Winter is over folks, and what a winter it was. From our point of view, it meant a 13 hour journey home from Elgin at the end of November. At times the snowfall was so thick we couldn't see 10 feet in front of us. Had we not been in Dundee the night before, I doubt we would have even been able to get to Elgin in the first place - all other bands and even the soundmen were unable to get there, but precarious as the journey was, we made do with a makeshift PA and gave everyone a great night. This epitomised the whole tour actually, every night of which was extremely enjoyable. We didn't hang about once it was finished though. We had written a lot of new music on the road and we went straight back into the studio between Christmas and new year to record the follow up EP, which will be entitle "You Best Believe". Here's the track listing:
1. You Best Believe
2. The Merchant
3. Cathy Bennett
4. In The Kingdom
It was recorded once again at La Chunky Studios with the reliably enigmatic Ronan Breslin. The result is undoubtedly the best sounding record that any of us have been involved in, and that's totally down to Ronan and his love for the songs.
We are now gearing towards the launch night for the EP on Saturday April 30th, at Glasgow's newest nightclub space, Chambre69. This is the brainchild of those responsible for bringing the Bier Halle to Glasgow, so as you can imagine, the vibe is all important. It really is a great space, and perfect for what we are wanting to achieve for this event. The night will commence at 9pm with a champagne reception, followed by an extended live set from the band at around 10pm. We are delighted to welcome Kasabian tour DJ DanRalphMartin as our guest, this being his first visit to Scotland without the band. To get Dan up here is something we have been discussing for a long time, and we finally have the perfect event and venue to make it happen. This is all going on till 3am, not your typical record launch I'm sure you'll agree!
Before all that however, we have an instore performance at Pretty Green's Glasgow store this coming Saturday, April 16th. We were delighted when the guys at PG asked us to do this, and we'll be on stage at around 3pm. So if your in town on Saturday afternoon please pop in.
Finally please make sure you check out our new website at www.selective-service.co.uk
We have some new photos up there and you can preview the tracks from the new EP as well.
Thanks for reading and hope to see you at Chambre69 on the 30th!
Thanks
Ian
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