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City: London/Coleraine, Northern Ireland
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009 





Our new single 'Into sunlight' is now available on limited edition 7″ vinyl with free download from http://sleepingyears.com/shop

1. Into sunlight
2. Katherine cove

(The vinyl version includes a free download of both tracks plus ‘Summer is nearly over’ and ‘Into sunlight (radio edit)’)

All four digital tracks are available from iTunes, emusic, amazon, etc.

'simply an exquisitely-arranged and joyous affair' - Record Of The Day
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Friday, October 02, 2009 
To celebrate the launch of their new single ‘Into sunlight’ The Sleeping Years will be playing as a full band with added French horn and trumpet players at The Slaughtered Lamb on the 11th Nov. Joining them at the Slaughtered Lamb will be friends Frànçois and the Atlas Mountains and Catriona Irving.



'Into sunlight' will be released digitally on the 26th Oct and on vinyl on the 2nd Nov. The limited vinyl edition features a free download and artwork by Damian O'Hara http://www.damianohara.com and will be available at the show.

Tickets for the show are £5 from: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/60405

Frànçois and the Atlas Mountains
Frànçois came to Bristol from France in September 2003. He drew a picture and put a note in a window announcing his arrival, and asking people to make music with him. He started going to car-boot sales to find some instruments he could use. Overnight, Frànçois won the hearts of this town. Well of course, he’s a sweet kid, but he’s also armed with an eager sense of adventure and a keen taste for pop thrills. In January 2004 he played his first live show, taking to the stage alone, making use of keyboards (played with his foot), a guitar, live samples and a drum machine, mixing playful and experimental ideas with his natural pop-tune sensibilities and sweet bilingual vocals. The string of live performances he has since played have all been eagerly anticipated and utterly charming. Musically, you could say he is reminiscent of STEREO TOTAL, VELVET UNDERGROUND, HOOD, and FRANÇOISE HARDY and yet he is also like nothing else at all.
He has also played trumpet onstage with fellow Bristol bands ROZI PLAIN (Fence records) MOVIETONE (Domino) and CRESCENT (Fat Cat) and Glaswegian CAMERA OBSCURA (4ad) and skateboard onstage with HEADFALL (Spazoom). Through the promotion following the release of 'Plaine Inondable' on the french label Talitres Records and the british Fence records his music has been given the opportunity to be heard by a broader audience.

Catriona Irving
Catriona Irving is a tiny, blonde singer/songwriter based in London. For a couple of years she's been building a reputation for her live show, playing at venues such as 93 feet east, the 12 bar Club and the Borderline, and supporting the Espers and Emilie Simon along the way. Combining clever lyrics and sweet melodies that stick in your head for days, with a sweet and witty live performance, Catriona has been making a significant mark on the DIY scene. Catriona is currently gaining a cult following in France with "Sitting on the Shelf without Shelly", a song on her next EP out in Nov.
METRO: "An artist worth watching"
FACT: "An example of DIY Music at it's best"

Frànçois’ new album is due out in the UK on Fence Records on the 1st Dec and Catriona’s new single is due out on the 16th Nov.

http://www.myspace.com/thesleepingyears
http://www.myspace.com/francoisinbristol
http://www.myspace.com/catrionairvingmusic

Other TSY shows:
14th Oct The Boogaloo, London (w/ Darren Hayman)
22nd Oct Le Cri de la Mouette, Toulouse, France
31st Oct Festival Les Rockomotives, Vendome, France (w/ Stars like fleas, Be my weapon)
2nd Nov La Maroquinerie (w/ Be my weapon)
11th Nov The Slaughtered Lamb, London (single launch)
18th Nov Haus der Musik, Vienna
12th Dec Union Chapel, London supporting The Notwist with the Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra
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Thursday, September 10, 2009 
Hello.

We are very excited to be supporting one of our favourite bands at a special show coming up in London.
After a series of celebrated concerts in Hamburg, Amsterdam, Munich and Cologne, The Notwist and The Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra will be playing a very unique show at the Union Chapel in London on the 12th December.

