All Things Considered

Last minute gig on Friday

2012-01-31T11:52:00.000Z

We've added a last minute show to our slowly growing roster of gigs, this Friday (3rd February) in Camberley, Surrey. Please see the gig listings for address and entry details. Be great to see a few of you there.

We should also have the first of what we hope will be a string of summer festival appearances confirmed within the next fortnight. Details of that will be posted here as soon as we have them.

Happy New Year

2011-12-29T18:48:00.003Z

Wishing everyone a very happy New Year, and all the best for 2012.

We're really starting to step up planning for 2012, with studio sessions increasing to finish the album, and also the first few live dates being confirmed. Our first of these is back at the venue we finished off back in July - Jagz in Ascot. Please come and join us on January 24th in the bar area for a free entry show to ease us back in to gigging! If we're horrendous - at least it hasn't cost you anything!

More dates to follow, along with a much more up to date blog as the new album draws ever nearer.

Thanks for the continued support

News Update

2011-11-20T17:00:00.002Z

We're delighted to announce the arrival of our new bass player - Ian Greening.

Ian, being nearly as old as Adrian (we didn't know such an age existed) comes in to the fold with a wealth of experience in many different styles and genres. He's a very solid bass player which will work with our material well we think, and we have already got stuck in to writing the last couple of tracks needed for the new record - so he has to stay now!

We'll hopefully be announcing a couple of live dates for early 2012 very soon, so watch this space for the debut of the 3rd different ATC line up - and its always the bass players!

November Update

2011-11-20T16:56:00.001Z

Hello Everyone

Thought it about time for a bit of an update, just so you know we’re all still alive and the band does still exist!

We left you a couple of months ago with the news that Emma had given birth to a baby boy. Well we’re pleased to say that all concerned are doing very well. Baby Robert seems remarkably good so far, so credit to him. Emma seems to be taking to motherhood like she takes to most things – extremely smoothly and as if she’s been doing it for years. She’s even had time to start dabbling in a completely new musical project, alongside the good ship ATC. Who says parenting is difficult!

Our now former bass player – Mr Ben Halls, is we believe doing well for himself in his new home of Boston (USA, not Lincolnshire). We can’t confirm this as we have barely heard from the bloke nearly 3 months after he departed – but we hear these things on the grapevine.

The big news for us is that we have started working with a new bass man. Ian Greening is an extremely affable chap, a very good bass player and seems to like folk music, which is always a plus. We’ve so far worked on some of our old material with him, as well as working on the last bit of new stuff we need for the album, and all is going swimmingly so far, which is good. We’d like to welcome Ian to the fold, and hope his stay is a happy one.

So, plans are slowly beginning to be put in place to actually get back gigging. We have missed it badly, but know we need to make sure we are 100% ready before venturing back out. In the next couple of weeks we will start to name a few dates for early 2012 – which we will no doubt keep you posted about. There is currently a slow burning urge to get a show in before Xmas, but with the album being the absolute biggest priority currently, this will likely be a last minute thing if it does happen. We will of course give you as much notice of any shows as possible.

The album is starting to sound great. We are now finishing off songs and can start to visualise the finished product. We’re still a fair way off, but the plan is to have the recording finished by February, and it being ready to be duplicated by March/April, ready for a May/June release. There’s a few exciting things in the pipeline including working with a promotions company to help push the record, along with some big shows we’ll be lining up.

So, as another taster of the new album, we now have a really nice bit of video shot at one of our favourite nights, The Icarus Club in Hither Green, London. It is footage of the song 'Grasslands', which will be appearing on the new record, and it was recorded back in the summer. Head over to the video section of the website where you'll find that, and a few other older ones you may not have seen. It's worth 10 minutes of your time we think!

So, that’s about it. We’re very close to all systems go again and there is a real buzz about the band currently which is good to be a part of. Watch this space everyone – ATC will be rising again very soon!

