Stay Here....

Spinner are giving away the mp3 of Stay Here And Take Care of The Chickens here:

http://www.spinner.com/2012/04/26/the-wave-pictures-stay-here-and-take-care-of-the-chickens-free-download/

The article has a song explanation from DT which is interesting. We didn't seem to get a track-by-track commentary from him this year so this goes someway to filling that gap.

In Their Words: "This song was inspired by the Humphrey Bogart film ''The Enforcer''. It's an absolute classic and not to be confused with the so-so Clint Eastwood vehicle of the same name. It's a kind of murder mystery song. The expression ''take care of the chickens'' could have several different meanings, depending on who you imagine is saying it. Musically, the song owes some debt to early Dire Straits. Just because Brothers in Arms is total rubbish doesn't mean that their debut album is any less great. I don't know why I feel the need to point this out. Clearly, the Wave Pictures could use the help of Mark Knophler far more than he needs my endorsement. Anyway, we had tried to record this several times in different studios. This is the first version we were pleased with. We were looking for a certain kind of rolling shuffling groove. It's very difficult to do slow songs that are full of energy. This is something that the Rolling Stones are very good at, something that they learned from the blues masters. I think we got a good high-energy slow song here." -- Guitarist David Tattersall

Without Feathers

Speaking of Without Feathers (see comments to last post) here is what appears to be a new video of the boys peforming the tune. I'm using Jonny's encroaching Alan Shearer hair situation to time stamp this as "new".

Spaghetti Single Out Today

Spaghetti is released today. There doesn't seem to be a 7 inch for this one but if you go here:

http://moshimoshi.greedbag.com/buy/spaghetti-0/

you can buy the b-side for 75p! I tend not to buy digital music but the WP's are the exception. It's a Lou Reed cover. In the one good interview I've seen for this LP Tattersall said they recorded 14 songs for the LP and 12 made it. Clearly Stay This Way A Little While (b-side to Eskimo Kiss) was one of the two which missed the cut. Interesting to know if there's another track out there for a future b-side or whether this cover was the 14th song?

Cut Them Down In The Passes!

While I await the Long Black Cars vinyl edition I finally gave in and listened to the record. What a track this is! Unlike anything else they have done, lovely Feelies-like guitar line and a quasi-military chorus. Brilliant!

Loving the album as a whole too, great work.

Spaghetti Video

The darren Hayman-directed promo for Spaghetti has been released and a lot of fun it is too. This Is Fake DIY also have a brief behind the scenes video to watch - both posted below:



Edit - behind the scenes here: http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/tv/the-wave-pictures-spaghetti/

The video auto-runs which is annoying so I've taken it down. Follow the link to view. Thanks!

Marc Riley Session - Spaghetti Hoops?!

The WP's were in session last night on BBC Radio 6 where they played 4 tracks off the new LP and had a bit of a chat. This included the news that they've recorded an album of Jason Molina covers. No explanation of how this will see the light of day but interesting nonetheless. If you are not familiar with the man he is the wonderful singer/songwriter for Magnolia Electric Co (and Songs: Ohia before that) and has been unwell in recent times. Perhaps this will be some sort of fund-raising release? The idea of hearing the boys take on The Dark Don't Hide It is enticing. One of the best songs of the last decade in my opinion but Molina has a Tattersall-sized back catalogue so any number of songs could have been included.

Anyway, session here for the next 7 days, and possibly longer:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dcm47