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Well this week was a whirlwind!
Along with the release of the frankly superb (if we do say so ourselves) Orkney: Symphony of The Magnetic North - see here for where to purchase – we also announced two signings which, needless to say, we’re absolutely overjoyed with. Rather than waffle on each, just go check out the music and we’ll fill the gaps in after you’ve taken in the music…
CHEEK MOUNTAIN THIEF – i-D Online exclusive of Cheek Mountain
SEAMS – Free download of Potential
Great review of ‘Free Time!’ on the BBC Music site.
Pinkunoizu’s debut album is out now. Grab it from Amazon.co.uk here.
We’ve partnered with Genero.tv to give you the chance to make the video for School of Seven Bells‘ next single ‘The Night’. We’re leaving it open for you to interpret the song so get creative! The winner will get $2,500 and your video will be used as the official music video. Entries close May 8. All the details on the following link: http://genero.tv/schoolofsevenbells/
As you’ve hopefully seen from it being all over the internet in the last week, we partnered the wonderful Craig Finn up with the equally wonderful guys at Signature Brew so that he could make his very own craft beer. And now… it’s on sale!
Head to the Signature Brew website to get your mitts on a few bottles.
The debut album from Pinkunoizu is now available for pre-order, and in an attempt to be really helpful, we’ve gathered as many pre-order links as we could find together and put them on our Facebook page.
The album ‘Free Time!’ contains the single ‘Parabolic Delusions’, which you can see the video for below…
We are delighted to announce the signing of the newest band to join the FTH roster. Please put your hands together for The Magnetic North.
Comprising Erland & Simon from Erland & The Carnival and singer/orchestral arranger Hannah Peel, the band will be joining forces with us to release their debut album ‘Orkney: Symphony of The Magnetic North’ on 07.05.12.
To read an exclusive interview with the band, and see their own lovingly-crafted video for the track ‘Bay of Skaill’, head over to The Arts Desk. Then head to the band’s newly created Facebook page to download the track for free!
Head to RollingStone.de to see the worldwide exclusive premiere of the video for ‘Ghost Lit’, the next single to be taken from ‘Black Light’.
As per the heading! Head here to pre-order an MP3 or M4A version of ‘Ghostory’ for just five pounds.
Check out this rather nifty footage we found this morning of School of Seven Bells playing ‘The Night’ live on ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’ over the weekend.
The track is taken from the forthcoming album ‘Ghostory’, which you can find a whole bunch of retail links for by clicking here.
Two Full Time Hobby acts (Tunng and Fujiya & Miyagi) have contributed remixes to the new album from Zoon Van Snook, entitled ‘(Remixes From) The Nutty Tree’ (out 24.04.12 on Mush Records). Check out the tracklisting below…
01. Shall He? Shanty (Grasscut Remix)
02. Cuckoo (Corduroi Remix)
03. Lomograph (Fujiya & Miyagi Remix)
04. The Cross I’d Bear (Tunng Remix)
05. The Two Knives (Cuckoo’s Reprise) (Woos Remix)
06. Half Term (8:08) (Daedelus Remix)
07. Sculptress (Yppah Remix)
08. Ee’m Yorn (Kirkland Remix)
09. Pearl St Mess (Ape School Remix)
10. Plainsong (Alka Remix)
11. Le Fin (Lost Idol Remix)
Click here for more information on the album.
We’re overjoyed to announce that Timber Timbre will be playing a one-off headline show in March, after the dates with Laura Marling.
Catch the band at Islington Assembly Hall on 16.03.12.
Tickets available here.
Craig Finn will be playing two headline shows in March, after his run supporting The Felice Brothers.
28th Coalition, Brighton Tickets
29th Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London Tickets
The new single ‘Jackson’ is out 19.03.12. Stream it here.
Head on over to the Full Time Hobby Facebook page for all the current places you can pre-order ‘Ghostory’ by School Of Seven Bells.
The page also contains a stream of the new single ‘Lafaye’ and has ticket details for the band’s London gig at The Garage on 08.03.12.
‘Ghostory’ is released 27.02.12.
Just in case you missed the news that Craig Finn will be playing some headline shows after his run with The Felice Brother in March, well here’s a reminder and also links to where you can pick up tickets.
March 28 – Brighton Coalition Tickets
March 29 – London Hoxton Bar & Kitchen Tickets
Craig Finn will be live on Dermot O’Leary’s BBC Radio 2 show this Saturday, playing two songs – one of which is a very special cover.
