Who Gives Kudos: Håkan Folke.. (2) Ant (2) Pmachinery (2) stefano (2) My Vegan Co.. (2) MARX (2) empty set (2) Joey (2) Mick.S (2) Walter Bris.. (2) PERLAPOOKS (2) Brian (2) (2) Mr. Drake (2) Cape Cod (2) (2) michael (2) astor (M. D.. (2) Mike B. (2) Mark (1) Nick (2) ***Marinaka.. (2) epifanio (2) jay (2) Marco (2) ShaxX (2) Ichigatsu (2) Zu (2) Dorayakis (1)

	Ant	Jesus... Overture will be out on my birthday!!! Wooohooo!!! And on top of that you get in the studio with jJens??? You couldn't break the silence with better news!   Posted by Ant on Monday, August 18, 2008 - 2:09 PM [Reply to this]

	Håkan Folkesson	It's a really beautiful track! I found it last week on the Strange Feeling website=) Can't wait for the new album.   Posted by Håkan Folkesson on Monday, August 18, 2008 - 2:09 PM [Reply to this]

	My Vegan Cookbook (Drowning Forever)	Jens and Tracey TOGETHER! Only good things could come from this. I can't tell you how excited I am.   Posted by My Vegan Cookbook (Drowning Forever) on Monday, August 18, 2008 - 2:35 PM [Reply to this]

	juergen	Wow...reading about you and Jens Lekman... How wonderful! I love his music! And you have the best voice in the world - so the result must be a number one single for sure. Tell him I still need his approval for the filmed concert footage we did in Berlin together...:-) much love Juergen   Posted by juergen on Monday, August 18, 2008 - 2:35 PM [Reply to this]

	Walter Briski, Jr.	this is fantastic. x   Posted by Walter Briski, Jr. on Monday, August 18, 2008 - 3:20 PM [Reply to this]

	Mick.S Mick Stevens	Nice birthday hint from Ant there...! Have been enjoying "Overture" regularly for a couple of weeks now... Kristof posted it on the The 'Trees MySpace page a couple of weeks back (keep up T!) also courtesy of Mr G. Coe Esq and those lovely people at BBC 6 Music... Shall put release dates (and Ant's birthday) in diary accordingly... Mandatory random question: P.S. Why the picture of a birdie (finch of some description?) posted against "Hunter Gets Captured..." Will eagerly await musical output of Jens Lekman meeting, do try & record something and not just "do lunch"! ;-) Bring back B-Sides! They were always so exciting weren't they, 'cos you never knew what you'd get (unlike the A-Side, which, by definition you'd bought because you liked it...). Smoke & Mirrors, Book of Love anyone...!? Oh god, another blog reply longer than the original blog, sorry... Mick. S   Posted by Mick.S on Monday, August 18, 2008 - 3:21 PM [Reply to this]

	Tracey Thorn	oh the finch picture is, as my kids now say of everything, just completely RANDOM. yep, me and jens managed to record something, as well as drinking gin and tonics. more news on this to follow soon.   Posted by Tracey Thorn on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 10:17 PM [Reply to this]

	Joey	Just took a moment to listen to 'Overture' on Strange Feelingand it is beautiful! Thanks, Tracey!   Posted by Joey on Monday, August 18, 2008 - 3:21 PM [Reply to this]

	empty set	Overture is really lovely; great chords and great to hear you over piano and strings again. It reminds me of a David Sylvian song. Not sure if it's ever crossed your mind, but you and Sylvian would sound utterly astonishing together.   Posted by empty set on Monday, August 18, 2008 - 3:22 PM [Reply to this]

	Steve lee	Lovely stuff!   Posted by Steve lee on Monday, August 18, 2008 - 3:22 PM [Reply to this]

	MARX	Love the new Overture and everything, but the elephant in the room in that song is that it is perfect for a LIVE PERFORMANCE DUET, which is the real thing we can't, as you say 'be without'!   Posted by MARX on Monday, August 18, 2008 - 3:22 PM [Reply to this]

	Mr. Drake	Hey Tracey, I just wanted to let you know how thankful I am for your music. Rollercoaster changed my life many years ago and I needed it again recently to get me through some tough times. I love how life happens that way. Keep making great music. Derek   Posted by Mr. Drake on Monday, August 18, 2008 - 6:17 PM [Reply to this]

	Brian Brian Carr	I can live now! Razor blades safely stowed. Tracey and Lens... next best thing to Tracey and Morrissey... or Tracey and Ben again. (One can hope, can't one?)   Posted by Brian on Monday, August 18, 2008 - 6:17 PM [Reply to this]

