Hackney Wick (w/ William Wells on Violin)
Setlist: For Us For Me / Teenage Eyes / I Am Home
Where are we? A converted studio, divided into rooms and creative spaces. Sitting at the back by the windows looking down the room at faces. Exposed and intimidated? Yes and yet no. This is a choice and sometimes I forget that. And if indeed it is a choice, then surely we make the ones that seem best. It doesn’t make sense to do the opposite.
Tomorrow we hit the road, and as we land we’ll either keep our feet or we’ll greet the tarmac and bruise our lips. For the next 10 days we have only ourselves as we exit one bubble and travel in another. A handful of songs with a couple of ways to play them; good or bad.
Tonight was good. Tonight was good. Well, tonight was tonight and tomorrow is a memory waiting to happen.
And Tobi is a beatboxer.
3LX
Friday, November 12, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
VideosoediV
Our video for our second single - UNDERACHIEVER - released 10-MAY/2010
enjoy x
We're heading North to promote the single with a series of dates in and around Scotland:
28-APR/2010 @ Electric Circus - Edinburgh
29-APR/2010 @ Canteen Media - Barrow-in-Furness
30-APR/2010 @ Head of Steam / Cluny 2 - Newcastle
01-MAY/2010 @ Barrels Alehouse - Berwick-upon-Tweed
02-MAY/2010 @ 13th Note - Glasgow
12-MAY/2010 @ Lexington - London
More to come, post-tour.
See you at a show?
3LX
enjoy x
We're heading North to promote the single with a series of dates in and around Scotland:
28-APR/2010 @ Electric Circus - Edinburgh
29-APR/2010 @ Canteen Media - Barrow-in-Furness
30-APR/2010 @ Head of Steam / Cluny 2 - Newcastle
01-MAY/2010 @ Barrels Alehouse - Berwick-upon-Tweed
02-MAY/2010 @ 13th Note - Glasgow
12-MAY/2010 @ Lexington - London
More to come, post-tour.
See you at a show?
3LX
Monday, March 01, 2010
European Tour 2010 18-27FEB/2010
18-FEB/2010 @ Fighting Cocks, Kingston
The T-shirts arrived. The Brighton gig fell through on the weekend. The Cologne gig fell through mid week. Still, spirits were high. Probably the safest way to start the tour - among friends in a venue we know inside out. Big love to the starting team.
SETLIST:
Leap Of Faith & BTDTGTD
Sum Numbers
Radar
Underachiever
This Ship Is Sinking
22-FEB/2010 @ La Campine, Antwerp
An 8am start from London, allowing us enough time to get to Antwerp, have a sound-check and a leg stretch before we play... Was a great idea in theory... except the Van didn't turn up until 1pm, meaning that we arrived at Cafe La Campine around 10:30pm - meaning we had to throw our gear on-stage and hammer through a short set racing against their closing time policy (which they kindly extended just for us). After, they fed us some lovely spaghetti Bolognese and gave us drink tokens before taking us to a cool little underground bar in a youth centre where they played Radiohead out loud and the beers were a quid... seriously... were we dreaming it all?
SETLIST:
Radar
Sum Numbers
Underachiever
23-FEB/2010 @ The Glocksee, Hannover
Learn from your mistakes and you'll go far. We arrived in good time, and the venue had laid out a cold spread for us, of various cheese's, Meat's and bread's. As we started tucking in, one of the staff came over and told us not to overkill, because there was a ht meal coming at 7! Roast Chicken and Vegetables with the BEST red-wine sauce/gravy. We had a backstage area too.. sofa's and graffiti of penis's (the best one done by Lyyke Li *sigh*) with a fridge FULL of drink - alcoholic & non-alcoholic. We were told that we could take what we wanted if we wanted to go somewhere else to party and if we ran out... we could just come and ask for more... again... are we dreaming. Gin Panic destroyed the crowd!
SETLIST:
Issue
Underachiever
Phat Knickers
Radar
Audio Video Disco
Sum Numbers
24-FEB/2010 & 25-FEB/2010 - Ex Libras' days off...
