April 20, 2012
by Cancel The Astronauts
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CTA (Not) On Tour (Anymore)

Doesn’t Michael look handsome! But who’s that guy peeking out behind him? A prize to whoever gets it right.

Thanks to Lesley Cunningham for making us look like pretty rock stars, a photographic miracle which can be witnessed here. These photos were taken at Milk on Wednesday night, and we’re very grateful to Aileen and Hannah for inviting us west to play. Thanks also to everyone who came to see us.

Lots of thankses aswell to David O’Hagan from the Beatclub in Gourock, where we played last night, and the nice lady that tweeted us. xxx

Handshakes for Saucy Mary’s and The Newmarket Bar for having us in Skye and Thurso respectively. We’ve had lots of fun, and too much booze over the past week (particularly for those of us on Barcelona Beach Body diets) which I suppose is the whole point of being in a ‘band’ (that and all the totty of course (mind you, we see precious little of that)).

The big highlight of the tour was supporting Graham Coxon at the Liquid Rooms on Monday which was tremendous. It’s been a while since we got to play such a big crowd on such a big stage, and it was a real thrill to (briefly) meet the man himself. If you’re wondering, he and his band were very nice!

AND did you know that we’re playing GoNorth this year? You did… Oh… Well you can fuck off then, you’ve spoiled my big news. Nevertheless, my surprise at your lack of social grace does not temper my excitement one little bit. I’m really looking forward to visiting Inverness, and I’m hoping to get to as many seminars and workshops as possible. I’m not really sure how we got in or who chose us (none of us can actually remember applying- it might have been Eamonn) so I don’t know which showcase we’ll be playing (is that how it works? What if noone wants you on their showcase? Can someone explain it to me?) but we hope to see some of you there. Wherever we’ll be.

I’m off to record some backing vocals and then to bed.

xxx

April 8, 2012
by Michael Rocketship
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More stuff about our single Intervention

Hello!
Did we mention our new single Intervention at all? We released it the other day? Remember?

You can come and watch us play it on the following occasions. We’ll play some of our other songs too.
Friday 13th April, Saucy Mary’s, Isle of Skye
Saturday 14th April, Newmarket Bar, Thurso
Monday 16th April, Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh
Wednesday 18th April, Milk (Flat 0/1), Glasgow
Thursday 19th April, Cafe Continental (Beatclub), Gourock
Saturday 21st April, Woodside Inn, Glenrothes

The Liquid Rooms one is supporting Graham Coxon, we’re chuffed to be playing that one. But we know nothing about it, beyond what you see above.

Shrug.

You can now also buy physical compact disc copies of Intervention from Avalanche Records in Edinburgh, if you can’t make it to one of our gigs or to the internet. You’ll also be supporting a fine independent record store, as well as a mediocre independent pop band.

Here’s a photo of what it looks like:Plus Haunted Etch A SketchThat’s a haunted Etch A Sketch above it. Woooooooo.

Also, thanks to The Tidal Wave Of Indifference, I’ve been listening to this band a lot lately. Great band. Great name too.

 

BYE