MARCH 4 2008
Hi all.
It went a little quiet over Christmas. Sorry about that. Let's just say the nature of playing rock and roll music has never been made to look more pointless in the big picture than it did over the Festive Season.
But somehow, like the aforementioned shining phoenix with 6 cocks, we rise from the flames and erm... play some gigs and put out a second record soon.
In preparation for that we're putting some of this new 'record' up to have a listen to at our Myspace page, 2 tracks at a time, probably changing them every few days or so or when we can be arsed.
The two up there at the moment are:
GOOD DOG BAD DOG: A strangely hard to type title for a song if ever there was one.
CREATURES: about skin and insides and all that.
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/LORDS TO LISTEN TO THEM
Listen and feel free to leave supportive comments about our endeavours. Lords is a hater-free zone. Bear this in mind. Also, bear in mind the words of Why Don't You?, the popular kids' TV show. "Why don't you; switch off the fucking internet; and go and make your own fucking music instead?". Or words to that effect.
ALBUM
Song titles confirmed:
GOOD DOG BAD DOG
THE THINGS WE DO FOR MONEY
HORSE/DONKEY/MULE
CREATURES
THE BOAT DON'T FLOAT
PAW PAW KING
I SHOOK THE ROYAL THRONE
A PIONEER
THE REMEMBERER
Album mastered by Steven Ward. Artwork proving a small hurdle at present but being sorted.
GIGS
We have a special one off THIS SATURDAY THE 8TH MARCH in LONDON at the CROSS KINGS:
Our first gig in nearly 6 months is with CHRIS LEO (The Lapse/Van Pelt/Vague Angels/Native Nod), DEAR THIEF and EMBERS.
www.myspace.com/gunghoclub
TOUR
We tour with our big brothers Bilge Pump in March. They have an album out entitled RUPERT THE SKY with artwork by meself.
THE GRINGO MYSPACE has a track for your earholes.
MARCH
20 NOTTINGHAM ROSE OF ENGLAND (also with Not In This Town) - GET THERE EARLY.
21 LONDON BUFFALO BAR - Silver Rocket Half Dayer (also with Who Owns Death TV, Herzoga, An Emergency)
22 BRISTOL COUNTY SPORTS (also with The Wailingest Cats)
23 HOUSE PARTY IN LONDON
24 MILTON KEYNES BLETCHLEY KILN FARM SOCIAL CLUB - with some naked Miltonkeynsians hopefully.
25 LIVERPOOL KOROVA (also with Youthmovies)
26 LEEDS BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB
MORE GIGS
We're having a weekend of it in may playing at the Two Days In Stereo fest in Glasgow on the Saturday 24th and then back down south for another festivity performance on the Sunday hopefully.
THE FUTURE, SO TO SPEAK
Lord Elvin is moving away from this fair island in the summertime, sumtime to reside in Ireland from now on. The lure of the waves is so strong that, like David Hasselhoff in Baywatch, he needs to be by the sea. Whilst this does not spell the end of Lords, it certainly means that gigging at short notice is a no-goer. We will be tightning our collective organisational skills to bring you well-planned, efficient touring from this point on inspired by our friends Lafaro who have the same conundrum on their plates too.
There will doubtless be a very messy party-styled scenario prior to the furry one's departure.
OTHER NOTABLE NEWS
CELLULOID
We have a song in a feature film that is coming out soon. Full details as it happens. This sparked an obsession with film that has led to Philippe moving into the world of acting and my own recent employment as a fluffer. I jest.
It does mean we're getting a video made for a song on the new record. Gringoboss excitedly told us this means we'll be on MRP or STD or HRT or something. He says this is "good for our careers" and that "a good video is worth 6 months of touring". With this in mind, we're considering taking the route of You Slut! and replacing ourselves with hot ladies for the video instead:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohhss3V10rA
Ooof!
EXTRA CURRICULAR MUSICAL PURSUITS
Elvin and myself are in the process of making an album as members of FELIX: www.myspace.com/mybeautifulfelix
Ian Scanlon is at the helm and it's going to be something of a logistical bastard but the basic tracks are done and we all even found time to play a gig opening for the Cave Singers in Nottingham.
Pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/sets/72157603892194389/
I have my first solo-ish gig in ages on May 22 at Chameleon in Nottingham. I say solo, I mean 'duo'. Patrick Farmer and myself will be doing something of an improvisational nature in support to the lovely Rob Lowe aka Lichens. www.damnyou.co.uk
I'm also in the process of putting together another band to satisfy something of a rhythmical obsession at the moment. You know, Lungfish, Can, Oneida etc. If you fancy doing something like this then message me.
Also, myself and fellow ex Wolves Of Greece pensioner Neil Johnson played as part of Glenn Branca's Hallucination City Orchestra in October last year.
It looked like this:
And sounded like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8D6jxhTG7k
Neil went back to Rome to do again last week as well. It's addicitive like that.
Luckily, while we're all galavanting about like French dandies, Phil has been writing a sackfull of new Lords material which is reassurringly excellent and may get an airing in gigs coming up. But we have to learn the album we just did first.
BLOG
Updated with some new music recommendations and the like: LORDS MYSPACE BLOG THINGY
LORDS' STEREO
Hmmm. Extra Golden, 13th Floor Elevators, Elevate, Obits live bootleg, David Candy, Mitch Hedburg, Ripping Yarns, new Bilge LP, Tren Brothers, Nuggets, Shitty Limits, these crazy Ethno-music tapes that Elv gets from a guy in Essex, Van Pelt, Pifco. Some more no doubt. I can't remember.
That's about it I reckon.
LOVE,
sumlin
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