We played our last show until October last night at the ever-loyal Fighting Cocks, Kingston. It was a goodie - a cool show to chill off the back of. Greg now heads to work onsite for Green Man Festival until September sometime, leaving the rest of us to get some ideas going for new songs.
As we can't go through the month of August without celebrating mine and Alf's birthday with a stonking show in Dorking, new found friend Cameron from Killington Fall will be stepping in on the bass for what will no doubt be a boozey affair. Saturday 13th August - come on down.
In other news, eek! recordings has put out a debut compilation on which we are featured. Chris is a good friend of ours and has recorded all our material to date. The other bands on there are awesome and at £3, you can't really go wrong.
We've already got a couple of shows lined up for October and will hopefully get some more sorted throughout the next month or two. If you've read this far and want us to play somewhere, drop me a line.
Is that it? I think that's it.
Love
Tristan
Monday, 1 August 2011
Saturday, 2 April 2011
Treats for you - old and new
In light of our upcoming shows, we thought we’d give you a little treat.
Before this outfit turned into a quartet, Tristan went into Peak Recordings in March 2009 to record a three-track EP called Kingston to Nottingham. This has now been added to the bandcamp. Check it out! It features a crazy old song named Ode and the initial version of Tons and Pounds – piano and everything.
If that wasn’t enough, you can now also listen to a new track from Trees. Nothing finer, the track featured on BSM ’11, has also been added to the bandcamp page.
Hope you enjoy the music. Perhaps we’ll see you at a show or two?
Love.
Tris.x
Before this outfit turned into a quartet, Tristan went into Peak Recordings in March 2009 to record a three-track EP called Kingston to Nottingham. This has now been added to the bandcamp. Check it out! It features a crazy old song named Ode and the initial version of Tons and Pounds – piano and everything.
If that wasn’t enough, you can now also listen to a new track from Trees. Nothing finer, the track featured on BSM ’11, has also been added to the bandcamp page.
Hope you enjoy the music. Perhaps we’ll see you at a show or two?
Love.
Tris.x
Monday, 21 March 2011
Back once again...
Greetings,
After returning from southern continents and getting over just how crappy England looks when comparing it to sun-filled coastlines, we've started booking a few shows again and getting our act together for the upcoming months.
Whilst away, we were honoured to be featured on Big Scary Monsters' BSM '11. If you're unfamiliar, it consists of a track a week from bands around the country who have earned a nod from the indie record label. Get involved by clicking the link above - there are some great bands in there.
Speaking of BSM, we're playing with one of its highly notable bands, Talons, on 29th April at the Boileroom, Guildford. It's the last night of their tour, so it should be awesome. Come on down for noodles and big, BIG music.
As well as other shows that you can see on the right, that's about it for now. Other than that we had a practice the other day in a barn, which had a shetland pony that stared at you every time you went outside for a break. There was also a dog called Molly who liked Dan's crotch.
Love.
Tris.x
Be sure to check out Killington Fall, who we hope to be playing with in the future.
Be sure to check out That Mouth, who are imminent.
After returning from southern continents and getting over just how crappy England looks when comparing it to sun-filled coastlines, we've started booking a few shows again and getting our act together for the upcoming months.
Whilst away, we were honoured to be featured on Big Scary Monsters' BSM '11. If you're unfamiliar, it consists of a track a week from bands around the country who have earned a nod from the indie record label. Get involved by clicking the link above - there are some great bands in there.
Speaking of BSM, we're playing with one of its highly notable bands, Talons, on 29th April at the Boileroom, Guildford. It's the last night of their tour, so it should be awesome. Come on down for noodles and big, BIG music.
As well as other shows that you can see on the right, that's about it for now. Other than that we had a practice the other day in a barn, which had a shetland pony that stared at you every time you went outside for a break. There was also a dog called Molly who liked Dan's crotch.
Love.
Tris.x
Be sure to check out Killington Fall, who we hope to be playing with in the future.
Be sure to check out That Mouth, who are imminent.
Thursday, 13 January 2011
Trees
Howdy,
So our second release, Trees, is finally printed and ready and waiting for you to get your hands on.
