Listen up! NEW FIGS EP is OUT NOW, on 12", cd & mp3:
Featuring 5 gigantic new songs:
A. 1. Jumbo...at 45 rpm B. 2. My Latest Mistake 3. Bad Bad Baby 4. The Human Tragedy 5. The Long Goodbye...at 331/3 rpm
Produced by Jem Finer & J. Maizlish, with additional production by Brian O’Shaughnessy. With special guests Andrew Ranken (drums), John Edwards (double bass), Jem Finer (banjo & guitars), Paul Seacroft (guitars), and the Jumbo Chorale – a cast of thousands. It's Figs of London no. FOLP-2, available on beautiful 12" vinyl this time.
The Dirty Canon features romping stompers, barroom ballads, honking skronking songs, sweet old saws, dirges, hymns and derelict love songs. It's got thunder, lightning, monkey grunts and rock & roll romance galore. Latest album reviews are here, here and here.
Marseille Figs is a three piece Big Band. They sound like a runaway train, a barrel of horny monkeys, a funeral band, tumbling tumbleweeds and sweet birdsong. To hell with MySpace, go see www.marseillefigs.org.
Thanks for a great gig on tuesday night and good too to catch up with some old friends. Jumbo is set to become a staple of the Wild Hare DJ set and I have just told Paul-Ronney of the Gypsy Hotel that he should definitely book you. I predict that you will finally grace the Wild Hare Club in 2010. Cheers Richard
Great review in BoingBoing today! Listening to your voice always makes me happy and miss you too. I told Liliana that I wished I could see you more often and she said "Mole is busy with his career of being a famous person."
.. Hallo Mole! Es gibt einige Neuigkeiten und deshalb mal ein Kommentar von uns.
1. Mann und Maus heissen jetzt MARIAHILFF
2. Wir nehmen gerade zusammen mit Gregor Henning unser 1stes Album auf. Die Basis Tracks haben wir letzte Woche in Hamburg im Electric Avenue Studio von Tobias Levin eingespielt. Jetzt kommen noch Overdubs und die Mischung. Mitte April soll es dann veröffentlicht werden.
3. Als Vorgeschmack haben wir hier einen Rohmix von unserem Lied "Wald" hochgeladen. Wir hoffen sehr dass es gut gefällt. Viel Spass.
Been listening to "The Dirty Cannon" a lot lately, and I dig the hell out of it. "Honey How You Like Your Eggs" and "Losers Delight" are particularly memorable. Really really great lyrics on the former (eg: "Don Juan was a famous Casanova, Casanova was a famous Romeo" that's great stuff)
You guys were really good last night with The Pogues in Philly, thanks for the good set. What people from Philly say about themselves being "a tough audience" is bullshit, they'remostly just obnoxious drunks. I hope the rest of the tour is better.
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