Babies, bass player and brand new mixes

2011-09-06T20:13:00.002+01:00

Hello Everyone

You may (or may not) have noticed we've been pretty quiet recently. So, we thought it time for a quick update as the long hot summer (?) draws to a close.

At the end of July we said a fond farewell to Ben, our bass player for the last 3 years - who has now departed these shores for the sights and sounds of Boston, Massachusetts. He's quite blatantly forgotten about us already as he's not replied to any e-mails we've lovingly sent asking how he is - but there you go.

We'd like to thank everyone who came along to see Ben off at our last gig, and also go on record in wishing him the best of luck. It was (mostly) a pleasure working with you good sir.

We're currently making arrangements with regards the bass player position, and hopefully can announce something soon.

Those of you who saw us live for the few shows we did over the summer months may also have noticed Emma had put on a little weight... Well, we're delighted to announce that she gave birth to a bouncing baby boy last weekend, a couple of weeks ahead of schedule! 7lb 2ozs, and the little scamp goes by the fine traditional name of Robert Lee Baldwin. You can always trust a guy called Robert I think.

All our love and best wishes go to her and Darren.

And then there were three (well, Emma's hiatus will probably last about a week knowing her).

The three of us are back in the studio this week for continued recording. We still have lots to do, but we're getting there with the new record. Some of it is close to completion, which is a great place to be.

So, as we've been suggesting for ages, we've uploaded one of the new album tracks to our players on our various websites. Unheard Sounds and Empty Motions has been in our set for ages now - but have you ever heard it with Gethin's backing vocals...? Let us know what you think. It may not be the final mix - but its pretty close.

So there we go. There is no time frame of when we'll be back fully up and running - but I imagine we'll start to get a bit itchy to go out and do some shows pretty soon, so keep your eyes peeled for some news on that.

Hope you're all well

Cheers

ATC (abridged...)

Reminder - Ben's last gig

2011-07-25T09:48:00.002+01:00

Hello all,

Just a quick reminder that it's Ben's last gig with us on Friday. It'd be great to have lots of you along to send him off on a high!

All Things Considered + Paper Shades
Jagz, Ascot
Friday 29th July

Tickets £5 adv - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/123871
£7 on the door

Hopefully see you all soon!
ATC

Jagz Gig Ticket Info

2011-06-28T22:13:00.004+01:00

With Ben's last gig on 29th July fast approaching we thought it would be useful to let you know how to buy tickets for the show online!

You can get your tickets for the Jagz gig at www.wegottickets.com/event/123871. Tickets are just £5 and for your money you'll not only get us - but to open the night, we have booked the outstanding acoustic duo The Paper Shades. They are worth the ticket money alone!

Obviously we're really keen to get as many people out as possible for this show - as it'll be the last time you'll see us with our current line-up and we really want to give Ben a great send off.

So - don't delay - get yourself a ticket and join us at Jagz in Ascot on 29th July. It'll be a very lovely thing.

Any Bass Players Out There?????

2011-05-16T21:54:00.002+01:00

So, the worst kept secret is out – Gethin has shaved all his hair off! Well, that’s not really the big news, but it is certainly news-worthy. Let us know what you think at the upcoming gigs.

The ‘big’ news is this. As many of you probably already know, Ben, our dependable, reliable and downright perfect bass player for the last 2 and a half years is off to the United States, to study – not just to eat loads and watch copious amounts of football, although that will no doubt happen in the first year at least.

He leaves us at the end of July, and we’re very close to confirming his ‘farewell’ show – which will hopefully be at our album launch venue, Jagz in Ascot on Friday 29th July. We will obviously provide all details once this is 100% sorted, but it would be great to fill the place, so note the date!

This however obviously leaves us with a big gap to fill, and that isn’t a jibe I promise! We are now actively looking for a new bass player – the plan being the new recruit coming in to the set-up sometime before Ben goes, with the view to taking over from him when we commence gigging towards the end of this year.

