Wrote some new songs. Took this dork to Manchester. Ate literally everything. Life is swell.
A young West Berlin couple peer over the Wall as the woman speaks to her mother in East Bertlin, 1960s (via)
Vilma Bànky - how I love that name! - in The Magic Flame (Henry King, 1927)
Like the majority of silent films, this one is considered to be lost
Stopped for lunch in the best possible way.
Tonight I’m playing at Nilles Saarbrooklyn in Saarbrücken then tomorrow it’s a family reunion in Wiesbaden with @ghost.of.a.chance and a whole bunch of friends from near and far. Happy times.
Its feels so strange and nice to be out right now. These are pretty much the first shows I’ve ever played with absolutely nobody next to me, normally there’s someone in the passenger seat to entertain and someone else’s life to try and fit into, but right now there’s just musics or podcasts (thanks for the recommendations by the way, SUPER good stuff in there). It’s good, it feels like progression, that’s not to say I don’t love touring with other people, but it’s nice to be able to do whatever I want between shows (museums and coffee, lots of museums and coffee).
I want the rest of this year and 2017 to be really busy, to continue feeling the progression and the ‘getting shit done’ that this year has provided. I guess you just list things out and aim for that, right?
This has been a rambling postcard from the back of a Citroen Berlingo. X
‘You guys, you’re always talking about the fans, the fans, the fans; she was your biggest fan, and you threw her away.’
Almost Famous (2000)
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Friends,
I am so overwhelmingly excited to announce my debut record is coming out on May 1st 2016.
Recorded in a single day by my friend @bobcooperproducer it’s just me, the guitar and the sound of the room. I think it’s the closest I could get to reproducing the live sound I’ve been working on for the last few years.
I am also so very, very honoured to feature the artwork of @veraickler an immensely talented tattoo artist and illustrator, not to mention a beloved friend.
Pre-orders will begin next week, but in the meantime I direct you to heartofoakmusic.com (link in bio) where you can hear the first song ‘Faded Flags’, and also sign up for a monthly newsletter I’m putting together featuring the usual stuff about me and where I’m going to be, plus the books and other junk I’m into. It’s also a place where, hopefully, we can start to have a slightly slower and more longform conversation about the world, rather than drowning in the deluge of social media. (Not to say I’m not on that as well in all the usual places).
My friends, if you like and feel the need, please share this with anyone and everyone you know, for the moment I’m doing this all organically, without the help of PR or a record label, so any help is so very much appreciated.
Much more will be said over the next few weeks, but just know that I am so excited to be sharing this journey with you all.
Here we go.
X
#heartofoak
I listened to ‘Faded Flags’ (www.heartofoakmusic.com) and it was beautiful :) If you get a spare 4 minutes, go have a listen :)
very pretty!
