Almanac is now on vinyl!

I've been waiting for this day for a long time now. It is the day that I can say with pride that we now have a full-length vinyl album for sale! You can buy our latest album Almanac on vinyl from our online shop and also from record stores around the UK (it also includes downloads.)

Online shop: bandcamp

Inside you get the added treat of a 'Little Deaths' print by cover artist Daniela Terrazzini.

Plus we've just got some beautiful tote bags in! They're made from organic cotton and you can buy them from our bandcamp page: here

We've still got many shows ahead of us and we're looking forward to hitting the road again after a couple of days off. All the gigs are listed here and we hope to see you soon!

November

Thurs 3rd- The Fleece, Bristol 01179 299 008

Fri 4th- New Forest Arts Centre, New Milton 01425 612 393

Sat 5th- Salisbury Arts Centre 01722 321 744

Sun 6th- The Cellars, Eastney 02392 826 249

Tues 8th- Colchester Arts Centre 01206 500 900

Fri 11th- Swindon Arts Centre 01793 614837

Mon 21st- The Stables, Milton Keynes 01908 280 800

Mojo + Word

We got a 4-star review in December issue of Mojo...

and we're on the cover mount cd of Word...

with some blurb to accompany...

spread over 2 pages...

so we're pretty bloody happy about that!

Thanks Mojo + Word.

The Royal Albert Hall, Elgar Room- Thursday 27th October (Tomorrow Night!)

Hello people,

We've been having an amazing time on tour and tomorrow we're bound for London to play in the Elgar Room at The Royal Albert Hall. I thought I'd introduce you to our two incredible support acts...

EP's Trailer Park of Stockholm, Sweden

"...is a Swedish band in the vein of Neil Young, Sparklehorse and Fleet Foxes with well crafted songs and plenty of harmonies, violin and old school wurlitzer."

and

Gill Sandell who has done support for us on the whole of our Autumn tour.

"I am smitten by her beautiful music" For Folk's Sake

"...breathlessly pretty voice" Rock 'n' Reel

Doors are at 7:30pm ladies and gents so make sure you come down in time to catch EP's Trailer Park and Gill Sandell. Tickets are available here: tickets

Look forward to seeing you at the show!

October Tour Diary Part 2

We made history in the Red Clay Halo camp with hiring a splitter for the first time!

but we got a flatty within 40 minutes of being on the road : (

so we chased an AA vehicle around a services car park and sweet talked the mechanic...

it was a very happy ending : )

Dom ironing our Almanac t-shirts- I didn't know he had it in him!

Anna and Gill playing the Gill Sandell set in Fibbers, York

Johnny Barlow guitar tech at Gloucester Guildhall Cinema

The beautiful room at Gloucester Guildhall Cinema

Anna and Anna very proud of the merch cabinet display at Gloucester.

Still plenty of shows left!

October

Tues 25th- The Met, Bury 01617 612 216

Thurs 27th- Royal Albert Hall- Elgar Room, London 0845 401 5045

Fri 28th- Bodega, Nottingham 01159 505 078

Sat 29th- Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 01132 752 411

November

Thurs 3rd- The Fleece, Bristol 01179 299 008

Fri 4th- New Forest Arts Centre, New Milton 01425 612 393

Sat 5th- Salisbury Arts Centre 01722 321 744

Sun 6th- The Cellars, Eastney 02392 826 249

Tues 8th- Colchester Arts Centre 01206 500 900

Fri 11th- Swindon Arts Centre 01793 614837

Mon 21st- The Stables, Milton Keynes 01908 280 800

Tour Diary Part 1

Our tour is off to a great start! We've played Brighton, Bridport, Nailsworth and Oxford. A couple of days off before cracking on with the rest. Here's some snaps from Part 1 of the journey.

"Just-in-case-Gill" has packed bagels and bananas...just in case.

Our merch table featuring some new, fancy fairy lights.

Colourful streets of Brighton.

