Always a huge pleasure to be here in new york city. I've been hear many many times trying my luck with one thing or another. It's always very good to me and I'm left with a feeling of overwhelming goodness. And this time round has been no different. The show at the Living Room, was, if I do say so myself, a huge success :) A good oppurtunity to play some brand new tunes that were very well received as well as a few of the better known tracks. good people. good times!! I thought that putting in some more miles while I'm here would be more productive than staying round for CMJ so I'm off to Texas today..Austin, Houston then New Orleans followed by some shows in Nashville and back to New York for a couple more shows.
The songs keep coming and lists are constantly drawn up / scrapped / drawn up.. and so on.. but there's a recording session booked with my band in London soon as I get back there so I need to make my mind up about which songs are going on the record!! I've written two records this past year and scrapped them both. Third time lucky.
Alright, I'll check back with you very soon. be good.
franc
xx
Oct 10. a good week.
good week. definitely a good week. i'm somewhat spent from playing 7 shows in as many days; one more tonight and then beautiful SLEEP before New York next week. I played my biggest show this week to 1000 people at Koko in London supporting Joshua Radin. As far as "things to do to feel fucking great about yourself" goes; playing your songs to 1000 people that've never heard you before ranks , i'd stay definitely top 3. The other 2 are best not mentioned here I think. Although, me being me..and luck being what it is..what happened when I went on stage..the battery in my guitar dies!! NO! There and then , i felt not so good but luckily Joshua's guitar tech Sean was better at reading the + and - signs on guitar batteries than me :) Thank you Sean and thank you Mr Radin and your band for having me on your tour.
The Water Rats show with the band on Wednesday was great too but they cut the sound off half way through the last sound. What the fuck, I ask you, is that all about!?!? Not good, apologies to the stage manager for my articulate phrasing when we spoke after the show but , well, scrap that, I take back my apologies. fair and square.
Met some lovely folks after the show at Manchester Academy on Thursday; thank you all for forking out your hard earned cash to buy gtgt cds and tshirts; it all goes towards making the new record which will be out in february. your support is hugely appreciate. virtual drinks to you all through cyber space.
Alright, I have another show tonight i need to get ready for ... cannot wait to get to texas the following week after NYC for a week of shows and then up to Nashville. Nashville! I cant wait.
peace and love and all good things to you all
franc
xx
Sept 23rd. GTGT needs YOU!
Hello music fans! Another week..another bunch of grand tunes which if all goes to plan will see the light of day very soon! Thought I'd give you a little taster of these new tracks that I seem to talk alot about but no one's heard yet, so here's a couple...click to download... Shoot Your Defences...This Dream of You
Going to America next month to play some shows in New York, Nashville, Houston, Austin with more dates to be added..will let you know about it all nearer the time. but before all of that we're doing one HUGE show in London on October 7th at the Water Rats Theater in Kings Cross at 9pm. this is set to be a really big night so PLEASE come down and have a great time with us. Tickets for this show can only be purchased in advance; they're only six quid each and all proceeds go to the Goodtimes Goodtimes Foundation of Rock 'n Roll Misbehavior. Tell your friends and come join us for a great night. This'll be our only London show until November. And if you haven't yet, download our free live ep from here.
Purchase tickets for our show at the London Water Rats, October 7th. 9pm.
here on the right....
x
Sept 13 show on tuesday
we're playing a show in london on tuesday..this'll be the first band show in a over a month. glad we took a little "performance break" to get this new record under way but it's been far too long now. looking forward to making some beautiful loud noise and getting out of here long enough to see daylight. cabin fever is setting in.
tuesday 15th. flynns. 55 camden high st.
tuesday 15th. flynns. 55 camden high st.
Sept 2nd.
Writing & recording is going swimmingly. Logic-phobia is subsiding and we're all wearing our best Daniel Lanois hats. There'll be new tunes on the way to very soon, in the meantime go here and help yourself to a free EP.
Our song "Kids" has been picked up for a TV show over the pond called Less Than Kind. This is good news. More to tell you but as you can gather from this staggered terribly written blog my head's not really with it at the moment as I'm wrestling with gating kick drums and making this new tune called Wasteland sound mega right now.
back soon.
love.
x
Aug 17 . A new record.
I've relocated to a better place to get some perspective. Things currently on the perspective turntable are (but not limited to..)
1. infidels: be gone; the future does not need you.
2. dubstep: what's it all about then.
3. Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" drum sound: tell me how.
The band (Ivor, The Love, Rooter and me) have taken on making a new record intergalactically via the magic of fibre optic cable. We rented out Pluckley Village Hall in Kent the other week and recorded Ben's drum parts over my very unsteady guide tracks to a click and we've got tracks flying about now over everyone's laptops as we're adding parts and mixing (& re mixing & re..re..re mixing) that will make up the record. This in no way beats retreating to The Record Plant in Sausalito for 6months to make a record but I'm using what I've got; tunes (check!), greatest band in the land (check!), Mark Knopfler's red head band circa Alchemy Live period (check!!) Looking forward to getting some new tracks out to you soon as possible..in the meantime, help yourself to a Live EP we recorded not too long ago that I'm making..as of now..FREE! Do pass this on to all your friends & local djs; it's for the best.
Music is like fish. If it's aint fresh; it fucking stinks!
peace & love
franc
xx
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