period of quiet contemplation
So … jim and clive are now in portis headland (duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh) … denmark poland slovakia … making intense dark beautiful but not very happy music … but what about pete and me I hear you fry? well ….
… first off, it’s not the end of gtb activity. portishead are going to be supporting us at a festival in slovakia (Bažant Pohoda 2011 since you asked). obviously they will look very cool playing with the pheads but we believe they will look cooler still in their suits with us ….
… we are also playing at the very famous jamboree club in barcelonia in august. I’ve played there before (loooong time ago) and that was really very hot indeed but we will take towels and water…
… and pete is doing some gigs with his fantastic new band three cane whale and his fantastic but not quite so new band eyebrow. I will be stretching myself with the great trumpeter Nick Malcolm and with the excellent pianist Mike Willox (the Magnificent 7 is at Bristol’s Harbourside festival on july 30, thanks for asking) and with the equally fantastic Denny Illett (we’re playing at El Rincon in Bristol on July 22 since you’re interested)…
… but none of these will quite satisfy our cravings for blessing so we’ve set ourselves some homework and we’re going to write some tunes. absolutely no idea yet what will come out of it but there you go. and we’ll be finishing off the next album which is nearly ready. we have 8 or 9 tracks waiting to be polished, mixed and mastered and we have cellophane waiting to be photographed…. and there may be some very welcome and very surprise guests on the record … it will probably come out when phead is tucked away back into its cupboard so expect a release early next year and various tourings in england and europe (and hopefully scotland wales and ireland and america and canada)…
….there may also be a sneaky gig or two which we may or may not tell you about ….
…. and watch out for clive in his hugely exciting new guise as co-drummer with radiohead. wet myself have you? can’t tell you how excited I am and I’m not even him!
so here are some good and some not so good photos from the recent and not so recent past to keep you amused and keep having a look at the website for new tracks which I will put up when I get bored of these ones ….
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Hoy chaps, been rocking the Blessing at the Pups in college this week; ‘Music Style Product’ and ‘Einstein Action Figure’ specifically. They be loving it-best part of the job. See you again soon.
Al