We're going to take you through the looking glass...

The video for Checkered Land:

Filmed by Music Videos Manchester, mixing live footage with John Tenniel illustrations from Alice Through The Looking Glass plus additional images by Natalie Paddick of NPME Style.
We had a lot of fun making this, MVM 'got' what we wanted to do and had some cool input too, but they still indulged us by sticking to the precise frame image placement instructions we gave them. Natalie's photographs look spectacular anyway so it was fabulous to have them to play with, I thought the 'on the table' shot would work but ...wow. Thanks to MVM and NPME. Teamwork rocks.
Watch, enjoy and spread the word. Thank you!

Electric and Live

Psyching-Out at Night and Day's Showcase 25 May 2014: Set List

Girl On The Roof

Checkered Land

Only Everything

Love

The Wargame

Chalk Circle

There's No One There

New drummer Pete, two practices in and then a gig. 
Fearless and confident, but that's because he's good. 
Welcome.                                                

Kevin, relaxed and ready - the Bass Rock  - poised with plectrum in mouth, ready to rumble rib-cages with the low notes.      








Thanks to Night and Day for having us, sound engineer Jimmy (monitor sound was great first time) and to the people that turned out to see us. Much appreciated. 

Next one scheduled is this... 
and we can't wait:

                                                                                             

Rickenbacker

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Love

Love is more cynical than Mr Lennons' song of the same name. It predates The Blood Oranges and was a regular piece in the live set. There are only three chords, but they are not the first three that would normally spring to mind. I listened to a lot of John Coltrane before re-recording this. Re-recorded in May 2010.

Little Miss S

The first single 

Release: 10 Feb 2011 exclusively on CDbaby

Listen/Download here

Q: Why Little Miss S as a single?

A: The second song on Edie Brickells' Shooting Rubber Bands At The Stars LP in '88. Not on the face of it an obvious choice, but there is something of the Boomtown Rats 'Diamond Smile' to it and any song the has a first line like 'Shooting up junk in the bathroom' deserves better recognition. Little Miss S did get played as an aside during rehearsals sometimes but was never performed live.
Q: Can you describe it?
A: A psychrock controlled power-freakout of life affirmation: You've got a lot of living to do. If you are wobbling on the rails with life a potential train crash around you, don't worry - that is normal. Listen to the Rickenbacker.

Little Miss S written by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians published by Warner Chappell Music and recorded under licence by The Speed Of Sound