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Hydro-Acoustics Launch
Last week we celebrated the launch of Hydro-Acoustics with album-mates and other interested parties at the Hannah Barry Gallery. Here’s a photo of Uther Moads performing:
You can find out more about the release in question by visiting the Hydro-Acoustics Bandcamp page. Have another listen to our featured track below.
Hydro-Acoustics released
Some quick news from us. Firstly thanks to everyone who came to see us play at The Silver Bullet - we had fun meandering through our set in front of an intimate crowd (read: a handful of our friends) who even accompanied our last song with a synchronised dance routine. Thanks to Tasha of ‘Group Therapy’ & The Silver Bullet for having us!
Next:
We’re excited to announce that Hydro-Acoustics is released today. It is a nautical-themed compilation album that we’re chuffed to be a part of and you can now buy it now at Bandcamp. It’s best for everyone involved if you purchase it there, but we’re still excited to see ourselves on Amazon, Spotify etc. Have a listen to our track below and head on over to Bandcamp to listen to the rest and find out more about the release.
Verily we do have news
Greetings! How does Monday morning find you? It greets us with a crisp London breeze and discovers us in the midst of a flurry of activity. A number of things we’d love to tell you about:
First up - our gig at the weekend. It was great! We had a good time and are very thankful to Librarians Wanted for having us. The crowd was quite large considering we were first on. The other bands (Alto45 & Just Handshakes (We’re British)) were awesome. Here’s a photo courtesy of Johnny Raper, surely amongst the best snaps we have of ourselves performing to date. Thanks Johnny and of course Rupert, Silja & David of Librarians Wanted!
OK, next up: we have another gig this Thursday! It’s in Finsbury Park. Here’s the flyer with everything you need to know:
This will likely be our last performance for a couple of months in order to give people time to want to come and see us again, give us time to practice new songs for our set and also to work on our first EP. Our EP will feature a handful of our favourite tracks from the past couple of years. We’re looking forward to getting them sounding good and finally having something finished to give people but also putting a lid on them & moving swiftly onto newer songs in the pipeline that we’re even more excited about. For the timebeing though we’re knee-deep in songs that have been bouncing around since 2009.
The first track we’ve completed for our upcoming release (due later in the year) is first being featured on Hydro-Acoustics, a nautical-themed collection being released by The Association for Depth Sound Recordings. We’re very pleased and proud to be featured on this awesome collection of tunes which will be available for download & physical purchase on April 23rd & you can pre-order it at hydro-acoustics.bandcamp.com. The track in question is fan-favourite My Lady At Low Tide which we have re-recorded & mixed and had mastered for your listening pleasure. You can listen to it right now via the video we just finished this morning below:
Phew. That’s everything for now. We’ll almost certainly be updating you again when Hydro-Acoustics is released but for now we hope you enjoy the above video & our shiny new version of one of our favourite songs.
We play tonight
A very quick reminder that we’re playing Librarians Wanted at The Victoria, Mile End tonight. Pleasingly free entry, breeze on in from 8pm. We’re on at 9! Here’s a photo from our Cambridge days:
Librarians Wanted
Hello again. A quick notice about a gig we’re playing this Friday at The Victoria in Mile End, which is being hosted by pop-enthusiasts Librarians Wanted. We are really looking forward to it, it should be a lot of fun. You can check out the Facebook event and see the poster below for more delicious information:
