PETE AND THE PIRATES LOVELY SPECIAL BLOG

BEHIND THE SCENES

2010-07-01T09:02:00.000-07:00

Nothing much to say about this.... this is practising in my old bedroom in my parents' house in Reading. Some things never change.

Not much to say about this either.... sometimes practices fall apart into nothingness. If you're in a band you'll know about this. My name's Jonny Sanders, Jonny Jonny Sanders.

2010-06-30T05:13:00.000-07:00

People often ask us : ' Excuse me, where is the second album you're supposed to me making?'

Well some stuff happened while we were making it which means we took a bit longer than we hoped, but don't worry --- it's on it's way. Don't know when.

In the meantime, i found this song that we recorded years ago in my room in Reading - it's a cover version of Lets Wrestle's 'Man with Pica Syndrome.

Clicke HERE to doonload it

We don't often play other people's songs so it's quite a nice find. I have no recollection of recording it, and neither does Jonny, but we definitely did. I hope.

I think there is also another cover we once did of a clean song called Tally Ho... i'll try and find that too.

Okay, all the best,
bye bye
x

Links and Links

2010-05-13T07:28:00.001-07:00

So here are a couple of links to some photos of the shows we did while we were away.

Please browse them at your leisure!

These by Eleonora Birardi from our gig in Fucecchio at the marvelous La Limonaia.

These by 'soyprensa' from our gig in Barcelona.

oh and this one too from 'elchicodelaleche'.

MUCH LOVE

Jon Boy

x

PS more here and some from 2008 when we played in Italy here

Hoxton Baby

2010-04-26T06:29:00.000-07:00

Hello folks, I just rang to say that when we get back from Europe we're playing this show in hoxton Bar and Kitchen

http://www.hoxtonsquarebar.com/music-events/2010/may/pete-the-pirates

Well pleased that according to them we're

'wonderfully out of step with all other bands and scenes'

That might be the nicest thing anyone's said about us for ages.

Connan Moccasin has been one of all of our favourites for years now and if you haven't heard him yet, make sure you come in time to catch his set, you won't be dissappointed.

Also Micachu is djing so there will be some proper good tunes as well.

Proper good tunes? Um... you know what I mean

Ok yeah so come along, we'll all have sun tans and Italian accents by then. Plus we might play some songs that you like.

Lots of love Peter

SYS

2010-03-08T12:55:00.001-08:00

So my friend Danny has a band called Sir Yes Sir and i would like to recommend them to you.

Here's a review: (with few too many contemporary comparisons for my liking but gushing none the less)

http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/eps/sir-yes-sir-not-excited

And guess what?! i made a video for them:

JPx

2010-01-30T12:34:00.000-08:00

Hello
Here is a pic of one of our setlists from the recent tour in austria...

Thank you

Having so merch fun...fresh prints...

2010-01-17T15:51:00.000-08:00

sorry about that. genuinely sorry...here you find Jonny and me in my bedroom, making stuff.

We've been making t shirts to sell at shows for quite a while- mainly cos people always asked us why we never had anything to sell, and also cos Jonny keeps making very nice drawings.

But now we've transcended the loveless process of 'sending the off' to get printed en mass and have started doing it ourselves.

this means we now have a very limited collection of t-shirts, bags and posters. No two of which are quite the same..... ! It's also quite likely that they may have thumb prints, and gong wrong bits on them... this only makes them more desirable - it's the human touch.

I can't work out how to distribute the photos through the post... so they are all clumped together.

We are off to germany, austria and switzy land on wed for a spate of shows. We'll be taking our new goodies with us, so if you're in those ends, come see a show and grab a souvenir!

AFRICA AFRICA

2009-12-18T09:10:00.000-08:00

My favourite name of any continent.

Apparently people make good money from directing people who read their blog to certain products and services.... we don't but we probably could. I just want to share!!!!! ---->

As we have said before, we played in Reading on Sunday, and part of the fun of the whole night was the pre gig meal that we had.

In the Global Cafe on London Street, there is a Woman called Tutu, who cooks fantastic Ethiopian cuisine. Her venture is called 'Tutu's Ethiopian Table' and this is her website.

