After a great few months of live shows it is now time to begin the recording of our first full length album or at least the electric part of it.Much inspiration has been found from many different people and places.There are lots of different lyrical ideas that flow through the record but i don't want to go into those here i would just prefer you to discover those for yourself.
When it becomes time to record i have a constant nervous energy inside me as if I'm just on the edge, on my tip toes.This album is the reflection of the last 18 months of this band being together.The ideas have continued to evolve and the ideas have continued to be given.And it is a constant creative race to get the songs down and documented as soon as possible to preserve that first moment of when the idea is given.That moment can never been found again but merely replicated as accurately as possible with the passion it deserves.
The lyrics on this album are far more meaning full on a personal level and also have a broad subject matter.
Evolution is important to us as a band and so this album along with the 2 previous records serve as time lines in our creative process.Fear not we're not going to do a jazz album or something after this but we will move and react to the demands of the music.
Also we are no closer to narrowing down the track list so it could be a 19 track album or an 11 track album.I guess it just depends what fits together as one cohesive work.One thing i will say is all of the new material we have been playing live this year will be on the album as well as things you won't of heard.
The pool of material is nice and large so we can hopefully produce a strong album.This what we've got to
choose from ;-
-Saviour
-Beautiful lover
-She brought the light out of me
-Guilty
-I'm not the one
-Deadwood town
-Black leather
-Silent shaking
-Times of our life
-We all live someday
-Reach out
-She got caught in the rain
-Appalachian woman
-Guardian angel
-Better without
-Old religion
-Brothers and sisters
-Bring out ya dead
-Sick and lonely
The artwork is going to be done by our good friend and great artist Angela Oulsnam.Production and recording is being taken care of by our brother Aaron Dolton.
Keep an eye out for more blogs and recording updates over the next few weeks.Hopefully with some pictures.
Peace,love and fuzz
The King Bains
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
Monday, 23 July 2012
Summer's here!!!
We've had a great few weeks and made some lovely new friends along the way. Ashleyhay Festival was a great outdoor success despite the showers. Coalfields Festival was a tented dry blast and Tramlines Festival was a great way for us to banish some Sheffield demons. Many thanks to anyone who joined us on our half our musical journey's!! Your support really does keep us going.
Coming up we've got two great gigs.....
First of all we'll be playing on Saturday 29th July (This Weekend) at The Fishpond with our incredibly talented friends The Black Hands. It's £3 on the door and a chance to take in the newly refurbed Fishpond if you've not been along yet: The Black Hands & The King Bains
The week after The Fishpond gig?? Y Not Festival. Starting on Friday 3rd of August and running till Sunday 5th August. Tickets are running out fast now so if you plan on going but haven't yet grabbed one, bloody hurry up!!! We'll be playing on the Friday at 17:00 on The Allotment Stage. You'll be able to catch The Black Hands on the main stage on Sunday. Tickets are £75 plus booking fee available here: Y Not Festival Tickets.
Hope to see you in the next two weeks!!!
Saturday, 16 June 2012
Ashleyhay Festival - 23rd June 2012 - £20 tickets
Next up we're returning together to play at Ashleyhay Festival for the first time since mine and Jim's days in the Durge in 2009.
It's a great festival put together by some fine local musicians and festival goers. The £20 ticket sees two days & nights of music, comedy, fluorescent orange cider, real ales, great food, muddy fields and campfires. There are options for those who can't afford full price to work for their admission!!
Back in the days of the Durge this was certainly the best gig whilst I was in the line-up and we can't wait to smash out a big old electric set with new and old tunes. The fuzz and drums are back in force!!!
http://www.facebook.com/ashleyhayfestival
It's a great festival put together by some fine local musicians and festival goers. The £20 ticket sees two days & nights of music, comedy, fluorescent orange cider, real ales, great food, muddy fields and campfires. There are options for those who can't afford full price to work for their admission!!
Back in the days of the Durge this was certainly the best gig whilst I was in the line-up and we can't wait to smash out a big old electric set with new and old tunes. The fuzz and drums are back in force!!!
http://www.facebook.com/ashleyhayfestival
Sunday, 27 May 2012
Thursday 31st May - 2010 Unplugged
This week we'll be breaking out our acoustic set for the first time - 2010 Unplugged on Dale Road from 19:30 onwards - FREE ENTRY!!!
