Devon Sproule

day 15 – band trading cards!

by paul!  

day 14 – exclaim the shallow end

a sort’ve sloppy/moody but well-captured rendition of the shallow end from exclaim! tv. thanks for the support, guys!

days 11/12/13 – thom shots

good morning, person who is reading this.  i think ye olde bandmates must have stayed up for a while listening to some of manty’s records last night.  eleven am and i’m the only one downstairs. did i say manty?!  yes!  marker starling (aka chris cummings formerly known as mantler) has just joined us on the […]

day 10 – paul’s collages

day 9 – coventry

last night was our last night with support from bernice.  unnnghhhh!  it’s been so good, so good for my singing, for my heart.  lucky for all that, they stay on in the band.  anthony’s visuals were especially dramatic and beautiful at the tin last night and davoud davies made the most of it with his […]

day 8 – stirling

en route from durham to stirling … the season seems to have changed all in one day.  cold wind, coloured leaves, gusts of rain, etc.  a bit of sun too.  went to the durham cathedral yesterday where danele and i lit a candle for her son ayden on the trip when she came over to […]

day 7 – durham

day 6 – manchester

thought i might tell you about the set? (listen along here!) shallow end – first time we’ve opened with this one.  it’s the closer from the new record. the chorusy sections are trying to channel the vibe of willow’s song from the wickerman.  it’s about taking turns being the strong one. you can’t help it […]

day 5 – glasgow

paul arrives!  anthony arrives!  we meet paul and anthony, sitting as strangers at a coffee shop on pollokshaw road, then we all drink coffee and show anthony a hard copy of the beautiful artwork he made for colours.  from there to queen’s park, walking through the leaves, ducks, anthony taking lots of pictures.  from there […]

day 4 – edinburgh

today i learned that ebullient can refer to bubbling water as well as bubbling people.  and i learned about sir walter scott.  and that they make wine on the baja peninsula in mexico.  i went there when i was little once and ate abalone out of the shell!  most excitingly of all, it’s robin’s birthday […]