Uniform and blanket sounds

Hello.

Well, I was going to pass comment on IB's blog today about how much promoting we should all be doing on the internet in order to market ourselves to record labels these days, but I have to say after a weekend of gigging and being out and about, I really haven't got the energy to launch into the debate. I think the bottom line is that there are only so many hours in the day and the best use of your time changes depending on the demands of the project at any one time. I still feel there is a very valid role for record labels and would hope that our chances of (dare I say it) commercial success would increase rapidly should we get some decent investment from a label, if nothing else because I want to spend time touring and recording, not logging into CDbaby or whatever everyday. There is only so far you can take a DIY project via the internet due to the vast quantity of (often shit) bands who are all logging onto the same thing (e.g. MySpace) Anyway, if anybody wants to read the debate it can be found here: http://indieboy.vox.com/library/post/fair-play-to-those-who-dare-to-dream-make-art.html

First things first, many thanks to everybody who came down to see us on Friday. It was a sell out and it went really well. I wasn't expecting to see so many people there but I can only be delighted with the turn out and especially all those people who hadn't seen us before and expressed their delight and interest after the performance. I think it was probably our best gig yet. Thanks to all those at Thriller Killer who put us on, and Johnny who did the sound. Next up, an acoustic show down at Trof, in Fallowfield, Manchester, at a night called "While Other Bands Park Vans", and after that, back down to London, and yes I will be harrasing all you London A+R folk to get down there. Its at The Troubadour, which I understand is near Harrods and therefore is probably very posh, on the 3rd April. .

Can I remind everyone that we have a profile up at XFM and I've just spotted that they've got another one of these rating things - if anybody has a spare moment and wants to give us a rating, we can be found at http://www.xfmuploaded.co.uk/thismorningcall. It should only take a moment and we'd be very happy! You don't have to be logged in or register in order to leave a score. Lets hope they like it sufficiently to spin a tune on the unsigned show and then we can all get excited once again!

We were also featured in the South Manchester Reporter this week - a lovely article and a photo which filled the best part of a page. There doesn't appear to be a weblink to the article, so I'll just reprint a paragraph here that I did find funny: The band say they are inspired by an array of musical talent, ranging from Goldfrapp to Bowie. But even recording sessions at Ben's home in Levenshulme - just around the corner from the McVities factory - have helped get the creative juices flowing. "Yes, biscuits have been an inspiration, we were considering releasing a record called Hobnobs", Ben joked.

Well, there you go - my words afterall and not something I hope I'll one day find printed in the pages of NME. I do like Hobnobs though, well nice.

Here's a tune some of you might not have heard before... Its called Romance and its a ballad.

Romance

This Morning Call

3 comments

enjoy... this is the one our french friends said they enjoyed the most.

best wishes,
Ben