The designation of prolific London-based trio The Wave Pictures' latest, umpteenth album suggests further despair and of course with David Tattersall's humour still dry, his smile still wry that's what we're presented with in Long Black Cars . Belting up beside opener Stay Here & Take Care Of The Chickens it's forthwith flagrant that musically too Tattersall et al. have scarcely deviated from the tear-sodden streets they know oh-so-well: melancholic minor key trundle, stripped-back drums, Franic Rozycki's obtrusive bass plod and here, a solo redolent of a hillbilly take on Sultans of Swing. Of course Tattersall remains [...]
First things first, I must inevitably apologise for the horrendous lateness of this podcast. Between my mum visiting, the gig on Sunday and the Samantha Crain Toad Session we recorded on Monday there just hasn't been enough time to catch up. It's that end of year time, too, when lists are being made, accounts submitted, the last releases of the year tended to and plans for next year being finalised, so just when I thought that I could coast into Christmas, it turns out I actually have just as much work now as at any other time of [...]
The towns of Camden and Kentish may be renowned for somewhat faded glamour and although The Wave Pictures can't be considered in any way glamorous, they still manage to pack out the Bull & Gate out back. The Wymeswold trio have been plugging away diligently, producing consistently pleasing, if only intermittently astonishing records with the sort of whimsicality with which frontman David Tattersall recounts the most vivid tales imaginable, from waking up on Manhattan floorboards and runny egg sandwiches, to the infidelities of Elvis wannabes and other such unsavoury individuals. Tattersall's naturally [...]
The Wave Pictures have been called one of the country's finest hidden treasures. Despite having been around for over 12 years and releasing almost as many albums, it's fair to say I knew next to nothing about them before seeing them described as such on a poster at work. So it was with a healthy amount of curiosity that I approached their most recent record, Beer In The Breakers . The Wave Pictures - Beer In The Breakers The first [...]
The Wave Pictures are David Tattersall, Franic Rozycki and Jonny "Huddersfield" Helm. This Loughborogh three-piece have gigged sporadically over the last decade, slowly crafting their witty pop songs that are shot through with Jonathan Richman's gawky glee and Suede's doomed provincial romanticism. Their sound is essentially a stripped-back rock 'n' roll that owes debts of various denominations to Chuck Berry, Dick Dale and Morrissey. On the cusp of the release of their next album Beer In The Breakers, the guys took some time out to chat to us about inspiration, gigging and future plans. [...]
Welcome to the second installment of the Song, by Toad Festive Fifty for 2010. Yesterday I explained why I am going to have to exclude Song, by Toad Records music from my end of year lists from now on, and today I am going to explain (i.e. make feeble excuses for) some of the inconsistencies and idiosyncrasies you might perceive in this particular list. There are certain albums, for example, which just don't yield edited highlights all that easily. There are no songs by Mount Erie or The Books, for example, because I found it next to impossible [...]
6. Jason Lytle - Music Meant to Accompany the Art of Ron Cameron There are many reasons I love this album, not least of which the fact that I have been waiting for Jason Lytle to give us something weird and challenging for ages now. In the end this isn't an album written for purpose, more a cleaning out of the odder corners of his store cupboard, but nevertheless the result is an album bursting with ideas, be they entirely finished or not, and hence one I find more lively, engaging and enjoyable [...]
I am not personally going to bother doing a 'Best of 20102 podcast based around my own choices. Over the next couple of weeks you're going to get more than enough of that in text form anyway, so I think we can all live without a podcast as well. What I thought I might do, though, was just do a quick rundown of the Song, by Toad Readers' song and album of the year voting because… well, why the fuck not, I suppose. As much as anything I felt like doing it because there were a couple of [...]
Just stopping by briefly to let you know I'm still here. The break is (probably) over I think - I feel like posting again, but I'm certainly not planning to maintain the frantic, breakneck pace that I was before. Tonight I popped my ipod on briefly and was treated to 'Giraffe' by David Tattersall, lead singer of England's The Wave Pictures . Tattersall released his solo album Happy For A While earlier on this year. I've not listened to the record nearly as much as I'd like to yet, but the first run through [...]
I don't know if the band would agree with me (in fact I'd be a little surprised if they did) but it seemed to me that the Wave Picture's transition from self-releasers of short-run CD-Rs to being signed to one of the UK's most fashionable record labels was not the smoothest. Instant Coffee Baby had what I thought were some pretty weak songs, and I wouldn't have said that the smoother recording style did their music any favours either. It looked, to me at least, like the more professional processes of Moshi Moshi might just rub the idiosyncratic [...]
