Well, whilst London has been burning, being brought near to its knees by the lost and loathing of our Dysunited Kingdom, I have been making a video in the garden with Matilda Kilda. This is for the song MANTRA 29 taken from my new album, ‘WAITING FOR THE POST-MAN‘.
Limited edition physical copies of the album are available here, or else my preferred download outlet can be found here, though it’s available on iTUNES for those who fancy using that as well.
Last Saturday I headed to Medway where Beast Reality Presented its second official night to mark the release of ‘Waiting For The Post-Man‘. I was really excited about this one, we’d put together a cracking line-up and the The Barge is a beautiful setting. The night exceeded our expectations …. thanks so very much for everyone who came out to support us, and to BOAT OF GARTEN, THE SANS PAREIL and WOLF HOWARD for putting in amazing performances on the night.
Quote of the night has to go to Wolf Howard, who had us all hanging on his every word - “I’m terribly sorry about my language, I realise there are some children here in the pub tonight. This next one’s called ‘Cunt’…”
Sara Norling kindly donated the footage for this video which I’ve edited into a little snap-shot of the evenings proceedings. Below are a set of photos also taken by the wonderful Sara Norling and a shot from photographer Phil Dillon at the top of this post. Many thanks to them both for documenting the evening.
Also ….. The Slaughtered Lamb, which held my London Album Launch night in June, have invited me back to support BAXTER DURY on the 16th August. Should be a great gig for those of you around London or anyone who fancies the trip into the City. Lots more gigs soon to be announced and other pretty exciting stuff happening.
Myself and Hg headed up to Sheffield a few weeks ago for the TRAMLINES festival – it was fucking ace … the whole city was seething with enthusiasm and support for the 600+ bands and artists that were performing around the city.
I played a number of times, from guerilla style busking sets outside various places around the city, as well more conventional venues such as the RIVERSIDE CAFE and SOYO. All were really well received, so many thanks for the support from those who caught my performances.
For me, the most memorable was the intimate and surreal Buskers’ Bus Session, which travelled around the city over the whole weekend. Shown above is a version of ‘Hardest Way Home’ filmed by Hg, live from the Bus.
Much thanks to Foz from BIG DOG STUDIOS, who came out on it for the whole weekend, and was kind enough to let us rest our dizzy heads on his studio floor once again. Couldn’t have done it without him.
