00051 // 27/11/11

it pains me to tell you that following numerous personal traumas my muse has adandoned me and i am unable to write songs anymore. i had hoped that recent events in my life might have at least inspired me to write more; alas i am utterly bereft of drive and inspiration and passion and joy and invention. after some consideration i feel the best thing to do is to finish recording the songs i've already written then take an indefinite break. apologies to everyone who has supported me over the last four years but i think it is for the best and i think you will understand. i am having one last gig at the railway hotel on the ninth of december. it is free admission and charlot webster is playing as well so it will be a lovely way to say goodbye. paul lagden is djing afterwards and he always plays great records from beefheart to the raincoats to the breeders and beyond. please come along and say hi, come and ask me for a record if you don't already have one.

in other news, the pledge music 7"s are done and the majority are now in the post. if you bought one of the more extravagant exclusives then yours will follow as i am currently putting the finishing touches to these.

on the fifth of november after the fireworks i opened for son of buff at the railway. son of buff were great as always, and here's what i played:

wwf

now the geeks have a union

pensioner's hands

beautiful mental patient

chelsea hotel #2

my body the temple and i the iconoclast

if you see her, give her hell

just like pigpen

man obsessed

i told him it was wrong

marty feldman eyes

there's no smoke without you

i am playing shangri-la tomorrow night with tom burgess and doozer from deferred sucess and that's free so if you can't make the ninth you should come along to that. and follow me on twitter if you like.

00050 // 29/10/11

the reasons to be tearful records will be ready very soon so all pledgers will have their exclusives and 7"s in november. once they have all been posted the records will go on sale to everyone else. if any of you didn't already pledge please buy the new record because i need the money. anyway, i played a couple of gigs at the railway hotel this month. first one was on the twelfth playing with son of buff, caleb and sectarian flytrap. setlist went like this:

wwf
happy birthday, richard hell
beautiful mental patient
chelsea hotel #2
if you see her, give her hell
my true geology is not stone but fear
dinosaur egg
marty feldman eyes
there's no smoke without you

then on the seventeenth i played with dave woodcock and tim keech:

wwf
happy birthday, richard hell
if you see her, give her hell
dinosaur egg
beautiful mental patient
i think we might be weirdos
my true geology is not stone but fear
chelsea hotel #2
just like pigpen
island in the sun
marty feldman eyes
there's no smoke without you

i know both sets are a bit similar but i haven't been practicing very much and i can't remember the words to songs at the best of times.

finally, on thursday i was recorded for the shangri-la soup podcast which is broadcasted live but you can still stream or download it from here. also playing on the podcast are tom burgess, dane glasby from the beatroots, owen williams and mick denny. it is recorded totally acoustically so i used my acoustic bass and had to sing a bit higher so i could belt the songs out a bit. also, excuse my horrible chitchat between songs, i'm trying to be a bit more affable and/or entertaining but i'm no good at that stuff. i play these songs on the podcast:

dinosaur egg
pensioners hands
wwf
i love you love me love
beautiful mental patient
my body the temple and i the iconoclast
marty feldman eyes
there's no smoke without you
chelsea hotel #2

once the records and pledges are all posted, the golden boy extended player will be released online. after that i'll finish recording my album weird summer and hopefully release it before the end of the year. if you haven't already, download all my albums and eps and singles from bandcamp (most of them are free) and follow me on twitter if you're into that sort of thing. next gig is fifth of november back at the railway opening for son of buff.

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