Please, if you are a bass player yourself and fancy life as part of the infamous ATC, or you know of anyone that may be interested – do get in touch – info@allthingsconsidered.org.uk is the e-mail address to contact, or there is always through our Facebook page www.facebook.com/allthingsconsidered. The more people who know we are looking, the more chance we have of finding the right replacement, so it’s all hands on deck – that alright? Thanks!

Few gigs coming up – as summer is just round the corner. We’re playing a nice laid back slot at Jagz Open Mic night tomorrow (17th) which is in the front bat, not the function room. There is the possibility of a slot on 29th May (will confirm when confirmed!) and then numerous dates in June including a return to Lincolnshire and The Crawley Folk Festival. Good times.

Spotify and Gigs

2011-03-31T14:09:00.004+01:00

First up, we're very excited to announce that our debut album, Scarecrow, is (finally!) available on Spotify. So, any of you who haven't bought it yet (shame on you...) can now go and listen for free, and we still get paid for it. Win-win situation!

After a quiet few months, our gigging schedule is heating up too - we're very excited about next week, which brings us to headline Vic Cracknell's night at Propaganda, Fleet on Wednesday 6th April. Free entry, with 2-for-1 pizzas, and support from Morrison, Dan Grinter and Jonathan Thompson, it promises to be a great night. There's some more information at facebook - sign up for the event so we know if you're coming!

We're also back in London soon, at the renowned Bedford in Balham, on Wednesday 20th April. This is a great venue, with a lovely live room out the back, including a balcony, so you can throw stuff at us if we're really bad... There's always a great line-up there, so it's well worth the trip down, and again is free entry.

Think that's it - remember to check back for details of more gigs, we've got a busy summer coming up, so hope to see lots of you!

March Update, Local Gigs

2011-03-09T09:32:00.001Z

Hello!

We thought it time for a little update – seeing as it’s been a while since we last spoke.

The last time we put a post out I think we were just about to play the support to Idlewild frontman Roddy Woomble in Reading. Well, you’ll be pleased to know that went off without a hitch! It was a great night – a really nice crowd, good music and the headline act were excellent company. We’re hopeful of a few more of those support gigs this year.

We have a few live dates coming up in the next month or so to tell you about – and it would be great to see some of you there for them.

This Thursday (10th March) we are playing what is probably now our annual (or at least 6 monthly) show at The Cellar Bar, South Hill Park in Bracknell.
Very much a hometown show... well for some of us anyway. This one is actually a full Artree Music showcase, as it features our little acoustic stable of Phoebe Wright and Scattered Few on the bill. Should be a really nice event – with tickets £5 on the door. It kicks off at 8pm.

On 6th April we travel the relatively short distance to Fleet for a feature set at the newish Propaganda Presents night, funnily enough at The Propaganda Music Canteen. This is one of the great Vic Cracknell’s events – which we always love playing and are well worth attending because the standard is always stupidly high. It is also free entry – so no excuses!

The album is slowly but surely coming together. We don’t have any further news with regards to release but we’re very pleased with how it is sounding. This is a big release for us so we’re making sure we use all the time we can getting it absolutely bang on. I’m sure there will be a few dates set in stone soon. We will obviously keep you posted.

Anyway – thanks all for the continued support, and it’ll be great to see a few of you in Bracknell and Fleet in the coming weeks.

Cheers
ATC x

Roddy Woomble Support

2011-01-31T11:41:00.003Z

In the last couple of days we’ve been confirmed as the support act for Idlewild’s lead singer Roddy Woomble’s solo show in Reading on Tuesday night (1st Feb).

This is a great opportunity for us in our quest to work with more high profile artists – and although very short notice (we were only 100% confirmed yesterday!), I hope there is still time for a few of you to grab some tickets and come along.

The venue is Sub89 in Reading and tickets for the show are £11 and available from here. Doors are 7.30pm.

The show will be all seated – and we’re expecting Roddy to play tracks from his solo albums as well as the odd Idlewild favourite. We’ll be on first of course, probably doing about half an hour. It should be a great night.