This combination of a 20-piece orchestra with a 5-piece band from Bavaria holds a lot more promise than the typical "Rock meets Classical" set up. Instead, old and new Notwist songs are elaborated upon to form extremely complex orchestral arrangements that are sometimes moody and often happily insane.
The Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra make music in their very own galaxy - a similar one to which Raymond Scott, Sun Ra or Bach and Beethoven must have once passed by.
These evenings celebrate a new interpretation and elaboration of the Notwistian songbook, which due to the obvious logistical reasons involved can only take place on a few very special occasions.

Support comes from The Sleeping Years.
Tickets for the show will go on sale this Friday 11 Sept at 10am.
For further information please visit the Arctic Circle at: http://www.jointhecircle.net/


The Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra: http://www.myspace.com/..andromedameo


Here are youtube clips of past performances:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?..v=RZkt8PmJf8U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?..v=Q0Wox0-ZseI


Produced by the Arctic Circle
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Monday, July 13, 2009 
Arctic Circle Radio mix by The Sleeping Years



The Sleeping Years have created a mix for the Arctic Circle Radio.

This Circle mix collects together recordings of people I know, an old recording of mine (Catchers), a new cover version ('Abilene' by Damien Jurado) which is exclusive to this mix, some label mates from Talitres (Thee Stranded Horse, Swell, Frànçois) and some music I like to listen to.

Thank you to Miho, Alice, Damian, Julie, Shwetha, Kelly, Catriona, Ben, Anna, and my parents for taking the time to answer my questions, and to all the artists and labels who kindly gave me permission to include their music.

I hope you enjoy it!

The mix will be broadcast on Chill FM but you can now download or stream the podcast from here: http://www.jointhecircle...net/radio/?p=426
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Monday, June 15, 2009 
Hello.

Here are a few events happening throughout the month of June and beyond.


In this newsletter:

Subscuta/Portugal
London shows in June and July
Norfolk Festival
Arctic Circle Radio podcast
Trace Recordings compilation
France/Belgium in October


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Subscuta/Portugal

We will be traveling to Portugal for the first time this month for two shows.

The full band will be appearing on the 19th June at Subscuta, which is held in the Auditório da Biblioteca Municipal de Barcelos.
On the 20th June we will travel to Porto to play at O Meu Mercedes.






All details can be found in the 'Shows' section on our main website.


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London shows in June and July

We return to the UK to play three shows in London:

22nd June - An early acoustic show at The 12 Bar Club. We will be playing this show as a duo with guitar and cello and we will be on stage at 8.15pm.

30th June - A Club AC30 night at the Queen of Hoxton with the full band supporting the Television Personalities.
Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=94147187447

9th July - Our first headlining show for The Local at The Slaughtered Lamb.
Support will be from American/English couple Rue Royale and singer/songwriter Lucy Langlas.
This is another full band show and we will have a couple of friends joining us on trumpet and French horn for some songs.
Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=87357448489

Details for all gigs can be found in the 'Shows' section on our main website.

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Norfolk Festival

We return to Norfolk on the 1st August to play at the Jelly Festival.
Taking place in Compton Hall, South Creake, Fakenham, the Jelly Festival is a one day event which runs from 12 noon to midnight.
There will be seven bands playing plus various stalls, with camping, local breweries, local food and free jelly...

Tickets can be bought from http://www.ticketqueen.com

http://www.myspace.com/jellyfest

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Coming up soon...


Arctic Circle Radio podcast

Dale will be creating a mix for the Circle section of the newly launched Arctic Circle Radio.
You can listen to the first AC Radio shows here: http://www.jointhecircle.net/radio/





 



The first part of the mix will include an exclusive, unreleased cover version by TSY.
More details soon...

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Trace Recordings compilation

Entitled 'Ten', this compilation is scheduled for release in Sept '09 and features a new Sleeping Years song called 'The king grows tired'.
Also, on the compilation will be BLK w/BEAR, Martina Bertoni, Edison Woods, David Hurn, Building Castles Out Of Matchsticks, Stephen Spera, Sarah June, Roshi ft Pars Radio and The Resistance, with artwork by Stephen Spera.
All details can be found here: http://www.tracerecordings.com/index.html


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France/Belgium in October

We are in the middle of booking shows in France and Belgium for the end of October.
The 1st of these to be confirmed is at Le Cri de la Mouette in Toulouse on the 22nd October.

