The Beatglider album Witches can be bought online at www.roughtrade.com and www.normanrecords.com
or if you live near southend, Bubblegum Records shop (off the highstreet the sea end (near the Sunrooms)
FLUX MAGAZINE ALBUM REVIEW
"...sherbert-sweet melodies, deranged instrumentation (trumpets, bird whistles) and whacked-out lyrics about strange creatures: "Premonition dragon jump in my horse and wagon...". A glorious mess." NME
"...embraces the air of a touching epitaph styled wide screen Morricone / spaghetti westernised GSYBE before endowing itself with a disarming candy coated sheen that suggests a mellowing Gallon Drunk cross pollinated by Pavement with the smouldering grandeur of the applied handiwork of Kevin Shields at the controls." LOSING TODAY
Formed in the late 90s through a love of 80s / 90s shoegazer and US types such as Sonic Youth, Flaming Lips, Pavement and Silver Jews.
Three albums recorded to date – first release on the now defunct TUBE BAR label – 40 DAYS OF SUMMER was well received in NME and had a few spins on Peel. The band were then signed by the Lakota label (JJ72, some other stuff) and sent to record their second album DREAMING OF ROADS in the US with BECK producer Tom Rothrock at the helm. The album was never released after relations with Lakota broke down.
Some gigs with The Sleepy Jackson followed, and sporadic gigs around in London and around the local area. Stuck with an album they couldn’t release, things went on hiatus for a while.
Finally there'll new album out this July on Enraptured Records (Flying Saucer Attack, Windy & Carl, Third Eye Foundation, Silver Apples). Gigs coming up!
Haha if you mean the one i'm putting on people's My Spaces it's a *terrible* flyer, which is why I didn't put the 'Culture as a Dare' name on it! I didn't want to embarrass him!
I'm doing a phone interview on Wednesday night with Phoenix FM to promote the gig, is there anything about you guys you'd like me to mention?
JOHN PARISH : Westwards Airways CAT POWER : Who Knows Where The Time Goes PETER BRODERICK : And It’s Alright BEATGLIDER : Witches FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS : Think About It GARLIC : Courgette SHRIEKBACK : The Reptiles And I DALMATION REX : Everyone Is A Robot Except… BEATGLIDER : Back For This WARPAINT : Billie Holiday AMANDA APPLEWOOD : I Love Boys BEATGLIDER : Where Time Stands Still NEIL YOUNG : Sugar Mountain DANNY O’KEEFE : 3.10 Smokey Thursday BEATGLIDER : Lights On The Water JOSH TILLMAN : Vacilando Territory MATT ELLIOTT : Song For A Failed Relationship
this is the correct mix link! please delete the one below, tar
Pumajaw in session mix
GRAILS : I Might Need For You To Kill HELIOS : Glimpse SQUAREPUSHER : Duotone Moonbeam PUMAJAW : Horseshoe Nail KELPE : Whirlwound - remix BEATGLIDER : Witches BOBBY CONN : The Best Years Of Our Lives PUMAJAW : Visiting Hour ONRA : Apocalypse Now - I Wanna Go Back YIMINO : Bracket JOHANN JOHANNSSON : Melodia PUMAJAW : Jacky Daw NEIL HALSTEAD : Queen Bee PETER BRODERICK : With The Notes In My Ears PUMAJAW : Spangler
