Records are finally out!

After what feels like forever (but in reality is about 2 months or something) the records are done and available.

You can buy one here: www.apologiesihavenone.bigcartel.com

We just this second sold our first one.

*shock face*

Dan

Leaving everything till the last minute.

The 7" records came the other day. The colours and printing are just what we wanted, so I have to recommend anyone getting records pressed to consider Key Production, we had great service from them and I couldn't be happier. Ema finished the inserts at the end of last week - aside from lyrics and notes, they come with a template to make 3d mice and owls. I think this might be a first for a band, google didn't seem to suggest otherwise.

Almost ready to go on tour now. We're just copying the last of the inserts, fixing the prints on the last t-shirts, burning the last of the CDs to go with the records and flyering for the London show. It's awesome that no matter how much planning we do, everything is a race right before we go away.

I wonder if that will ever change.

Dan

Joiners And Windmills

Hi. This is the second song from the 7" that we're doing, again filmed at Harrow. The first chord is missing, you can imagine it if you like, its a D chord that kind of goes "Da-DAA". Its all dramatic and full of tension, you know?

Speaking of the record, they arrived yesterday and look sweet-as, so we will 100% have them on the tour and we'll put them up for order tomorrow or something you can pick one up before we go.

Dan
Apologies, i have none

Joiners and Windmills - Apologies, i have none from emilou on Vimeo.

Screen Printing for tour

The other day I spent all afternoon screen printing shirts for tour with Em. I think they came out great with 3 different designs and a few different colours. When I arrived the screens had already been prepared, but the design needed to be exposed onto it so we could start printing. This involves putting the prepared screens on a UV light box with the design on top and leaving it for 7-9 minutes.

You can then pressure washer the screen and the areas with the design exposed onto them wash away, leaving the design as "gaps" on the screen. This is where the fabric ink can get through the screen and get onto the shirt. The detail possible from screens is really impressive and we used some with a really fine mesh, offering even higher detail.

The actual process of pulling the paint through the screen requires a certain technique and we spent a long time practicing on paper and fabric scraps. Too much ink, or too many pulls with the squeegie and the design will look too heavy and detail will be lost. Too little paint or not enough pulls with the squeegie and the design will look patchy and thin. I was rubbish at it, so Ema did them all. It takes a pretty steady arm and a lot of pressure to do it clean. I like how every shirt came out just slightly different to the last and I thought they all looked great.

We have a few more to do tonight, all black shirts with a few different designs on them. These will be available on our page pretty soon, but probably not till after tour, so if you want one quick, come see us play.

Dan

Sat In Vicky Park

We played both the songs from our upcoming 7" at the Harrow show this weekend. This is the first one of the 2 songs - Sat In Vicky Park.

Sat In Vicky Park - Apologies, i have none from emilou on Vimeo.

Me and josh had a pretty solid discussion on how you would spell the shortened name of "Victoria park" while sitting in the car on the first day of recording this 7". I said we should spell it "vicky park", josh said it should be "viccy park". Well, he wrote the song, so we settled on "viccy park" against my better judgement and Ema did the artwork for the record and spelled it my way without even thinking about it. Some victories are so trivial they aren't worth winning.

Dan

North West Is Best Fest - Video

Ema recorded some bands at this show on Saturday. Sorry we didn't get everyone who played, the whole gig was awesome fun.

myspace.com/ihatecynics
myspace.com/rooftopslondon
myspace.com/leaguesapartmusic
myspace.com/apologiesihavenone
myspace.com/serfcombat
myspace.com/abovethem

Dan

Cynics, Rooftops, Leagues Apart, Apologies, i have none, Serf Combat, Above Them from emilou on Vimeo.

North West Is Best Fest

I figured the best way to spend my Sunday night was uploading tons of photos and video to the internet. Thanks for taking most of the photos Em. Videos are uploading now, I'll post them up when it's done.

Dan

Cynics

Serf Combat (minus Alf)

Rooftops

Leagues Apart

Run/Walk

Apologies, i have none

Serf Combat

Southport

Above Them