Following the Glocksee we stayed at an apartment round the corner. It belonged to a legend called Ralf Neumann. He uses his apartment as a place for bands to stay when the come and play in Germany. He opens up his house, and is THE nicest man person we met all tour. Vielen Dank Ralf!
The following day we drove to Brussels and Gin Panic played a set at Cafe De Walvis (there was only the licence for one band). Another great show. Dave destroyed the Kick Drum. Many drinks were had and fussball games of EPIC proportions
26-FEB/2010 @ Zaal 100, Amsterdam
I love this city. I truly do. Twice i have been here and both times i have wished i never had to leave. Maybe one day i'll move here. If there was ever a date on this tour that we were supposed to play, it was this. The Zaal 100 is a venue/theatre/cafe/bar/youth centre. The food here was amazing - nice, healthy, home cooked and just what we needed.
Through the smoky haze of a crowded room, our music came alive and people danced and cheered. After 2 days of not playing, this is what we needed to feel like a band again.
SETLIST:
Audio Video Disco
Radar
Sum Numbers
Phat Knickers
Underachiever
27-FEB/2010 @ The Twist, Colchester
a 7am start to make sure we made it back to Colchester in time for the final show. Landing back in rainy Britain with mixed feelings. Glad to be home, sad it was the last gig. Before we headed to the venue we were invited to Babz house. Babz is another lovely perrson we've met through being a band. She came to see us at the Lexington (in November), bought our album, came to see our Proud Galleries show, and has since been really kind to us and for us! She made the BEST turkey soup and a spanish tortilla dish and offered us 3 different types of cheesecake as dessert! And here we though that the UK had nothing to offer on the hospitality of the Europeans... Babz represent!
Sandwiched in between a 5 band bill, we gave it everything we had left and played as best as we could. Kieran and Ross joined Gin Panic on stage with percussion and it was the best way to end what has been the best time in our musical career so far.
SETLIST:
Phat Knickers
Radar
Sum Numbers
Underachiever
So for all bands thinking about making it... put that out of your head. Play shows, do gig swaps, get contact and play wherever you can. Europe is really friendly to bands. We were fed, we had places to sleep each night, we had drink given to us and where possible, we got paid. This doesn't happen in London, it hardly happens in England for unsigned bands. We do this because we love it, and it is really nice to know that there are places that provide opposrtunities for bands because they love it too!
Thank yous: Fighting Cocks / La Campine / Pooping Bird Promotions / Glocksee / Ralf Neumann (Legend)/ Isabell Mansius / Cafe De Walvis / Coco Delongueil / Amsterdam! / Zaal 100 / Thijs Pelperlamn / The Twist / Babara Stweart / Chalrie Vessey & last but not least: Gin Panic (love) / Esther Yoxall - Merch Girl! (big love) & Max Mistry TM, Engineer, Driver (Biggest love going around).
3LX
The T-shirts arrived. The Brighton gig fell through on the weekend. The Cologne gig fell through mid week. Still, spirits were high. Probably the safest way to start the tour - among friends in a venue we know inside out. Big love to the starting team.
SETLIST:
Leap Of Faith & BTDTGTD
Sum Numbers
Radar
Underachiever
This Ship Is Sinking
22-FEB/2010 @ La Campine, Antwerp
An 8am start from London, allowing us enough time to get to Antwerp, have a sound-check and a leg stretch before we play... Was a great idea in theory... except the Van didn't turn up until 1pm, meaning that we arrived at Cafe La Campine around 10:30pm - meaning we had to throw our gear on-stage and hammer through a short set racing against their closing time policy (which they kindly extended just for us). After, they fed us some lovely spaghetti Bolognese and gave us drink tokens before taking us to a cool little underground bar in a youth centre where they played Radiohead out loud and the beers were a quid... seriously... were we dreaming it all?
