New EP and UK Tour
This year is lining up to take 2012 by the cock and jerk it so violently it gushes a custard fountain of awesome. On Sunday we're going to lead Paul into a room with a drum kit and explain to him that we need him to hit them a lot, much like he would on stage, but without the rest of the band. And that we're going to record it.
Assuming of course that he understands the hieroglyphs we draw for him, we will have the drums recorded for our new split EP with crap punk band Scumface. We have five exciting new tracks to insert into you when we're done. I'm not sure if the boys would allow me to tell you the track names so early in the game but they're not here and I'm the front man, which makes me the best, so fuck them.
Here are the track names (in no decisive order) to whet your genital buds on:
- Wasted
- Taking the Black
- Blue Waffle
- Heat of the Moment
- Jizzbolt
We're on a tight schedule to bang this out quickly and effectively, something that a handful of girls and a rabbit will contest that I'm not very good at. "What's the hurry Russ?" I hear our purely hypothetical readers cry. Well we're going on tour in support of the EP this February, that's what!
Our first UK tour! Only six and a half years after we formed! Aren't we doing well? Yes, we will be cramming into a car and a van with Scumface and heading out around the country to spread our noise, much like an STI might spread from waffle to waffle in a brothel's scissoring marathon. Assuming they exist.
Locations aren't fully confirmed but it's looking a little bit like this:
Scumface + Footprints in the Custard. The 'What a Mess' tour 2013
February
22 - Leeds - ?
23 - Glasgow - 13th Note
24 -
25 -
26 - Preston - The Ship Inn
27 -
28 - London - The Unicorn
March
01 - Birmingham - Scruffy Murphys
02 - Manchester - The Retro Bar
23 - Glasgow - 13th Note
24 -
25 -
26 - Preston - The Ship Inn
27 -
28 - London - The Unicorn
March
01 - Birmingham - Scruffy Murphys
02 - Manchester - The Retro Bar
03 - Eccles - Wangies
If you have any ideas on how we could fill the gaps above (bear in mind the locations and travel feasibility) then please do get in touch!
I saw the tour artwork last night and it looks sexy as hell! Expect posters, T shirts and the like to be flying at your face from all angles in the near future. As well as updates on how the recordings are doing, perhaps studio diaries. It all depends how sober or awake I am at any given point.
Speaking of T Shirts... We'll be setting up a pledge shortly in order to raise money for the tour. As you can imagine, driving up and down the country is no cheap feat. We'll be selling T shirts and the EP, along with other merch and bundles. Not sure how much he knows about this, and I don't really care, but we're going to sell Ross out for blind dates. He's our sex mule now.
The Rest of the Year!
When the tour's done we'll probably die. But assuming we don't we've got a lot of exciting things planned for the rest of 2013 too. SCARfest in Stoke springs to mind! Three days, two stages and over 80 bands! We're playing the same stage and day as Lawnmower Deth and Evil Scarecrow. That's enough to get a raging chuff-on, even if it's not until August!
What else... Oh yes! Last year we got to the finals of Preston's Metal 2 The Masses, only missing out on the spot at Bloodstock by a brutal set from Sa-Da-Ko. This year we're getting involved with M2tM again but this time in Manchester! Expect to see us spunking ourselves dry at Grand Central sometime soon!
In fact we're seemingly quite determined to play Bloodstock this year. You can also vote for us to play on the Wychwood website here.
We're also working on putting together a live record. We've already began collecting live material from various shows we've done in the past year and we'll be looking at building on that and picking the best ones to stick together. We're also amassing a surprising number of B-Side tracks that haven't quite made it onto our albums or haven't quite been finished. Expect a possible B-side collection to emerge later in the year!
We're also working on putting together a live record. We've already began collecting live material from various shows we've done in the past year and we'll be looking at building on that and picking the best ones to stick together. We're also amassing a surprising number of B-Side tracks that haven't quite made it onto our albums or haven't quite been finished. Expect a possible B-side collection to emerge later in the year!
Oh and let's not forget we're beginning work on album no. 3! But let's not jump the gun just yet ;)
But First!
But before all that, we've got a few gigs lined up to get us into the 2013 swing of things. Thursday 10th Jan we're playing in Lancaster for the first time ever! That's at the Bobbin. Friday 18th Jan we're playing in Salford for the first time ever, with our mates in Shades of Avalon. That's at The Crescent. And last but definitely not least we're playing Grand Central's Metal Rites festival on Sunday 20th Jan, joining Shades yet again, as well as old buddies in Sa-Da-Ko and loads of other great Metal bands.
My balls are like raisins after all that. Let's make 2013 the Year of the Weasel!
BOOM!
Love you
Russ xx
2 comments:
Hmmm...Nottingham's about halfway between Preston and London, isn't it?
It's a pretty ideal stop if we can find somewhere that will have us that day!
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