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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
this afternoon we climbed arthur’s seat, ate haggis at the sheep’s heid, and saw dr neil’s garden. thanks, john, for showing us around and putting us up. we enjoyed your coen bros and holy shit, you were right about the chocolate…
above, from our session on bbc radio scotland today. as you can see, we had a terrible time. couldn’t have ask for a better start to the tour than last night’s show at the sage in gateshead. thanks for all the tweets!
hello en route to gateshead, our first show of the tour. i’m up front with driving steve, eating apples from his girlfriend’s garden and a candy called fizz mania. everyone else is sleeping. we left the tin angel office in a scramble of amps, merch boxes, and musicians. it’s a grey day but with a […]
day one was with marc riley on bbc 6 music, lovely as always. four days left to listen online, if you care to jam along!