Put a fork in them, they're done

Another rocking night in LoFi. We rehearsed the London set. We're ready NOW!

We also played some more new tunes - Defying Science (from Disinhibitor) and Hit The Peaks. Plus Fertile Mind, Justify, I Happen To Love You and the 14 songs in the set. We did a bit of re-sequencing of the set, but now all we want to do is get on stage. 

We've come a long way in a short time. 2 more rehearsals and it's London : I hope the various efforts to get a gig before that come to fruition. But if they don't we'll still have a ball. 

Raining in the lane

A couple of weeks back we were snapped for The Herald. Article hasn't appeared yet - will link once it's out

As always - click on the photo to see it bigger

Really good rehearsal

We blasted through the set for London in 45 minutes and ran through a few others.

All played well, most enjoyable evening. 

Van arrangements seem set - splitter van, take our own backline. While there may be a cost saving if we use local backline there is also the opportunity for this to be complicated and unreliable. 

One more and we're looking for a gig or two local, low-key. 

Working setlist & rehearsal room

Tour Poster

Tour Dates Firming Up

UK & French dates sorted ..( almost ! )
9th april @ Water rats , London
10th april @ The Hydrant, Brighton
12th april @ Le Sambre , Rennes
13th april @ La Féline , Paris
14th april @ Deep Inside Klub , Dijon
15th april @ Chez Paulette , Pagney ( near Nancy )
16th april , Nîmes , Club TBA

I'm really excited now, looking at maps. 

We played Chez Paulette 25 years ago, too. The support band were Clash-y punk rock, and one of their posse had brought his pet rat with him. I remember being absolutely shattered after the gig there, and lying down on the floor of the dressing room because I couldn't catch a breath. It took a right good cough to get the air moving again. David Belcher said afterwards he only started worrying when he realised that nobody seemed to have noticed. Ah, vive le rock. It will all be different this time, I'm sure. 

Link to his piece on that tour : http://www.limbos.org/primevals/primevalsm.htm#Roadie

Sustenance

Another solid rehearsal, set for London pretty robust now. We had time to try out a few more tunes. 

The rehearsal started with a photo shoot for The Herald - there should be a piece in Saturday's paper. 

Most tour dates seem to be set now, but it looks like we'll be using local amps & drumkits to save cost. 

I have now unwound with some cheese, some wine, and Alice Coltrane's "Journey In Satchidananda"