Gone are the drums and the fuzz so this time we'll admit it's going to feel a little naked for us. We'll be playing two tracks off the last couple of records which actually started off all acoustic but ended up electrified whilst we've been playing live. Now you'll get to hear them how they started life in the first place.
The rest of the set is purposely written to be acoustic, so we're looking forward to see how these tracks go down as they'll be recorded very soon for the next record.
There'll also be some great sets from Mike McMaster (legendary local bassist for Three 1/4's to Dust, Days of Descent / 250 calibres), Jason Barker (the curator of the 2010 unplugged night and lead singer for the mighty Exile) & local acoustic gem Matt McKenzie.
Don't forget there's obviously a bloody lovely selection of drinks both on tap & tucked away in the icy cold fridges to be served by Kev and the 2010 team.
PLUS.... Early doors there's an hours open mic session so get down with your banjo and crack one out....
http://www.facebook.com/events/348493631872694/
Gone are the drums and the fuzz so this time we'll admit it's going to feel a little naked for us. We'll be playing two tracks off the last couple of records which actually started off all acoustic but ended up electrified whilst we've been playing live. Now you'll get to hear them how they started life in the first place.
The rest of the set is purposely written to be acoustic, so we're looking forward to see how these tracks go down as they'll be recorded very soon for the next record.
There'll also be some great sets from Mike McMaster (legendary local bassist for Three 1/4's to Dust, Days of Descent / 250 calibres), Jason Barker (the curator of the 2010 unplugged night and lead singer for the mighty Exile) & local acoustic gem Matt McKenzie.
Don't forget there's obviously a bloody lovely selection of drinks both on tap & tucked away in the icy cold fridges to be served by Kev and the 2010 team.
PLUS.... Early doors there's an hours open mic session so get down with your banjo and crack one out....
http://www.facebook.com/events/348493631872694/
Saturday, 5 May 2012
Festival update!!!!
Right then, how's about this for a big old bag of excitement!!!!
In chronological order we have the following festivals lined up so far:
Saturday June 23rd - Ashleyhay Festival 2012
Saturday July 14th - Coalfields Festival 2012
Friday August 3rd - Y-NOT Festival 2012
Saturday October 27th - Hastrek All Dayer
We're very thankful to all the promoters who have given us a shot for these dates and also for allowing us to now let the cats out the bag about them all!!!!
We'll be bringing you more in depth detail on each festival in the coming days so keep checking back.
Also don't forget Twenty Ten Unplugged being run by Jason Barker on Thursday 31st May!!!!
Mike & Jim - The King Bains
Thursday, 3 May 2012
Here comes the sun....
In the next couple of weeks we'll have some exciting summer festival news!!
It's been a quiet few weeks for us as I'm off on my honeymoon but Jim's been feverishly working away on the new material.
Also, at the end of May we've been asked to play at Jason Barker's 2010 unplugged night!! Hope to see you there!!!
Mike.
Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Up next, Mowfest 2012
The Radar Love gig was a fantastic way to break in the new material and thanks to all who turned out for us!!
No rest for the wicked, The Barley Mow in Bonsall have asked us back to be part of this years Mowfest. It was our first home town gig last year and we're delighted to be bringing a new set to them this coming Easter Monday.
There'll be real ale's and some great music kicking off around 1pm. It's also a chance for us to once again share the stage with the mighty Exile!!
Free music, great company and bloody tasty beers...
Saturday, 10 March 2012
The road to Radar Love
The practices are going all guns blazing. The new material is really stacking up to make a great set and we can't wait to blast it out at Radar Love on the 29th of this month.
As well as our very good friends The Black Hands, two Derby acts have now been confirmed on the bill, House of Thieves & Mikey Foulds. So 4 different sets to get your lugholes around all for just £2 NUS or £3 standard.
We've had some great news too from our third silent member of the band Aaron, we'll be in the studio's with him very soon. With the tunes we've got, the space we'll be using and Aaron's recording producing skills this is going to be a mighty fine record.
After three months of silence when Jim became a Dad to suddenly bashing out a new set and getting ready for the studio and me getting hitched next month it's busy, busy, busy times for us!!!!
Keep your ears pricked people!!!
Mike xx
As well as our very good friends The Black Hands, two Derby acts have now been confirmed on the bill, House of Thieves & Mikey Foulds. So 4 different sets to get your lugholes around all for just £2 NUS or £3 standard.