Dec News

2010-12-20T21:20:00.003Z

Folks, we have new video footage on our You Tube page at www.youtube.com/user/allthingsconsideredu, and also for next few days you can hear our track played by Tom Robinson on BBC 6 Music.

This link www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wnyfd#segments will take you to the page and you'll need the 'Listen Now' button.

End of Another Year!

2010-12-20T20:31:00.003Z

Well - we've come to the end of another year and it seems to be finishing the way it started, with stupid amounts of snow on the ground and things being cancelled left, right and centre. Nice for a day or two but bloody annoying after that!

Luckily we've finished gigging for the year, with probably more travelling this year than any other in our time as a band. Bath, Bristol, Norwich, Portsmouth - various parts of Essex, Lincolnshire etc. The cars have certainly racked up the miles.

The studio sessions have started really well for the new album, which will hopefully be all done and dusted by the spring. You never realise quite how much there is to do until you start, but we're pretty solidly plugging away at the moment, with the hope we should have all the major bits down by February. There should be a few bits and pieces we can show you all around that time, so we'll keep you posted.

We do however have a couple of the newer tracks you'll find on the record up on our You Tube page. Some great footage was shot when we played a gig alongside our good friends Spriggan Mist a couple of months back, which we have now uploaded on to our page.

You can check out footage of us playing Selfpity and also one of our much more recent tracks - the first airing of Past Times at www.youtube.com/user/allthingsconsideredu

We've also recently had some more national radio play, which is always nice. Tom Robinson (yes, he of 2-4-6-8 Motorway fame) played Clear Your Conscience on his BBC 6 Music show. If you'd like to hear that, you can for the next few days by visiting www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wnyfd#segments and clicking the 'Listen Now' button.

Anyway - we'll close by thanking each and every one of you who have supported us this year, whether it be punter or promoter. As with all bands trying to make an impact we need all of you on board and we're extremely grateful you have chosen to take an interest in our music.

We hope the new album when it is ready won't disappoint!

Have a great Xmas, and we'll see you all in Lewisham for one of our favourite gigs on the circuit, on January 13th.

Cheers

ATC x

Recording Update and Jagz gig with Martha Tilston

2010-11-16T22:11:00.002Z

Hello Everyone!

Just thought we'd give you a quick update on weekend number 1 in the studio.

Basically, it went great - and album number 2 is already taking shape very nicely. We managed to get 6 guide tracks recorded, with the proper percussion and bass takes recorded live and on the whole correct! We then had time to get some of Adrian's guitar parts down as well - which by the end were sounding really good.

We're attempting to get a much fuller, bolder sound to this record and so far, with a few nicely placed mics we are achieving it. A very long way to go yet, but we're all already itching to get back in and continue.

Hopefully we'll have the odd snippet of the sessions to show you all at some point soon!

We have three gigs coming up next week - and it pretty much (apart from a short set in Guildford just confirmed for 7th December) will mark the end of our gigging for the year. We play The Hoy Folk Club, Leigh-on-Sea on Tuesday next week, and also doing a set in Newbury on Sunday with our good friends Scattered Few and the brilliant Amy's Ghost.

However - the big one for us next week is at one of our favourite venues, Jagz in Ascot where on Wednesday next week (24th) we support the quite fantastic Martha Tilston.

Martha is a truly one of a kind artist, with a wonderful voice, thoughtful lyrics and a really warm demeanour on stage. She is an artist that influences a good few of us in the band so this is going to be a great night.

It would be absolutely fantastic if we can get a few familiar faces to this night. Tickets are £10 in advance or £12 on the night, and that will be money so worthwhile spending. You can get advance tickets from this link - www.wegottickets.com/event/93373 or if you e-mail info@allthingsconsidered.org.uk with the full names of people requiring tickets, we'll get your names on the door for you to pay the lower price when you turn up on the night.

We're really looking forward to it - and it will be great to see some of you there. It will be a brilliant night!

