did we really just do that? did we sing songs in stewart island, tarnagulla and poland this year? did we manage to get out our fourth record...did we really jsut drive 11,000kms in five weeks? the speedo says...yes, so do the bones and the throat and the heart. You wake up and there you are... here we are... thankyou as ever... about six years ago me and shanks played at the boathouse for the first time as the eastern, we had about ten people, maybe 3 paid...last week we sold the place out and maybe couldve done it again the next night...its been like that all around the country, we dont sell out everynight but sometimes we do, sometimes we get close, it doesnt really matter we can make a show with five people or less or more, it dont matter the showll get done and well scrape and claw and roar until we find something thatll make it/us sing...but its nice to know after all the years and miles people care enough to come back and dance and listen and hear and shell out for a record or two...were gonna sit most of the next month out, get under the hood change the filters, check the plugs and points etc and get ready for round two starting late january...The Territory will carry us for sometime yet and we wanna sing these songs till youre sick of em...so well be around and pulling in some out of the way places plus some familar haunts but with special elements that will hopefully entice youse out and about... were gonna take one more swing this friday night at the wunderbar... this will be great as after literally months of delays, well finally have The Territory out on Vinyl...it arrived last week and is selling like a cake doused in gasoline and taken to with a blowtorch...its a double LP in a gatefold sleeve on 180gm vinyl and comes with a download code...it looks tough and sweet and were glad to have it in our hands finally...if you wanna grab one head on down to the record store (if you still have one) or you can visit here and well ship one out to you roughpeel.co.nz/CatalogueRetrieve.aspx?ProductID=9427031&A=SearchResult&SearchID=39039000&ObjectID=9427031&ObjectType=27 so were swinging this friday down the wundie to celebrate... theres no presales, just on the door and were making it just $10 bucks but for that price you gotta bring a can of food or non perishable food item that well be donating to the city mission (you dont have to bring just one!!!)... https://facebook/events/797378410322559/?context=create&previousaction=create&source=49&sid_create=1036562679# In other news theres a great wonderful two page review in this months Listener, plus a nice review here at elsewhere elsewhere.co.nz/music/6726/short-cuts-a-round-up-of-recent-new-zealand-releases/ and at elsewhere they felt fit to publish the notes on the territory you may have seen up here or in the press... elsewhere.co.nz/othervoicesotherrooms/6731/guest-musician-adam-mcgrath-of-the-eastern-on-what-drives-their-new-album-the-territory/ oh and well be at the hilltop tavern for nyes! damn...
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:34:29 +0000
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