SETLIST:
Radar
Sum Numbers
Underachiever
23-FEB/2010 @ The Glocksee, Hannover
Learn from your mistakes and you'll go far. We arrived in good time, and the venue had laid out a cold spread for us, of various cheese's, Meat's and bread's. As we started tucking in, one of the staff came over and told us not to overkill, because there was a ht meal coming at 7! Roast Chicken and Vegetables with the BEST red-wine sauce/gravy. We had a backstage area too.. sofa's and graffiti of penis's (the best one done by Lyyke Li *sigh*) with a fridge FULL of drink - alcoholic & non-alcoholic. We were told that we could take what we wanted if we wanted to go somewhere else to party and if we ran out... we could just come and ask for more... again... are we dreaming. Gin Panic destroyed the crowd!
SETLIST:
Issue
Underachiever
Phat Knickers
Radar
Audio Video Disco
Sum Numbers
24-FEB/2010 & 25-FEB/2010 - Ex Libras' days off...
Following the Glocksee we stayed at an apartment round the corner. It belonged to a legend called Ralf Neumann. He uses his apartment as a place for bands to stay when the come and play in Germany. He opens up his house, and is THE nicest man person we met all tour. Vielen Dank Ralf!
The following day we drove to Brussels and Gin Panic played a set at Cafe De Walvis (there was only the licence for one band). Another great show. Dave destroyed the Kick Drum. Many drinks were had and fussball games of EPIC proportions
26-FEB/2010 @ Zaal 100, Amsterdam
I love this city. I truly do. Twice i have been here and both times i have wished i never had to leave. Maybe one day i'll move here. If there was ever a date on this tour that we were supposed to play, it was this. The Zaal 100 is a venue/theatre/cafe/bar/youth centre. The food here was amazing - nice, healthy, home cooked and just what we needed.
Through the smoky haze of a crowded room, our music came alive and people danced and cheered. After 2 days of not playing, this is what we needed to feel like a band again.
SETLIST:
Audio Video Disco
Radar
Sum Numbers
Phat Knickers
Underachiever
27-FEB/2010 @ The Twist, Colchester
a 7am start to make sure we made it back to Colchester in time for the final show. Landing back in rainy Britain with mixed feelings. Glad to be home, sad it was the last gig. Before we headed to the venue we were invited to Babz house. Babz is another lovely perrson we've met through being a band. She came to see us at the Lexington (in November), bought our album, came to see our Proud Galleries show, and has since been really kind to us and for us! She made the BEST turkey soup and a spanish tortilla dish and offered us 3 different types of cheesecake as dessert! And here we though that the UK had nothing to offer on the hospitality of the Europeans... Babz represent!
Sandwiched in between a 5 band bill, we gave it everything we had left and played as best as we could. Kieran and Ross joined Gin Panic on stage with percussion and it was the best way to end what has been the best time in our musical career so far.
SETLIST:
Phat Knickers
Radar
Sum Numbers
Underachiever
So for all bands thinking about making it... put that out of your head. Play shows, do gig swaps, get contact and play wherever you can. Europe is really friendly to bands. We were fed, we had places to sleep each night, we had drink given to us and where possible, we got paid. This doesn't happen in London, it hardly happens in England for unsigned bands. We do this because we love it, and it is really nice to know that there are places that provide opposrtunities for bands because they love it too!
Thank yous: Fighting Cocks / La Campine / Pooping Bird Promotions / Glocksee / Ralf Neumann (Legend)/ Isabell Mansius / Cafe De Walvis / Coco Delongueil / Amsterdam! / Zaal 100 / Thijs Pelperlamn / The Twist / Babara Stweart / Chalrie Vessey & last but not least: Gin Panic (love) / Esther Yoxall - Merch Girl! (big love) & Max Mistry TM, Engineer, Driver (Biggest love going around).
3LX
Sunday, February 14, 2010
11-FEB/10 @ the Good Ship, Kilburn
Gigs are often troubled with mechanical malfunctions and this gig was no exception. It was strange. When we went at it full pelt, all we could hear were our own individual instruments- seriously. The monitors did not work too well either, so we were straining to hear what we were playing. It was a bizarre gig - most bizarre that hardly anyone could hear the guitar off-stage or even on-stage... but the volume was MAXED out!
seriously strange gig, but wonderful. There were a handful of people down. I feel bad for the 405 boys (promoters) who put on the gig, but they told me that they felt this venue has been cursed for them - the audience wasn't 250+ strong like Proud, hell it wasn't even 25+ strong, but those that were there joined us in a sort-of unified catharsis...