In case you were unsure, Tutu is the lady between me and jonny. See! look how happy we all look. I look happy anyway.
So if, like me, you weren't sure of what Ethiopian food is like, it's hearty and tasty, and it's served on something that me and david thought were towels or serviettes but are actually some kind of bread/pancake that you can wrap around your food a bit, and eat. Tastes really good.

So if you live in or around Reading, go in and meet Tutu and EAT HER FOOD!

They also serve Tusker beer (which I think is african- Kenyan ?) which immediately became one of my favourite beers in the whole world.

.....IN OTHER NEWS.......

We are doing some more work with David.M.Allen, who recorded our songs Blood Get's Thin and Jennifer. He's been hanging out with us a lot, coming to listen to us practise, and generally being a very wise man. (note... this probably has something to do with our new album. but not saying too much)

We are also about to embark on a merchandise madness scheme where we get very very creative and hand make all of our merch, it WILL be the coolest merch you can get. Keep watching this space for more info.....

Wow, two posts in one day, i'm exhausted.

bye

The geese are getting fat

2009-12-18T04:40:00.000-08:00

Hello everybody

It's very cold in my basement flat and there is a pathetic layer of snow/frost/sludge outside my window. How i wish it could be Christmas every day.

So as mentioned, our recent 'christmas' shows have been going down a real treat. To those who came to Reading, Tooting and last night's Kilburn gig at the Luminaire, thank you.

Last night's show was put on by the guys who run Song Kick, which if you are an ardent live music fan, might be an invaluable web of intrigue for you. It basically shows 'gigographies' of bands you love so you can view photos, vids, set lists etc that users upload. It really seems to cover all elements of live music. I now sound like i'm really plugging it, which i am, but only cos I think it's good.

OUR SECTION

Last night we played with Riz Mc who was very entertaining and a very nice man. And also Stairs to Korea, who showed what could be done with a midi guitar, very educational, a master of effects pedals. Coincidentally, we both played 'silent night' in out sets, they were 2 very contrasting versions though.

Our friend Pooneh who we met in New York around March has been visiting London, and continuing her admiralbe quest of capturing bands and music via the beautiful medium of Polaroid, and other quirky unusaul cameras. None of this digital nonsense. She came to our show at the Tram and Social in Tooting Bec, South of the River (a venue/pub which is well worth a visit) and took some stunning (i think) photos. Here is her website

I've interspersed some of Pooneh's photos through this blog, I haven't asksed her yet if she minds me putting them up but I don't think she will..........?

Well we don't have anymore shows before Christmas, so see you in 2010 - ah the first time i've written 2010. need to get used to it. not yet though. If we don't post again before christmas, have a good one. Love thy neighbour. x

Toot Toot

2009-12-15T13:29:00.000-08:00

dear All,

Big massive thanks to everyone that came to see us in Reading we had a crazy old time! if anyone has any photos send them over or put links up to them etc etc.

Another big up to the tooting massive who put on a great night and in a great venue. Nice to discover such a gem south of the river. (Which is of course where i live and have been searching for some cool places to hang out)

sorry to our friend salv who got smacked in the head by Tom's guitar.....consider it a battle scar. That's rock and roll for you.

Jonny

ps:

RE toms previous post....

here is some more moustache evidence.

Its all true ...i'm so sorry

Eleven of O nine

2009-12-12T17:10:00.000-08:00

WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER?

PETE PETE AND I GREW MOUSTACHES AND LOOKED LIKE TWATS.
ALTHOUGH LITTLE PETE SEEMS TO OFTEN HAVE A MOUSTACHE, IT WAS MY VERY FIRST EVER, SO IT WAS SPECIAL TO ME.

I wasn't sorry to shave it off though as it became a little itchy.
David has a large red beard at the moment, but i don't think it's got anything to do with our taches, and Jonny isn't involved in the facial hair scence very much.

Also in november, and this month too, we have been doing the odd show to keep us oiled and have mainly been meeting up half in Reading, and half in London, to play music together which is of course what we do.... but we are increasingly increasing the probability of creating our second album which is tantalizingly imminent you can almost hear it in the distance... in fact i wrote a new song today which i've just mailed to the other folks.

