This week

We kick on with our album promotion this evening (Tuesday) with a gig in Basingstoke at The Haymarket Theatre. None of us really know the score with this one, so it’s certainly going to be a case of turn up and see….

Basingstoke is one of those places that if you love ring roads and roundabouts, you’ll have a field day. You can always see the town to either your left or right – but can never actually reach it. In the early 90’s it was billed as a ‘whole new shopping experience’, or so the cheesy radio jingle said. I’m not actually sure if anybody actually found it to discover if they were telling the truth.

Either way – we’re looking forward to it. With no rehearsal last week we’re very keen to get back in the swing of things, especially with the Big Day Out festival coming up on Saturday. We played a mid afternoon slot last year – to probably our biggest crowd of the year. We’re on similar time this year – on a bill where the acoustic acts seem to be on first before the ‘louder’ bands take over. We’ve got no issue with that – the weather is looking like its going to be good, and so we’ll take advantage of the chilled out vibe.

So – if you can make either of these gigs – they are both free and will both be entertaining in one form or another. After Saturday, we’re in Farnham next Friday before a stint as London’s resident acoustic roots band with 4 London slots in a row. Well, if we’re going to crack the place, may as well have a damn good go!

Summer is here

What a lovely weekend it was! We don't quite know how, as the combination of Emma planning a birthday camping trip to the south coast and it being a bank holiday would seem to guarantee huge amounts of rain, but somehow it stayed dry! Until last night anyhow, but as we're mostly back in our offices (Gethin/Phil), pubs (Adrian), and study/living room/toilet (or wherever else Ben finds inspiration today) we couldn't really care less about a bit of rain...

Anyway, the weather had be looking forward to some of the outdoor gigs that we have coming up, and I thought that would be a good excuse to remind all of you lovely people of a few of the dates coming up in the next few months.

We kick off the festival season with an afternoon of music at Gostrey Meadow Charity Fair on the 6th June. This is pretty much bang in the middle of Farnham town centre, and is free to everyone, so there's pretty much no excuse not to come along.

We then, of course, have our album launch on June 12th, but I'm sure you all know more than enough about that, so I'll say no more about that...

June 14th brings us to our home(ish) town of Bracknell, to support the wonderful Lisa Knapp at The Wilde Theatre in South Hill Park. This should be a great gig, and is a brilliant opportunity for us to support a top-notch alternative-folk artist.

Some other highlights of the summer include:

• Big Day Out at South Hill Park, Bracknell, another free-entry event on 27th June


• A trio of London gigs on the 9th, 10th and 20th July at The Station Hotel, Lewisham, The Spice of Live, Soho, and The Half Moon, Putney


• Our first Birmingham gig at The Dog, West Bearwood on the 9th August


• Weyfest on 5th September.

There are, of course, plenty of others, and our debut album will be available to buy at all of them, so check out our schedule at www.allthingsconsidered.org.uk to find one near you!

We hope to see all of you very soon, will as much sunshine as possible!
ATC

Big news to follow...

We have a big announcement coming regarding the album on Monday (well, we hope we’re not jumping the gun there – if not Monday, definitely Thursday!) so this will be just a short entry to update you about a few gigs.

Tickets are now on sale for our show at The Half Moon in Putney, where we are opening for the fantastic Aussie singer/songwriter Rory Ellis.

It would be great to see you at this legendary London venue, and you can do so for the bargain sum of £5. Tickets for the event can be bought on the door, or to avoid disappointment in advance here.

Also, we’re going to be playing at Bracknell’s free festival day, The Big Day Out on Saturday June 27th, and have also confirmed a date at The Icarus Club in Lewisham on Thursday July 9th.

More news on gigs and festivals as they become available. Remember to check to website and Myspace pages for full details.