. The recording is nearly done so we’ll be busy mixing, track listing and thinking of a title over the next wee while. 

I rather like the idea that we are releasing the single at the start of spring and then the album just at the end of autumn. Nice book ends to the summer.

There is also some talk of a new Wendy House album with some new residents as well as some old familiar faces. Hopefully this will happen during the summer sometime as we miss our Wendy House chums.

On the gig front, we are excited to be supporting DeVotchka at King Tuts on Sunday 6th April then we have a gig at Maggie May’s on May 22nd to celebrate the launch of the single. We hope you can make it along.

Once you’ve finished reading this you should pick the Paul Auster novel ’The Book Of Illusions’. It’s really something.

gb

hi,

we've posted a bunch of new live pics from a couple of our recent gigs. they are mostly from our april gig at 13th note and have been taken by the excellent dub central.

we've also posted up some from our christmas gig last year at the liquid ship taken by our lovely friend Dianne!

gb

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we've had some very nice reviews and comments on our ep so far but i think this recent one in spiral earth is probably my favourite. they seem like a jolly nice bunch of chaps.....

http://www.spiralearth.co.uk/default.asp