BBC Session, summer update

As promised, a (slightly late!) opportunity to listen to the full BBC session that we recorded a few weeks ago:



(you might have to head over to our website to listen if you're reading this in an email)

We won't bore you with all the same news that we've posted elsewhere - head over to MySpace or ReverbNation to find out exactly what we've been up to. Needless to say it's been a very exciting summer, from the aforementioned BBC Session to playing the closing set on the 2nd stage at Weyfest. And we're all raring to get into the studio to start work on the (difficult?) 2nd album, so the next few months promise to be very exciting too! There are still a few gigs coming up though, so make sure you check those out too, it'd be great to see some of you along.

Best,
ATC

BBC update

Just a quick update on the BBC Berkshire session we recorded on Tuesday - this will be airing this Sunday the 22nd August, at 7pm as part of "The Session". Please tune in, either the old-fashioned way, or using DAB, or you can listen live online over at BBC iPlayer. There's a new track that we recorded live, plus a bit of chat and an album track, so definitely worth a listen we think!

BBC Radio session and gig

A few exciting things coming up this week - this afternoon we're off to BBC Berkshire's studios to record a radio session, including a live performance and a bit of an interview, and then tomorrow (Wednesday 18th) we're off to The Oakford Social Club in Reading to play "BBC Introducing...", a night showcasing up-and-coming bands from the local area. We're headlining, with support from our good friends Scattered Few. The night is free entry, and kicks off at about 8:30pm, so please do come along if you're in the area!

Summer Update

Just an update folks regarding a few shows we have coming up over the next fortnight.

Tomorrow night we're at our old haunt of The Cellar Bar, at South Hill Park Arts Centre in Bracknell. Doing a 30+ minute slot along with great singer/songwriter Natalie Long. We'll be on around 9pm and tickets are a fiver on the door.

Sunday we play at The Harlequin Fayre near Norwich. Tickets are almost sold out for this Green Gathering, but you may be lucky if you're quick. Expect loads of hippies and quality ale. Nice!

Next Wednesday we're at The Oakford Social Club in Reading for the BBC Introducing night. Free entry as far as we know, and we're on the bill along with our good friends Scattered Few.

Then, on Saturday 21st August we play at The Small World Festival in Lincolnshire. Again, tickets are pretty scarse for this one now - but if you are interested, check the website gig section where the link for this, as well as the Norwich festival can be found.

Upcoming gigs - BBC Introducing, Eastney Cellars, many more...

Hello all!

Been a bit quiet recently with Emma jetting off to get married (congratulations!), but we're now gearing up for the festival season (full dates on www.allthingsconsidered.org.uk), with a few extra-special gigs lined up as well.

On 21st July, we're off to see our regular line-up companions Chris Ricketts and Mark Willshire for a night they run at the very very good Eastney Cellars. This promises to be a great night of acoustic and folk music, and tickets are available now from any band member, or our website.

And then 18th August we've very proud to have been selected to play at the BBC's "Introducing..." night at Oakford Social Club, Reading. Playing with our label's latest signing and very old friends of ours Scattered Few, it promises to be a great night.

And of course there are plenty of other opportunities to see us live - our full schedule is available, as always, at www.allthingsconsidered.org.uk, so please take a look - it'd be great to see you soon!

An ATC Blog Post - As Rare As A Goal From Emile Heskey......

Yep – I know, it’s been at least a month since our last blog post. Hardly prolific we’re well aware so again I’m sitting here saying to myself (and the others) that we’ll rectify that and update this far more frequently, but I doubt any of you would believe us…..

Rest assured – if we had anything worthwhile to say we would say it, promise!

You’ll be pleased to know I can think of a few worthwhile things to talk about this time, which is good as this post would be pretty damn pointless if I couldn’t.

The big project some of us have been working on over the last few weeks is putting together the music for the inaugural Headspace Youth, Disability and Communities Festival which is due to take place at Long Hill Park in Bracknell on Saturday June 19th. (http://www.headspacefestival.co.uk/index.html - not quite a completed website but it’ll give you the jist!)

We’ve managed to put together a really solid line-up of music on two stages, with a broad cross-section of different genres, from young up and coming acts to the more seasoned pros (we’ll let you make your own minds up where you think we fit in to that).

Highlights will include a rare local performance from our good friend Rory Ellis from Australia, one of the brightest acoustic prospects around today – Lou Brown and also a set from the brilliant prog-rock band Heights, who have as their guitarist our producer Al Heslop.

It’s gonna be quality – although bloody scary as this is the first one, so anything could happen! Stick the date in your diary – at £5 entry on the gate (with all proceeds going to Headspace), it’ll be well worth your time. And yes……there is a beer tent.

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For those that haven’t yet – please look us up and become a fan on our Facebook page. A lot of us have been working hard to get this medium going properly so would be great if you could link to us – even if you get this blog having signed our mailing list at some random gig and you’ve forgotten who we are – sign up anyway!

You’ll find us (so I’m told) at this link:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/All-Things-Considered/14405050679

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Finally, we have a gig at Jagz in Ascot tomorrow. We’re doing a short opening set for the band Grey Matter, on at about 8pm or thereabouts.

The gig is significant because it marks the end of our winter/spring gigging run, as we’ll be off the circuit for about 5 weeks due to Emma flying out to Cyprus to get married!

Now some of us in this band have known Emma for a long time now – she was basically still a kid when me (Phil) and Adrian started writing with her back in the summer of 2003, so we’ve seen the odd geezer come and go, most of whom were the stranger side of weird.

However – a couple of years ago she introduced us to Darren, the flame haired cockney who actually seemed reasonably normal…… Could this be? Well yes – it appears it is, as in less than two weeks time they fly out to get wed, and then spend the following 3 weeks in the sun, while the rest of us poor bastards who couldn’t afford to go hope for the best we might get a day in the next month where the temperature reaches double figures……

So – as this will be the last blog post (going on our current updating efforts) before she jets off – I’d just like it to go on record to say we all wish them the very, very best. Darren is an absolute diamond geezer and the two of them are perfect together. Whether or not things go quite as swimmingly if and when she pops a sprog and we’re still gigging 6 times a month is anyone’s guess……….

But we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Video sessions, festival bookings...

A few bits of news recently - first of all, our "Songs From The Shed" session is now available at www.songsfromtheshed.com, take a look - we had lots of fun making the videos!

Also, Headspace Festival, which is being run by the Headspace charity in conjunction with Artree Music (our label), is confirmed for the 19th June in Longhill Park, Bracknell. It promises to be a great day, and we'll definitely be playing at some point! We're also confirmed to be playing at the International Youth Arts Festival in Kingston on the 10th July, keep tuned for more details of that...