memory drawings

January 2012

2012-01-17T12:55:00.000-08:00

Our album has been mastered, polished, given the once over by a clever man in Denmark and has been sent to the record company. We await news of what happens next. In the meantime we are planning a few shows in September 2012. If you can help please look at our page on the Sleepsound (our nice booking people) website and get in touch!

November 2011

2011-11-21T10:06:00.000-08:00

As the last leaves descend from the Robinia tree in the back lane and the plains of Yorkshire are shrouded in mist, we have finally delivered our album via the internet wires, down to the big smoke for the pop people to do their thing. Artwork ideas are being teased out of various old looking objects while we are awaiting the completion of two exciting remixes.

photo: www.bradleyhanson.com

October 2011

2011-10-06T08:22:00.000-07:00

As the Indian summer turns to rain and high winds we are making final tweaks to the album before it gets delivered to the record label later this month.

August 2011 part 2

2011-08-12T12:30:00.000-07:00

We've had stunning remixes in from Bracken (Anticon) and

Rachel Grimes (Rachel's). We continue to mix, mix, mix.

August 2011

2011-08-04T03:18:00.000-07:00

While the weather here in North Yorkshire resembles deepest winter, its surely warmer in Kentucky where Rachel has laid down some beautiful, sparkling piano to what will become the opening track 'The Canal's Drowning Black'

July 2011

2011-07-12T14:08:00.000-07:00

Joel travelled to historic York to finish up the recording for what will be our debut album 'Music For Another Loss'. We hope it will see the light of day before the year is out.

While he was here we started writing for our second album, below is lo fidelity footage of Joel performing a short piece (listen carefully and you may be able to hear something)

May 2011

2011-06-23T13:51:00.000-07:00

In May the lovely Sarah Kemp added more gorgeous swathes of violin to the equation.

March 2011

2011-03-06T12:02:00.000-08:00

Its getting brighter outside at last. We are finishing and mixing our album. We now have a home for it
and expect it will be out before the winter. We are all quite excited.

photo: www.bradleyhanson.com

February 2011

2011-02-07T11:58:00.000-08:00

We have been in the studio trying to mix some of the tracks. We are also experimenting with an American vocalist. We are outsourcing artwork. We are sending out demo's to potential labels.

November 2010

2010-11-19T12:02:00.000-08:00

Yesterday Gareth S Brown attended the ongoing recording sessions to add piano and accordion. The accordion was a two man operation with Gareth playing and Richard holding the contraption so it didn't slip out of his grasp. It was held together with sellotape. The piano was even more complicated with Gareth playing it without being able to hear the track whilst Richard nodded at him to tell him when to play. The results are great though and we think almost all the recording is done save one track.

October 2010

2010-10-12T06:40:00.000-07:00

As the leaves fall, we continue work on our debut album. We hope it will see the light of day in early 2011.

September 2010

2010-09-07T05:50:00.001-07:00

We spent the first week of september recording our debut album. Some studio shots are below.

Chinese History of Colden Water

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The demonstration tape of 'Chinese History of Colden Water'

Chinese History of Colden Water by Memory Drawings

2010-07-21T07:58:00.000-07:00

first gig september 4th cardigan arms leeds

Brave Timbers

Gareth S Brown

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