You can order your very on copy from HERE for £5 or, of course, pick one up at a show.
Dan has just got back from South Africa and I'm about to go to Australia. At the moment there aren't a great deal of shows coming up, but we're going to be booking for April very soon.
I hope that you're fine and 2011 has started well for you.
Love
Tris.x
So our second release, Trees, is finally printed and ready and waiting for you to get your hands on.
You can order your very on copy from HERE for £5 or, of course, pick one up at a show.
Dan has just got back from South Africa and I'm about to go to Australia. At the moment there aren't a great deal of shows coming up, but we're going to be booking for April very soon.
I hope that you're fine and 2011 has started well for you.
Love
Tris.x
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
See you soon...
Hi everyone,
OK - so we’re done for 2010. On behalf of all four of us, I’d like to say a massive thanks to everyone who put us on, put us up, played our songs, paid to see us, bought a CD and anything else one might have done. We had such a good time, particularly in the past couple of months.
As far as the future’s concerned, it’s certainly got potential. Our next release, Trees, is so close to being done and ready for people to hear. It’s all mixed, the artwork is done, I just need to figure out how to use InDesign properly and I can get it sent off to the printers. There’s something cool happening with one track off the CD, which I can’t divulge yet, but will as soon as it’s all confirmed.
We’re going to play a few shows at the end of January to tie in with Trees being finished, so look out for those.
Aside from that, have a lovely Xmas and New Year, keep going to watch live music and be well.
Love.
Tris, Si, Dan and Greg.x
OK - so we’re done for 2010. On behalf of all four of us, I’d like to say a massive thanks to everyone who put us on, put us up, played our songs, paid to see us, bought a CD and anything else one might have done. We had such a good time, particularly in the past couple of months.
As far as the future’s concerned, it’s certainly got potential. Our next release, Trees, is so close to being done and ready for people to hear. It’s all mixed, the artwork is done, I just need to figure out how to use InDesign properly and I can get it sent off to the printers. There’s something cool happening with one track off the CD, which I can’t divulge yet, but will as soon as it’s all confirmed.
We’re going to play a few shows at the end of January to tie in with Trees being finished, so look out for those.
Aside from that, have a lovely Xmas and New Year, keep going to watch live music and be well.
Love.
Tris, Si, Dan and Greg.x
Monday, 8 November 2010
Why, hello there...
Well. October is done with and what a fun month it was. Seeing as it was the first attempt on our part to really venture out there and play a bunch of shows, it went categorically well.
Notable highlights have got to be The Swan in Ipswich with Los. Horsham’s BOTB. Demon FM in Leicester. Enticing new, friendly acquaintance (albeit with noodles) Del Noble to the Boileroom, Guildford.
I think the main consummation was just being in new (as well as familiar) places, meeting new people and playing our songs with as much conviction as we could muster and getting such flattering feedback.
Next on the agenda is to get the new CD, Trees, done and dusted. Dan and Si are heading back into Peak Recordings this week to meet up with Chris and try and put the finishing touches to it. The artwork is pretty much there and printing negotiations have begun.
We’ve been asked to donate our track, Limerick to an autumnal compilation, compiled by indie set-up, Well Weapon Records. There will be more details on this soon, as well as more exciting news regarding a track from Trees.
We’ve got two more shows this month and after those, we disappear until January. The first is being promoted by myself and Greg, and it’s going to be awesome. Please find the event page HERE.
The second is at The Rest Is Noise, Brixton, supporting ones to watch, The Neat. Promoted by Monkeysuit Music, it’s sure to be a great evening. It’s FREE, too.
Perhaps we’ll see you at one of those shows, perhaps we won’t. Either way, thanks for reading this. Make the most of the current tracks up on the myspace, as they’ll soon be long gone.
Love.
Tris.x
Notable highlights have got to be The Swan in Ipswich with Los. Horsham’s BOTB. Demon FM in Leicester. Enticing new, friendly acquaintance (albeit with noodles) Del Noble to the Boileroom, Guildford.
