frenchgirls and alt-j : a comparison

so as you should all know (and should all be purchasing your tickets for accordingly), we're playing the big old brude a week on sunday, on 6th december. what we only just found out is that, by an astonishing coincidence, our show is clashing with popular boring experimental indie outfit alt-j, who are playing a (probably boring) homecoming show of sorts at leeds arena (sounds boring, am i right).
for the (boring) people who are considering going to their show instead of ours, we've kindly compiled a brief list of reasons why you should say "fuck you alt-j, i'm going to see frenchgirls".

1. THE VENUE.
i'm not knocking the arena. i've been a couple of times, and it seems like a decent place to play (if you're boring). but ultimately, it's not the brudenell. in the words of deerhunter frontman bradford cox, the brude is "the best venue in europe". and do you really want to argue with indie icon bradford cox? didn't think so. the arena is massive - you might get lost and die! plus, it's so cold and sterile... you're much less likely to see ryan and liza from menace beach walking around. i mean, the arena is sponsored by a bank! the brudenell is sponsored by nobody except good times inc. plus, a beer at the arena is prolly like £5 and you can get red stripe at the brude for half that soooooooooo......

2. THE PRICE
i haven't checked how much alt-j tickets are, but i'm guessing they're gonna be at least £1000. no need to check, really. on the other hand, our gig is just a fiver! at the arena, all that'll get you is a beer, and you won't even be able to get in to buy it because they have big scary security men. even once you're inside the venue, prices are gonna be mad different. i mentioned before the price in beer, and even the merch available at our show is gonna be at least 10 times cheaper than at those critically-acclaimed (boring) scumbags' gig. who wants to spend £20 on a t-shirt anyway? we'll even sign our merch, and i bet those musty fuckers aren't gonna do that for you. they'll be too busy backstage sinking their £5 beers.

3. THE BANDS
in terms of simple maths we win straight off the bat. alt-j only have one support band, the horrors (who are actually pretty good but for the sake of argument let's say they're boring). we've got bloody two mate, and they're both chuffin' brilliant. absent parachute, who you must surely all know and love by now, are the best indie pop outfit in leeds, with tunes as killer as jack nicholson in the shining and jeans at least twice as tight as the marsicans'. whine are equally sick, they've got olivia (ex-member of shell), who makes her return to girls night with a sick new band, a sick new sound and (i think) a sick new haircut. plus there's us, and we're alright. we're not boring, anyway.

4. THE TUNES
alt-j's songs are pretty boring. their best are all on the first album, and the second had like one banger on it. we've been working on an EP (which we'll release at some point prolly) on which every song is a banger, so we're probably the winners. AP also have new songs, and if you heard twice shy on the radio a few months ago you'll already know that it wipes the floor with fucking fitzpleasure. whine only have two songs on soundcloud, but they're called grottie and bae horse so how wrong can you go (plus if you listen to them they're heavy and grungy and fab).

5. ALT-J ARE BORING
alt-j are boring.



so we'll see you at girls night ii, ye?


cheers xox



thd

a blog (in two parts)

ONE

first things first, let's tell you all what we've been doing.
we picked up some posters for GIRLS NIGHT II the other day which we're gonna be plastering all over the globe, so keep your eyes peeled for that. we also got some other posters that we'll be selling as merch at the show, for a probably extremely reasonable price. designed in collaboration with joel dent, we like to think it's a malevich-esque masterpiece of modern art.
we also had a band practice last night, working on a couple of TOP SECRET covers for girls night that you totally aren't allowed to know about (except the langli family, who heard it through their floorboards; and espen's girlfriend who walked in on us practicing it). we will say this - it'll be worth your £5, without a shadow of a doubt.



TWO

been quite busy lately, caught up in the futile struggle of modern life (you know how it is). as such, I've had this piece of poetry by Wystan Auden stuck in my head for a few days, which I thought I'd share on here as it to me sums up the fleetingness of human existence perfectly, and strangely happily. apologies to lit students who will definitely have heard this before.

it was late, late in the evening,
    the lovers they were gone;
the clocks had ceased their chiming,
    and the deep river ran on.

we'll see you next week on "thom remembering that he has to update the band blog once in a while"

peace xox







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good friday 20/11/2015

week eight
david bowie
let's dance

thom's personal favourite bowie album (and he's right - it's the best), featuring BXNGER after BXNGER. call us nerds, but the production on this record is some of the best we've ever heard, especially on an album from 1983.
best trax : modern love, let's dance, ricochet

good friday - 13/11/15

week seven
beck
guerolito

wicked cool album compiling remixes of a bunch of songs from guero (which you should also check out). it's some parts crazy, some parts chilled, and all parts sick. also the first song sounds like flylo.

best trax - broken drum [boards of canda remix]; ghost range[e-pro homelife remix]; qué onda guero [islands remix]

good friday - 6/11/15

week six
tUnE-yArDs
w h o k i l l

man, does this have some bangers on it. merryl garbus is one of modern music's most creative minds, and this record epitomises her bonkers rhythm-pop. if you're looking for a female jonathan higgs, you've come to the right place.

best trax - bizness, my country, powa

a month and a day and the gig is ours

it's just over a month until GIRLS NIGHT II, and we're finally sorting ourselves out for it.
we've got the lineup finalised, and it's a cracker - you all know how we feel about Absent Parachute, and trust me, we're just as fond of Whine as well.
we've also finished the poster, which you can see in all it's beauty right next to this text. less aggressive than last year's, but an equally stellar masterpiece.
we also got some actual physical tickets this week, which we're gonna flog for all they're worth so that everybody in leeds comes down to the brudenell and packs it out and it becomes rlly sweaty and hot and uncomfortable xox
and finally, we're having a band practice tonite in which we hope to actually get some new material finished for the event, so it doesn't look like we've been sitting around on our arses all year (perish the thought)

okay that's today's update, another good friday segment is coming tomorrow to this here blog, and i'll see you next time we have something to say.


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