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The Further Adventures of Independent Country – new EP out today!

Howdy bab,

To wave goodbye to 2018 we’re releasing the third and final single from our ‘True Adventures of Independent Country’ album today, and it comes wrapped up in a 4-track EP of additional goodies.

Not only that, but it’s available as a PWYW (Pay What You Want) download on our Bandcamp page, which means you can get it for as little as £0.00. The EP is also available from all yer usual digital retailers and streaming services.

The Further Adventures of Independent Country kicks off with our version of Arctic Monkeys’ ‘I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor’, which we recorded with the rest of the ‘True Adventures…’ LP with the lovely Gavin Monaghan earlier this year. We then have three re-worked tracks from our debut LP, ‘Trailerparklife’

Our pal Pete Prescription takes Happy Mondays’ ‘Wrote For Luck’ to the bleedin’ cleaners with his Ghost Ryders remix, before The Swede and Doc from the band present new mixes of Teenage Fanclub’s ‘Star Sign’ and New Order’s ‘True Faith

The cover star is our Bobby P, caught in action at a line dancing event. Independent Country, bab: we walk it like we talk it.

Thanks to everyone who bought our records, came to our shows, or said nice things about us on ‘the socials’ this year. We really do appreciate it. We have an absolute blast doing this thing.

2018 highlights for us – apart from being in the rootinest, tootinest country rock and roll band in town – were the acoustic show in April at the fancy Hexagon theatre, the absolutely raucous outdoor show at Kings Heath street festival in September, and making an actual pop video in our pyjamas. Here’s to more adventures like this in 2019.

 

As for 2019, we’re currently working on an EP of new songs. This will be out in the spring. Beyond that we’re currently sifting through a growing pile of demos for our third record. All being well that’ll be with you in the autumn. Other than that we are in the process of booking some summer shows and – as ever – we continue to scour the 2nd hand shops of Birmingham for top quality cowboy shirtwear.

Have yourselves a bostin’ Christmas
Love from,

CHiPs, Randy, Bobby P, Doc, The Swede and DJ
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Debut LP ‘TrailerParkLife’ – out now

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Our debut record, ‘TrailerParkLife‘ is now available. You can now buy/stream the record in services such as Spotify, iTunes and elsewhere. You can also stream the album in full on our Bandcamp page, where the record is also available in CD and limited-edition, lathe-cut vinyl formats.

The album features 10 brand new, country arrangements of classic Indie and Britpop tunes from the likes of Happy Mondays, Blur, Oasis, New Order, Teenage Fanclub and others. The Jesus and Mary Chain‘s Jim Reid recently described the Independent Country version of his ‘Blues From A Gun‘ as ‘the best thing I have EVER heard’.

We hope you enjoy the album. It’s been a lot of fun to make. Here is a video for one of the tracks, our version of The Stone Roses’ Made of Stone.

Debut LP, ‘TrailerParkLife’, now available for pre-order

Our debut record, TrailerParkLife, went on pre-sale today ahead of it’s release on 2nd December. It’s available in Digital, CD and super-limited vinyl. Two tracks are available immediately when you place your order.

The album has ten tracks, each a Country version of a classic Indie tune from the likes of Blur, Oasis, Happy Mondays, The Stone Roses, Teenage Fanclub, and more.

We’ve had a hell of a lot of fun making this record. We hope you enjoy it!