I think the main consummation was just being in new (as well as familiar) places, meeting new people and playing our songs with as much conviction as we could muster and getting such flattering feedback.
Next on the agenda is to get the new CD, Trees, done and dusted. Dan and Si are heading back into Peak Recordings this week to meet up with Chris and try and put the finishing touches to it. The artwork is pretty much there and printing negotiations have begun.
We’ve been asked to donate our track, Limerick to an autumnal compilation, compiled by indie set-up, Well Weapon Records. There will be more details on this soon, as well as more exciting news regarding a track from Trees.
We’ve got two more shows this month and after those, we disappear until January. The first is being promoted by myself and Greg, and it’s going to be awesome. Please find the event page HERE.
The second is at The Rest Is Noise, Brixton, supporting ones to watch, The Neat. Promoted by Monkeysuit Music, it’s sure to be a great evening. It’s FREE, too.
Perhaps we’ll see you at one of those shows, perhaps we won’t. Either way, thanks for reading this. Make the most of the current tracks up on the myspace, as they’ll soon be long gone.
Love.
Tris.x
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Isn’t it nice when a plan comes together?
Alright, we didn’t write nearly as much as we had hoped to write over the summer, but we’ve got some new songs for you. I said we’d be back in October, and by Jebus, we will be.
This weekend we’re going back into the studio to record four new tracks for our second E.P. We’re so excited to get in there and lay down a more accurate version of the sound we’ve come to call our own.
It’s literally going to be straight out the studio and onto the stage with October’s gig listings looking comfortably plump. We’ve got a couple more to add on (including the Battle of the Bands date in Horsham), but here’s the list so far:
October:
7th – The Swan, Ipswich w/ Los
13th – Old Blue Last, Shoreditch w/ Cats and Cats and Cats
15th – The Boileroom, Guildford
21st – The Hobgoblin, Staines
23rd – Ducie Bridge, Manchester
24th – Live Radio Session for 105.7 Demon FM, Leicester
November:
3rd – The Half Moon, Putney
14th – Retro Bar, Manchester
You can now purchase a downloadable version of the Blackboard E.P. here. Once the new recording is complete, we’ll be setting up a way of ordering some physical copies of everything.
Friends I urge you to check out:
This is Not Revolution Rock (who are kindly putting us on at Old Blue Last)
Hold Your Horse Is
Porches
Killing Pablo
Thanks for reading.
Love
Tris.x
P.S. We're on Facebook these days. If you like us, click away...
This weekend we’re going back into the studio to record four new tracks for our second E.P. We’re so excited to get in there and lay down a more accurate version of the sound we’ve come to call our own.
It’s literally going to be straight out the studio and onto the stage with October’s gig listings looking comfortably plump. We’ve got a couple more to add on (including the Battle of the Bands date in Horsham), but here’s the list so far:
October:
7th – The Swan, Ipswich w/ Los
13th – Old Blue Last, Shoreditch w/ Cats and Cats and Cats
15th – The Boileroom, Guildford
21st – The Hobgoblin, Staines
23rd – Ducie Bridge, Manchester
24th – Live Radio Session for 105.7 Demon FM, Leicester
November:
3rd – The Half Moon, Putney
14th – Retro Bar, Manchester
You can now purchase a downloadable version of the Blackboard E.P. here. Once the new recording is complete, we’ll be setting up a way of ordering some physical copies of everything.
Friends I urge you to check out:
This is Not Revolution Rock (who are kindly putting us on at Old Blue Last)
Hold Your Horse Is
Porches
Killing Pablo
Thanks for reading.
Love
Tris.x
P.S. We're on Facebook these days. If you like us, click away...
Sunday, 1 August 2010
Until October...
Hello everyone,
Some news.
We can sadly reveal that our moog mastermind, Chris, is officially no longer a part of The Brilliantly Simple. He is understandably busy with Los and Peak Recordings, which you should both support and love. On behalf of the four of us, I'd like to thank Chris and his index finger for all the hard moog playing they've done, and we look forward to recording with him imminently.
