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You'll notice to the new twitter widget on the side bar of our website. If you're not already, friend us up on twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/thedevotedfew we tweet all day! We'll see you in June!
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Pic by victoria waghorn
For those of you who weren't there we knocked out versions of 'How Soon Is Now' by The Smiths (apologies to the purists for cutting it down to four minutes from the original six or so), Weezer's 'Why Bother?', The Cure's 'The Hanging Garden' and 'Hounds Of Love' by Kate Bush. Sarah Blasko provided a gorgeously fractured version of Bowie's 'Heroes' as well as a track from her new album.
There are a few photos and a bit of a run down of the evening over here! And some more pics over at the triple j website
Craig's book, 'Hey Nietzsche! Leave Them Kids Alone!' is out now!
The pic of us was taken by Maja Baska. Here's the Drum Media article in PDF format:
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We are off on our album tour this week! See you in QLD, VIC, SA & NSW soooooon!
First off here's an interview with Ben in this weeks Rave mag in Brissy HERE
Here's another interview with Ben in this weeks 3D mag in Sydney HERE
Plus there's an exclusive TDF track available for download at the Home & Hosed website. Check it out HERE
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Go on, you know you want to!
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ep 1 - In this episode we find out where the bloody hell have we been for the last two years + we get the recording train rolling with Don't Listen To Us.
ep 2 - In this episode Benjamin talks briefly about the new songs compared to old ones + we start recording the bulk of the album at Origami Studios + Skye shows us some lovely drawings.
ep 3 - In this episode we head to Big Jesus Burger Studios to record Trigger Fingers and The Death Of Us + we speak about song writing and how a six-piece band operates in rehearsals + we see what is left on the cutting room floor.
ep 4 - In this episode Skye and Wes show us the best they can do + we have a Devoted Few rock montage + Richo claims to be the 'best drum tuner in Sydney' + there's the last take (sleigh bells in Tom Said) of the last day of recording the album.
Kicking off at 3:30pm the Apple store which is at: 367 George St Sydney NSW 2000 PH: (02) 8083 9400.
Plus, right now the entire album is being previewed right now on the band's MySpace page - myspace.com/thedevotedfew. Check it out!
]]>jmag has given Baby, You're A Vampire the thumbs up in its latest issue which hit newsagent shelves today. Here's what they had to say -
Relationship fodder is bloody work for Sydney six-piece.
A long time coming for Sydney's The Devoted Few, Baby You're A Vampire delivers on the promise made by their debut, Billboard Noises. Mixed in Nashville by Jacquire King (who's helmed everyone from Tom Waits to Modest Mouse and, most famously, Kings Of Leon), Baby... sinks its hooks into you around the third or forth listen.
Check out the all-in refrain of 'Frosty Furnaces' (a tale of touring alongside a snobby Fiery Furnaces, as singer/songwriter Ben Fletcher confessed to jmag last year) and the singalong melody of 'We Burn', complete with a nicely placed trumpet, for sure live faves. Despite its morbid title, 'The Death Of Us' is a jaunty, uplifting anthem painted with bodies burning in the night. The angular 'Don't Listen To Us' is one of the LP's best songs (and apparently a song you don't want to hear the morning after), but it's in the album's quieter moments that The Devoted Few really shine. Check the Death Cab-ish slow burn of 'Tom Said', 'You & Me & Everyone Else We Know' and the title track, which all give the band space to breathe. Nicely done. - 3.5/5
by Samantha Clode