SETLIST:
Underachiever
Magical Mervyn's Psychic Sidekick
Radar
This Ship Is Sinking
Leap Of Faith & BTDTGTD
No pics this time. Cheers Pete (soundguy) who helped us out with the sound that night.
3LX
seriously strange gig, but wonderful. There were a handful of people down. I feel bad for the 405 boys (promoters) who put on the gig, but they told me that they felt this venue has been cursed for them - the audience wasn't 250+ strong like Proud, hell it wasn't even 25+ strong, but those that were there joined us in a sort-of unified catharsis...
SETLIST:
Underachiever
Magical Mervyn's Psychic Sidekick
Radar
This Ship Is Sinking
Leap Of Faith & BTDTGTD
No pics this time. Cheers Pete (soundguy) who helped us out with the sound that night.
3LX
Monday, February 08, 2010
6&7-FEB/10 @ Proud Galleries & Luminaire
It's been a while since we smashed our instruments around to a room full of other people...
Boy does it feel good :)
So...
-- // Proud Galleries, Camden \\ --
Too cool & Trendy for us - Definitely.
But... such a nice place to play - really nice - Good sound system, BIG rooms, stables, photos on the walls, Gallery Space etc. etc.
Major downside: From a band point of view it's a logistical nightmare. Nowhere to park (locally everything is Max stay 2 hours until 11PM?!?!?), no convenient loading and/or unloading... We had to drag our equipment (Drums, Keyboards, Guitars, Amps and all) through a crowded club at MIDNIGHT ONLY, down the cobbled street, through and around barriers to our little van parked 5 minutes away. Hell, we don't mind too much - we're all still sore, but the bouncers made our life more difficult than it had to be... seriously. Our saving grace was the promoter 'Ilana'. Lovely lady who put us on and made sure we had the smoothest time we could whilst we were there. You rule!
SETLIST:
Underachiever
Magical Mervyn's Psychic Sidekick
Radar
Sum Numbers
Leap Of Faith & BTDTGTD
Photos: 06-FEB/10 by Jo - We're gonna miss you! Have fun & see you in May!
Video: 06-FEB/10 Underachiever (Live @ Proud) - Filmed by Barbara Stewart - thanks Babz!
-- // EyeSeeSound Session @ Luminaire, Kilburn \\ --
Having made a partial recovery from the previous night antics we jumped back into the van and headed to Kilburn for a live video session with
-->EyeSeeSound<-- CLICK
who are a lovely bunch of people who hire out the Luminaire in Kilburn once a month and get bands in that they love too play for them. They record these sessions and put them out online and make DVD's. They chose us for a session and we tried to give it as much as we could - that meant bum notes, a lot of sweat, and us trying not to pick holes in our performance. It'll be rouhg, but it'll be accurate - if you know what i mean. Kieran and Ross did an interview and we're told the session will go live in a couple months time!
Thankyou to ALL that came to Proud. Some people missed it and some people were treated ill by the staff. Not cool. I doubt we'll play there again, unless we can on our own terms. Next up we headline the 405 night at the Good Ship, Kilburn this THURS, then Europe.
3LX
Boy does it feel good :)
So...
-- // Proud Galleries, Camden \\ --
Too cool & Trendy for us - Definitely.
But... such a nice place to play - really nice - Good sound system, BIG rooms, stables, photos on the walls, Gallery Space etc. etc.
Major downside: From a band point of view it's a logistical nightmare. Nowhere to park (locally everything is Max stay 2 hours until 11PM?!?!?), no convenient loading and/or unloading... We had to drag our equipment (Drums, Keyboards, Guitars, Amps and all) through a crowded club at MIDNIGHT ONLY, down the cobbled street, through and around barriers to our little van parked 5 minutes away. Hell, we don't mind too much - we're all still sore, but the bouncers made our life more difficult than it had to be... seriously. Our saving grace was the promoter 'Ilana'. Lovely lady who put us on and made sure we had the smoothest time we could whilst we were there. You rule!
