Howdy bab,
We have our first summer 2019 festival booking, which is nice. We’ll be at The Mello Festival at Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, over the weekend of 24-26th May.
You’ll find us on the main stage on the Friday evening, alongside the likes of The Wonder Stuff and Tom Hingley.
Weekend tickets are now on sale here.
Other acts announced so far include EMF, Goldie Lookin’ Chain, Stereo MCs and Brand New Heavies.
See you there.
Howby bab,
We’re back! And this time it’s apocryphal…
We, the Independent Country boys of Birmingham, UK, are beyond excited to bring you this very good news….Our second album of country-fried indie covers will be with you this summer, and you can pre-order it right now, dagnabbit!
The album is out on Friday 17th August and comes in digital, CD, and vinyl editions. Here’s the artwork. Ain’t it pretty?
With a nod to Stanley Booth’s seminal chronicle of The Rolling Stones’ fateful 1969 tour of the US, “The True Adventures of Independent Country” tells the tale of a whirlwind 18 months for us. Honestly, when we started this band we had no idea of all the places it would take us: Leeds; Dorset (twice); Wolverhampton; Fancy London… and guess what – we’re just getting warmed up. We just might be coming to your town soon.
This album – the follow-up to our debut Trailerparklife (2016) – captures our rollicking, road-hardened live sound, only it’s topped off with flourishes of honkytonk piano from our hombre, Fingers Derville, the sweet backing-vocal tones of Kaytee De Wolfe, and the crazy fiddlin’ of Destroyer Hargreaves. We’re excited to tell you too that the album has been recorded and produced by the great Gavin Monaghan (Editors, Robert Plant, Ryan Adams) at his Magic Garden Studio. It’ll kick your face off like a mule eating Tennessee barbeque on the last bus back from a night at the Indie Disco.
Listen, though, kids. We’re less the dapper Gentlemen of Country this time out. We’re dusty, Dexedrine-dipped desperados. This record is the sound of a band well used to treading the boards of chicken wire-caged stages on the roadhouse circuit. Not that Islington’s Union Chapel, the bucolic Lunar Festival, or the Shiiine On Weekender at Butlins Minehead actually have chicken wire in front of their stages, but you get the idea…
Classic indie hits from The Smiths, Pulp, Artic Monkeys, My Bloody Valentine and Primal Scream all get the patented Independent Country treatment, as if now in the hands of Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Neil Young’s Stray Gators or the Gram Parsons-inspired Rolling Stones. Here’s the full track listing:
1: William, It Was Really Nothing (The Smiths)
2: I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor (Arctic Monkeys)
3: Do You Remember The First Time? (Pulp)
4: Wake Up Boo! (Boo Radleys)
5: International Bright Young Thing (Jesus Jones)
6: Come Together (Spiritualized)
7: You Made Me Realise (My Bloody Valentine)
8: This Is How It Feels (Inspiral Carpets)
9: Def Con One (Pop Will Eat Itself)
10: The Girl With The Loneliest Eyes (House of Love)
11: Rocks (Primal Scream)
To get you in the mood, when you pre-order either the digital, CD, or Vinyl version of the album, you immediately get a download of our barn-stompin’ version of Spiritualized’s “Come Together”.
The album itself lands on 17th August. In the meantime, keep ’em peeled for a single on 20th July – that one comes complete with a no foolin’, actual video.
So…what the hell are you waiting for? It’s finally time to come and get some. Roll up, roll up, bab, and be sure to tell your friends.
Order your copy of “The True Adventures Adventures of Independent Country” now.
With love from,
CHiPs, Doc, The Swede, Randy, Bobby P, and DJ Booth.
THE TL’DR DATES, FORMATS, LINKS
The True Adventures of Independent Country is released on 17th August 2018
It’s available on LP, CD, and digital
You can pre-order the album now from https://independentcountry.bandcamp.com
On Saturday 13th May we’ll be playing an acoustic show at the inaugural Independent Birmingham Festival, which takes place at The Bond in Digbeth between 12-6pm. We’re onstage at 1pm, playing some stripped-down versions of songs from our recent TrailerParkLike LP. More info on the festival below.
On Saturday 13th May (12pm – 6pm), the inaugural Independent Birmingham Festival will be taking place at The Bond, Digbeth, showcasing the very best of Birmingham’s independent restaurants, bars, pubs, street food traders, retailers, artists, designers, producers and more in a day-long celebration of all that is great about our city.
Having begun life as a website and guide to independent culture in Birmingham, actively encouraging people to explore Brum’s lesser-known aspects and rediscover their city, Independent Birmingham then went on to create the Independent Birmingham Membership Card. The IBcard is now owned by over 15,000 people, acting as a key to the city and entitling cardholders to fantastic discounts and deals at over 95 of the very best independents in Birmingham. The website and the Independent Birmingham Membership Card both act to encourage the people of Birmingham to support local, celebrate the unique and to Believe In Birmingham.
The festival will take place between 12pm – 6pm at The Bond, with restaurant pop-ups, street food, cocktails, craft beer, local artists, designers and retailers showcasing why Birmingham is so great throughout the day.
Line-up (so far): The Church, El Borracho De Oro, The Warehouse Cafe, Baked In Brick, Low ’N’ Slow, Rob Wood (showcasing drinks from The Wilderness, Smultronställe, The Loft and Zindiya), The Cuban Embassy, Buddha Belly, The Victoria, Ross Jukes, The Bournville Waffle Company, Clink, Quarter Horse Coffee, Boo Boo Coffee, Twist, Peel and Stone, Anderson and Hill, Cheval Blanc, Brumhaus, Dot Moth, Connolly’s, The Birmingham Whisky Club, The Chocolate Quarter, Zen, Vincent Van Doodle, Pin Game and many more.
More news as it comes on our events page.
Tickets cost just £8 (children under 12 go free – no ticket required) and can be purchased here.
See you there.
