Chris Devotion & The Expectations // Give them a T-Break!

Ripping up the festive fields this summer, Chris Devotion & The Expectations are happy to announce they will be performing at this year’s T in the Park.

More information on all the T-Break acts announced can be found here.

Braw. 

Super Adventure Club // Insider Festival

Our most spazz-tastic Armellodonians Super Adventure Club are happy to announce their return to the live scene this summer after a lengthy hiatus.

The band will be performing at this year’s Insider Festival which takes place from June 15th to 17th in Aviemore, Scotland.

The band will also be announcing some local shows in the not too distant future so stayed tuned. They’re back!

The Hazey Janes // Supporting the Woombles

The wonderful Roddy Woomble & Band are out on tour next week and chief Jane, Andrew Mitchell will be opening up (solo) at the following shows:

May 10th - Gardyne Theatre, Dundee
May 12th - Island Arts Centre, Easdale. 
May 15th - Blue Lamp, Aberdeen
May 17th - Woodend Barn, Banchory.

Head along early and say hello!

The Hazey Janes latest long-player The Winter That Was is currently available from all good record shops and directly from HERE. 

The Pure Conjecture // New Troop!

It gives us great pleasure to announce a new troop to the Armellodie camp.

Introducing The Pure Conjecture…

Fronted by Matt Eaton and featuring members of British Sea Power, Brakes, Electric Soft Parade, The Hazey Janes, The Tenderfoot and Thirty Pounds of Bone, the band posses a charming individuality which is both at odds with and wholly impervious to current musical trends. There are not many groups - in the UK, at least - genuinely mining the same seam that gave us Solomon Burke’s ‘Don’t Give Up On Me’, and the Daptone label, for instance. Often funny, often poignant, and beautiful the Pure Conjecture is the panacea to cynicism in a serious world! 

The band’s debut album, Courgettes, will be released on 12” Vinyl and digital download on Monday 9th July 2012. You can pre-order the vinyl HERE right now and watch the video of ‘1st Time I Saw U’ here. 

Oooo and get the band fanned up on Facebook while you’re at it here.

Thanks to Tim Arnold for the photo.

Pure deid braw ay! 

Chris Devotion & The Expectations // Wickerman and GoNorth Announced

So Chris Devotion & The Expectations are playing Wickerman this year, as are the Scissor Sisters. Known for their camp stage show and outre dress sense Chris Devotion and The Expectations are also looking forward to seeing what the Scissor Sisters are like.

Join us?

The Wickerman Festival will celebrate its 11th year across two days this summer, 20th and 21st July, get your tickets here. 

Prior to that, the band will be heading to GoNorth, which takes place on Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th June 2012 in Inverness City. More details of the venue and showcase time to follow shortly.

You can find out more about GoNorth and who’s playing here.

Thirty Pounds Of Bone // The Boat Shed

Johny Lamb aka Thirty Pounds of Bone’s second installment of The Ship’s Log is now available for you to download for free. It’s called ‘The Boat Shed’ and you can get it HERE for free.

The Ship’s Log is written and produced by Thirty Pounds of Bone and is part of Lone Twin’s ‘The Boat Project.’ It documents the events and experiences of the boat’s maiden voyage.

The Boat Project is part of Artists Taking the Lead, a series of 12 public art commissions across the UK to celebrate the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. The Boat Project is funded by Arts Council England

Chris Devotion & The Expectations // Heaven Magazine Review

Chris Devotion & The Expectations go dutch with a review of their most excellent debut album, Amalgamation & Capital, popping up in Netherlands pop magazine Heaven. 

Can’t understand dutch!?! …you fool. Here’s the review translated by the most lovely and multi-lingual, Laura Menenti, just for you, idiot!

Chris Devotion And The Expectations
Amalgamation And Capital
Armellodie Records

Irresistible.

Don’t ask me where I came across this name, because I honestly can’t remember – nor does it matter much, because the debut album of Chris Devotion And The Expectations, consisting of 16 songs, can be bought for seven pounds through their own website or Amazon UK. And there is all reason to do so: it’s been years since I last heard a punky pop album, or if you like, poppy punk album, that so irresistibly blasted from the speakers. Based in Glasgow, Scotland, Chris Devotion and his Expectations (CD/EX for short) couple the drive and class of the old Clash with the irresistible song structures of the Ramones, with a pinch of 70’s Elvis Costello on top – all this in a fashion that sounds related to the Gaslight Anthem, but with a more British rather than American twist. Of the sixteen songs, only two are longer than three minutes, while most are between 1.5 and 2 minutes. That there’s not a gram of fat to be found therefore goes without saying, even though it’s the qualities of Devotion as singer and songwriter, the Expectations as band (guitar, bass, drums), and Andy Miller as producer (also Sons & Daughters and The Delgados) which make Amalgation And Capital a triumph of 2012 punk rock which will be almost impossible to beat.

**** Eric van Domburg Scipio

Chris Devotion & The Expectations // Exystence Review

The Hazey Janes // Gardyne Theatre Show.

On June 2nd The Hazey Janes shall be performing their lost album, Hands Around The City in its entirety, along with a selection of songs from their new record The Winter That Was at the Gardyne Theatre, Dundee!

This special, one-off show shall have an extended line-up featuring brass and strings. Singer/songwriter Riley Briggs (Aberfeldy) will be joining as a special guest.

One night only kids, it’s like the Palace Hotel Ballroom all over again!