Tomorrow we play our home town of Reading - a special Christmas Shindig with super surprises hidden with in our set list. You really have to come. I'll buy you a mince pie. The next day we play in Tooting Bec. Never been there but it's a great sounding place. You really have to come. I'll buy you a soda and lime.

Posts of more relevance WILL follow. This is kind of padding, but that's fine.

I'm listening to Mazurkas. Polish waltzes i think.

More moustache photos are available on application.

later on isn't it.

Sorry, Yeah?

2009-11-17T10:42:00.000-08:00

I regret not writing anything in the blog for quite a long time. I've just not really felt inclined. But I think the ice is melting now.... jonny just forwarded me a collection of songs we played in Amsterdam. (not this, this is a photograph of us playing a song)

Yes it was good fun, I remember it well now. Holland is quite alright, i reckon i could live there for about 6 months and have a real fun time. Thanks to the fellas who made this little film, it was good fun and they did a great job.

Here it is, so it is.

Amsterdam Acoustics : ''Pete and the Pirates'' on their walk through the city from Mokummercials on Vimeo.

What else can we talk about? The album is coming along.... there is an aspect of um... well we just want to be really careful about releasing something that's right. So basically it's going to take us a bit longer than we might have planned. We aren't capricious, but we are prone to changing our minds about stuff and having great epiphanies. I think at the moment there is a great sense of excitement amongst ourselves... or at least amongst myself. You might not know it to look at my face though, i just always look like that.

this is us at our first gig in NY

and this is David and Wesley Patrick Gonzalez having an arm wrestle. They are both amazingly weak.

As an after thought, here is an interview with TAP TAP (that's me by the way) where there is a song to listen to as well. I might even start a tap tap blog, i'm just not sure i have enought interesting things to say.... !

(click the photo)

Ok that's all then, goodbye again.

welcome back!

2009-11-14T04:41:00.001-08:00

hey everybody,
we are all recovered now from our horrible illnesses which is good news.
i suppose it is time for a little update,

we went to NYC for a week to play at a festival called CMJ (more like a SXSW than a Glastonbury type festival)
it was crazy good fun, we ended up doing more shows than we originally planned which was good news, had some very very good food, as well as having good times drinking in bars and such like...
it all seems like a little while ago now so sorry these recollections are a bit vague.
how about a list of some highlights?>

Good things.
1. Playing at The Bell House with Let's Wrestle = a very nice place with chandeliers and photo booths.
2. Seeing JEFF The Brotherhood play = they rock ok
3. Food = Sushi, Pastrami, Hot Dogs, Pizza, Pasta, Chilli Dawg, Cuban Wrap, Pickles, Lil' Frankie's
4. Record shopping = Vaselines, Michael Hurley, Exceptor, Slumberland sampler, Shackleton, The Bats etc.
5. Getting fit = just walk everywhere- it is fun

Okay what next? you ask
well we have a sepcial show to tell you about:
On December the 13th the special Pete and the Pirates Xmas Party/Shindig/Concert is taking place, in good ol' Reading . which everyone should come to, because it is gonna be F-U-N. playing with us are our good friends the excellent Ex-Lovers, who you should definitely all listen too (google them?) as they are great, also a new band from Reading called Worship (featuring ex-members of the band Fox Cubs)who you should be sure to check out too. i believe there will be one more band playing too, but we are yet to decide on who it shall be...here is a flyer:

okay more from us soon
love david pirate

Flu

2009-10-30T11:10:00.000-07:00

sorry for lack of blog at the moment some of us have contracted deadly swine flu, and the rest of us have bird flu.

I have mad cow disease.

We'll do full updates of the best stuff from our recent tour and how the album is going very shortly.

For the time being i'm off to see Tap Tap tonight in Brixton. So there!

jon

S Pain

2009-10-12T07:01:00.000-07:00

So we took a break from our album making antics to do some shows around Europe. We just got back from 3 days in Spain. "Wow that sounds lovely!" i hear you cry.

Well yes and no. I think since Wednesday we have had on average 2/3 hours sleep a night and feel pretty zombie-ish at the moment. On top of that we had a 10 hour drive then a gig at 3.30am in Bilbao. Ouch.

So...complaining aside the gigs were actually pretty good and the Spanish fans are great.

And now follows some pictures from the merry trip...

Jonny Donette?