Cheers

ATC x

Lightwater gig

2010-11-11T13:32:00.003Z

Just a quick one folks to say we'll be doing a set at The Crossley Club in Lightwater tomorrow (Friday 12th), on at about 9pm. The night is part of the Spriggan Mist Presents series, and will include sets from our good friends Savour the Flavour, and obviously Spriggan Mist, along with a couple of other acts.

Be great to see a few heads down for that one - our last before we start recording the 'tricky' second album. Entry is £2, and it all kicks off around 7.30pm.

Also, just a reminder that we're doing a short set supporting Martha Tilston at Jagz in Ascot on Wednesday 24th Nov. Check out the gigs page for ticket links.

One last plug - if you haven't already, please follow us on facebook - www.facebook.com/pages/All-Things-Considered/14405050679. With the new album due shortly, we're really wanting to build this page. Cheers!

News Update

2010-10-27T20:11:00.003+01:00

We've just confirmed a short slot supporting Martha Tilston at Jagz in Ascot on Wednesday 24th November. Tickets for this are available from the Artree website - www.artree.org.uk.

Also just confirmed - we'll be back in Lincolnshire next summer, this time for Solstice weekend 17th - 19th June at Ecofest. More details about that to follow - and both gigs will be up on the gig pages shortly.

Starting on the next album...

2010-10-24T17:14:00.001+01:00

Well – 3 weeks to go until the new album sessions start. We have a fair idea about what we’re doing, what direction we’re heading in with this new recording and how we want the finished product to sound. Whether that’ll change once we get in there is anyone’s guess, but we’re all starting to get excited – although we’d be lying if we said we weren’t a little apprehensive about what the next couple of months will bring.

This album will in the main consist of material that we have written in the last few months. Whereas with the first one, we’d been gigging most of the songs that ended up on the album for a long time before, so knew them inside out – this time most of it will be pretty new to us. Although we have slowly bought a few new songs in to the set this last 18 months or so, in the main the tracks on this new record will basically be written and then recorded – with very little gigging exposure. It’s an exciting way to do things, and we kind of hope that as the songs will be so fresh to us, that enjoyment of playing new material will shine through (although that will also be down to Al Heslop’s excellent production skills!).

Another thing that is different to the first one, is that we have given ourselves a much stricter time limit for recording. We hope that another way of getting a real spontaneous, exciting feel to the record will be to get it recorded over a period of a couple of months, as opposed the 8 or so months it took us to do the last one. That idea will probably come back to bite us on the arse, but you have to try these things don’t you!

The new material is on the whole a lot more upbeat than the stuff on the previous record. The previous record was a document of what we had done in the first 18 months or so of being together. Some of the songs came from sessions that Adrian and Emma had early on, some of them from when previous bass player Jim was in the band, and only really a couple that we put together from start to finish as a full band. This new stuff we can safely say is pretty much all material that we have written together as a band, so we hope it will be a much collective sounding effort.

So, November 13th and 14th is when it all kicks off, and we’ll expect to record throughout the rest of November, all December and then in to January.......with hopefully something resembling a finished album at the beginning to middle of Feb, ready for duplication and getting out to the press etc for a spring time release. A hard old ask, but we’ll give it a go.

We will still have the odd gig while we record, as otherwise Emma gets irritated. We support the fantastic Leatherat (www.myspace.com/leatherat) at The Farnham Maltings next Friday (29th) and then have slots in Lightwater, Leigh-on-Sea and Newbury before the end of the year. I imagine we’ll add one to sign off the year with in December – so keep an eye on the gig page.

