Dearest June Brides,

The Secret History are thrilled to take part in two tremulous shows this month, supporting two bands I adore.

THURSDAY JUNE 12TH, CAKESHOP L.E.S.
We have been added to the NYC Popfest in support of the riotous and much talked about Swedish ensemble known as Love Is All. The good news is that the popfest offers a rare (i.e. likely to never happen again) opportunity to see this band in this intimate a venue. The bad news is, for those of you who don't already possess full festival passes, no additional tickets will be sold. I expect some people to try to tunnel up from the sewers.

THURSDAY JUNE 19TH, SOUTHPAW PARK SLOPE
Only a week later, those of you who have let life and rain come between us recently can catch a special early evening performance at Southpaw. We have been asked to support the brilliant (and mostly obscure on this side of the pond) Rough Trade/Cherry Red recording artist Band of Holy Joy. We are playing at 8 o'clock-ish, and it's an 18 and over show. For those of you whom slavish employment and/or fear of vampires and/or parents prevents you from crawling around Williamsburg at 2am on a weeknight, you can see us in lovely Park Slope while the suns hangs low and amber in the sky.

The Band of Holy Joy is the sort of post-punk incarnation of brilliance that would be impossible now. Jacques Brel channeling Alan Sillitoe backed by fiddles, accordions and casios. They landed on the cover of the British music papers in the late 80s for their sprawling and desolate urban folktales, but never went the route of glossing the edges of their sound for Amerika (ala The Primitives or James). Songwriter Johny Brown has become one of my favorite lyricists, and their sound occurs somewhere between The Pogues and Dexy's Midnight Runners, or perhaps foreshadows cabaret and absinthe influenced artists like The World Inferno or Beirut. Take it from your friend Mr. Grace, you will be glad you witnessed the spectacle that is The Band of Holy Joy.

Oh did I mention we are playing too. We have new songs (one of which, 'Johnny Anorak,' caused spontaneous swooning at Mondo last month) and an increasing acute sense of purpose. With our upcoming debut release sure to create new electrical fields of meaning...you should join up now, while our empire of the heart is still ascending.

Cheers & Tears,
Mick Grace

Tickets are $10 in advance.

http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&pl=&eventId=270789

Thursday June 19th
BAND OF HOLY JOY
SOCIETY OF IMAGINARY FRIENDS
THE SECRET HISTORY
$10 adv./$12 d.o.s
8 pm doors/8:30 pm show
18+
Southpaw is located at 125 Fifth Ave. in Park Slope, Brooklyn
www.spsounds.com

www.myspace.com.friendsofthesecrethistory
http://www.myspace.com/bandofholyjoy