Pete and Tom looking weird

Cartagena in the south of Spain. Everyone looking happy i see.

Garish

The rain in spain falls mainly on the plain?

So there you have it.

We are now off to Holland, Brussels, Luxembourg...and NYC!

J o n n y P i r a t e x

Almost there, we're almost there

2009-09-21T16:09:00.000-07:00

This week is the last week we will be spending in the studio.

all the recording is done, we are now mixing.

I can report that it's sounding sweet. We are all very happy. David has been away on holiday so missed the fun of last week but now he's back and we had a good day today adding the final touches to our new material.

Also today we recorded some brass and although peter is caught here looking sad with a violin, we didn't record any violin.

What more is there to tell.... we are going to Spain early October for a few shows, followed by holland, belgium and that kind of stuff where beer is nice and ther is lots of Nutella, then from Brusells to NYC where I don't really know what happens cos I never been but David says it's good and in the films it seems like a bit like London but with less idiots than London has.

Also end of September (ish) is the release of the new Tap Tap album which is also coming out on Stolen, the first run of which has special limited edtion 'wrong tracks' which don't correspond with the art work due to a phenomenal fuck up at the manufacturing stage. So get your special copy now before it becomes a rarity!!!

In The woods

2009-09-13T08:30:00.000-07:00

Here's some video evidence to back up David's post...

this is Micachu at in the woods:

In The Woods

2009-09-06T11:12:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we played a festival in a secret place somewhere in Kent called In The Woods. It is organised by the band Laurel Collective, i think this was the fourth time they have done it.
It had the best line-up out of any of the festivals this year: Connan Mockasin, Micachu and the Shapes, Screaming Tea Party, Anna Calvi and of course Laurel Collective themselves to name but a few. It was set in a kinda natural ampitheatre which was surrounded and covered by trees. bee-yew-tea-full.
We got there nice and early so we saw all the bands play and had a really very good time.
By accident we played pretty much all new songs, which was good and we finished with Lost In The Woods (clever huh?)
I played guitar with Micachu and the Shapes on one of their songs which was very fun.
At the end of all the music there was set to be a big Wickerman-esque bonfire, however we had to leave before the fire was set alight. i forgot to take my camera so i'm afraid this report is words only.
tomorrow we go back to The Classroom to continue recording the new record, so expect some in-studio reports over the next few days...

On a Break

2009-09-01T03:35:00.000-07:00

Don't worry we're not on a break as a band, that's what couples do who get sick of each other but still have mutual friends so are scared to break up. Although we do get sick of each other as a band, this only tends to happen after prolonged exposure to each other's company especially in confined spaces.

We are on a break from recording which explains why I'm writing total crap to 'pad' the blog and and keep it fresh, innit. It's quite frustrating cos we'd like to get straight back in the studio to keep things moving, but it's good to get the time to reflect and listen to what we've done. And it's sounding good btw, obviuosly not gonna post up any previews yet cos don't want to give too much (anythying) away.

in the meantime, i thought i'd post up some mostly patp unrelated photographs i've taken of things in my days off which caught my eye or make me chuckle.

This sky made me feel worried when i walked out of my house. There were a group of seagulls screaming and I had to run away.

And here is a house opposite a friend of mine's which stopped shaving completely.

Wine tasting

bye

hummmmming

2009-08-24T10:08:00.001-07:00

Humming video i made, i hope you're not epileptic

CLICKY CLICK HERE

Sorry couldn't post it to watch on here because the blog is very thin. Go to youtube to watch it and click HQ to see it bigger and better!

Jonny

Tom Seat

2009-08-21T12:38:00.000-07:00

I just found this photo of Tom entitled 'Human Seat'

(Thanks jasperbeatnik on flickr)

jp

Big yet Tiny

2009-08-15T05:16:00.000-07:00

We are 2 weeks into recording and the songs are sounding great.

We're eating beef and drinking beer which i think is having an effect on how some of the songs are going to sound.

I did a panorama, innit. click on it to make it all big.

yesterday we experimented with tying tissues to guitar strings and playing loud solos through toy amplifiers. Not going to give away too many secrets of our sounds though.

(One of Pete's tricks to getting good sounding takes is to look really fucking cool when recording).

