So I haven’t done one of these in a while and seeing as we’re all busy moving house and there isn’t an awful lot of news it makes sense to write something:
Planets - They’re a bit Lightning Bolt-esque, but very good. Definintely worth a listen.
Tera Melos - I’m pretty sure most of you will have heard of these guys, but if not then give them a listen. They’re pretty nuts.
We played a few gigs at the weekend, both of which were pretty ace. Friday night we made the trip to Trowbridge. We took Jamie along for the ride and he was kind enough to man the merch table all night and sell the new badges he has designed for us. They look well swish 
The other bands (Soria and run, WALK!) were really cool and we played to a full room, which is always fun. Quite a lot of people seemed to know the words to the songs which was both unexpected and nice. There was a guy (Josh) there who took some pretty ace photos (see below) and it was all very DIY/Rock ‘n Roll. I love gigs like that.
Next morning we made our way to Truck festival. This was my 3rd time attending and 1st time playing. After worrying all morning that we wouldn’t get there in time thanks to some pretty savage queing, all was well in the end. We played to a full Barn audience (or at least it looked full from where I was standing), but we only had time for 5 songs 
It was pretty gutting especially as it meant we didn’t have time to play 26…but ‘thems the breaks’. We looked a bit like this:
The rest of the day is a bit of a blur. Rolo Tomassi were excellent, but it was pretty dissapointing having to miss Jonquil. I comforted myself however, with the knowledge that we will see them every night for 10 days later in the year Youthmovies sounded pretty damn good as well. I haven’t seen them play in ages, so I’m glad I got the chance to see them again.
I didn’t really bother watching anyone else. The hangover kicked in at 8 o’clock on Saturday evening. I tried to carry on, but at 10 I conceded defeat and went home. Still…good times.
If you have any photos/videos of us from the weekend, please get in touch. Cheers.
We are shooting a video for our next single on 3rd August. For the video we need some extras and people to be featured in it. Boys and girls. It will be filmed very early sunday morning up till about lunchtime.
If you are available and will definately be able to get up and get yourself to Oxford for an early start then add our producer;
as a friend with the subject - ‘Video’ on your friend request.
Or just send us an email at thistownneedsguns at hotmail dot com
Thanks.
So the other day Kev (Big Scary Monsters) sent out a link to a bunch of music blogs to one of our new songs. If you’re a bit clever it shouldn’t take you too long to find it on google…but here is a little help. You can download Baboon for FREE. So get to it!
x
So we uploaded a new song to our myspace page yesterday. It is the first chance ‘proper’ that you’ll have to hear new material from the album ‘Animals’. The track is called ‘Chinchilla’.
I’m also delighted to announce that we have some tour dates with our best buddies Jonquil. I literally cannot wait to get back on tour with those guys. It is going to be sooooo much fun.
Here are the dates we have so far (with plenty more to follow):
16 Sep 2008 w/ Jonquil Madam Jojo’s, London
17 Sep 2008 w/ Jonquil + The Great Eskimo Hoax Flux @ The Yardbird, Birmingham
18 Sep 2008 w/ Jonquil The Library, Leeds
19 Sep 2008 w/ Jonquil Somewhere up north
20 Sep 2008 w/ Jonquil Somewhere up north
21 Sep 2008 w/ Jonquil Somewhere up north
22 Sep 2008 w/ Jonquil Dr Browns, Middlesbrough
23 Sep 2008 w/ Jonquil Somewhere up north
24 Sep 2008 w/ Jonquil Somewhere up north
25 Sep 2008 w/ Jonquil Somewhere up north
26 Sep 2008 w/ Jonquil Somewhere up north
Stu x
So last night we had a practice with a good friend of ours. It was pretty damn good. The result of this practice was that we now have a new bass player. Jamie has been a friend of ours for quite a while now and was one of only two people that we knew who we asked to play for us. We are very pleased that he has joined.
There were a whole bunch of people who contacted us in the hope of playing. We tried a few people out who were all really good, but Jamie has nailed every song we’ve asked him to play and has brought the dedication we required. Couple that with the fact that he is already one of our friends we just couldn’t say no.
I’m really sorry to all those people that didn’t get a chance to try out. I suppose the only good thing is that no-one had to travel 100+ miles to spend an afternoon in a sweaty room with us. Thank you to all those that got in touch. It was really amazing that so many talented people contacted us and were so eager to join.
For those of you that don’t know, Jamie is also a member of the Oxford band Hreda. If you haven’t already, I suggest that you check them out.
Stu x
