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Hello. We are Bonsai Kittens.
You may have heard the rumours: that we were put to sleep in July 2008. We don't doubt that there may be people literally dancing around their living rooms in joy at this news; the rest of you (those of you who don't have a piece of coal where their heart should be), please feel free to have a poke around on this page, where you will find pictures from our nine lives (nostalgic!) and music carefully selected from our back catalogue, beginning from the era before we got interested in things like playing our guitars properly and singing in tune, right through to the one where we sounded a bit like Santana, released in 2008. After finishing Bonsai Kittens, Sarah started a new band called Trapdoor Minotaur.
We'd like to thank everybody who came to our gigs, provided us with artwork, recorded us, put us on, or let us sleep on their floors / spare rooms / glass coffee tables. Throughout our short five-year life we were overwhelmed by the kindness and enthusiasm of so many people, most notably those who suffered our inane chatter and idiosyncratic taste in music on mix CDs throughout long car journeys (particular props to Dan and Roo for their efforts in this department).
There are too many people who did amazing things for us to thank them all by name, but we particularly have fond memories from South London, Basingstoke, Grimsby, the house gigs in Leeds and Sheffield, and Newcastle, and of driving around in the back of a van playing hand-slappy games with five young men in tiger-striped underpants while singing along to Queen... you know who you are.
Some descriptions of us would probably include comparisons to polyphonic ringtones, The Bangles, Bananarama, Nintendos, and dancing clockwork mice. Other descriptions might describe us as two idiots who can't dance properly and how dare they not have a drummer, it's high time these two were shot in the face with a big gun. To date we have never yet suffered mortal wounds for our art, and I hope that day will never come. Until then, you are welcome to love / hate / be indifferent towards us, and we offer you a selection of our songs [above] and a selection of our upcoming gigs [also above] in order that you may form your own opinion.
We are an entirely DIY band, who take pride in putting out and distributing our own CDs, and organising our own tours and gigs. We prefer to play band-organised gigs in unusual venues like cafes, galleries, or houses. We like the gigs to be arranged for the love of the music, where bands get paid according to what they need for how far they've travelled, with the rest of the money being divided equally among the bands. If you want us to play near you but have never put on a band before, please ask us. We're happy to help. You might find this article helpful.
A double CD collection containing our entire back catalogue (20 songs no less) is available in the form of a compilation album entitled 'Idiot Mittens'. Please contact us if you would like to purchase a copy for £7 (inc. P&P and a badge), which is entirely possible either via Paypal or by the time-honoured 'send us a cheque' method. As well as the 5 most recent songs, recorded in May 2007, it contains all the songs on our 3 previously recorded CDs: The Big Laugh Happy Joy Joy Album, Damn You Evil Women, Damn You!, and The Shortbread Agreement.
We used to have t-shirts, but we sold the last one a couple of weeks ago. You could always write our name on a t-shirt using a marker pen if you want to show your support sartorially. We won't sue. Please contact us via My Space or our web site if you want to spend money to listen to us.
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