Bobby thanks very much for lending us the guitar and we're really sorry for not giving it back to you xxx

Peter and David take a little break where they share a cigarette and agree that I'm a dick.

Boys on the Beach

2009-08-10T10:51:00.000-07:00

What do Pete and the Pirates do on days off from their punshing recording schedule? This exclusive footage reveals all....

Yes, we are in Newqualy soaking up the sun after being locked in some dark rooms for 12 hours a day. Not that I'm complaining, we've been looking forward to recording for about 2 years. We were actually here to do a show but our over zealous tour manager got us here about 4 hours early so we had plenty of time to get all sandy.

New Album Studio Tour

2009-08-10T06:10:00.000-07:00

Hi guys this is a video It made at the beginning of last week. Hope it fills in a few gaps. My camera has pretty much broken now I'm sorry to say but that's okay I'll use music for memories from now on.

Speak to you next week.

XPX

We've been having some fun.

2009-08-06T10:23:00.000-07:00

We've been having fun in the studio, as you may have gathered.
Here are the edited highlights of the first few days.

More videos to come hopefully.

P xx

that was yesterday, this is today

2009-08-06T03:58:00.000-07:00

jonny and peter having good times in the drum room

david making sure everything is sounding right, under the watchful eye of producer gareth parton

jonny doing a drum take

Muggy Morning

2009-08-04T03:19:00.000-07:00

welcome to day two recording,
we are just settling in, cups o'coffee, cups o'tea, bacon n egg, tuna melt
first things first, we are listening to all our fine work yesterday.
yep very good.
more news on that later...

in other news if you want to hear my remix for micachu's song lips you can go to her myspace and listen there, it is the 1bpm remix: www.myspace.com/micayomusic

david

DAY 1 in the big fortress house

2009-08-03T17:26:00.000-07:00

After spending about 3 hours trying to make a snare sound like a snare we are well on our way.... here are pete jonny and gareth in the fortress where we first recorded Little Death all those moons ago.

Non piratic posts

2009-07-30T10:45:00.000-07:00

On Sunday I saw this:

It was fookin' good. Nisenenmondai are a Japanese 3 piece girl band from Tokyo and I've been wanting to see them for ages. They were playing well near my house so I went even though i hadn't been to bed the night before and was feeling tired and rough. They woke me up. It's not exactly easy listening. I bought a pink t shirt.

They were supported by an equally great band called Bo Ningen, also Japanese. Who in places reminded quite a lot of this band:

Who are on our label, and who are VERY good.

Then on Tuesday Jonny showed me this:

http://www.stsanders.com/old/index.php?v=4

which made me chuckle. (although i didn't understand what it was at first cos i'm a bit thick)

Other exciting news.... is that as Jonny pointed out were are about to go into the studio with our extremely itchy fingers to make a BRILLIANT SECOND ALBUM. People go on about second albums being difficult, living up to the first one etc. I don't think it's going to be a problem for us!!! (this is self-assured confidence, not arrogance)

roll on August....

bye

New Album Nerves

2009-07-29T05:33:00.001-07:00

Hello...

On Monday we go into the studio for the first part of the recording of Album No.2. I am listening to the demos at the moment and it's quite exciting. After rehearsing for so long it's nice to have some time to reflect on the songs and try and take them in from an almost objective perspective. I am hopefully that people will like it!

We have nearly narrowed down the tracklist but nothing concrete yet. There'll be plenty of new songs that hopefully people won't have heard..and some they will, if you are a keen patp gig goer that is!

No release date as yet. First part of next year perhaps? Lets get it recorded first eh?

Byeeee

Jonathan Of The Pirate Clan

Pictures

2009-07-23T03:50:00.000-07:00

Tommy has been encouraging more Blog action so here's a post from me about me.

Some thoughts on religion perhaps?

Or an x-ray snake?

Or something lovely?

Or an x-ray cat?

Let me know your thoughts...

more like this here on my fabulous website

Jonny

From the Vault

2009-07-20T03:20:00.000-07:00

Here are some really really interesting photos that I plucked at random from our past....

D. Thorpe writes a set list

Jonny and Connan Mockasin, from when we were on tour together.... the long lost brothers

Our old van.... if you sat here you were a dick.

