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ABoF Friday News Round-Up!
It's been another busy week here at ABoF HQ and before we head out into the last of the summer sun, here's a round-up of what's been going down this week...Roster Newbies!
This week we announced two new brilliant bands to the ABoF roster - The Birthday Suit and The Moth & The Mirror. Both are from Scotland and both are utterly superb.
The Birthday Suit is Rod Jones from Idlewild. Whilst Idlewild are on hiatus, Rod and his band release The Birthday Suit's debut album The Eleventh Hour on 11th November 2011. Yes, that's 11.11.11! So, no excuses, make sure you grab yourself a copy when the album is released via Sing It Alone Records.
In the meantime, you can download the free album track "Do You Ever?" from our Soundcloud page.
The Birthday Suit - Do you ever? by abadgeoffriendship
The Moth & The Mirror are also set to release their debut album,Honestly, This World, on Olive Grove Records. The album is absolutely stunning and a fine example of the calibur of music coming from Scotland at the moment.
The band have been proclaimed as a Scottish supergroup, comprising of members taken from an array of Scottish talent including: Stacey Sievwright from The Reindeer Section and Arab Strap (vocals/guitar), Gordon Skene from Frightened Rabbit (guitar/vocals), Louis Abbott from Admiral Fallow and Song of Return (guitar/vocals) Kevin McCarvel (bass), Iain Sandilands (percussion) and Peter Murch (drums).
You can listen to Germany (Headron Remix), a remix of one of their album tracks, on the ABoF SoundCloud page.
The Moth & The Mirror - Germany (Headron Remix) by abadgeoffriendship
A Genuine Freakshow release "Our Bodies / New Houses"
A Genuine Freakshow returned with their third single - the double A-side Our Bodies / New Houses. The single was released this week and is currently available to download now on iTunes, Amazon, 7Digital and Play.com.
This week they were included in The Music Fix's singles round-up as well as a great review from Panic Dots and a feature on
The band are also about to head out on tour next month! Check out the dates below.
- 28 September – Wedgewood Rooms – Portsmouth
- 8 October – Playgroup (Hector’s House) – Brighton
- 13 October – 229 – London
- 14 October – The Vic – Swindon
- 15 October – Lock 42 – Leicester
- 29 October – Academy 2 – Oxford
- 11 November – South Street – Reading
Coming Up!
Claire and Paul ABoF went down to NME this week to take some snaps and speak to NME. We won't say much but we will be in the magazine at the end of October.
Next week The Unkindness of Ravens release their double A-side single Virus / Viper. You can download it for free right now from Soundcloud and watch the video for "Virus" on the band's YouTube channel.
VIRUS - free download by The Unkindness Of Ravens
ABoF will also be DJ-ing Geek Out at The Wheelbarrow in Camden on Thursday 6th October. We'll be DJ-ing from 7.30pm-11.30pm. It's FREE ENTRY so make sure you head down and say hello!
For more information on our bands or PR services, please email info@abadgeoffriendship.com