Howby bab.
We’re dead chuffed to have been added to the bill for the next Shiiine On Weekender at Butlins Minehead in November. Tickets are available now from http://bit.ly/2017NCB and there’s a currently an early bird discount if you use promo code NCB10
Our debut record, ‘TrailerParkLife‘ is now available. You can now buy/stream the record in services such as Spotify, iTunes and elsewhere. You can also stream the album in full on our Bandcamp page, where the record is also available in CD and limited-edition, lathe-cut vinyl formats.
The album features 10 brand new, country arrangements of classic Indie and Britpop tunes from the likes of Happy Mondays, Blur, Oasis, New Order, Teenage Fanclub and others. The Jesus and Mary Chain‘s Jim Reid recently described the Independent Country version of his ‘Blues From A Gun‘ as ‘the best thing I have EVER heard’.
We hope you enjoy the album. It’s been a lot of fun to make. Here is a video for one of the tracks, our version of The Stone Roses’ Made of Stone.
Our debut record, TrailerParkLife, went on pre-sale today ahead of it’s release on 2nd December. It’s available in Digital, CD and super-limited vinyl. Two tracks are available immediately when you place your order.
The album has ten tracks, each a Country version of a classic Indie tune from the likes of Blur, Oasis, Happy Mondays, The Stone Roses, Teenage Fanclub, and more.
We’ve had a hell of a lot of fun making this record. We hope you enjoy it!
We’re really pleased to have been asked to support the marvellous Karl Blau when he visits Birmingham next year. You can get tickets and other info here. See you there.
We had a great time playing at The Union Chapel in London earlier this month. Thanks to Daylight Music for having us, and for filming part of out set. Big thanks also to photographer Paul Carrano, who shared with us some of his great photos. You can see them all here.
Our set from Moseley Folk Festival was recorded by Brum Radio, along with an interview, and broadcast last week. The show has been archived on the Brum Radio Soundcloud page
We recorded a BBC Radio Introducing session after our slot at Moseley Folk Festival last month. Here’s a video of Moose’s “This River Never Will Run Dry”
We’re playing at show at London’s famous Union Chapel next Saturday, 1st October.
There is more information over on promoter Daylight Music’s website:
“A lazy afternoon with music, tea and cake. An event for all ages. Free entry* midday – till 2.00pm. Follow us on facebook | twitter or join the mailing list. (*suggested donation £5.00). Produced by Arctic Circle. RSVP on facebook. The rest of the Winter 2016 season is here.
Independent Country are a six-piece band who play country versions of classic indie hits from the ‘80s, ‘90s and 2000s. Hear your favourite shoegazing tunes reimagined with pedal steel, lush three-part harmonies and fiddle. She Makes War is the gloom-pop solo project of multi-instrumentalist, visual artist and all-round polymath Laura Kidd. Meanwhile, Zoot Lynam doesn’t just march to the beat of a different drum; he plays a different drum altogether: Zoot’s instrument of choice is the handpan (or “hang”), which is essentially a sci-fi spaceship of a percussion instrument. This is the first time a handpan’s been played at Daylight Music, so come and see it in action!”
In other news, it seems Jim Reid from The Jesus & Mary Chain likes what we’ve done with his song, “Blues From A Gun”.
We’ve made an early mix of one of the songs from our album sessions available online. ‘Wrote For Luck – Barn Owl Mix’ is available as a stream on our Soundcloud page and as a free download over on our Bandcamp page. Enjoy.
