VINYL! VINYL! VINYL!

As pointed out by our eagle-eyed readers:

To coincide with the bands European dates, Acuarela Records will be releasing a double lp with Long Black Cars and Beer In The Breakers in March.

Superb news. A two-fer like the old days. I guess Acuarela's original plan to put out BITB got put on hold and a new idea developed. Great stuff. Kudos to Moshi Moshi also as they presumably allowed this to happen (unless the WP's have a vinyl clause in their contract?)

In other news the Music page of the official website has 8 new unused demos added to it. As of yet, the links don't seem to work but I'm sure the IT Department of TWP Corp is working on that glitch as we speak. Should be interesting...

LP cover and New Single

The WP's website has been updated with some interesting info. First, the terrific LP cover:

Great looking tracklisting:

- Stay Here And Take Care Of The Chickens
- Eskimo Kiss
- Never Go Home Again
- My Head Gets Screwed On Tighter Every Year
- Cut Them Down In The Passes
- Hoops
- Spaghetti
- Give Me A Second Chance
- The West Country
- Come Home Tessa Buckman
- Seagulls
- Long Black Cars

A nice selection of tracks people have been enjoying live recently (My Head..., Hoops, Spaghetti, Give Me A Second Chance), tracks we've been waiting for (Chickens, Long Black Cars) and the odd surprise (the brilliant Eskimo Kiss, previously available on their website as a free download).

And that's not all, it looks like there will be a single preceding the LP as soon as February 13th, with Fortuna Pop putting out the 7inch:

And the b-side is the excellent Stay This Way A Little While which could be single in itself judging by the live versions I've heard.

No mention of the LP on vinyl though. As someone who is still waiting for Beer In The Breakers on vinyl this may mean upcoming disappointment. Even if Moshi Moshi aren't pressing it you'd hope one of the benevolent labels in Europe (Little Teddy Recordings, Acuarela) or the UK (Fortuna Pop, WIAIWYA) would get to put it out. I'm sure the band want it on that format so it's even more disappointing if it's not possible.

Long Black Cars Release date and UK Tour!

A huge day today in WP's land. Not only has the UK tour to support the new album been announced, not only is the release date settled, and not only has some recording information dribbled out, but, gasp.... it looks like they may have some new press shots!! About time, 90% of online Wave Pics articles are accompanied by the Instant Coffee Baby shot. Details below...

The Wave Pictures return with their fourth album, Long Black Cars on April 2nd. Recorded over 4 days in New York City, and produced by the band, Long Black Cars also features star turns from Turner Cody and The WoWz and was inspired by topics as diverse as Humphrey Bogart, the story of Job and police brutality.

In support of the album the band embark on a UK tour in March:

MARCH
21 LEEDS - Brudenell Social 4
22 GLASGOW - Nice N Sleazy
23 SUNDERLAND - Bar One
24 MANCHESTER - The King’s Arms
26 NOTTINGHAM - Chameleon
27 MILTON KEYNES - SNO!Bar
28 CARDIFF - Clwb Ifor Bach
29 BRISTOL - Fleece
30 TRURO - Bunters
APRIL
1 SOUTHAMPTON Cellar
2 LONDON - Old Blue Last
3 LONDON - Old Blue Last
4 LONDON - Old Blue Last
5 BRIGHTON - Green Door Store
6 CHELTENHAM - Frog & Fiddle

More Instrumental LP Details...

For those of you not on the WIAIWYA mailing list (and you should be, they'll give you a least a couple tunes a year you didn't realise you liked) I quote the following from a message about an upcoming solo show:

David will be playing material from his next solo album (i know, i know, the new Wave Pictures album isn't even out yet!) of instrumentals, and maybe a couple of songs from his other solo records

we're just sorting out the details of the record, the sleeve is designed, and the tracks are recorded, expect a late summer release date...

Slowly, the future begins to form.....

US Tour

How odd. This afternoon I was listening to Allo Darlin, thinking about their upcoming UK tour and considering how good it would be if the WP's supported them. As it turns out that's exactly what's happening - except in the US only.

According to Brooklyn Vegan here:

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2012/01/allo_darlin_and.html

The following dates will be both bands. Lucky folks across the pond!

Allo Darlin' & The Wave Pictures - 2012 US Tour Dates
04/24 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
04/25 Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
04/26 Washington, DC Black Cat Backstage
04/27 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506
04/28 Atlanta, GA 529
04/30 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
05/01 Austin, TX Mohawk
05/03 Santa Fe, NM VFW
05/04 Tucson, AZ Club Congress
05/05 Los Angeles, CA Echo
05/06 San Diego, CA Casbah
05/08 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop
05/10 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
05/11 Seattle, WA Vera Project
05/14 Minneapolis, MN 7th St. Entry
05/15 Chicago, IL Schubas
05/16 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern
05/18 New Haven, CT Cafe Nine

New Year, New Album!

Happy New Year! According to The Wave Pictures' website their new album, "Long Black Cars", will be released in March 2012 on Moshi Moshi. Great news to start the year.

Hopefully more info will start to dribble out soon regarding the record. Is this what they recorded in New York during their late summer jaunt over to the US? Or perhaps it's the result of the sessions they supposedly had in Leeds and London before the Hayman produced Beer In The Breakers? Who knows, but we will soon I'm sure. There certainly seems to be a number of tunes being played live in the last few months which could make the cut, not least the title track, and hopefully Stay Here And Take Care Of The Chickens makes the record as it's a personal, unreleased favourite of mine.

This blog is currently hosting a bootleg of a an Austrian show from September:

http://niko-records.blogspot.com/

A number of unreleased songs can be heard on here and although a few spellings may have got lost in translation it's well worth your time. Jonny singing lead is a noticeable change and it'll be interesting to see if that's just something to keep the live arena engaging or whether he makes the album.

And finally, we await the most important news of all - will it come out on vinyl!!??