News

If feels like we’ve been tucked away in for a while so it’s nice to have the prospect of some more gigs and ‘radio action’ again…not to mention some reviews.

We’ve got a bunch of live shows and radio sessions coming up (Radio 2, 6, etc) and we’re also happy to report we should have some ‘column inches’ soon. We’ve been reliably informed that Q and Uncut will be running reviews of the new album and Mojo are ‘interested’ in doing so.

Our video should be ready next week in time for the release of the single (Watch Her Walk Away) on 25 May. …needless to say we’ll post it here as soon as it’s ready.

Using the latest technology, well a load of super 8 projectors culled from Brighton’s Sunday market, we managed to film the footage for the video to Watch Her Walk Away. Editing will begin as soon we find a steam powered editing suite that lets us smoke turkish cigarillos in it…..until then here are a couple of images from the shoot. PS, thanks again to the wonderful Ian Helliwell for all his help

http://www.ianhelliwell.co.uk/

Those nice gentlemen who live inside the box in the corner of the kitchen have already been playing our new single “Watch Her Walk Away” – Gideon Coe, Gary Crowley and “uncle” Bob Harris we salute you! It’s out on the 25th of May so form an orderly queue outside Woolworths please.

We also now have 2 BBC sessions coming up – with Tom Robinson on Radio 6 on 22nd May and Mark Lamarr on Radio 2 on 29th May.

We’ve just taken delivery from Saatchi and Saatchi of the finished advert for the new album (that’s “Companions of the Rosy Hours”, available right here on this site in case you hadn’t noticed). Prepare to be brainwashed…

Yes the Dials are shooting their first music video. Starting on April 22nd and collaborating with experimental film maker and all round psychedelic boffin Ian Helliwell, the band are hoping for something like The Trip if it had been directed by Stan Brakhage. The film, for the new single Watch Her Walk Away, will be available to view on youtube and all the usual sites, including this one, in mid May. So put on your 3D glasses, grab your popcorn, you know where to put the cork!

For more info on ian Helliwell go to www.ianhelliwell.co.uk

Finally, we’ve sent the masters off to be printed (hooray!). The finished CD of Companions of The Rosy Hours will be in the shops from early June, but we’ll sell some from the site before then.

We’re happy to say that we’ve been asked to do another Radio 2 live session (God’s Jukbox). We’re recording on April 21st…not sure about the broadcast date but we’ll let you know more when we do.

We’ve been invited to play at SXSW this year. It looks like loads of fun (and I love Austin in Texas…it’s one of my favourite cities in the world) but it’s an expensive business bringing the band across. Whether we go or not it’s great to be asked and having been reviewed as one of the best bands at NXNE in Canada last year, it’d be great to see how we would get on.