Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Shoes And Socks Off Post Update: New Music, Tour Dates, Love Among The Mannequins + More


A message from Shoes And Socks Off...

"sup. getting my shit together. i leave on Friday morning for Leeds. I'm at Brainwash Festival for the weekend to watch loads of bands/celebrate my 30th/hang with dirty otter/lean/play a couple of shows.

I'm gonna split this up into sections. like i said, getting my shit together.

*SHOES AND SOCKS OFF

got a heap of shows coming up. this is them.

Saturday 15th October 2011 - a carefully planned festival - cord, Manchester
Sunday 16th October 2011 - brainwash festival, brudenal, Leeds

with Sam Duckworth

monday 17th october 2011 - the borderline, london
tuesday 18th october 2011 - komedia studio, brighton
wednesday 19th october 2011 - portland arms, cambridge
thursday 20th october 2011 - bodega, nottingham
saturday 22nd october 2011 - moles, bath
sunday 23rd october 2011 - SWN festival, clwb ifor bach, cardiff
tuesday 25th october 2011 - jericho tavern, oxford
wednesday 26th october 2011 - cockpit, leeds
thursday 27th october 2011 - shipping forecast, liverpool
friday 28th october 2011 - pivo pivo, glasgow
saturday 29th october 2011 - electric circus, edinburgh

with Dad Rocks!

tuesday 1st november 2011 - The Greyhound The View, Folkestone
wednesday 2nd november 2011 - The Greyhound Tamesis Dock, London
thursday 3rd november 2011 - The Greyhound The Caledonia, Liverpool
friday 4th november 2011 - The Greyhound House-show, Newcastle
saturday 5th november 2011 - The Greyhound Henry’s Cellar Bar, Edinburgh
sunday 6th november 2011 - The Greyhound 13th Note, Glasgow
monday 7th november 2011 - The Greyhound Royal Parks Cellar, Leeds
tuesday 8th november 2011 - The Greyhound The Castle, Manchester
wednesday 9th november 2011 - The Greyhound The Frog and Fiddle, Cheltenham
thursday 10th november 2011 - The Greyhound Olive, Norwich

I'll be bringing the Pink Mist Distro with me on the Dad Rocks! tour. essentially, its a big case full of records from BSM, Holy Roar, Blood & Biscuits and Tangled Talk. come say hi.

i've got a bunch of new t-shirts. they look rad. see here.

also, on the dad rocks tour, we shall be selling these beautiful screen printed posters (looky here). they were designed by the rad Arran Gregory, and can be purchased at any of the shows.

i have just about finished recording the new rekerd. Ellis the rad'n is gonna be mixing it while I'm on tour. then it is getting mastered by Masters of the Universe, and then I'm gonna have a sit down.

*LOVE AMONG THE MANNEQUINS

our debut rekerd 'Radial Images' is out on Function on November 3rd. we are touring it in November with the rad Tangled Hair:

friday 18th november 2011 - Sir Joeseph Whitworth - Manchester
saturday 19th november 2011 - Dirty Otter Presents! @ Nation of Shopkeepers, Leeds
sunday 20th november 2011 - Redhouse - Sheffield
monday 21st november 2011 - Swindon - venue TBC
tuesday 22nd november 2011 - Pink Mist Presents @ The Old Blue Last, London
wednesday 23rd november 2011 - Louisiana - Bristol
thursday 24th november 2011 - Caseys, Canterbury
friday 25th november 2011 - The Links, Fleet
saturday 26th november 2011 - The Fighting Cocks, Kingston
sunday 27th november 2011 - The Albert - Brighton

to keep up to date with dates and what ever go here!

if you want a sneaky copy, come and see me at any of the shoes and socks off dates, and you can get one from me then.

huge thanks to the Triple Jump Records dudes for last Saturday. was the raddest bill i ever played on. if you haven't heard Sweet Williams yet, go listen."

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