SETLIST:
Underachiever
Magical Mervyn's Psychic Sidekick
Radar
Sum Numbers
Leap Of Faith & BTDTGTD
Photos: 06-FEB/10 by Jo - We're gonna miss you! Have fun & see you in May!
Video: 06-FEB/10 Underachiever (Live @ Proud) - Filmed by Barbara Stewart - thanks Babz!
-- // EyeSeeSound Session @ Luminaire, Kilburn \\ --
Having made a partial recovery from the previous night antics we jumped back into the van and headed to Kilburn for a live video session with
-->EyeSeeSound<-- CLICK
who are a lovely bunch of people who hire out the Luminaire in Kilburn once a month and get bands in that they love too play for them. They record these sessions and put them out online and make DVD's. They chose us for a session and we tried to give it as much as we could - that meant bum notes, a lot of sweat, and us trying not to pick holes in our performance. It'll be rouhg, but it'll be accurate - if you know what i mean. Kieran and Ross did an interview and we're told the session will go live in a couple months time!
Thankyou to ALL that came to Proud. Some people missed it and some people were treated ill by the staff. Not cool. I doubt we'll play there again, unless we can on our own terms. Next up we headline the 405 night at the Good Ship, Kilburn this THURS, then Europe.
3LX
Monday, January 18, 2010
2010 - To infinity and beyond? Sure, why not!... but oh so slowly...
Hi. Too much to write in one sitting so i'll filter information over a longer period of time.
(1) Most importantly, we're playing some shows in this New Year. February will be a busy month for us - 2 birthdays and a tour with Gin Panic that takes us through a tiny bit of Europe, a couple London shows and a new live session for 'Eyeseesound.tv'...
(2) We're writing new material. In what format it'll come out has yet to be decided: EP's? Album? Singles? Ringtones? Who knows...
(3) We played a show at the Cocks earlier this month as part of an acoustic night organised by Esther from 'Quiet Choir'. Funnily enough, we wrote the acoustic stuff for THIS very gig. We've realised that the acoustic re-imaginings of Suite(s) are valid in their own right, so we've decided to record them - perhaps a few extras too? - and get them out for your listening pleasure.
(4) Our Album Launch still is fresh in our memory. Will from the 405 came down with a video camera and this is what he captured. Enjoy:
(5) Kieran's an Uncle!!!
3LX
(1) Most importantly, we're playing some shows in this New Year. February will be a busy month for us - 2 birthdays and a tour with Gin Panic that takes us through a tiny bit of Europe, a couple London shows and a new live session for 'Eyeseesound.tv'...
(2) We're writing new material. In what format it'll come out has yet to be decided: EP's? Album? Singles? Ringtones? Who knows...
(3) We played a show at the Cocks earlier this month as part of an acoustic night organised by Esther from 'Quiet Choir'. Funnily enough, we wrote the acoustic stuff for THIS very gig. We've realised that the acoustic re-imaginings of Suite(s) are valid in their own right, so we've decided to record them - perhaps a few extras too? - and get them out for your listening pleasure.
(4) Our Album Launch still is fresh in our memory. Will from the 405 came down with a video camera and this is what he captured. Enjoy:
(5) Kieran's an Uncle!!!
3LX
Saturday, December 19, 2009
To end the year...
First...
Is it a little redundant to say thank you for all the support we've had over the last year?
There are a few people that really made things happen for us. Paul & Claire, from "A Badge of Friendship", did our PR for the album. It is because of them that we appear to be more famous than we really are (we really aren't). It is because of them that our the sudden rise in attention has almost been a blur. We owe them much and they've become real good friends - and that's the point really, isn't it?
It is a strange thing to have people we don't know talking about our music and giving it marks out of 10. Even more of a surprise is that the response was majority positive, ending with an average of 8 out of 10 in the end of year polls from major publications. We were played on radio, podcasts and features, both nationally and internationally, and we have a now infamous Hounslow Chronicle article. It is a strange thing.
