"This Morning Call" to play Greenbelt Festival!

Yes, its true. We are playing a festival. How very exciting!!

Greenbelt Festival is a Christian music and arts festival - established in 1973 and first held in 1974, now in its 33rd year, and, at the last festival, attracted around 19,000 festival-goers. It starts on Friday 22nd August and goes through to Monday 25th August 2008. It's location - Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Hurrah!

Tickets can be found here:

http://www.greenbelt.org.uk/shop/tickets/

We have been booked to play at 19.40pm on the Underground Stage, on Saturday evening. A great slot, I'm sure you'll agree. Headliners include Jose Gonzalez, Seth Lakeman, and Emmanuel Jal, and This Morning Call (in my head, not in reality).

Although I'm mostly excited about seeing my MySpace friends, a band called Elliot Jack, who I really rate, and like me enjoy watching the odd episode of DrWho, so no doubt we'll have a nice chat about that as well.

You can find out more about the festival here: http://www.greenbelt.org.uk/lineup/

You can also check out our new song "The Observatory" at our myspace page here: www.myspace.com/thismorningcall (which our VOX profile refuses to upload for some reason. Those of you with good memories will know I had this problem some months back. But don't let that put you off listening to some new music....just change websites!!)

Here's the press release:

"Following rave reviews from the likes of Channel 4, XFM and Channel M, underground Mancunian pop artists “This Morning Call” bring their melodic yet experimental blend of rock and electronica to Greenbelt 2008. Following on from successful recent one off shows at the London Troubadour, Manchester PRIDE and the Hard Rock café, their off the wall collection of darkly uplifting tunes has been described by some as an experience similar to watching “portishead on anti-depressants”. Ben Heyworth’s soft rock vocals superbly compliment ambient landscapes, the odd glitchy beat and beautiful piano driven ballads, lyrically painting emotional landscapes and giving classic pop sensibilities a kick into the 21^st Century.

Formed in Manchester in 2007, this ongoing studio project turned live band can be compared to the likes of The Postal Service, Elbow, Coldplay and even Goldfrapp with whom they undoubtedly share a maverick streak and capacity to surprise. Indeed, recent recordings have seen them return to their indie roots, producing uptempo guitar driven rock and top ten friendly Mancunian anthems. Undoubtedly ones to watch, catch “This Morning Call” live on the Underground Stage at 19.40pm on Saturday."

Here's a gratuitous picture, I'm doing something strange with my hands again:

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