This is Pete and I driving to somewhere at some point in history but I think it must have been Christmas cos pete has santa hat on. ???

Jonny likes to experiment with masks.

Pete doing some recording of some demo in my room.

Peter's Big Organ

2009-07-17T11:59:00.000-07:00

Until I or another band member has something more substantial and relevant to post, silly video clips will have to do. Me and Pete took a break from mixing today so he could show me his organ. I went into a trance.

By the way, we really enjoyed our gig at the borderline on Wednesday. To everyone who was there, big up yourselves. To those who weren't.... where were you?? doesn't matter, it was sold out.

Today we had a band practice.

2009-07-13T13:09:00.000-07:00

Here's a Photo Of Tom Sanders riding his bike.

Here's one of all of us havin a break from practicing.

Sausages and Socks

2009-07-08T11:31:00.001-07:00

Yo.
Here is a video of us playing a bit of one of our possible new songs called 'my sun hat' which we keep meaning to play live but forgetting.

Q: Why do you have your tops off?
A: because it's very very hot in the room.

Q: Why do you have socks over the microphones?
A: because we keep getting electric shocks on our lips from the dodgy PA system

And here is a video of peter and peter in peter's house. As usual, completely mundane. I really have to find something more interesting to post. Is a mundane post better than no post at all? Discuss.

Secret filming PATP private lives

2009-07-06T12:25:00.000-07:00

Album demos going quite well. We are starting to get really excited about recording proper. Today we had a serious discussion about what we want to call the album but at the moment it looks like it's gonna be called little death.

Artwork may involve me getting a tattoo...

Pete Dog got this new computer what makes videos. Here's one I've done covertly just for you.

The top of my Head

2009-07-05T15:33:00.000-07:00

Our blog has 26 followers. There is a special prize for whoever is follower no. 27. I haven't decided what the prize is yet. It might be quite underwhelming. I feel we need some more followers though. I'm not even sure what it means to follow a blog. I am listening to Augustus Pablo in my bedroom and its sounding sweeeet. I have high ceilings which lend a certain sonic je ne sais quoi as the Germans say. Little Pete is coming to Hackney tomorrow where Pete Dog and I live to add his lovely voice noises to our latest demos, of which there are 16 so far.

Whittling them down into a concise 12/13/14/acceptable album length is going to be a really tough and unpleasant job. We love them all, see. But i guess the ones that don't go on will make great B sides/special rarities! I've included some random photographs from fuck knows when to liven up this bla bla bla from the top of my head. The one above is I think from an acoustic set that me and pete did once at the lock tavern years ago. Pete is holding some kind of African shakey percussion instrument that smelled of poo. We got paid 1oo quid and got really drunk.

The other photos are from a gig we played in our Pyjamas at the Rising sun in Reading. A long long time ago. It was one of my favourite shows, - I can't recommend performing in PJs highly enough, it's very liberating and in the summer months it feels so nice and airy.

(above) when Pete perspires, his spectacles are prone to slipping from his face leading to lack of clear vision of microphone, crowd and guitar, so the move that you see him performing here is the 'mid chord glasses push on' which many other glasses wearing performers including Bono and Graham Coxon have tried to immitate but never to the same effect as Pete.

One for the ladies. Jonny in Cowskin print pyjama bottoms.

back soon.

HELLO!!!

2009-07-03T04:12:00.000-07:00

Hi guys I just thought I'd do a post as the others finally let me contribute to the Pirates blog. I was given a six month ban after an embarrassing blogging incident involving insect porn. I wonder if i can work out how to show you a nice picture of david and tommy havin a coffee.

Oh good it seems I can.

XPPX

Italy Etc

2009-07-02T05:06:00.000-07:00

As promised here's my little video from Italia, and a couple of other bits. It doesn't make any sense but hey ho.

x

Uncensored Interviews

2009-07-01T14:32:00.000-07:00

Me and Tommy shine in some interviews...(this was at sxsw)

Some inane banter and some fascinating facts...

Bees, elephants and serious band stuff...

click on a clip to view it.

J Man x

P- p - put it on the blog...

2009-07-01T13:28:00.000-07:00

Can i put it on the blog? Yes i can!

Some slightly more interesting posts coming up from me later on, i promise! In fact mega film montage from my phone that i'm working on...