I will be in Macclesfield at Unconvention, pretending to know what the fuck I am talking about when it comes to new music business models when you come to listen to this. I do get a shiny new pair of Converse, courtesy of the sponsors, which is cool. But above all, me, the chance to talk shit... well, it's just a match made in heaven isn't it. My Granddad lives in Manchester too, which is rather convenient, so on Sunday I will go round to his house and say hello. Who knows, it might even shunt [...]
We all know just how delightful Moshi Moshi is as an independent yet inexplicably, the geek-chic charms of The Wave Pictures has oft been kicked into the corner, their sneering, endearing barbershop jeers largely brushing past attentions like a phantom commuter captured by a Holga Pinhole camera. David Tattersall, perhaps not the most charismatic frontman you'll ever stumble upon, you'd probably have to spend a couple of hours trawling Youtube to find a more witty and astute gangly cynic quivering behind a microphone. And yes, he's more amusing than Steel Panther. In light of tonight's general election, David [...]
New Song: The Wave Pictures - I Just Want To Be Your Friend Old Song: The Wave Pictures - Holding Hands The new song (logically) comes from their new album, Susan Rode The Cyclone , which will be out next week via Little Teddy Recordings . The old song comes from their 2008 album, Instant Coffee Baby , which the same label will be reissuing next week on purple vinyl. Furthermore, Wave Pictures lead singer David Tattersall [...]
David Tattersall , the lead singer, guitarist and main songwriter from the Wave Pictures, releases his debut solo album Happy For A While on wiaiwya records in June 2010. It will be a limited edition vinyl only release, including a digital download of all the tracks. The album includes the first UK single release of 2010 "Happy For A While", and the new single "Between My Ear And The Cradle". The album features guest appearances from long time Wave Pictures collaborator Stanley Brinks (AKA Andre Herman Dune), and Clemence Freschard, and was written and [...]
I was lonely but not alone I Wave Pictures continuano a mostrarsi quanto mai prolifici. Prima di Natale sono passati a casa di Darren Hayman (ex voce degli Hefner) per registrare un nuovo singolo che uscirà in split con i francesi Coming Soon . Sul Flickr di Hayman potete ammirare un tremendo set di fotografie domestiche che documenta l'evento, con sfondo di panni stesi. Amo questi ragazzi. Sempre Hayman, sul suo canale YouTube, questa settimana pubblica ogni giorno video inediti [...]
King Post Kitsch I really meant to post this ages agao, but in the clutter that is my mind it got buried under something useless, so please accept my belated apologies for not sharing this with you a fair bit sooner. KPK has posted a free download of his debut EP over at their Bandcamp page. I have been listening to this a fair bit this week, I hope you'll like it too. Beerjacket Another week and another Beerjacket freebie, Peter Kelly is one helluva kid fella, this weeks [...]
Japp, då var vi igång igen efter lite nyårsfirande. Känner ni att det är 10-tal?! Nä, förmodligen inte, men gott nytt år i alla fall och så vidare! För David Tattersall (annars sångare i The Wave Pictures ) har nog denna nyårsafton varit extra speciell, då hans solodebutsingel Happy for a while släpptes inatt 00.01 på Where It's At Is Where You Are . De bjuder nu på 1000 nedladdningar av den plus The Wave Pictures cover på Bruce Springsteens Ponyboy . Är inget fan av Bruce så jag postar bara [...]
Berlin ist ja seit einigen Jahren einer der absoluten Hotspots der europäischen Indieszene. Gar nicht einmal so wegen der wirklich einheimischen Künstler, eher auf Grund zugezogener und dort aufnehmender Künstler - Bloc Party, die Indelicates und Erlend Øye sind da nur drei Beispiele. Vor allem in der LoFi- und Antifolk-Szene scheint Berlin aber im Moment - neben New York, wo Antifolk ja nun einmal herkommt - der Place to be zu sein. Kein Wunder, also dass die dritte Ausgabe der Samplerreihe Berlin Songs wieder bis zum Rand gefüllt ist mit Szenegrößen. Die ganz großen [...]
The Wave Pictures - Photo by Rebecca Thomas I am 99.9% sure that the first release in 2010 will be from the fine indie-label WIAWIYA (Where it's at is where you are). Why so sure, you ask? At 00:01 on 1st January 2010, they will relese the debut solo single by DAVID TATTERSALL (lead singer of The Wave Pictures ) as a free download. The single is called "HAPPY FOR A WHILE" , and this is the title-track from his forthcoming album on wiaiwya, [...]
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