	This	Tracey, Great track, and you have had some fab b-sides, the one that always sticks in my mind was the one from "Night and Day" ( now that's a long time ago) was "On my mind" take care Johnny Sideways   Posted by This on Monday, August 18, 2008 - 6:17 PM [Reply to this]

	Cape Cod	Laugh you out the house was a fav b-side of mine!   Posted by Cape Cod on Monday, August 18, 2008 - 9:38 PM [Reply to this]

	Mark	oh, can't wait for the next lp! and maybe a proper ep with bsides? someone's got to do it, right? = ) and how about a tracey and jens lp? you two could be the next lee and nancy. or bobbie gentry and glen campbell. hopefully not the captain and tennille!   Posted by Mark on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 8:19 AM [Reply to this]

	ardis ritchell	that's great! congratulations!   Posted by ardis ritchell on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 8:19 AM [Reply to this]

	Mike B.	that is great I can't wait for the new album.I have always been a huge fan.   Posted by Mike B. on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 8:19 AM [Reply to this]

	astor (M. Doucet)	too funny! yes all hail the b-side - couldn't agree more. you get rid of vinyl (for the most part) and cd singles (also, for the most part) and all the gems that weren't deemed 'commercial' enough get forgotten. pity. i couldn't image a world without no 'louder than bombs' my favorite smiths work or 'more pink' (one of tori amos' finest offerings ever, equal if not better than 'under the pink') I heard the trees track a while back on their page and love it. simply beautiful tracey, as always! also, the albums title may be one of the best in years... well, autumns right around the corner so i hope you and ewan are devising another classic. can't wait. best~astor   Posted by astor (M. Doucet) on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 8:21 AM [Reply to this]

	michael	The collaboration with The Unbending Trees was a perfect match. What a gorgeous, melancholy song with great lyrics! Good to hear about Jens Lekman too! I find "overture" sort of similar to something David Sylvian would have put on his Secrets of the Beehive record, and that's a compliment of course. Can't wait to hear more from you...   Posted by michael on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 8:21 AM [Reply to this]

	Chris	Your vocal on working weeks Venceremos - We Will Win (12") was great, if you can count that as a b-side to the album version?? It was released as the a-side single wasn't it? I have without luck been trying the get that on cd/digital for years! As for other b-side gems, On my mind is a close second and your russian 1985 ep (with ben singing 'Don't you go') come's third. Looking forward to the new stuff!! ;-)   Posted by Chris on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 8:23 AM [Reply to this]

	Nick	I can't believe you've got a new album coming out already- I'm far from finished with WOODS yet!! I hope there's some of your lovely retro-electro on your newie... Overture is very gorgeous... nx   Posted by Nick on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 11:17 AM [Reply to this]

	James	This is beautiful. Thanks for letting us hear it. You're brilliant. Can't wait for some more of your own music. xxx   Posted by James on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 11:17 AM [Reply to this]

	epifanio epifanio maldonado	i cant wait,i'm sure it's brilliant ,look forward to cd release ,you ROCK!!!!   Posted by epifanio on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 9:40 PM [Reply to this]

	***Marinakai***	dear tracey, if you are currently in berlin, i would love to show you around a little. if you are in the mood of singing, then i do not believe you will find anybody around here who would be able to sing along every single song you have ever made like i do. i mean it, contact me via myspace and let's hit the town. your kai   Posted by ***Marinakai*** on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 9:40 PM [Reply to this]

	Paul	It's a beautiful song, tracey, has an Autumn/back-to-school (!) feeling about it. A bit Weimar Republic-esque - lots of slowed down film and women with bobs. B-sides. I think Draining the Bar was probably my fave. Though I downloaded goodbye joe a while back and always like the sound of.. well, is it the tape speeding up or summat at the end cos the guitars go 'geeuuururrrhup' at the end? Are there still No1 singles? HMV have stopped doing any kind of chart - which is very democratic of them. But I can still remember the highest placing of my favourite records, including some of yours, and can't help feeling that the youf are being denied a key pleasure in life!   Posted by Paul on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 6:31 PM [Reply to this]

	jay	my fav b - side of yours would be '' on my mind '' from the 12 inch night and day , i brought it along with virgina astley ' from the gardens where we feel secure ' from rough trade , i pretty sure that summer we caught rip rig and panic at the carnival that year too . talking of b- sides would you ever cover 'bachelor kisses' by the go - betweens ? its one of my favourite tracks of theirs . happy slow recording .   Posted by jay on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 6:31 PM [Reply to this]

