July 07, 2009

Summer's here!

July is completely packed with shows, festivals and all around awesomeness. And we have two new releases on their way, which we are super excited about:

Secret Charisma: Original Cast Recording

A 14-minute indiepop musical written and produced by Brad San Martin of One Happy Island, featuring Kristin Andreassen (Uncle Earl, Sometymes Why), Nichole Ferree (Orange Nichole), One Happy Island, Desmond Reed, and Mark Robinson (Cotton Candy, Unrest). Somewhat based in personal experiences, Secret Charisma is a tale about time, coming home, and friendship.

The Smittens / The just Joans SPLIT

The title says it all for this one - we got The just joans and The smittens in the same record... covering each other's songs!!! It will be available in our usual 3'' cds as well as 7'' vinyl. More details very soon.

The timing for both these releases is perfect, since The Smittens and One Happy Island are coming over from the States next week to tour the UK and play a couple of festivals.

It all kicks off with Secret Charisma's release party at the Bufalo Bar next Wednesday, July 15th, with Colin Clary (yow!!), The Sunny Street and Ich bin finn. This promises to be a very special show, a unique chance to see Secret Charisma live and Colin's only solo show in the UK, so please come along.

For the Just Joans/ Smittens single release, we're heading off to Glasgow for HMHB at the Flying Duck, with One happy Island, the Specific heats and the Maple leaves. ''Half my heart beats'' is an ace pop night in Glasgow which I have always wanted to go to, and it's named after a smittens song, so I can't think of a more perfect time to do so.

Here's a list of The Smittens and One happy Island's tour dates and a couple of other ace shows coming up:

08/07 - Allo, Darlin' at the Scala - London UK
15/07 - Secret Charisma and Colin Clary - Bufalo Bar - London UK (EP RELEASE PARTY!!!)
17/07 - Let's Whisper and Allo Darlin' at the Betsey Trotwood - London UK
18/07 - One happy island at the Norfolk Inn - Stoke on Trent UK
19/07 -The Smittens and One happy island at Head of Steam - Newcastle - UK
20/07 - The Smittens, One happy Island and the Just Joans at The Flying Duck - Glasgow UK (SINGLE RELEASE PARTY!!!)
21/07 - The Smittens and One happy island at the Victoria - Birmingham UK
22/07 - The Smittens and One happy island at The Wilmington arms -London UK
23/07 - The Smittens and One happy island at The Packhorese - Leeds UK
23/07 - Moustache of Insanity at Brixton Jamm - London UK
24 to 26/07 - Little my, One happy island, The smittens, Let's whisper and Moustache of Insanity at Indietracks festival - Derby UK
28 /07 - The Smittens in Gothenburg, Sweden
20/07 - The Smittens at Insikten - Jonkopings Kulturhus - Sweden
30/07 - Let's Whisper at the Cozy Den fest - Stockholm - Sweden
31/ 07 - The Smittens at the Cozy Den fest - Stockholm - Sweden
01/08 - Allo, Darlin' at the Cozy Den fest - Stockholm - Sweden

For more details, please check our gig listings and/ or the bands' myspace page.

On other news, Summer Cats have finished their debut LP, Songs For Tuesdays and it sounds brilliant! It will be out on Slumberland Records on July 14th and later in the year on Knock yr. socks off records. Go order yourself a copy now!