By far, one of the strangest thing was having the album leaked before the release. I thought this only happened to BIG bands. Because of that 'leak', however, our music was picked up in eastern Europe and has taken our music into the ears of people from Ukraine and Russia. A young lady called Tanya (from Ukraine) took it upon herself to translate our Last.fm page into Russian and put it up on the Russian Last.fm page for other non-english speaking people - a real HERO. It is a strange thing.
The gigs have been wonderful - some ok, some REALLY bad, but mostly good ;) - yet we haven't even reached 20. This is something to rectify for next year, and we're starting hardcore. We start the year with a couple of small tours, a couple of London shows - they'll be big ones though! - and we're trying to get some festival dates... Cannabis Cup would be aces!
The acoustic shows were great, and our album launch was fantastic. Nothing quite as scary as playing to family. From the success of this we've decided to record the acoustic stuff and maybe do a small series of acoustic shows? The journey is only just beginning...
So, perhaps it is redundant to say thanks, but we'll say it anyway. We've released our first album and we met some friendly, interesting, sexy, funny and genuinely cool people. I say we do it all again next year, and because of your support, it seems like a good idea. Thankyou all. I say well done.
SETLISTS:
11-NOV/2009 @ The Lexington (aka - the gig where the samples failed)
Sum Numbers
Leap Of Faith
Radar
Audio Video Disco
Underachiever
30-NOV/2009 @ Ram Jam (album launch)
01-DEC/2009 @ Fighting Cocks (aka - the acoustic shows)
Issue/Underachiever medley
Sum Numbers
Phat Knickers
Radar
... the above 3 taken by Joanna Rabadi
... the above 1 taken by David Brown
The 405 filmed our launch night so video's up when they finally post them. Until then - MERRY XMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
3LX
Is it a little redundant to say thank you for all the support we've had over the last year?
There are a few people that really made things happen for us. Paul & Claire, from "A Badge of Friendship", did our PR for the album. It is because of them that we appear to be more famous than we really are (we really aren't). It is because of them that our the sudden rise in attention has almost been a blur. We owe them much and they've become real good friends - and that's the point really, isn't it?
It is a strange thing to have people we don't know talking about our music and giving it marks out of 10. Even more of a surprise is that the response was majority positive, ending with an average of 8 out of 10 in the end of year polls from major publications. We were played on radio, podcasts and features, both nationally and internationally, and we have a now infamous Hounslow Chronicle article. It is a strange thing.
By far, one of the strangest thing was having the album leaked before the release. I thought this only happened to BIG bands. Because of that 'leak', however, our music was picked up in eastern Europe and has taken our music into the ears of people from Ukraine and Russia. A young lady called Tanya (from Ukraine) took it upon herself to translate our Last.fm page into Russian and put it up on the Russian Last.fm page for other non-english speaking people - a real HERO. It is a strange thing.
The gigs have been wonderful - some ok, some REALLY bad, but mostly good ;) - yet we haven't even reached 20. This is something to rectify for next year, and we're starting hardcore. We start the year with a couple of small tours, a couple of London shows - they'll be big ones though! - and we're trying to get some festival dates... Cannabis Cup would be aces!
The acoustic shows were great, and our album launch was fantastic. Nothing quite as scary as playing to family. From the success of this we've decided to record the acoustic stuff and maybe do a small series of acoustic shows? The journey is only just beginning...
So, perhaps it is redundant to say thanks, but we'll say it anyway. We've released our first album and we met some friendly, interesting, sexy, funny and genuinely cool people. I say we do it all again next year, and because of your support, it seems like a good idea. Thankyou all. I say well done.
SETLISTS:
11-NOV/2009 @ The Lexington (aka - the gig where the samples failed)
Sum Numbers
Leap Of Faith
Radar
Audio Video Disco
Underachiever
30-NOV/2009 @ Ram Jam (album launch)
01-DEC/2009 @ Fighting Cocks (aka - the acoustic shows)
Issue/Underachiever medley
Sum Numbers
Phat Knickers
Radar
... the above 3 taken by Joanna Rabadi
... the above 1 taken by David Brown
The 405 filmed our launch night so video's up when they finally post them. Until then - MERRY XMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
3LX
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