In Stores Now is back in business with a bunch of great acts lined up- every time we think we’ve sucked the well dry of new musical talent, a bubble comes up and shocks us, reminds us of what an amazingly talented wee bunch we all are.
Like Statues contacted me directly through the site with a link to some new tunes they had been working on – including this first one, A Journey To Speak of. I’ll tell you what I told the band – that I’ve been at this band recording malarky for a few months now, and this is one of the loveliest tracks I’ve heard in ages. Period.
The band played in a hallway – because we couldn’t fit the drum kit through the door or move the piano without re-tuning it – so this track was played across two rooms – benefitting from the reverb of the entire hallway and – well – it’s just brilliant. It took a few takes to get this right – and you can hear our relief at the end of the clip. But it was worth it. Bravo Like Statues.
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Then it wouldn’t be In Stores Now unless we shook things up a bit – the guys had an unfinished experimental instrumental track they wanted to try out. Normally I’d shudder at the words “experimental”, “unfinished”.. you get the picture.. but for some reason I trusted them. Then when we spotted the location, an old shed full of noisy hollow farm equipment – it all fell into place.
Have shed will play. I humbly suggested the band played a cover of Nick Drake’s “Man In A Shed” for this one – but they didn’t know the chords. It’s open G to f5 with a capo on the 2nd fret in case you’re wondering. This did just as well though.
To finish off, another single contender – “Fracture The Facts” – with some quality bongo playing and an audience of ..er.. cows of course.
Like Statues launch their EP on 4th October in Auntie Annies in Belfast – I urge you to be there.
Camera: Will McConnell
Filmed in Lisburn, July 2010
Bravo Bandwidth and Like Statues!
enjoyed.