Jon

Recent Fotos from Italy

2009-07-01T11:24:00.000-07:00

Here are some photo graphs from the gig in Ravena. Thanks to everyone who came to see us and thanks to Heike has the Giggles for letting us use their stuff and playing with us. All the photos are by Caterina Gili.

I think if you click on the photos you get a super big image.

Welcome

2009-06-29T04:12:00.000-07:00

A small clip of Pete, and Jonny soundchecking his drums at the 'path of peace' festival in Rovereto.

Buona bloody Sera

2009-06-28T10:37:00.000-07:00

We have just got back from Italy where we did a handful of very fun shows. Via an Italian promoter who likes us, we get to go to Italy a couple of times a year and always have a right hoot. Admitedly, we look forward to the food and fiesta as much as the gigs - but the gigs are great. The first one we played was on the beach in Ravenna, and the last was at a little festival nestled in a beautiful valley.
At the moment my computer is dying on me and i can't seem to do anything with video... but here is a youtube clip I found of knots.

Our friend Caterina took some great photos which I'm going to try and get her to send so I can put them up too. In the mean time, here is me post mangiare.

2009-06-15T07:11:00.000-07:00

Album II - latest news

We are going to record our next record with Mr. Gareth Parton, who also worked with us on our debut album Little Death. We all feel really comfortable working together, and had a real good time together recording the first time round. It's probably fair to say that we have changed as a band, and Gareth probably has as a producer, so I doubt that album II is going to sound like the first. But it will be frikin good, of course.

from L-R, Dave t, Bobby August, Little Pete, Me, Gareth, Jonny.

We don't know where we're gonna record yet but we're hoping to start in July.

Can't wait.

patp x

even more SXSW

2009-06-12T08:54:00.000-07:00

Right guys i know it was ages ago but we got some more tracks from SXSW if you want to hear them?

We did a session for KEXP radio in Austin

Big thanks to KEXP for inviting us.

Here's a couple of tracks...

Motorbike

She Doesn't Belong To Me

if you search the internet you can find the whole session! treasure hunt...

Jon

SXSW treat!

2009-05-28T05:36:00.000-07:00

So here's a clip of when we played the Bablegum / Dig For Fire lawn party in SXSW...This song is called Things That Go Bump...

CLICK HERE

(couldn't figure out how to embed it sorry...)

All my Love,

Jonny

P_A_T_P_@_the_ ALBANY

2009-05-25T07:16:00.000-07:00

In the not too distant past, we played a show at the Albany Theatre in Deptford - not an area normally associated with live music, but it's a great venue. Hopefully we'll get to go back there soon.

The lobby was full of people selling cakes and jewellery and the like, which was an interesting change from your average gig. The excellent photographs are by polstar.

We played a few of the songs that will potentially be going on the new album- we're constantly changing our minds about which will make the final list. New ones keep emerging all the time too so the list fluctuates massively, plus there's 5 different opinions about it.

So at the bottom are 3 songs from the evening which have been given for us to use- Motorbike is one of the new ones. The others you might know from Little Death.
Thanks to everyone who came to see us play.

Songs:

Lost in the Woods

Motorbike

Eyes Like Tar

Hope you enjoy. Back soon.

X

OXXOO Live at the Albany 23rd April 2009 Mixed and Mastered by Mikko Gordon and James Bulley

3 days in

2009-05-11T12:16:00.000-07:00

Why, hello!

We are three days into the coxon tour, and it's going good. The good things about the tour are this:

Graham is nice
We have beds in our van
I've started drinking beer again
I've started smoking again
Pete and Jonny both have birthdays on whilst on tour
We get to play our fun new songs

some of the bad things:

The van has a top speed of 55 mph
It's starting to smell funny
We are going to kill each other

most of the dates have sold out (cos we're playing, obviously) but come see us at one of them if you can. The venues are intimate and 'vibey' ha ha, and we've played most of them before, so it's good to go back. We're especially looking forward to the Cluny in Newcastle.

