Live Elephants
Progtoberfest 2, featuring the trinity of The Far Meadow, The Gift and The Rube Goldberg Machine, is today at the Bedford! We understand there are still some tickets going, too; they'll be available on the doors for the slightly higher price of £12, which is still a screaming good deal for five great acts and an afternoon of music. We'll keep you updated on the results, of course, and, if you're seeing this early and at a very loose end, here's something to do with your Sunday!
After that, there are two more festivals left in 2017. First up, in collaboration with Prog Sausage, is Prog for Peace on November 11th. The Far Meadow and The Gift will be back, hot on the heels of Progtoberfest, and joined by Konchordat and The Room. This one's at the Iron Horse in Sidcup, from which you can pick up advance tickets, and proceeds go to charity.
Last but not least comes Masquerade 2! The brainchild of The Gift frontman Mike Morton, this is another one-dayer featuring BEM's Big Hogg alongside such esteemed acts as Magic Pie and I Am The Manic Whale. Tickets are available here.
That's about it for upcoming live shows, but there's still plenty else to look forward to, such as...
Studio Elephants
There are still two more albums to go before we call it a year. The first is coming up very soon indeed: Charlie Cawood's The Divine Abstract finally comes out on Friday, and we seriously can't wait to get this one out to you all - it's one of the strangest, most wondrous things ever to pass through our offices. If you want to make sure you get it as soon as possible, you can still preorder, and download the preview track 'Garden Of The Mind' right away!
In early December you can expect the debut album from BEM alumnus Tom Slatter's latest project, Murder and Parliament. There's a preview track here, as well, and you can download it absolutely free, so what are you all waiting for? Preorders for Murder and Parliament will open soon.
And, though we're not quite ready to give you the full details, we've another new signing to unleash on the world in January, so stay tuned...
The Fifth Elephant
Not this one.
We close with a look a little further ahead.
Next year is Bad Elephant Music's fifth anniversary. To be honest, we're still trying to wrap our heads around that. It doesn't seem like all that long ago that we were debating what to call the project and working out what all this record label business was really about.
But five years... that's a big one. And we're definitely going to celebrate.
You can expect new music from the bands behind our first two albums ever, BEM's hoariest veterans - Shineback and The Fierce And The Dead. You can expect a couple of other new developments which I've just been told I can't say any more about, on pain of voltage-calming. And, in general, we expect 2018 to be a very big year for Bad Elephant Music.
Keep an eye on our Facebook page, if you aren't already. Great things are afoot!
Status Update
What, you really want another one after all that?
Review Roundup
Two new reviews for The Divine Abstract flew off the presses this week: one from Progradar, where Emma Roebuck describes "clever sophisticated music that opens doors both spiritually and emotionally", and one from The Progressive Aspect, where Phil Lively praises a "meticulously presented" album that's "sublime by any definition of the word".
And, while it's not strictly a review, Birthday Cake For Breakfast recently sat down with Trojan Horse to discuss some of the musical influences behind Fukushima Surfer Boys. That one's available right now and fully streamable on Bandcamp, and there are still some copies left of the cassette version, too!
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