Did you manage to get a copy? Personally, it was tricky and frustrating but in the end I paid the bucks and got a copy from ebay for twice the shop price. I could moan about the nature of Record Store Day but then maybe it serves me right for being vinyl collector scum! After disappearing for a week or so the mp3's do now seem available on Amazon and iTunes so the songs are out there. Sadly there's no download with the vinyl so more expense but.... what about the songs?
As we're now becoming accustomed to they are mostly excellent. The title track is terrific and a favourite of this batch, The Easter Parade has a lovely circling Spaghetti-like guitar line and Coconut Tree also bounces along. Red Cloud Road (Part 1) turns out to be pretty much the same song as Part 2 on the album, but with different lyrics. One By One is different to the version on the b-side to Lisbon but oddly seems to be more electric than that version (which was tagged "electric").
So another fine addition to the WP's catalogue. Maybe in a bizarre way, someone who's never heard of them will have picked up the record due to its limited status and has now become a fan.
Sunday, 4 May 2014
Monday, 14 April 2014
Wild Billy Childish, the Toe Rag, in My Living Room
Here's a nicely shot video from what was presumably a detour on the last Spanish tour.
http://milivingroom.com/the-wave-pictures-proximamente/
In other news - or at least gossip, Jeffrey Lewis let slip on his message board that the WP's are recording/doing something with Billy Childish. If you don't know him then it's time to use Google for it's original intention. Fascinating chap and all round good egg.
Finally, here's a Toe Rag version of the already familiar The Worm inside The Brain.
http://www.rockfeedback.com/magazine/detail/exclusive-the-wave-pictures-share-a-new-song
http://milivingroom.com/the-wave-pictures-proximamente/
In other news - or at least gossip, Jeffrey Lewis let slip on his message board that the WP's are recording/doing something with Billy Childish. If you don't know him then it's time to use Google for it's original intention. Fascinating chap and all round good egg.
Finally, here's a Toe Rag version of the already familiar The Worm inside The Brain.
http://www.rockfeedback.com/magazine/detail/exclusive-the-wave-pictures-share-a-new-song
Wednesday, 2 April 2014
Helen EP
The advance word was true - The Wave Pictures are releasing a new 6 track EP for Record Store Day:
'Helen' EP tracklist:
1. Helen
2. Red Cloud Road (Part 1)
3. One by One (Electric)
4. The Easter Parade
5. Coconut Tree
6. Lea Bridge Roundabout
You may recall One by One (Electric) was the b side to the 7 inch of Lisbon and Red Cloud Road (Part 1) appears to be the prequel to (Part 2) from City Forgiveness.
The internet suggests this is limited to 250 copies on 10 inch so the chance of actual people who like the band getting a copy are slim. The MP3's are up for preorder on Amazon though so at the very least the songs will be available. Time for Moshi Moshi to allow someone like Fika or WIAIWYA to round up the various b-sides, extra tracks and CD only songs (I'm thinking of the Just Like A Drummer EP) on to a compilation? That would be nice. The rumour starts here.
1. Helen
2. Red Cloud Road (Part 1)
3. One by One (Electric)
4. The Easter Parade
5. Coconut Tree
6. Lea Bridge Roundabout
You may recall One by One (Electric) was the b side to the 7 inch of Lisbon and Red Cloud Road (Part 1) appears to be the prequel to (Part 2) from City Forgiveness.
The internet suggests this is limited to 250 copies on 10 inch so the chance of actual people who like the band getting a copy are slim. The MP3's are up for preorder on Amazon though so at the very least the songs will be available. Time for Moshi Moshi to allow someone like Fika or WIAIWYA to round up the various b-sides, extra tracks and CD only songs (I'm thinking of the Just Like A Drummer EP) on to a compilation? That would be nice. The rumour starts here.
Sunday, 9 March 2014
New EP and news round up
It appears the WP's are going to be part of the madness that is Record Store Day this April with a new EP called "Helen". No further news at the moment but these people seem to be involved in making the artwork and have posted some nice and intriguing photos to whet the appetite:
http://shedpress.org/2014/02/23/helen-ep-by-the-wave-pictures/
Let's just hope we can get a copy without paying over the odds to an ebay scammer.
In other news the Stanley Brinks and The Wave Pictures tour continues apace. For the next four days you can still hear their Marc Riley session here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01tg9gy
The interview also confirms they're going to record the next WP's/Brinks LP at the end of the tour, though judging by the 10 month turnaround time for Gin, it's debatable whether we'll hear this until 2015.
Finally, there's a great piece by some-time instrumentalist David Beauchamp here:
http://davidbeauchampdrums.com/2014/01/07/oh-the-wave-pictures/
In a very well written piece we get some insight into the recent European tour and it contains the requisite amount of bemusement at the band's continued lack of a commercial breakthrough. If you're reading this you probably share that bemusement.
Onward!
http://shedpress.org/2014/02/23/helen-ep-by-the-wave-pictures/
Let's just hope we can get a copy without paying over the odds to an ebay scammer.
In other news the Stanley Brinks and The Wave Pictures tour continues apace. For the next four days you can still hear their Marc Riley session here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01tg9gy
The interview also confirms they're going to record the next WP's/Brinks LP at the end of the tour, though judging by the 10 month turnaround time for Gin, it's debatable whether we'll hear this until 2015.
Finally, there's a great piece by some-time instrumentalist David Beauchamp here:
http://davidbeauchampdrums.com/2014/01/07/oh-the-wave-pictures/
In a very well written piece we get some insight into the recent European tour and it contains the requisite amount of bemusement at the band's continued lack of a commercial breakthrough. If you're reading this you probably share that bemusement.
Onward!
Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Tuesday, 21 January 2014
Videos, news, happenings
Welcome to 2014!
It's been announced that Missoula will be the next single from City Forgiveness. Judging by the press I've read it sounds like a download only affair i.e. no b-side. Presumably to tie in with the upcoming UK Tour.
Tiny interview here: http://blog.billetto.co.uk/2014/01/16/the-wave-pictures-interview/
It seems the upcoming tour/LP with Stanley Brinks is getting just as much media action as the double album, with a couple videos turning up, both as unlikely to win MTV awards (if the "M" still stood for music) as each other. Fun though, and proof you need to buy the excellent Orange Juice single which is out this week on Fika and NOT on the upcoming LP. Okay, it's only January 21st but come on - tune of the year already!
It's been announced that Missoula will be the next single from City Forgiveness. Judging by the press I've read it sounds like a download only affair i.e. no b-side. Presumably to tie in with the upcoming UK Tour.
Tiny interview here: http://blog.billetto.co.uk/2014/01/16/the-wave-pictures-interview/
Billetto had the chance to talk to David from The Wave Pictures before their show at the Deaf Institute in Manchester, and found this would be the right time to let them open up a bit more about their US experience right before the recordings of their double album City Forgiveness.
This 20-track double LP is the result of a six-week tour in the US, during which David Tattersall wrote frenziedly. It all started with a tiny van, and a full agenda: “It was the only option we had. We toured as Allo Darlin’s support band. We had a lot of gigs booked, and there was no money. You don’t get paid to tour America – you have to pay. It costs a small fortune, so we drove together in a tiny van.”
Despite being a necessary measure, driving all around the country enabled the band to make the most of their time abroad, getting inspired by the surrounding as Dave points out that he wrote the lyrics while they drove around in America, but they made the album in London: “I remember the Golden Gate Bridge – we couldn’t see it because there was so much fog. It was completely submerged in fog. Gradually, the fog lifted and the bridge became visible. It was beautiful. A huge red bridge. I wanted to put a lot of these images into the lyrics. I always like it when the lyrics paint a picture.”
City Forgiveness cannot be labelled as an Americana record as such, however, the theme of exploration of the unknown, and travelling wanderlust are reiterated in the record: “I like to get out and about myself, and play for people who don’t know us so well.” When it comes to the fondest memory of the trip, the choice cannot be anything but New York: “I have a lot of friends there. I love it. I think New York was the highlight of the trip for me. I love the pizza!”
It seems the upcoming tour/LP with Stanley Brinks is getting just as much media action as the double album, with a couple videos turning up, both as unlikely to win MTV awards (if the "M" still stood for music) as each other. Fun though, and proof you need to buy the excellent Orange Juice single which is out this week on Fika and NOT on the upcoming LP. Okay, it's only January 21st but come on - tune of the year already!
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