00049 // 30/09/11

the digital version of the latest tumbledryer release, reasons to be tearful, is now available. if you pledged on it you will have received it in your email inbox, but if you didn't pledge you can stream it or buy the digital version from the tumbledryer bandcamp page. i am still waiting for the test pressing to arrive, once they do your records and paintings and other pledges will be in the post imminently. thanks for your patience.

00048 // 28/08/11

on the thirteenth i played at the southend pier festival which was a total success and by all rights should be an annual event from now on. i played:


now the geeks have a union
beautiful mental patient
island in the sun
just like pigpen
wwf
my body the temple & i the iconoclast
man obsessed
i told him it was wrong
if you see her, give her hell
marty feldman eyes


then on the fifteenth i played at shangri-la with tom burgess, cusack and plantman, all of whom were excellent and it was great to be part of a lineup of artists who make me feel thoroughly lazy and ashamed.


now the geeks have a union
wwf
i love you love me love / beautiful mental patient
if you see her, give her hell
chelsea hotel #2
just like pigpen
i think we might be weirdos
rebel rebel
nowadays we are so very different
island in the sun
marty feldman eyes


then the following weekend there was love you till sunday: a collective tribute to david bowie at the railway hotel. there were some amazing performances, including a rather special steve hooker set, but my favourite song had to be phil burdett's rendition of 'young americans'. my setlist went like this:


modern love
we are hungry men
rebel rebel


the pledgemusic record is now at the pressing plant. they will be posted to you all along with the paintings and bindle bundles as soon as they are pressed. the digital versions will be in pledgers' inboxes on the fifth of september. it is called reasons to be tearful and here is the tracklist:


side one:
1 i think we might be weirdos
2 idiot savant garde


side two:
1 life as comic book
2 we had it all to live for
3 reason to be grateful


side one was produced by mister midi and side two was produced by me. i'm quite excited about it being out there because side one is unlike anything else i've done.


once the records have gone out to you all i am going away for a while to sort my brain out but will be back with some more new material and gigs in october, including a bonus extended player written for and about a pledger who went above and beyond the call of duty & at least one more album before the end of the year. find even more banal gibberish from inside my head on twitter (@tdb_andrew) if you like.

00047 // 31/07/11

side one of the record is now finished. most of side two is recorded. more news to follow.

00046 // 28/06/11

thanks to everyone who preordered our record through our pledge music project. it was looking grim for a while, but you people really came through in the last few days of the project and we met our target. i am in the process of making demo versions of songs for the EP and preparing all the bundles. i will continue to make demo versions and other stuff available exclusively to pledgers in the lead up to the record release in september. it will be available in vinyl and download formats. the 7" will be on green vinyl and all pledgers will be listed in the liner notes. i will be going on about the details of the record some live dates around the time of the record release on twitter so feel free to follow me for updates.

i played shangri-la at the railway last night with tom burgess, john bennett and artgruppe. artgruppe were particularly impressive, with their new members, a cellist and a new bass player, on good form. i was on first and i played:

tell me what to do
wwf
pr machine
my body the temple and i the iconoclast
dirty words & dusty corners
tattoo
if you see her, give her hell
beautiful mental patient
marty feldman eyes

00045 // 30/05/11

the last few weeks have been all about our pledge music project. we are putting out a new EP in the autumn but we can't afford to pay for it, so we need you to preorder it. there are a few different pledges ranging for £10 (which gets you a signed copy of the 7" on green vinyl, download code and shipping) to £250 (which gets you all that plus a tumbledryer babies gig in your house). all pledgers get their name in the liner notes as a thank you for helping us put the record out. you can see the full list of remaining exclusives at pledgemusic.com/projects/thetumbledryerbabies.


by preordering the record through pledge music you get access to exclusive songs, videos and features, and you will help us reach our target which would mean a lot to us. that said, if we don't reach our target we will have to start again and find another way to fund it, so please preorder the record and tell everyone to do the same.


on the twentyseventh of april i played a set at the sunrooms which is always nice. here are the songs i played:


now the geeks have a union
my body the temple and i the iconoclast
man obsessed
just like pigpen
marty feldman eyes
island in the sun
if you see her, give her hell
there's no smoke without you
chelsea hotel #2


then on the sixteenth of may i played at shangri-la at the railway hotel with tom burgess, micky denny and darren jones. again, i always enjoy playing at this night so thanks to the shangri-la people for inviting me down. i played:


wwf
my body the temple and i the iconoclast
chelsea hotel #2
i told him it was wrong
island in the sun
beautiful mental patient
don't spoonfeed my heart
just like pigpen
if you see her, give her hell
marty feldman eyes

00044 // 15/04/11

april started with a gig in aid of the benjamin foundation in king's lynn on the first, which for various reasons ended up being a solo gig. props to lindsay and matt of primakova for putting on the gig and for consequently raising money for this excellent cause. i played:

now the geeks have a union

first song on the setlist

wwf

dirty words & dusty corners

beautiful mental patient

chelsea hotel #2

just like pigpen

happy birthday, richard hell

there's no smoke without you

if you see her, give her hell

nowadays we are so very different

marty feldman eyes

now for some big business. since our 7" single was so well received we are desperate to get another record pressed. this time it will be an extended player rather than a single. the only problem is this: we are broke. our trip to sxsw cleaned us out. that said, we still want to put out physical records, and the solution i've come up with is pledgemusic. basically, by preordering the record you will help fund it. and your name will appear in the liner notes!

and if you want to go a step further, there are various exclusive bundles & experiences including (among other things) a day out with the band, limited edition framed cover artwork, a gig at your house and the chance to be the subject of a future tumbledryer download EP.

the whole thing kicks off in the next few days. during the two months of fundraising there will be downloads and other giveaways exclusive to pledgers to make it all the more pleasurable for you to help us fund this. remember, without your funding we can't put out the record!

keep up with pledge progress on facebook (/thetumbledryerbabies) and twitter (@tdb_andrew) and look out for tumbledryer gigs coming in the summer.

00043 // 23/03/11

we just got back from playing sxsw in austin, texas. we got to see a little bit of austin and tonnes of great bands, including some of my absolute favourites in the shape of jad fair, mike watt and daniel johnston. also we got to see the likes of cults, la sera, dum dum girls, das racist, bearsuit, fever fever, etc etc etc etc etc. and we got to meet a lot of very interesting people. it was heavy going but so fun.

it was stressful leading up to the gig, what with it being a real chore to get our visas sorted in the first place as well as our first ever overseas gig, but dave and all the staff at the velveeta room were really friendly and helpful and kind which helped a lot. nevertheless i was terrified. but it went ok. the setlist went like this:

forget the past #6

now the geeks have a union

first song on the setlist

man obsessed

tell me what to do

wwf

dirty words & dusty corners

retail therapy

beautiful mental patient

ugly babies

happy birthday, richard hell

just like pigpen

i can't see the stars

there's no smoke without you

if you see her, give her hell

nowadays we are so very different

marty feldman eyes

big thanks to everyone who watched us play, especially the sweden and boston contingents! if you happened to see us on a whim or by happy accident while you were in austin you can download the majority of our back catalogue for free from our bandcamp page. hope you like it. our next gig is on friday the first of april at bar red in kings lynn. this is to raise money for the benjamin foundation and we are happy to be involved.

more news soon.