Keep checking our myspace page and website for updates...


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Forthcoming shows:


19th June Subscuta, Barcelos, Portugal
20th June O Meu Mercedes, Porto, Portugal
22nd June The 12 Bar Club, London (early acoustic show)
30th June Queen of Hoxton, London (supporting Television Personalities)
9th July The Local presents at The Slaughtered Lamb
1st Aug Jelly Festival, Compton Hall, Fakenham, Norfolk
22nd Oct Le Cri de la Mouette, Toulouse, France


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Thursday, April 02, 2009 
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Sunday, March 22, 2009 






We are very pleased to announce that you can now download the Elite Barbarian remix of 'Human blues' for free from our main site at http://www.sleepingyears.com


Elite Barbarian is the solo work of Ben Page, member of Rothko and Rocketnumbernine.
His debut album 'It's only when you get to the end that it all makes sense' became a favourite of ours when it was released last year on the Front and Follow label.
It has been described as 'chest thumping, dark and dangerous
electronica'.
All things Elite Barbarian can be found here: http://www.myspace.com/elitebarbarian

Just enter your email address on the web page and the download will begin automatically.




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Wednesday, March 11, 2009 


Hello.

Here are a few events happening throughout the month of March and beyond.

In this newsletter:

St Patrick's Day in Norwich w/ Emily Barker
El Feile Festival in Spain
Oxjam
Electroacoustic Club
First Oxford/Kent shows in April

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St Patrick's Day in Norwich w/ Emily Barker

We
will be spending St Patrick's Day (17th March) in Norwich this year
with Emily Barker. Alex and Dale will be traveling up from London to
play this show.

Emily is a singer-songwriter hailing from
Western Australia. She has supported Jose Gonzalez, The Waifs, Mary
Gauthier, Michelle Shocked and Frank Turner, and her track 'Nostalgia'
was recently used as title & end credits music for Wallander- the
BBC1 drama starring Kenneth Branagh.
For this show she will be
accompanied by her band The Red Clay Halo -a female trio comprising of
Violin, Cello and Accordion/ Flute.

Norwich Arts Centre
St. Benedicts Street
Norwich
NR2 4PG

TSY on stage 8pm (seated)
£8.00 : £6.00 concessions

http://www.norwichartscent..re.co.uk/content/view/2988../71/

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El Feile Festival



As 'We're becoming islands one by one' has just been released in Spain, Dan and Dale travel there for the El Feile Festival.
In
its sixth edition this year with events spread across 10 days in San
Sebastian, Madrid, Bilbao as well as Barcelona, the focus for El Feile
this year is Northern Ireland. The Sleeping Years will be sharing the
bill with Duke Special.

The shows are:

19th Mar Sala Apolo, Barcelona, Spain (TSY on stage at 9pm)
20th Mar Sala El Sol, Madrid, Spain (TSY on stage at 10.30pm)

Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/ev..ent.php?eid=67236363766


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Oxjam



On the 2nd April Dale will play a solo set at a charity show for Oxfam at the Troubadour in London.
This is the second of three Oxjam shows taking place in London and includes, Alessi's Ark and Josh Weller, etc on the bill.

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/ge..t_involved/fundraise/oxjam../aud_event.php?ref=3135

Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/ev..ent.php?eid=53149529585


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Electroacoustic Club

Our
next full band show in London will be at The Slaughtered Lamb on the
8th April where we hope to be playing some new songs for the first time.
This show is presented by the Electroacoustic Club and we will be playing alongside Stornoway.

Tickets are £5 and can be bought from Wegottickets: http://www.wegottickets.co..m/event/44764

Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/ev..ent.php?eid=66818909272


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First Oxford/Kent shows in April

We will be playing our first ever show in Oxford on the 15th April.
The full band will be playing at the Cellar with San Francisco band (and recent Memphis Industries signing) Papercuts.

The Cellar, Cornmarket St, Oxford
8.30pm - 2am / 18+
with vacuous pop DJs

Alex and Dale then travel to Ashford, Kent on the 30th April for a show at The Downtown Diner.

