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The Birthday Suit: 8/10 review on Subba-Cultcha!
Subba-Cultcha have given The Birthday Suit's debut album - The Eleventh Hour - a brilliant review on their website. They say it "should delight existing Idlewild fans while deviating sufficiently to impress the most demanding critics."
If you'd like a little taster of the album, you can download the track "Do You Ever?" from the ABoF Soundcloud page.
The Birthday Suit - Do You Ever? by abadgeoffriendship
The Eleventh Hour is available to buy now for £7.99 via The Birthday Suit's official website.
The Birthday Suit are currently rescheduling their recently postponed UK tour. Keep checking Rod's Facebook and Twitter page for official updates.
We can, however, announce that he'll be playing the following three dates before the end of the year. Check out the details below:
If you'd like more information about this, our PR services or anything else, please email info@abadgeoffriendship.com
The Birthday Suit reviewed in Artrocker Magazine!
Artrocker Magazine are the latest to review The Birthday Suit's fantastic debut album The Eleventh Hour.
They call the record "solid" mentioning that some of the tracks like "Do You Ever" and "Hope Me Home" will remind some listeners of early Idlewild, which is by no means a bad thing.
If you'd like a little taster of the album, you can download the track "Do You Ever?" from the ABoF Soundcloud page.
The Birthday Suit - Do You Ever? by abadgeoffriendship
The Eleventh Hour is available to buy now for £7.99 via The Birthday Suit's official website.
The Birthday Suit are currently rescheduling their recently postponed UK tour. Keep checking Rod's Facebook and Twitter page for official updates.
We can, however, announce that he'll be playing the following three dates before the end of the year. Check out the details below:
If you'd like more information about this, our PR services or anything else, please email info@abadgeoffriendship.com
ABoF Friday News Round-Up!
Once again, the little bundle of joy that is Friday has landed on the ABoF doorstep, heralding another much deserved weekend. We've been absolutely run off our feet this week, which is fantastic news for the bands on our roster.
The Moth & The Mirror's album, Honestly, This World did extremely well this week, with track "Fire" picking up the much coveted "Track Of The Day" from Classic Rock Magazine, as well as being given a spin by Paul Lester on his Amazing Radio show.
They also took some time out of their hectic schedule to have a quick chat with us over on the ABoF blog.
You can listen to "Fire", a track taken from the album, over on the ABoF SoundCloud page.
The Moth & The Mirror - Fire by abadgeoffriendship
Honestly, This World is out now on Olive Grove Records and available to buy on the band's Bandcamp page or alternatively you can get it on Amazon or iTunes.
The Birthday Suit have also had another great week, with Rock Sound Magazine awarding their album, The Eleventh Hour an amazing 8/10, while Subba-Cultcha took some time to get up close and personal with the man behind the 'suit, Rod Jones. Be sure to check out the full interview over on their site.
The Birthday Suit - Do You Ever? by abadgeoffriendship
The Eleventh Hour is available to buy now for £7.99 via The Birthday Suit's official website.
The Birthday Suit are currently rescheduling their recently postponed UK tour. Keep checking Rod's Facebook and Twitter page for official updates.
We can, however, announce that he'll be playing the following three dates before the end of the year. Check out the details below:
You may have heard us going on about cutting edge, underground rapper DELS (aka Kieran Dickins) recently on the ABoF news feed. He performed an exclusive set for Last.fm and HP at The Lock Tavern as part of HP's Everybody On global campaign, celebrating how people around the world are using HP technology to pursue their personal and professional passions.
Well, now you can watch clips taken from the session, including DELS' performing the fantastic single "Shapeshift".
Next Week
ABoF will be heading down to Tamesis Dock on Thursday to catch The Leisure Society perform their pop-up session for HP and Last.fm. It's free entry, and the doors open at 8.30, so make sure you turn up on time to make sure you get in!
Until next week, ABoF out!
The Moth & The Mirror feature as Artrocker’s “Shock of the New”!
The Moth & The Mirror's debut album, Honestly, This World was released on Olive Grove Records last week and the good vibes keep rolling in. This time, Artrocker have featured the band as their "Shock of the New" on the website. You can read a little bit about the band and also download the fantastic album track "Fire".
Honestly, This World is out now on Olive Grove Records and available to buy on the band's Bandcamp page or alternatively you can get it on Amazon or iTunes.
If you'd like more information about this, our PR services or anything else, please email info@abadgeoffriendship.com
The Leisure Society “pop-up” for Last.fm!
Ahoy there! The Leisure Society are the next band lined up to play a free pop-up session for Last.fm and HP. The band sail into Tamesis Dock on Thursday 24th November 2011 to play a very special, intimate set. No tickets are required - anyone can turn-up at 8.30pm to watch the band perform!
HP and Last.fm announced a partnership earlier this year, celebrating the Beats audio™ technology that comes with HP Premium PC, laptop and tablet devices through a series of live music events and artist interviews, curated by Last.fm.
After a successful summer of secret pop-up sessions from bands like Slow Club, The Boxer Rebellion and Ghostpoet, Last.fm and HP are back with three more pop-up sessions to bookmark the end of the year as part of their Everybody On global campaign. The first of the planned late 2011 sessions was DELS who recently played a captivating set at The Lock Tavern, wowing the crowd at this packed out venue with his own unique brand of hip-hop.
The Leisure Society’s free pop-up session at Tamesis Dock seems fitting for the folk-pop band, with their poetic lyrics and rustic folk melodies perfectly matching the floating venue’s warm, inviting vibrations on the water.
The band’s songwriter Nick Hemming first started his musical journey ten years ago when he became close friends with actor Paddy Considine and award winning director Shane Meadows (This Is England). This lead to a number of projects, most notably penning the scores for two of Meadows’ most outstanding films, A Room For Romeo Brass and Dead Man's Shoes.
Everything changed with the arrival of Christian Hardy, who convinced Nick to reinvigorate his love affair with singing, and make the all-important move to London, where they found likeminded souls in Brighton’s Willkommen Collective. They’ve gone from strength to strength since releasing their debut album The Sleeper in 2009 and, their second offering Into The Murky Water in May this year.
Keep up to date on HP's "Artists' Lounge" and for the latest information on the pop-up sessions, exclusive content and artist interviews follow HP on Twitter.