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Nice stuff said nicely

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Hey,

Here’s one of the tracks recorded for our album, a bit of a mood setter/slow starter and all that. Get you in a laid back vibe, like R Kelly bump and grind before you knew about his behaviour.

Some blogs have said some really nice stuff about it…look!

“ they are shaping up to give it one hell of a kick up the arse” – Artrocker HERE

“Club Smith may hold the keys to the revival of British guitar music” – Music Broke my bones  - HERE

“the band have not been letting up, and steadily have been permeating across the online community sharing their love of The Smiths (really had to think hard about that one) cruising with The Maccabees-style guitar indie – and it has indeed got to the point where this foursome’s music can be brought to bear around their contemporaries…”  Killing Moon Records – HERE

“Beautiful & Useless remains firmly fixed on the RotD playlist after we were sent it last week. The chorus has proven unforgettable” - Record of the day – Today! – HERE - admittedly this is a different song…so completely irrelevant.

That’s nice isn’t it. There was one russian one but I don’t know how to speak russian…yet.

New Track to Listen to – Artrocker…

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You know we at Club Smith have been banging on about recording a lot?   I suppose it makes a change from talking about boxing a lot, which I have, the entire last year, such is the lack of dimension in my personal interests since making this music video.  Anyway, we sent a new track from the album we just recorded to Artrocker…

…and they only put it on their website! It’s at this link below:

http://www.artrocker.tv/features/article/first-listen-club-smith-mantra

Some nice words said indeed.  I think they said we might help save the world which is pretty cool.  Oh no, I think it was just saving guitar music, not  quite as important as saving the world, but pretty close? No? No? Ok.

Here’s our tour!!!!

 

I really liked the first 6 sheds, however…

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Hey, been a while…why? Well there was a new version of the website thing I had to get and I had to upgrade some database thing and it took ages. God I’m so boring.

Anyway we had the best time supporting Shed Seven, it was a watershed (sorry) moment for us, due to them being from York as we originally are, and they also once coming third in Fibbers battle of the bands, as I once did, somehow it hasn’t held them back but I’m still bitter years on.

Here are some pictures from the night, Shed Seven were fine characters (some of the finest we’ve ever played with and a really nice crew too), they introduced themselves in our dressing room just as I was exiting the toilet which had no towels in, I had to dry my hands on the calf area of my jeans (my usual choice of jean area actually) before extending my hand. It was embarrassing, but I think we got over it as Rick Witter gave me an enormous hug after the gig. A really powerful one.  I felt all the power of the 90s in his embrace and I shall cherish it.

 

Shed Seven performing Chasing rainbows. notice the rainbow...you see it? Oh you did...cool.

 

First two pics were by our buddy Helen, 3rd one by Vijay.  Also if you know Shed Seven you may know they did a song called “She left me on Friday”. On Friday night onstage I said to the crowd “has anyone’s girlfriend left them today?” in reference to the song.  It was a spectacular failure of a joke, and I was punished by complete indifference/bewilderment.

Norwich Gig / Diy

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Hey,

Thisisfakediy.co.uk have premièred our new video HERE.  Nice!

We’re back in Norich this weekend, playing the epic studios which is where the Wright Stuff is filmed I’m told. Pretty surreal, but apparently it’s a venue too…should be interesting. Get tickets HERE for a mere £5.  And check out the all sorted twitter account for many a deal/free ticket or such like…you can catch up with them HERE.

BAKE SALE

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Not actually a bake sale as the title suggests but a Vinyl sale.  I just used that title to draw you in.  Top web marketeer me.

I was speaking with Ben the label honcho from Front Wall Records in Manchester who released our first single “No Friend of Mine/Young Defeatists” and among many things we discussed the rise in energy prices, and the recently projected rise in poverty levels.  This is a serious thing, so we decided rather than be defensive we’re going to move with the markets, give something back like when Jessie J retweets a fan…we are so noble…we are to lower the price of the Vinyl!

…I KNOW!

So here it is in picture form to entice you:

That’s a real person, that’s not us holding it as well.  I just found it on the internet so we’re clearly famous or something.

Anyway, this is now going to be available to buy for £3 either at gigs or from  http://music.clubsmith.co.uk and you will get a free download code to download it too.

The downloads cost about £1.50 from itunes and amazon and what not so for a further £1.50 you get the downloads and the vinyl, which is rather sparkly and in limited supply.   That is like WICK.

We’re putting together some album tracks and going into the white rooms in York to live demo them…you can hear some of that in the background here whilst Neil and Vijay play with a peg. Yes a peg:

 

 

London Gig Cancelled /// New video

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BAD NEWS!

The London gig 19th October at Death Disco (Notting Hill Arts Club) is not happening! There was some kind of awful mix-up which meant we were omitted from the lineup.  We’re suitably disturbed by this incident and hope to book a replacement gig in the big smoke.  Sorry to anyone planning to come, fortunately it was free entry so no ticket returns issues…

GOOD NEWS!!!

We got a video for our b-side done by our good buddie Steven Carter…see it below!

Free download – again…

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In a moment of great irony for me, considering my last post, a website called “The culture of me”  has featured our song “Causing Doubt” as a free download too.

You can read what they said about us and download the track by clicking the image below.  It’s worth it for the picture alone, in which it appears that I am Biff from back to the future, and Neil is styled as George McFly.

FREE DOWNLOAD!!! On this is fake DIY!!!

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OH WORD. OH MY WORD. IT’S WORLD CURRY FESTIVAL IN LEEDS THIS WEEKEND!!!

And to add to all that we have a free download of Club Smith track “Causing Doubt” available on This is Fake DIY, the website behind the label and the magazine “DIY”.  It’s pleasing this as I read this website.  Now it will be a bit like reading a mirror.  For a little while. Weird.

You can get the download by clicking the picture below…

 

 

It’s perfect curry eating soundtrack material if you’re in Leeds…