More details on these and other shows next month...
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Forthcoming shows:

17th Mar Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich (w/ Emily Barker)
19th Mar Sala Apolo 2, Barcelona, Spain (w/ Duke Special)
20th Mar Sala El Sol, Madrid, Spain (w/ Duke Special)
2nd April Oxjam @ The Troubadour, London (Solo show)
8th April Electroacoustic Club @ The Slaughtered Lamb (w/ Stornoway)
15th April The Cellar, Oxford (w/ Papercuts)
17th April The Local Presents at The Kings Head, London
30th April The Downtown Diner, Ashford, Kent
8th May The Borderline, London (w/ Clem Snide)
19th June Subscuta, Barcelos, Portugal


Join our mailing list at: list@sleepingyears.com
Website: http://www.sleepingyears.c..om
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/the..sleepingyears
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pa..ges/The-Sleeping-Years/103..22702476
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Sleepin..gYears





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Thursday, February 12, 2009 
Hello.

Here are a few events happening throughout the month of February and beyond.

In this newsletter:

Edwyn Collins support
TSY support Soy Un Caballo in London
DJ set at KTP w/Sons of Noel and Adrian
Norwich show with Emily Barker
Spanish Festival in March
TSY on Twitter
Elite Barbarian remix/Trace Recordings compilation

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Edwyn Collins support

Dale will be supporting Edwyn Collins at Buxton Opera House on the 13th Feb. This will be a solo show for TSY.

For Edwyn Collins, one of the most influential figures on the Glasgow post-punk scene, both as the lead singer of Postcard label stars Orange Juice (Rip It Up, Falling & Laughing, Simply Thrilled Honey, Lean Period, What Presence?), as a solo artist (A Girl Like You, The Magic Piper of Love) and producer for the likes of The Proclaimers, his music career came to an abrupt halt in 2005 when he suffered two cerebral haemorrhages. Since then he has fought his way back to health, released a new album, Home Again, presented a successful exhibition of drawings and begun to play the festival circuit, including Glastonbury and the BBC Electric Proms. Now Four Four Time is excited to welcome the return of a courageous and inspirational artist and his band, including Aztec Camera frontman Roddy Frame.

Buxton Opera House
Water Street
Buxton
Derbyshire
SK17 6XN

Doors at 7.30pm
Tickets range from £21-£23

http://www.buxtonoperahous..e.org.uk/whats-on/edwyn-co..llins

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TSY support Soy Un Caballo in London

Our next London date will be a very intimate show at The Betsey Trotwood on the 18th Feb. This is a single launch party for our friends Soy un Caballo and we will be playing this show as a duo with acoustic guitar and cello.

Soy Un Caballo are a Belgian couple who write and perform songs of exquisite fragility, and record them in Brussels with an amazing line up of musicians such as Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy (Will Oldham), members of Raymondo and producer Sean O’Hagan (The High Llamas). They have teamed up with Tunng on their new single. Released exclusively on gold 7” vinyl, this extra-special limited single has Tunng’s version of Soy Un Caballo’s Robin on the A-side, with the band’s original version on the flip.

The Betsey Trotwood
56 Farringdon Rd,
Clerkenwell,
London,
EC1R 3BL

Doors at 8 pm
TSY are on stage 9pm

Information on the single can be found at: http://www.neednowaterreco..rds.com/needno005.htm

Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/ev..ent.php?eid=47381160546

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DJ set at KTP w/Sons of Noel and Adrian

On the 4th March Dale will be playing some records with the Neednowater DJs at the next Kick The Plug night .



Kick The Plug presents Sons Of Noel & Adrian w/ My First Tooth + Stars of Sunday League

Wilmington Arms,
69 Roseberry Avenue,
London,
EC1R 4RL

8pm - 11pm
Tickets: £4

Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/ev..ent.php?eid=61207489296&re..f=mf


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Norwich show with Emily Barker

We will be playing as a full band in Norwich on 17th March with Emily Barker.