Bottle of bubbly courtesy of Dermot O'Leary at his incredible fish restaurant 'Fishy Fishy.'

Set list at Bridport Arts Centre plus insight into my choice of pedals!

Sound check at Bridport.

Backstage with Anna at Bridport.

On our way to Oxford with our guitar tech/male guest singer Dom Coyote fast asleep.

Dom, Jo, Anna and Gill pre-Jericho gig.

Despite the Snow- film

This beautiful film by Patti Gaal-Holmes was inspired by Robert Graves' poem "She tells her love while half asleep."

She tells her love while half asleep,

In the dark hours,

With half-words whispered low:

As Earth stirs in her winter sleep

And puts out grass and flowers

Despite the snow,

Despite the falling snow.

I then wrote a song to accompany Patti's film which I called 'Despite the Snow.' It's available on 7" vinyl with a live version of 'This is how it's meant to be' that we recorded in a barn in Norfolk as the B-side.

You can listen/buy (also available as download) to both here: Despite the Snow.

**Note: the music doesn't start until 1 min 35 secs into the film.

Proper Music Podcast

Last week I did an interview with Trevor Dann for the Proper Music Podcast.

You can have a listen here on Sound Cloud or alternatively on iTunes.

Proper Music Podcast with Emily Barker by Proper Music Distribution

Cheers all,

Emily

Our UK tour starts this week!

Good Sunday afternoon to you all, hope you're all having a lovely weekend.

Our UK tour starts this Wednesday in Brighton!

We're very pleased to have the wonderful Gill Sandell supporting us for the tour. You can get acquainted with her beautiful music by visiting her website: http://gillsandell.bandcamp.com/

Here are our shows, please tell your friends and hope to see you out there...

October

Weds 12th- Komedia, Brighton 0845 293 8480

Thurs 13th- Bridport Arts Centre 01308 424 204

Fri 14th- Ruskin Mill, Nailsworth 01453 833 320 (SOLD OUT- see Gloucester)

Sun 16th- The Jericho, Oxford 01865 311 775

Weds 19th- Phoenix Arts, Exeter 01392 667 080

Thurs 20th- Fibbers, York 08444 77 1000

Fri 21st- Guildhall, Gloucester 01452 503 050

Sat 22nd- Leadmill, Sheffield 01142 212 828

Sun 23rd- The Cluny, Newcastle 01912 304 474

Mon 24th- The Musician, Leicester 01162 510 080

Tues 25th- The Met, Bury 01617 612 216

Thurs 27th- Royal Albert Hall- Elgar Room, London 0845 401 5045

Fri 28th- Bodega, Nottingham 01159 505 078

Sat 29th- Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 01132 752 411

November

Thurs 3rd- The Fleece, Bristol 01179 299 008

Fri 4th- New Forest Arts Centre, New Milton 01425 612 393

Sat 5th- Salisbury Arts Centre 01722 321 744

Sun 6th- The Cellars, Eastney 02392 826 249

Tues 8th- Colchester Arts Centre 01206 500 900

Fri 11th- Swindon Arts Centre 01793 614837

Mon 21st- The Stables, Milton Keynes 01908 280 800

Free songs!

Dear readers,

We're giving away two songs!

1. 'First time ever I saw your face' (written by the wonderful Ewan McColl) which was recorded during the Almanac sessions at Cafe Studios.

2. and 'Ropes' which is track 3 on Almanac.

You can get them either via facebook** or twitter.

Thanks!

Emily

**under the album artwork image, there are some song links- if you move your cursor over 'Ropes' or 'First time' you will see a DOWNLOAD button appear...(you need to 'like' the page first though.)

Billowing Sea Music Video

Hello everyone,

We're very pleased to share with you our new music video for 'Billowing Sea!'

Shot and edited by Kieran Short down at Clevedon Pier and in a Cotswold stone cottage in Tetbury.

Hope you enjoy it!

Emily