A free download of the Errors remix of ‘An Idle Brain and the Devil’s Workshop’ has been made available. The original remix was found on 2009’s Retreat, but the band subsequently found that there was an, erm, error with the remix, so they are giving away the track as it was meant to sound. Here’s what Tom Evans of Vessels says:
“In the spirit of the late John Peel, the tune was unintentionally slowed down before its release on the 2009 remix EP Retreat, and the mistake wasn’t noticed until long after the record came out when Steev Errors received his copy of the album and was somewhat baffled as to what had happened to his remix. It turned out to have been caused by an unnoticed bit-rate transfer which slowed the whole tune by 10%, and no-one noticed because it still sounded ace.”
Download track here.
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January 25th, 2010Vessels Drum Battle With Quack Quack
January 25th, 2010Vessels begin their rescheduled tour with Oceansize (full details below - please note the Nottingham venue has changed) this week and have arranged an exciting warm-up gig with newly-announced labelmates Quack Quack this Wednesday 27 January at The Library in Leeds. As well as normal sets, their will be a special Quack Quack vs Vessels four-kit drum battle.
Members of Vessels have recorded a podcast to help promote this show, playing tunes from The Leaf Label, Big Scary Monsters, Smalltown America, Brew and Run Of The Mill, as well as Cuckundoo. Click here for the podcast.
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Download Vessels Podcast
January 15th, 2010Here
http://www.brainwashleeds.co.uk/Brainwash_Leeds/Home….html
Vessels & Quack Quack Show In Leeds
January 12th, 2010Vessels and new signings to Cuckundoo, Quack Quack, play (upstairs at) The Library in Leeds on Wednesday 27th January. Come on down!
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Quack Quack Join Cuckundoo And Announce Shows
January 7th, 2010
Cuckundoo are delighted to announce the signing of Quack Quack. The Yorkshire-based instrumental trio will release their debut album, Slow As An Eyeball, in 2010 but have several live dates already confirmed ahead of this, with more to be confirmed. On 27 January, Quack Quack play a show at The Library in Leeds with labelmates Vessels, which will act as a warm up show for the latter’s upcoming tour with Oceansize. Full details can be seen below.
Quack Quack are Richard ‘Moz’ Morris (keyboards/drums), also a member of Two Minute Noodles, Chops and The Declining Winter, Neil Turpin (drums) from Bilge Pump and Stu Bannister (bass). Instead of describing the band’s sound, this snippet from a review goes some way to putting Quack Quack’s music into words:
“On the surface, Leeds trio Quack Quack seem to exist in some animated part-prog, part-post-rock indie hinterland, but closer inspection reveals a tight-knit instrumental trio who, in absorbing and acknowledging everything from dub, jazz, funk, and electronic music, subvert all tidy enclosures of prog-this or post-that.” Allan Harrison, Copper Press
Here’s a video made using an early recording, ‘Cut Me Some Slacks‘, pieced together by a fan, guaranteed to put a smile on your face!
And a live video:
http://www.myspace.com/thisisquackquack
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On Quack Quack:
“The elder statesfreaks of the Leeds underworld that make up Quack Quack hurl their krautpop nonsense about with a ferocity that engulfs an adoring crowd. The world becomes a cartoon. When Neil Turpin plays drums with one hand, it’s as though he plays with three. Moz leaps from kit to synth, to crowd, to kit again with the agility of a gurning baboon.”
Plan B
“Almighty and mental”
Clash Music
“Sheer raucous joyfulness”
Tasty Fanzine
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The shows:
Wednesday 27 January
(Upstairs at) The Library, LEEDS (with Vessels)
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Thursday 28 January
The Dome, Tufnell Park, LONDON
http://www.localism.org.uk/index.php?id=459
Friday 29 January
South Street, READING
http://www.readingarts.com/southstreet/
Sunday 31 January
The Portland Arms, CAMBRIDGE (with Man From Uranus)
http://www.theportland.co.uk
Sunday 21 February
Brudenell Social Club, LEEDS (with So So Modern, Cissy & The Acutes)
Tom Evans’ (Vessels) Top 10 Albums Of The Decade
January 7th, 2010
1 - Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
2 - The Radio Dept. - Lesser Matters
3 - The Cinematic Orchestra - Everyday
4 - Fourtet - Rounds
5 - Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People
6 - Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Seven Days of Falling
7 - Arcade Fire - Funeral
8 - Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
9 - PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
10 - Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds Of…
Martin Teff’s (Vessels) Albums Of The Decade
January 5th, 2010
Here are Vessels’ Martin Teff’s choices for album of the decade:
1. Elliott Smith - Figure 8
2. Elliott Smith - New Moon
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows
4. Isis - Oceanic
5. Do Make Say Think - Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn
6. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
7. The Mars Volta - De-loused in the Comatorium
8. Caribou - The Milk of Human Kindness
9. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
10. Portishead - Third
Lee J. Malcolm’s (Vessels) Top 10 Records Of The Decade
December 22nd, 2009
Lee J. Malcolm (pictured above) has come up with a ‘Best Of’ list for the decade. Pedants, please beware that the list is not entirely accurate when it comes to release dates (or titles):
1. Mirrored - Battles
2. Self-titled - Moderat
3. Andorra - Caribou
4. The sound of silver - LCD Soundsystem
5. Either or - Elliot Smith
6. Wincing the night away - The Shins
7. & yet & yet & yet - Do make say think
8. Drums and guns - Low
9. Peregrine - The appleseed cast
10. Minimal Techno - Loads of People
Vessels Tour With Oceansize Rescheduled
December 14th, 2009Vessels’ tour with Oceansize was postponed due to illness in the latter’s camp but new dates have been confirmed for January/February. Full details can be seen below. All original tickets should be valid, however, those with tickets to the Cardiff show should check that they have not been refunded.
Thursday 28 January
Masque, LIVERPOOL (with Oceansize and And So I Watch You From Afar)
http://www.myspace.com/themasqueliverpool
Friday 29 January
Fat Sams, DUNDEE (with Oceansize and And So I Watch You From Afar)
http://www.fatsams.co.uk
Saturday 30 January
The Tunnels, ABERDEEN (with Oceansize and And So I Watch You From Afar)
http://www.thetunnels.co.uk
Sunday 31 January
King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, GLASGOW (with Oceansize and And So I Watch You From Afar)
http://www.kingtuts.co.uk
Tuesday 2 February
Academy 3, MANCHESTER (with Oceansize & And So I Watch You From Afar)
http://www.manchesteracademy.net
Wednesday 3 February
Heaven. LONDON (with Oceansize and And So I Watch You From Afar)
http://www.heaven-live.co.uk
Thursday 4 February
Barfly, CARDIFF (with Oceansize & Brontide)
http://www.barflyclub.com/cardiff/whatson/event/26073.aspx#Oceansize
Friday 5 February
Seven, NOTTINGHAM (with Oceansize & Brontide)
http://www.sevenlive.co.uk/gigs
Vessels Add New Leeds Show With The Paper Chase
October 8th, 2009Vessels have added a show at what is seemingly becoming their home the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds with White Fields and Open Devices producer John Congleton’s band The Paper Chase on Friday 13 November.
Full details:
Friday 13 November
Vessels + The Paper Chase + I Concur + Plank!
Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Doors 8pm
Tickets £6
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