Emily is a singer-songwriter hailing from the quiet town of Bridgetown, Western Australia. 2008 saw her support Jose Gonzalez, The Waifs, Mary Gauthier, Michelle Shocked and Frank Turner.
Her track 'Nostalgia' used as title & end credits music for Wallander- the BBC1 drama starring Kenneth Branagh.
For this show she will be accompanied by The Red Clay Halo -a female trio comprising of Violin, Cello and Accordion/ Flute.

Norwich Arts Centre
St. Benedicts Street
Norwich
NR2 4PG

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Spanish Festival in March

We are very excited to be travelling to Barcelona and Madrid in March for our first ever Spanish shows.

The El Feile Festival returns for its sixth edition this year with events spread across 10 days in San Sebastian, Madrid, Bilbao as well as Barcelona. The focus this year is Northern Ireland and we will be sharing the bill with Duke Special.

The shows are:
19th Mar Sala Apolo, Barcelona, Spain
20th Mar Sala El Sol, Madrid, Spain

We will be playing these shows a a duo with guitar and piano.

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The Sleeping Years on Twitter



If you are using Twitter you can find our random posts here: http://twitter.com/Sleepin..gYears

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Trace Recordings compilation/Elite Barbarian remix

Dale has just recorded an exclusive version of a new TSY song called 'The king grows tired' for a forthcoming compilation on Trace Recordings.
All details will appear here: http://www.tracerecordings...com/

We also have a remix coming out very soon. We loved Elite Barbarian's debut album 'It's only when you get to the end that it all makes sense' so much that we enlisted him to remix one of the tracks from 'We're
becoming islands one by one'. Details on the remix will appear online.
You can order Elite Barbarian's album (available in limited edition Pika Pika-designed sleeves) from the Front and Follow label: http://www.frontandfollow...com/

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Forthcoming shows:

13th Feb Buxton Opera House (w/ Edwyn Collins)
18th Feb Betsey Trotwood, London (w/ Soy un Caballo)
4th Mar TSY DJ set @ KTP, London (w/ Sons of Noel and Adrian)
17th Mar Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich (w/ Emily Barker)
19th Mar Sala Apolo 2, Barcelona, Spain (w/ Duke Special)
20th Mar Sala El Sol, Madrid, Spain (w/ Duke Special)
2nd April Oxjam @ The Troubadour, London (Solo show)
17th April The Local Presents at The Kings Head, London



Join our mailing list at: list@sleepingyears.com
Website: http://www.sleepingyears.c..om
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/the..sleepingyears
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pa..ges/The-Sleeping-Years/103..22702476
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Sleepin..gYears


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Monday, February 09, 2009 


The next London date for The Sleeping Years
will be a very intimate show at The Betsey Trotwood on the 18th Feb.
Appearing as a duo with acoustic guitar and cello,
TSY will be playing at the single launch party for their friends Soy un Caballo.






'a record that only Bon Iver's 'For Emma, Forever Ago' has really rivaled in recent months. 'We're Becoming Islands One By One' could be remembered as one of 2008's best of its kind in years to come'. 8/10''
Drowned in Sound

'An extraordinary introduction to a hugely talented artist... exquisite'
Rock n Reel

'his voice breaks exquisitely between hope and despair in songs that the acoustic guitar was invented for'
The Guardian


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Soy Un Caballo are a Belgian couple who write and perform songs of exquisite fragility, and record them in Brussels with an amazing line up of musicians such as Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy(Will Oldham), members of Raymondo and producer Sean O’Hagan (The High Llamas).
Soy un Caballo have teamed up with Tunng on their new single. Released exclusively on gold 7” vinyl, this extra-special limited single has Tunng’s version of Soy Un Caballo’s Robin on the A-side, with the band’s original version on the flip.




The Betsey Trotwood
56 Farringdon Rd
Clerkenwell,
London,
EC1R 3BL


Doors at 8 pm
TSY are on stage 9pm

The Sleeping Years: http://www. myspace. com/thesleepingyears
http://www. sleepingyears. com
http://www. facebook. com/pages/The-Sleeping-Years/10322702476

Soy un Caballo:http://www. myspace. com/soyuncaballo]

The neednowater label: http://www. myspace. com/neednowater



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