So long to an old friend

Hey everyone, today is the 18th July 2012 and unfortunately the day we have to announce to you all that Katie and ourselves are parting company. After 5 years of playing together Katie has decided to pursue other things and leave touring to the rest of us fools. We wish her all the best and we want to assure everyone that we still very much love her, no sensational arguments or anything, just a mutual parting of ways leaving us with nothing but a wealth of incredible memories and happy thoughts. From weeing herself in her tent the night before we went onstage at Latitude, to having the bejeesus scared out of her in a shack in the middle of some woods in Norway, to escaping a hostel in Manchester to stalk the streets looking for sushi, to having our minds collectively blown by the response to our show at Dockville – we’re left with millions of good times to look back on. Katie has been a rock for us and a livewire in equal measure, and I’m sure all of the people who saw us live would agree that she’s a sensational performer, a wonderful person and someone we’ll all miss hugely. The last 5 years of our lives have been utterly amazing, and Katie has been such a huge part of that and we’re very lucky to have grown up with her and experienced all we have together. Our last show in England with Katie will be our two gigs at Open in Norwich infront of our home fans on the 21^st July, a fitting end to a wonderful era. Meanwhile, we are by no means calling it quits, The Kabeedies will continue to perform and concentrate on writing our 3^rd album and keeping on the road with the 3 of us, touring Europe and the UK in the Autumn and beyond. Our form will evolve as we progress, but we’re still very much on board with the project and we’re all looking forward to seeing how the next year pans out.

Love, Fab, Evan and Rory

Blackburn College Session

On this, the 4th anniversary of the crowd at Latitude Festival pushing down the barriers on the lake stage while we were playing (as i shed a small tear), we thought we'd pop up a little live session we played for the wonderful people at Blackburn College:


The Kabeedies from Media Centre on Vimeo.

Bones

Here's a link to some captivating visuals that our bestest buddy Harry Hall from These Ghosts has put to our new single 'Bones', it's out with 'Underfloor Lover' on the 23rd July:

 
The Kabeedies - Bones from Harry Hall on Vimeo.

Rebel Playlist

We've got the massive priviledge of being on Steve Lamacq's 6Music Rebel Playlist this week, with some seriously stiff competition. So we'd be eternally grateful if you could vote for our new single 'Bones' - as it'll get radio play on 6music all next week if we emerge triumphant, and also Evan is massively competitive and may punch me in the face if we lose. Please share this about, as you're basically punching me in the face if not.....
Thanks everyone xxxx

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/steve-lamacq/features/rebel-playlist/

Rory's forearm

Here's Rory's lovely new tattoo in all it's (hope and) glory...

Arty li'l teds

We try our hand at a live sculpture piece in Oslo, it wasn't apprieciated for the unrivalled genius it clearly was.

17th July show with The Crookes

We're playing a show at the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town, London, for our lavley label Fierce Panda, here's what you need to know:

A BRAND NEW SHOW COMES TO THE BULL & GATE!

THE MOST RADICALIST BLACK SHEEP MUSIC & FIERCE PANDA JOIN FURCES!

TO LAUNCH MONTHLY NIGHT CALLED SHEAR ME NOW!

THE MOST RADICALIST BLACK SHEEP MUSIC & FIERCE PANDA PRESENT…

'SHEAR ME NOW!'

Starring…THE CROOKES + THE KABEEDIES + PANDA CUBS

TUESDAY JULY 17TH 2012

LONDON KENTISH TOWN BULL & GATE (389 Kentish Town Road, NW5 2TJ. 020 7485 5358)

DOORS 7.30PM

ADVANCE TICKETS £6.50 from www.wegottickets.com/bullandgate/event/172479

July 17th sees the launch of a brand new monthly co-promotion between fierce panda and The Most Radicalist Black Sheep Music, aka TMR Black Sheep, the in-house music arm of ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH).

"Music's right at the heart of the culture at BBH. For us 'Shear Me Now!' is a way to extend what we do every day - we want to put ourselves out there to get even more involved with finding and working with new musicians and bands. We're really excited to be launching this brilliant new night with fierce panda."

Wise words all round, and here are the artists for that opening night…

THE CROOKES (onstage 9.45pm) are four handsomely dressed NewPop dudes from the Republic Of Yorkshire who are playing this fearsomely low key show to celebrate the launch of their new fierce panda single, 'Maybe In The Dark', out on July 23rd. This supremely svelte event follows the release of their sophomore album 'Hold Fast' on July 9th, and collapses most elegantly in the midst of festival appearances at Latitude, Benicassim and Tramlines back home in Sheffield. THE CROOKES' crisply-ruffled tunes have appeared on 'Lorraine', 'GMTV', 'Waterloo Road', 'The Big Bang Theory', 'Jamie's Great Britain' and, obviously, with ruthless regularity during the Monday evening goals round up on 'Look North'. www.thecrookes.co.uk

THE KABEEDIES (onstage 9.00pm) are from Norwich and have traditionally played fizzbombingly effervescent boy / girl / boy / boy leftfield pop which is bouncy like Tigger in a minefield and found global infamy via their 'Come On' track appearing on an Xbox advert. Latterly however they have added a mature sombreness to their sound, as evidenced by current album 'Soap' and supersad imminent single 'Bones' (released on fierce panda on July 23rd). http://thekabeedies.bandcamp.com/

PANDA CUBS (onstage 8.15pm) are from York and, amazingly, they don't have a release coming out on fierce panda in the next half hour. What they do have however is a broody, bruised outlook on musical life which manifests itself in gloriously dark pop outbursts which nod at the shadowy outlines of Editors and Interpol. Shadowy, we say… http://soundcloud.com/pandacubs

www.fiercepanda.co.uk / www.clubfandango.co.uk