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Howdy all!
Thanks to everyone who made it down to our latest Stockholm gig at Landet. It was a great gig and we were all superhappy campers – well, except me, who had some monitor trouble and felt considerable panic for the duration of the show that I was singing out of tune. Thankfully it turns out that I wasn’t, but it could have been interesting.
But it was great to be able to rock out a bit with the band.
There were a lot of questions after the gig about when the new record is coming out. It was supposed to be ready a couple of weeks ago but the the pressing company sent the control printouts into orbit – I don’t know what happened to them but they disappeared and then it took a couple of weeks for them to get new ones to us. But, I have just now confirmed the order and we should have copies within a few weeks I guess, barring any future problems.
The timing of the arrival of the record makes everything a bit tricky in terms of release date. We were planning a release in early November, but now that the cd’s are delayed we are considering moving this date back. The major problem according to our management is that this brings us into conflict with all of the christmas releases. Apparently it is difficult to compete with old Bing Crosby compilations and so on. Understandably. So, the upshot is we are not exactly sure when te record will be released right now, but it might not be until January.
We might offer advance copies at gigs and stuff before this. But we will keep you informed.
In the mean time we are busy getting a whole bunch of new material ready, winding up the marketing machine, and gigging around.
love
Lucas
Hey!
the gig at Landet on Wednesday has been advertised here as having the wrong price. Apparently the price on the door is even lower. Yay!
It only costs 40 kr at the door instead of the 50 kr I had previously announced.
Ten more reasons to come on down!
Lucas
Howdy!
So Sven and I went down to Teater Pero on friday and played in a very stripped down arrangement – bass, piano and some vocals (including Sven with some lovely falsetto backing vox). It felt great. It felt right. It was a great gig in a great theater. And it gave us a taste for more gigs of the same type. So, we are pretty happy campers.
A big thanks to Sophie who arranged the whole evening, and to Love Olzon and Lars Eriksson – and Lars’ band who were smoking hot! See you all at Landet on wednesday 7th October. I am still hopeful that we will have some pre-release copies of my debut album – ‘Another Way To Say Goodbye’ – ready. The record is at the pressing company, so it is very much in their hands whether or not it will arrive in time.
love
Lucas
Howdy!
This may or may not turn out to be a pre-release party for our long-awaited debut album – Another Way To Say Goodbye. Depends on whether the pressing company can deliver on time or not. We are taking it to the wire on this one, but I am cautiously optimistic that we’ll have copies in our hot little hands come the 7th October. So be there and watch us turn ourselves inside out for your audiovisual-pleasure.
Landet is mighty close to town and mighty pleasant.Closest tunnelbana: Telefonplan.
Onstage sometime between 21.30-22.30.
Elin Amanda is also going to be playing. You can check out her stuff here.
Come one come all! (but mostly Come all!)
Howdy Good People!
So, I have finally managed to get the band back together and have almost managed to fix all of the necessary bureaucracy with the album release and to celebrate we are playing live at Underbara Bar on Thursday 3rd September. Write it down in your diary right now!
I think doors open at 20.30, but it might be a little earlier. We go onstage sometime between 21.30-22.00.
It promises to be a great gig at a fine little club, so come on down and catch greased lightning in a bottle.
Closest Tunnelbana: Medborgarplatsen.
For the uninitiated, Underbara Bar is almost exactly opposite Carmen on Östgötagatan, and everybody knows where Carmen is, right!!?
Lucas
Howdy!
I played my first official solo gig last saturday at Bonden. It went pretty darn well I must say. It is pretty special to sit there by yourself, knowing that everything you sing and play is heard loud and clear. No drums or guitars to hide little mistakes behind.
I liked it a lot. And I reckon I am gonna do it again and again, and not only because it is so difficult getting a band together these days.
And there was a special new face in the crowd that got in on the act. I have no idea who he was, but a somewhat older gentleman appeared sometime during the second song and opened up the dancefloor for the evening with some lovely swaying and soft-spoken grunting. It was all quite pleasant and innocent until he started swaying ever closer to me and I started to wonder whether he was suddenly going give me a drunken beating.
But he didn’t. He just dropped all of his spare change out of his jacket pocket onto the dancefloor and was gently escorted out by the security staff.
I salute you, Tiny Dancer.
Thanks to you and to everyone else who came despite the glorious weather.
Lucas
Hej!
Information breakdown.
Apparently it will be an early gig at Bonden – they have issues with their neighbours and aren’t allowed to play live music after a certain time. So the word is:
they open at 7pm and I go on around 8pm, so I hope you can get there in time.
Lucas
Hej!
I am playing at Bonden this Saturday evening. So come.
It is pretty short notice, but hell it’ll be a great gig anyway and the best possible start to a Saturday night out on the town!
Clubnight: Last Waltz
Place: Bonden
Address: Bondegatan, Stockholm.
Nearest tube: Medborgarplatsen, alt. Skanstull.
Time: club opens at 7pm, I am going on stage around 8pm. Don’t miss it!
Entry charge: It is free. Woohoo!
Book it in your diary now and tell all your friends.
love
Lucas
Hey!
So I went down to Sun Valley studios the other day with a video camera and recorded some stripped down acoustic versions of a few songs. Just me and the bass. A few new songs that aren’t on the record went on tape too.
The video element is pretty basic, given that it was just me and Uffe in the studio and he was fixing the sound and I was playing, but the songs sound pretty great. I am hoping to get into the studio in the next couple of days and fix it so that we can whack it up here or on you tube or something.
Otherwise, I have been a tad busy with some other projects; Per is still fretting over the album artwork; and I am starting to accept the fact that I am gonna need a new band soon coz everyone is so damn busy with their dayjobs. If anyone knows of anyone who lives in stockholm and can play a mean guitar/piano/drums don’t be afraid to let me know.
L
Howdo?
A couple of slow weeks have passed. Not much is going on it seems. But there is only one person who can change that – or so my mother would probably say…
Anyway, it is fun to be able to put up a new song when the mood strikes me. So here is another new one from the coming album. It is called ‘I Hate You’ and is one of more up-tempo songs on the record. Yay!
Hope you like it.
Hell, I hope you love it.
Or hate it.
Or something.
Lucas
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