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

Video Time!

Got 30 minutes spare? Here's some new videos to watch then:

Los conciertos de Radio 3 - The Wave Pictures

• Los conciertos de Radio 3 - The Wave Pictures

Spain Showing Love

InSide #1 - The Wave Pictures from 3 HEADED MONKEY on Vimeo.

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/

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!

Red Cloud Road

Another minimal band effort video released for the second single, bizarrely in the week the first single is released!


A nice piece by Allo Darlin's Elizabeth Morris too to welcome the new record into the world:

City Forgiveness

As a band, we have been fortunate enough to tour with some wonderful people, in both strange and beautiful places. I have a collection of these memories stored for moments when I need them. On the whole touring, like any kind of travelling, is a joyful experience full of both the mundane and the magical, then the mundane becomes magical once you’re home and back in the 9-5. It’s made for sentimental romantics like us.
Last year we toured twice with the Wave Pictures, one of my favourite bands before I met them, and with familiarity and closeness my admiration for them has only grown. We had 5 weeks in America in Spring, just after our album Europe and their album Long Black Cars had been released, and another 2 weeks in Spain in the Autumn. The first tour they opened for us, the second tour we opened for them, and we’d often end the shows playing together. They have a way of making you feel like you’ve known them since you were children. If I see the boys in Allo Darlin’ as my brothers, I see the Wave Pictures as our cousins. The ones who have a pool that you swam in every afternoon after school, who get a little too drunk at your wedding and end up sliding across the dance floor on their bellies.
When we were in America, Dave was writing a lot in his notebook during the long drives. He turned those words into songs, and those songs now make up their new double album City Forgiveness, which was released yesterday. Paul plays a lot of guitar and piano on the album, and I am having fun trying to work out which is Paul imitating Dave or the real Dave. I can tell when Paul sounds like Paul though. I think Bill and Mike both contributed to the album too, although I’m not quite sure what ended up on the final version.
It is an ambitious and thrilling and emotional record, and I am proud to have even the tiniest association with it. You can buy the record from Moshi Moshi and you definitely should.

Lisbon and Album Tracklist

The Darren Hayman directed video for "first single" Lisbon was released this week. It's not clear if there will be an actual single with b-sides or if it's just a track released to radio. Bit of an odd choice of song? You decide!



The following tracklist seems to have appeared online as well. Not entirely sure why the second CD would be listed first but judging by some familiar titles this seems to be a genuine tracklist. 6 weeks or so to go!

CD2

1. Tropic
2. The Inattentive Reader
3. Shell
4. The Ropes
5. Narrow Lane
6. Atlanta
7. New Skin
8. A Crack In The Plans
9. Golden Syrup
10. Like Smoke

CD1

1. All My Friends
2. Before This Day
3. Chestnut
4. Better To Have Loved
5. Missoula
6. Lisbon
7. Red Cloud Road (Part 2)
8. The Woods
9. Whisky Bay
10. The Yellow Roses

Toerag Part 2: The Ropes

The Sunshine Hotel

Goodies at the Little Martha blog, including.....

In Your Own Sweet Time

Great video here from yesterday's acoustic show in London. New(?) tune called In Your Own Sweet Time. I love the songs where Tattersall self-mythologises.

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 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!

Blue Harbour Video!

As reported here http://drownedinsound.com/news/4142807-watch--the-wave-pictures-blue-harbour and elsewhere, The WP's new video is out now. Embedded below for your pleasure...



The Wave Pictures - Blue Harbour from Ben Reed on Vimeo.