All details of the show are here.
We had some fine news through this morning from the equally fine folk over at Last.fm. Thanks to everyone playing and scrobbling Diagrams so much this week!
Check out all the stats here.
Time for the second to last album trailer, and it’s the turn of the title track…
As we get nearer to the release of new albums from Craig Finn and School Of Seven Bells, two of the many wonderful music covering websites out there have agreed to host streams of new tracks for us.
Check out ‘Jackson’ from Craig Finn here and ‘Lafaye’ from SVIIB here.
So with the Christmas break inevitably getting in the way, we were a little slack at communicating the latest Diagrams trailer links. We can only apologise. Anyway, take a look at the links below to see the clips for ‘Night All Night’ and ‘Antelope’.
http://blog.konbini.com/247-konbini/on-aime-diagrams (NB. French website)
http://thepigeonpost.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/diagrams-antelope-clip
Stay tuned for this week’s installment going live soon…
Stream the new School Of Seven Bells track ‘The Night’ on their artist page now.
Taken from the forthcoming album ‘Ghostory’, out 27.02.12 (see artwork above).
Download the brand new School Of Seven Bells track ‘The Night’ for free from Pitchfork now.
The track is taken from the forthcoming album ‘Ghostory’, available on Full Time Hobby in the UK & EU on 27/02/12.
Check out this rather lovely video & interview from The Leisure Society’s recent pop-up show in conjunction with the fine folk from Last.fm.
The Leisure Society play The Barbican 08/12/11 alongside the Heritage Orchestra, and with Loney, Dear in support. More information and tickets can be found here.
Head on over to Clash Magazine for the latest installment of the Diagrams ‘Black Light’ album trailers.
This week’s clip is the track ‘Appetite’.
Pre-order the new album from Tunng now.
Contains BBC live sessions from throughout Tunng’s career, with a tracklisting spanning their catalogue and including a few classic covers.
‘This Is Tunng…Live From The BBC’ is released 05.12.11 on CD, LP and MP3 or FLAC download. Check the Full Time Hobby store for more info.
Please welcome the delightful Hooded Fang to the FTH roster.
Their debut release on Full Time Hobby will be ‘Tosta Mista’, out on 12.01.12, but in the meantime, feel free to listen to, and download the track ‘ESP’ here.
www.hoodedfang.com
www.facebook.com/hoodedfangmusic
@hoodedfang
Fujiya & Miyagi and Diagrams will be playing live at a special Full Time Hobby night in Paris on 18th November. For more information head to the Facebook event.
The Leisure Society are to play a tiny capacity free gig for our friends at Last.fm, as a prelude to their forthcoming event at The Barbican.
In the words of the band, this will be “a stripped back, dirty and super fun show, with a spontaneous feel, totally different to our big polished orchestral show at The Barbican”.
Capacity will be limited to 100 only and to make the whole shindig even more exciting, it’s on a boat!
More details on ‘Last.fm Presents The Leisure Society’ can be found either on Last.fm or Facebook.
Tickets and info for The Leisure Society meets the Heritage Orchestra can be found here.
We’re overjoyed to announce that we have signed Craig Finn, frontman from our old friends in The Hold Steady. Stay tuned for more information, but for now we can report we’ll be releasing the 7″ single ‘Honolulu Blues’ on 28th November 2011.
To celebrate the rebirth of this here Full Time Hobby website, we’ve decided to give away a label sampler absolutely FREE.
Yep, that’s right. 100% free. No financial transaction, no email submission and no making anyone ‘Like’ a Facebook page (although, should you feel that way inclined, it’s here). Just 10 delightful songs in MP3 form, showcasing exactly what we’re all about at FTH. Check out the tracklisting below:
1. The Leisure Society – Into The Murky Water
2. Diagrams – Night All Night (Radio Edit)
3. Fujiya & Miyagi – Pills (Silver Foil Tray Mix)
4. Erland & The Carnival – So Tired In The Morning
5. Tunng – It Breaks
6. Micah P. Hinson – 2s And 3s
7. Let’s Wrestle – Dear John
8. Pinkunoizu – Time Is Like A Melody
9. School of Seven Bells – Babelonia
10. Timber Timbre – Black Water
Download the label sampler here.
Diagrams will perform their debut London headline show at Camp Basement on 22/11/11 with support from Young Husband.
Tickets available here.
Check out the band’s new Super 8mm inspired video!
Pinkunoizu have announced a new European tour in November.
All dates can be found here.