Cheers for now

ATC

BBC Session, summer update

2010-09-22T09:30:00.003+01:00

As promised, a (slightly late!) opportunity to listen to the full BBC session that we recorded a few weeks ago:

(you might have to head over to our website to listen if you're reading this in an email)

We won't bore you with all the same news that we've posted elsewhere - head over to MySpace or ReverbNation to find out exactly what we've been up to. Needless to say it's been a very exciting summer, from the aforementioned BBC Session to playing the closing set on the 2nd stage at Weyfest. And we're all raring to get into the studio to start work on the (difficult?) 2nd album, so the next few months promise to be very exciting too! There are still a few gigs coming up though, so make sure you check those out too, it'd be great to see some of you along.

Best,
ATC

BBC update

2010-08-19T13:44:00.002+01:00

Just a quick update on the BBC Berkshire session we recorded on Tuesday - this will be airing this Sunday the 22nd August, at 7pm as part of "The Session". Please tune in, either the old-fashioned way, or using DAB, or you can listen live online over at BBC iPlayer. There's a new track that we recorded live, plus a bit of chat and an album track, so definitely worth a listen we think!

BBC Radio session and gig

2010-08-17T10:06:00.002+01:00

A few exciting things coming up this week - this afternoon we're off to BBC Berkshire's studios to record a radio session, including a live performance and a bit of an interview, and then tomorrow (Wednesday 18th) we're off to The Oakford Social Club in Reading to play "BBC Introducing...", a night showcasing up-and-coming bands from the local area. We're headlining, with support from our good friends Scattered Few. The night is free entry, and kicks off at about 8:30pm, so please do come along if you're in the area!

Summer Update

2010-08-09T20:03:00.002+01:00

Just an update folks regarding a few shows we have coming up over the next fortnight.

Tomorrow night we're at our old haunt of The Cellar Bar, at South Hill Park Arts Centre in Bracknell. Doing a 30+ minute slot along with great singer/songwriter Natalie Long. We'll be on around 9pm and tickets are a fiver on the door.

Sunday we play at The Harlequin Fayre near Norwich. Tickets are almost sold out for this Green Gathering, but you may be lucky if you're quick. Expect loads of hippies and quality ale. Nice!

Next Wednesday we're at The Oakford Social Club in Reading for the BBC Introducing night. Free entry as far as we know, and we're on the bill along with our good friends Scattered Few.

Then, on Saturday 21st August we play at The Small World Festival in Lincolnshire. Again, tickets are pretty scarse for this one now - but if you are interested, check the website gig section where the link for this, as well as the Norwich festival can be found.

Upcoming gigs - BBC Introducing, Eastney Cellars, many more...

2010-07-02T13:57:00.003+01:00

Hello all!

Been a bit quiet recently with Emma jetting off to get married (congratulations!), but we're now gearing up for the festival season (full dates on www.allthingsconsidered.org.uk), with a few extra-special gigs lined up as well.

On 21st July, we're off to see our regular line-up companions Chris Ricketts and Mark Willshire for a night they run at the very very good Eastney Cellars. This promises to be a great night of acoustic and folk music, and tickets are available now from any band member, or our website.

And then 18th August we've very proud to have been selected to play at the BBC's "Introducing..." night at Oakford Social Club, Reading. Playing with our label's latest signing and very old friends of ours Scattered Few, it promises to be a great night.

And of course there are plenty of other opportunities to see us live - our full schedule is available, as always, at www.allthingsconsidered.org.uk, so please take a look - it'd be great to see you soon!

An ATC Blog Post - As Rare As A Goal From Emile Heskey......

2010-05-13T16:52:00.003+01:00

Yep – I know, it’s been at least a month since our last blog post. Hardly prolific we’re well aware so again I’m sitting here saying to myself (and the others) that we’ll rectify that and update this far more frequently, but I doubt any of you would believe us…..

Rest assured – if we had anything worthwhile to say we would say it, promise!

You’ll be pleased to know I can think of a few worthwhile things to talk about this time, which is good as this post would be pretty damn pointless if I couldn’t.

The big project some of us have been working on over the last few weeks is putting together the music for the inaugural Headspace Youth, Disability and Communities Festival which is due to take place at Long Hill Park in Bracknell on Saturday June 19th. (http://www.headspacefestival.co.uk/index.html - not quite a completed website but it’ll give you the jist!)

