The new year has ushered in an army of mice with requests strapped to their furry mammal backs.. What? I hear you ask. Well, events of the past year on which they wish to hear me reminisce. I tuck them into their swan vesta matchboxes, issue tiny feather pillows and settle them in. Then beginningly I begin to whisper (whisperingly) a tiny review of 1912, one hundred years on...
Things got off to a cold and yet interesting start at
The Old Vinyl Factory, where my acoustic session included
'Jeckyll & the Man',
'Good Natured Child' and a Beatles track
'Things We Said Today'.
Sweet Luigi and I put together the
Record Club Sessions double CD - all 22 tracks released during Season One just in time to go on tour.
I met so many of you in March playing across the UK with Charlie Simpson. First night of the tour was in Ipswich, and I recorded a
video about it, followed by a show at London Koko and the
aftershow madness.
The tour continued with some
busking requests in Falmouth, and an interesting aftershow performance for
Clean Slate Music. There was also a performance at
Express FM, and an interview with
Soundscape.
There's a clip of my
soundcheck in Dundee here, and a backstage jam with tour buddies The People The Poet playing
You Can Call Me Al as well.
A tour
highlights video includes footage from Newcastle and backstage at BBC Glasgow.
Storyteller was released on
iTunes and I performed it live on the
BBC Review Show. I also recorded an acoustic version for
Burberry, and an
interview about it, and you can see the
official video and
'making of' too.
Season Two of the Record Club began as soon as I finished the tour, and the first track was
Call Me The Loner. I recorded a version in a
ghostly factory.
The
Glee Club show in May was a treat as I got to perform with a band and meet so many of you again. I also
talked to the
Nottingham Post and
Left Lion, and they
reviewed the show.
June saw Bust It Loose and a
surreal performance in front of a fox and a secret
soundcheck video.
August saw a trip to Boardmasters festival, and a
chippy tea in Newquay. The fourth Record Club song was
'The Night' and there's an
acoustic version here. I also performed on a
cliff top.
September saw shows at
Weyfest and Record Club 4 song
Born at the End in church and the
studio.
In October I sold out the Regal Rooms and we had a
great show with the band again.
December saw Record Club song 5 and it full length video
'Red Green & Gold'. Its not too late to subscribe to the Record Club - I'll send you all this season's tracks, as well as a CD a month, well into 2013!
And with the tiny fuzzy meese all now drowsing, they breathe deeply, emitting microscopic zeds into the new year's skyline, that form the words New Hazpy Year. Stupid mice.
