Hello to anyone who cares!
I've been locked in to one of those scenarios for about two months where my broadband has been kaput, and I believed my Service Provider every single time they told me it would be a number of hours until it was back up again. I've decided to take matters of my own hands and have ventured to the Highlands, where the Internet stays, and pleaded with it to let me share some old (but still exciting news) with you all. After completing a number of quests, tasks, crosswords etc. it agreed, and here we go.....
First and foremost, one massive thanks to Glasgow PodcART who made us their Artist of the Week back in mid-April, and particularly to Halina who wrote an incredibly nice article about 'Pherenzik Tear'. I can't find it on their site any more (probably on account of how long its taken me to inform y'all), but for those who didn't read it, I have it here in its entirety:
"Have you ever sat with a group of friends, heard a song and reflected on what a masterpiece it was?
On the 13th
April 2008 team PodcART experienced this. Our chosen Artist Of The Week
is the glorious Inspector Tapehead. They hail from Glasgow and are a
jewel filled compass that will point you to a destination as rich as a
Dubai palace.
The
track that captivated all of us is ‘Pherenzik Tear’, one that I can
only compare to traversing your life though one song. You start with a
wistful rocking beginning, like sitting on the porch of your house and
wondering what to do next, your thoughts rapidly change like the gentle
guitars that initiate this piece. Before you know it you stand up and
start to walk briskly passing the fields, the trees, smelling the
summer breeze. Then enters the beat, your heart lifts as you think of
the one you love. This is it, this is the time to tell them you love
them.
This song has so many
directions that you will always be held in a magnetic rapture. This
song has the longest instrumental introduction I think I have heard;
‘It’s not that I don’t love you, I don’t want to be excited. It’s not
that I don’t love you, I don’t want to be restless at night.’ If ever a
song was to cite the innocence and vulnerability of love this is it.
The
song is like sitting on a sandy beach from tide out to tide in. As the
tide brings in all its debris to a barren shore this song brings in
it’s quirky percussion and a piano ripple that will make you smile.
This song augments as the day builds., from here on in everything is
going to be magnificent.
I have
never written about one song in such length. However, my friends and I
were so in awe of this song that it felt like I had to pay as much
attention to the music upon reflection as when the song immediately
affected me.
This song brushes the
hair from my face with its imaginary hand. It lands kisses on my lips
like first love and holds both my hands whilst spinning me round in
fields of luscious fragrant grass.
Inspector
Tapehead are a phenomenon for Glasgow and this country. They are one of
a kind. They play Homegame Festival this weekend. The festival was
created by Fence Records, King Creosote and The Pictish Trail, gods of
the Scottish music scene. Inspector Tapehead will soon be dining with
these kings as if they have been part of this royal family for
centuries.
Love creates journeys
in our lives, from the tiny crushes to the full blown heart pounding
fables. Songs do this also. Inspector Tapehead have managed to
interpret these journeys musically. Take note of my tears and keep them
for your records for you have retained my heart as evidence."
As I say, a tremendous article, and one that made us feel very honoured. So again, thank you to Halina and Glasgow Podcart and sorry it took me so long to acknowledge it on here and yet again I apologise that my show of gratitude was some shambles that sprawled across three mobile phone messages.
They have also taken me on to my second piece of old business, the Homegame. It was an amazing weekend full of excellent music and all-round good times. Thanks to everyone who came to see us and made us feel so very welcome. We produced a limited (to 50 copies) edition 5-track EP to mark the occasion and still have a few copies left to sell at our next few gigs if anyone is interested.
And finally, we have had our final recording session for the album and are just putting the finishing touches on it before the final mixing doo-dahs in July. This is exciting. This is a relief. This is what I will tell smart-alecs who come to me at shows pointing out that the album sampler still says that it will be released in Summer 2008. So I think we can say with a touch more confidence that it will be ready this Summer. Good.
Hope you are all well, and if you have made it this far then well done.
All the best,
Chris.