We’ve managed to put together a really solid line-up of music on two stages, with a broad cross-section of different genres, from young up and coming acts to the more seasoned pros (we’ll let you make your own minds up where you think we fit in to that).

Highlights will include a rare local performance from our good friend Rory Ellis from Australia, one of the brightest acoustic prospects around today – Lou Brown and also a set from the brilliant prog-rock band Heights, who have as their guitarist our producer Al Heslop.

It’s gonna be quality – although bloody scary as this is the first one, so anything could happen! Stick the date in your diary – at £5 entry on the gate (with all proceeds going to Headspace), it’ll be well worth your time. And yes……there is a beer tent.

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For those that haven’t yet – please look us up and become a fan on our Facebook page. A lot of us have been working hard to get this medium going properly so would be great if you could link to us – even if you get this blog having signed our mailing list at some random gig and you’ve forgotten who we are – sign up anyway!

You’ll find us (so I’m told) at this link:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/All-Things-Considered/14405050679

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Finally, we have a gig at Jagz in Ascot tomorrow. We’re doing a short opening set for the band Grey Matter, on at about 8pm or thereabouts.

The gig is significant because it marks the end of our winter/spring gigging run, as we’ll be off the circuit for about 5 weeks due to Emma flying out to Cyprus to get married!

Now some of us in this band have known Emma for a long time now – she was basically still a kid when me (Phil) and Adrian started writing with her back in the summer of 2003, so we’ve seen the odd geezer come and go, most of whom were the stranger side of weird.

However – a couple of years ago she introduced us to Darren, the flame haired cockney who actually seemed reasonably normal…… Could this be? Well yes – it appears it is, as in less than two weeks time they fly out to get wed, and then spend the following 3 weeks in the sun, while the rest of us poor bastards who couldn’t afford to go hope for the best we might get a day in the next month where the temperature reaches double figures……

So – as this will be the last blog post (going on our current updating efforts) before she jets off – I’d just like it to go on record to say we all wish them the very, very best. Darren is an absolute diamond geezer and the two of them are perfect together. Whether or not things go quite as swimmingly if and when she pops a sprog and we’re still gigging 6 times a month is anyone’s guess……….

But we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Video sessions, festival bookings...

2010-04-16T14:40:00.001+01:00

A few bits of news recently - first of all, our "Songs From The Shed" session is now available at www.songsfromtheshed.com, take a look - we had lots of fun making the videos!

Also, Headspace Festival, which is being run by the Headspace charity in conjunction with Artree Music (our label), is confirmed for the 19th June in Longhill Park, Bracknell. It promises to be a great day, and we'll definitely be playing at some point! We're also confirmed to be playing at the International Youth Arts Festival in Kingston on the 10th July, keep tuned for more details of that...

Us+A Shed+A Camera = ?

2010-04-16T13:21:00.004+01:00

Sometimes it's the simplest things in life that are the best. I must admit that we were rather unsure of what to expect when, a few weeks ago, we turned up to the lovely Jon Earl's house near Bristol to record a video session in his shed. It was to be all completely acoustic, and recorded as-live with no editing, a nervewracking experience for any musician! And a previous line-up of acts including Lou Brown, Jackie Oates, Black Peak and 3 Daft Monkeys, among many others, didn't do much to ease the pressure on us...

But we had a great time - Jon was very friendly and kept us well refreshed with cups of tea (while he wasn't exchanging stories of rural flooding with Ben anyway), and despite a few false-starts here and there we finished the afternoon fairly confident that we had produced a fairly reasonable performance!

And then the wait started - unfortunately Jon had a back-log of sessions, so we had to wait a few weeks until the videos were available, but now we're incredibly happy to announce that they are live on www.songsfromtheshed.com!

Please do go and take a listen (and take a look at some of the past artists too, there are some gems in there), we reckon they've come out pretty well, so let us know what you think!