	Tracey Thorn	ooh, bachelor kisses, what a great song, you have made me want to go and put it on! ben and i used to do a live cover of "my rock n roll friend" by the go-b's....it never got recorded i don't think, (our version i mean) but its another killer track..   Posted by Tracey Thorn on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 6:33 PM [Reply to this]

	jay	you know i think i saw you do "my rock n roll friend" live , maybe around the time of '' home movies '' and '' amplified heart '' . yeah great track .love robert forsters 'the evangelist ' album too.   Posted by jay on Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 3:09 PM [Reply to this]

	Marthin	Laugh you out the house is my fav. b-side too... but i want a long version...   Posted by Marthin on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 9:04 PM [Reply to this]

	Marco	This is the best new of the month ! Thank you Tracy to let us know the work in preogress. Oh yes, I still remember some fantastic b sides also of the EBTG period ! I got all of them but my favoured is "LightS of Te Touan" CIAO Marco   Posted by Marco on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 11:26 AM [Reply to this]

	Paul	I think rock and roll friend was a B-side itself!   Posted by Paul on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 11:26 AM [Reply to this]

	Tracey Thorn	oh God you may be right, I am rubbish aren't I? never ask me for any facts about my past career, it's all a blur to me.....:))   Posted by Tracey Thorn on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 11:29 AM [Reply to this]

	Paul	No, don't panic! I meant it was a GoBs b side from one of the singles from Tallulah: "Was There Anything I Could Do?"/"Rock And Roll Friend" (plus "Mexican Postcard", 12" only) (Beggars Banquet (UK), Mushroom (Aus), October 1988) [wikipedia, ta. ] I'm ashamed to say I've never heard R&RF - I could have heard your version at various gigs but who knows! If you have a version somewhere will you post it, we'd love to hear it. I always liked that link between you and them - e.g. Blue Moon Rose, Apology Accepted (one of the greatest songs ever? Another sign of the greatness of three chord songs) - and I still listen to their three great late 80s albums. Pure gold. Px   Posted by Paul on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 6:46 PM [Reply to this]

	ShaxX	Tracy you have done it again. Overture, so melancholy, reminds me of the times when i used to listen to walking wounded endlessly whilst lying on my bed and looking into the sky, comparing the different clouds go by. Beautiful.   Posted by ShaxX on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 10:39 AM [Reply to this]

	Jon	WOW Jens Lekman is so cool, and so creative, and to combine it with your voice, is like a superpower, a supergroup ! When's the tour ?   Posted by Jon on Wednesday, September 03, 2008 - 9:06 PM [Reply to this]

	paoluth	hi! thanks... another beautiful song to drive me to the moon pa:-)la   Posted by paoluth on Saturday, September 13, 2008 - 10:39 AM [Reply to this]

	Ichigatsu	Tracey - Overture is just amazing, and I'll be a-buyin' the album. This conversation of B-Sides has really got me thinking... I was particularly fond of the EBTG tracks from the US 'Those Early Days' maxi-CD 'Another Day, Another Dollar' and 'Dyed in the Grain' - I can still hear you singing that line 'I love you too much, yeah...' and there was something about it that just floated away so wistfully... Good times, mate, good times. Waiting eagerly for the notes on the recording session. Also - the bits about Jens is great to read... he's something of a local hero around these parts (New England US), and he speaks to the audience as if he were talking to each of them as friends - seriously! He'd better show as a guest on your tour following the new album (not so subtle hint to see you on the road again. )   Posted by Ichigatsu on Saturday, September 13, 2008 - 10:39 AM [Reply to this]

	jazzboy	Dear Tracey, I was in Starbucks (of all places!!!) the other day and heard 'Each and Everyone'. I hadn't heard it for years before that moment..... Just to let you know that I'll be doing a radio show in the this sunday night and I thought you might want to tune in - I'll be playing your track 'Each and Everyone' - for sure Here are the details: THE SHOW; 'The Re-Bop Sessions' TIME: Sunday 14th September. 10pm - 12am (GMT) MUSIC: Jazz, Brasil, Funk, Filmsoundtracks, Bollywood TO LISTEN (ON-LINE): www. phonic. fm All the best John   Posted by jazzboy on Saturday, September 13, 2008 - 10:40 AM [Reply to this]

	Zu	two of my favorite voices and people in the whole world together?!!!! And I thoought this week will be only bad news!!! I adore Jens and i REALLY cant wait to hear you two!! yay!   Posted by Zu on Monday, October 20, 2008 - 1:08 PM [Reply to this]