God protect us, see you soon.
patp x

WHAT IS OCCURRING

2009-05-03T12:37:00.000-07:00

On thursday we are going to set sail again on a small 10 date tour with a man called Graham Coxon who played in band you may have heard of called blur. We're vey vey happy to be supporting him for these shows.
Look out for a cranky old hippy bus.... that's what we're gonna be travelling in. Sound like fun fun fun. Apparently it's all lined with red fur. Sexy.

We are trying to whittle down a large list of songs at the moment into something that will resemble an album. Life in a band seems to go in cycles... writing, recording, touring. I love it all, and the past couple of months have been really good for developing these new songs. Lot's of hard work and trying to get some perspective. We're all pretty anxious to get into the studio now which should be happing in a couple of months. Don't know where or who with yet.

For anyone who actually reads this blog, apologies for the crapness and sporadic nature of the posts.... they are going to get bigger and better. Maybe.

PATP x

SxSW 2009 Photos - Pete And The Pirates @ Peckerheads

2009-03-26T14:08:00.001-07:00

SxSW 2009 Photos - Pete And The Pirates @ Peckerheads

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In the meantime

2009-03-25T19:40:00.000-07:00

As I'm waiting for more relevant musical stuff to upload.... I wanted to share (not literally) my cat with anyone who cares. I sometimes forget how funny she when she sleeps. I don't even like cats that much. Dogs are better, right? Can i have one of those? She has black freckles on her nose. What a freak.

David's SXSW summary

2009-03-25T12:45:00.000-07:00

i liked:
Micachu and the Shapes
Ms Bea's (fun bar with a shack out the back with bands playing)
Argentinian Steak
Dinosaur Jr's Amps
Lets Wrestle's new song about true love
BBQ Pork Tenderloin
Wearing a headband

i didn't like:
stupid cameramen employed by blackberry
bad english bands from england
trying to get a taxi home at night

My Great Movie

2009-03-25T08:38:00.000-07:00

Instead of uploading loads of little clips, I thought I'd just upload one massive manageable montage. Enjoy.

What I saw

2009-03-23T18:56:00.000-07:00

On the last night I found myself again in Ms Beas, where we'd played the night before.
I caught sets from these 2 bands, Cristal Stilts and Thee Oh Sees. This is how all gigs should be; played outside in people's yards on warm summer evenings.

At WOXY fm

2009-03-23T18:20:00.000-07:00

Our very first excursion in Texas was a stop at the East Austin Recording studio for a session with WOXY fm who we thank very much for having us.

Also for your listening pleasure, one of the tracks we recorded for them, called Good Girl.

Beef Haze

2009-03-20T10:12:00.000-07:00

Here's the results of our meal in the Iron Works...

SXSW

2009-03-20T09:47:00.000-07:00

So here we are, it's been two whole days and this is our first post.

We've been recording events and things we're doing and will upload videos and photos as we go.

Here's the first:

Today me and Tommy got up early after having 3 hours sleep, we went to do an interview in the sun down an alley. Last night we were supposed to do an acoustic gig at 3.30 am but we got there and it was just a bunch of people standing in a carpark banging things...fun for some.

Later on we have two gigs, the second one is with Dinosaur Jr, and Peter Bjorn and John...

So far we've done seven gigs and we ate some ribs. Yesterday outside Iron works rib house we entered into a beef haze, but we've mostly recovered now.

See the next post for what happened....

Jonny + Pete....x

2009-03-16T10:49:00.000-07:00

Ok.
My bag is packed. I have my passport and my guitar.
David is going to meet us at the airport. Will he get up in time?

We went to south by southwest 2 years ago and had an unforgettable time. Unfortunately the one and only Peter Hefferan - quite a crucial person in the band - wasn't able to join us as he was refused a working visa..... this time he has one, so all five of us will be there to represent this fine island. Along with the other 80 or so English bands that are going out there!

So we'll quite literally keep you posted. And don't be jealous. Think of the liver damage.....

Tommy / PATP xx

2009-03-16T07:49:00.000-07:00

This is what happened when I tried to make a documentary about how the work on the new album was going.

this is me

2009-03-09T15:25:00.000-07:00

hello this is exciting isn't it....here's a picture i drew for the blog opening...

jonny pirate

begin

2009-03-09T13:43:00.000-07:00

hello,
this is our brand new blog, which we will be updating as often as possible with whatever comes to mind i suppose,
ready steady go...
david