We've had some great news too from our third silent member of the band Aaron, we'll be in the studio's with him very soon. With the tunes we've got, the space we'll be using and Aaron's recording producing skills this is going to be a mighty fine record.
After three months of silence when Jim became a Dad to suddenly bashing out a new set and getting ready for the studio and me getting hitched next month it's busy, busy, busy times for us!!!!
Keep your ears pricked people!!!
Mike xx
Saturday, 3 March 2012
Thursday, 16 February 2012
Rock Box - First day back
First practice of the new year done.
I think it's always intimidating for both of us when we start on new material because we build up ideas on our own then come together with the hope of putting them forward and there's the trepidation that maybe the other will think it's cack. This however was once again shown to be no issue.
2 and a half hours later and three cracking new tunes. All is good.
A big congratulations has to go out to the guys who have put together Rockbox Wirksworth (link over there --------------->) It's a new rehearsal space in Wirksworth with everything we need. Drum kit, amps, PA, mics, kettle, tea bags, white board, warmth and most importantly a good sounding room in which we could hear each other when both thrashing it out or playing with some subtlety. 10 quid for three hours. If you live in Wirksworth or close enough, look no further!!! 10/10. This room really made it easy for us tonight.
We've decided this year there's no looking back. The old tunes are just that and you wont be hearing us play them any time soon. We loved them but our sound is growing each time we get together so this year we're building up the double vocals and branching and getting more adventurous with pushing our boundary's. We'll be focusing on both our acoustic and electric sound and putting a full scale album together.
So excited, this is set to be a great year.
Mike. The King Bains xxx
I think it's always intimidating for both of us when we start on new material because we build up ideas on our own then come together with the hope of putting them forward and there's the trepidation that maybe the other will think it's cack. This however was once again shown to be no issue.
2 and a half hours later and three cracking new tunes. All is good.
A big congratulations has to go out to the guys who have put together Rockbox Wirksworth (link over there --------------->) It's a new rehearsal space in Wirksworth with everything we need. Drum kit, amps, PA, mics, kettle, tea bags, white board, warmth and most importantly a good sounding room in which we could hear each other when both thrashing it out or playing with some subtlety. 10 quid for three hours. If you live in Wirksworth or close enough, look no further!!! 10/10. This room really made it easy for us tonight.
We've decided this year there's no looking back. The old tunes are just that and you wont be hearing us play them any time soon. We loved them but our sound is growing each time we get together so this year we're building up the double vocals and branching and getting more adventurous with pushing our boundary's. We'll be focusing on both our acoustic and electric sound and putting a full scale album together.
So excited, this is set to be a great year.
Mike. The King Bains xxx
Sunday, 12 February 2012
WE'RE BACK.......
We're heading back into the rehearsal rooms this week for the first time since Jim welcomed his fine daughter to the world. We've had a good rest but it's time to smash those rock cobwebs into tiny little spider silk pieces.
We've been writing riffs a plenty and I'm pretty certain we're going to be putting out our best material to date.
We'll be kicking off our gigging this year with a double header with our good friends and fellow blues-rock makers The Black Hands. Thursday March 29th At Radar Love - The Venue - Derby. Tickets available from both me and Jim for £3 full price or £2 NUS, but we'll be cutting a few deals for anyone driving so give us a shout on our mobiles or email us at thekingbains@gmail.com for further details. This gig is really going to be a massive deal for us and we would love for you to help make it the best comeback we could imagine!!!
We'll be keeping this page as our new home from home so check back regularly for news, new music, new vid's and all that gubbins.
Mike. The King Bains xxx
We've been writing riffs a plenty and I'm pretty certain we're going to be putting out our best material to date.
We'll be kicking off our gigging this year with a double header with our good friends and fellow blues-rock makers The Black Hands. Thursday March 29th At Radar Love - The Venue - Derby. Tickets available from both me and Jim for £3 full price or £2 NUS, but we'll be cutting a few deals for anyone driving so give us a shout on our mobiles or email us at thekingbains@gmail.com for further details. This gig is really going to be a massive deal for us and we would love for you to help make it the best comeback we could imagine!!!
We'll be keeping this page as our new home from home so check back regularly for news, new music, new vid's and all that gubbins.
Mike. The King Bains xxx
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