The Wrong Trousers

Look what happened to me on Friday:

Not a hint of exaggeration, I'm 100% stuck fast in the door. This is the same pair of jeans that caught fire a couple of years back at a P.J. Harvey gig, perhaps that might have been a sign that I should have stopped wearing them. They are the exact opposite of my lucky/pulling pants.

I've been writing and recording some instrumental music for a corporate client, sounds impressive eh? Actually turned out really nice and contrary to what I imagined would pop out, I'm really proud the work. Hopefully getting a piece ready for a film soon enough which I'm now really looking forward to. Also been writing with Miss Galliers after months of saying we must, the song has come out brilliant and I'm look forward to sharing it with you all when it's available.

The recording session was an experience; wrote in a really long note to show off Ruth's amazing soulful voice. We took several takes, all of which were great but I had never created such a loud sound as this girl belting that note in many years of recording demos at home. I include drums and electric guitars in that comparison - she can really, really sing.

A small triumph will occur on 5th May when we headline at Oxford Street's famous Metro Club:
Our new drum head will make it's debut. This is one of the things you get very excited about when you're struggling against Simon Cowell's endless crop of crap as a young band of, shock horror, proper musicians. If you want to see just how excited we'll be getting then click here for a flyer to come watch us on the night.

We're going to be making the video for Chav Song very soon and need to get cast together. If you fancy 15 minutes of Burberry clad fame then send an email to themuvs@gmail.com or get in touch on MySpace. More details will follow.

And finally, EP2 is almost ready for release. We go to print this week and it looks amazing, the recording too are very impressive and I can't wait to type the blog where I can finally invite you to have listen.

Lots of love xx

Hemingway

Read an interesting thing recently. Ernest Hemingway once described his best work to be a novel he wrote in just 6 words:

"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."

This was in a Guardian article which I have to mention in case I'm in any kind of legal situation by quoting it. They went on to challenge contemporary authors to do the same, the full thing can (and should) be read here.

The real genius of those six words above is how quickly and almost subconsciously they expand into a million or more different possibilities, before you've even fully understood what he did. Obviously I had a go:

"Six words? Six!!! can't do it..."

Obviously devoting my time to the novel has kept me very busy but with The MüVs we've managed the odd rather exciting time. Thursday at Underwolrd was a particular highlight, thanks to everyone for coming down and giving us such a welcome - particularly when we started the show with the Marvin's 'Sexual Healing'. Photos to come.

Next we're playing the Hope and Anchor as part of a charity festival taking place over the Easter weekend. In aid of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy, the festival is celebrating 30 years of live music at the Hope and boasts a really amazing line-up. Details via MySpace...and a close up of this comic: