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Current mood:  crunk
February has been a curious little month for us. The album finished and pressed and just looking all lovely but not coming out until March 23rd! What to do? Well, read on my friends and you will surely agree we have not been idle.
We've recorded a couple of new songs 'Dusty Record Collection' and 'Outside The Bakery' they both sound pretty good. The first is probably the most poppy we've ever sounded so maybe that smash hit is just around the corner! 'Bakery' is wonderful, a quiet little song where you can really hear all the instruments: harp, banjo, piano, trombone and cello all sounding quietly, beautifully understated. For those of you that made it to our gig supporting Eagleowl you'll have heard these live for the first time. We hope you liked them!
Mention of Eagleowl reminds me of the gig a couple of weeks ago. It was such fun and a great relief to finally play with them. They are a band we've long admired and have been trying to gig with for ages so we're happy that it finally happened. Bart from the band is a true legend. One of these guys who is so passionate about music. A kind and gentle man too. We hope our paths will cross again.
We also had our TV debut in February, our appearance on BBC Alba flagship music show Rapal was a curious egg. We actually did this way back in September last year. I remember feeling a little nervous about how it would look and sound when it finally aired but I think it was ok. I mean, we've played better it's true, but considering it was our first time ever in a tv studio and we hadn't really practised too much beforehand I think we came across not too bad. I think it'll be on BBC 2 sometime soon so we'll let you know if and when that happens.
Last week we did a radio session for BBC 6Music, it was the Marc Riley Show but he was on holiday so the lovely Rob Hughes was hosting. It was an amazing experience for us and we think it went pretty well. Rob was so nice to us, he likes a lot of the same stuff as us so hopefully we left him with nice memories. The other guys in the studio, Peter, Chris and Riley were super nice to us too. It makes such a difference to a nervous wee band from Glasgow when the people doing the sound are so confident, relaxed and friendly. I hope they ask us back sometime!
It was my birthday the day of the session so it was an interesting way to spend it. I missed not being home with my wife but it was an invaluable experience for the band and we got loads of good feedback. We also met Manchester legend Vinny Peculiar when we were down. He has written something extraordinarily nice about us on his latest myspace blog, I'd urge you all to head over his way and listen to his wonderful music. A huge thank you must also go to our chum Robbie, not only is he a lovely bloke who sings nice songs but he's a top bus driver, his contribution to the Manchester road trip was invaluable.
So, I guess we now just prepare for the album release proper. It can be bought as a download already if you want to. The CD version is coming out on March 23rd.
We are having an album launch gig on Thursday March 19th at Sloans Ballroom in Glasgow. Please come along if you can, it's going to be free entry and we're going to have lots of nice things happening as well as live music from us, our old friend robbie macinnes and some other special guests. Sloans is a magical venue so we are delighted to be having our gig in it. Hope you can make it.
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