This week we've been away on our travels to London, Brighton and Canterbury.
On Tuesday we set off to London for the first night of our residency. For those of you who don't know, we've organised four shows at The Big Chill House, near Kings Cross station in London. The purpose behind these shows was to test out some of our new material, whilst at the same time asking some of our favourite bands to play with us. The original plan was to start them on February 3rd, but the snow came down so we had to cancel the first one.
So, we left the T&S North Wales HQ at around 11. Highlights of the journey included passing the 133333 mile mark on my car, and some drink driving:
The night started with Wise Children, who we've been myspace friends with for quite a while. They were a few members down tonight, but it was great to finally see them play. They make lovely acoustic music.
Then came Babel, who are a Bristol based folk rock band. They were amazing. Make sure you go and get their new album.
Some pictures of our set:
There are more pictures on our myspace if you'd like to have a look.
We were really pleased with our first night. We got two encores! Totally unexpected but really very appreciated. There's a lovely review of the night here:
http://tinyurl.com/cohf5j
After a healthy bout of merch selling we packed up our car and headed to Luton to stay with a friend.
The following day we set off nice and early to Brighton. The first thing we did was went for a round of mini-golf. This is becoming a bit of a tradition. Fordy won, with Adam and I just a single point behind.
Golf is thirsty work. We decided that now would be a good time to go a drink. We found a lovely tea shop.
After our tea we went to the Hope for our gig. We didn't get two encores this time, but it was a good gig nonetheless. We like Brighton.
On to the final date of our mini-tour. We decided to make another early start to explore Canterbury. People there are tiny.
And they must have one leg shorter than the other:
We started to get thirsty again. We found this aptly named shop:
The tea room is also the most haunted place in Canterbury. Scary.
We did a bit more exploring and then went to the venue. We were pleasantly surprised to find a baby grand on stage! We decided that we'd like to take one on tour with us someday. Practical.
The gig went well again. We got a 45 minute set! We're so used to play for half an hour, it felt good to play an extra few songs.
I think that's everything. Thank you very much to everyone who came to see us.
We've got some very exciting news on the horizon :). More on that soon.
Tim and Sam x
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