So we've just played a few shows with some lovely bands (Stagecoach, Hold Your Horse Is, Crooked Mountain, Crooked Sea, Forest and The Fire, The Brothers Streep) before a summer break of writing. The plan is to write some new tunes so we're set for the studio towards the end of September.
October is the month for playing some shows and trying out the new material. So it would be cool to see you at a gig or two.
Until then, thank you for reading this and checking us out. We've still got some Blackboard CD's left, all be it only a few. You can pick one up for £3 at a show.
Love
Tris, Si, Dan and Greg. x
P.S. Come down to the Lincoln Arms on Friday 13th August for Tris and Alf's birthday show. It's gonna be bangin'.
Some news.
We can sadly reveal that our moog mastermind, Chris, is officially no longer a part of The Brilliantly Simple. He is understandably busy with Los and Peak Recordings, which you should both support and love. On behalf of the four of us, I'd like to thank Chris and his index finger for all the hard moog playing they've done, and we look forward to recording with him imminently.
So we've just played a few shows with some lovely bands (Stagecoach, Hold Your Horse Is, Crooked Mountain, Crooked Sea, Forest and The Fire, The Brothers Streep) before a summer break of writing. The plan is to write some new tunes so we're set for the studio towards the end of September.
October is the month for playing some shows and trying out the new material. So it would be cool to see you at a gig or two.
Until then, thank you for reading this and checking us out. We've still got some Blackboard CD's left, all be it only a few. You can pick one up for £3 at a show.
Love
Tris, Si, Dan and Greg. x
P.S. Come down to the Lincoln Arms on Friday 13th August for Tris and Alf's birthday show. It's gonna be bangin'.
Friday, 18 June 2010
The purpose of this space is going to change slightly. After acting as a half-decent page for my half-arsed attempts of writing some creative jibes, it's now going to focus on the band.
I'll leave all previous posts down there and who knows, some new ones may appear once in a while? Come to think of it, the post before this one has actually turned into a song now. It's called 'Nothing finer' and it's a grand shouty affair, of which we've had lots of nice feedback.
We're going to play some more shows throughout July, then get writing over August and (hopefully) recording over September.
Maybe see you at a show soon.
Tris x
July shows so far:
16th: Cobden Club, London. (acoustic)
18th: Boiler Room, Guildford. w/Hold Your Horse Is & Stagecoach
21st: Fighting Cocks, Kingston. w/Hold Your Horse Is & Great Ancestors
I'll leave all previous posts down there and who knows, some new ones may appear once in a while? Come to think of it, the post before this one has actually turned into a song now. It's called 'Nothing finer' and it's a grand shouty affair, of which we've had lots of nice feedback.
We're going to play some more shows throughout July, then get writing over August and (hopefully) recording over September.
Maybe see you at a show soon.
Tris x
July shows so far:
16th: Cobden Club, London. (acoustic)
18th: Boiler Room, Guildford. w/Hold Your Horse Is & Stagecoach
21st: Fighting Cocks, Kingston. w/Hold Your Horse Is & Great Ancestors
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Who do you believe?
I don’t usually write any social commentary prose, in fear that I don’t really know what I’m talking about. But, on that motive of confusion, I started a little spiel. So, here it is:
Who do you believe? And what base do you stand on?
If papers are there to drape us in fear, buy what is served, no matter how fucked or absurd.
The drapes have been drawn way before you were born and they’re going to stay shut for now.
Let’s impose our opinion and believe in the minions as a coward bends over in fright? And in lands such as China, I can see nothing finer than censoring truth for his life.
I read Pilger and Brooker as a bewildered onlooker of a course that’s all too close to my heart. So what do I say when soon comes a day and I’m asked for some contrite thought?
Don’t be angered by Mails posting Daily betrayals of a man hating girl hating child! It’s observation that’s key, to form synergy and preventing the flames spreading wild.
Wipe the news, swipe the views or prepare to stay angry forever. Don’t let paranoia become an endeavor.
Being paranoid is simply void if you see it as ignorance first. Create your opinion and block off the minions who strive to keep bubbles burst.
Acceptance and irrelevance are placed hand in hand, as long as you’re still deceived. Step back and look at the base where you stand, and think about who you believe.
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