March 2
Aloha!
The following has mostly filled the past few weeks:
Firstly, eleven:eleven is being mixed, re-mixed, re-recorded and re-mixed again, all to great effect. We've added some piano, tambourine, and the contrasting noises of JD's nose into the blender, and the resulting smoothie of music is quite delicious! The EP is set for independent release in April (6 months behind schedule), and the tracklisting looks to be as follows;
1. For You
2. You Don't Know
3. Ginger
4. Never See Me Again
5. Love Me
There MAY also be a download-only 'single' appearing on our web-spaces soonish, which won't be on eleven:eleven, so it'll be as rare as cream eggs are 90% of the year. There may not be though, we just don't know! Can you imagine what it's like to live in such relentless limbo? That's right, very sexy.
To coincide with this monstrocity of a debut, we're also giving out a free CD with the first 100 copies of the EP (yes, we do intend to distribute more 100 copies!) entitled '12 Song That Made Us Who We Are'. It's a scrapbook of the juxtapositions which influence each of us in what we do, hand picked by each band member themselves (for those of you with a maths qualification, that's 3 songs each).
There are also plans in the pipeline for some kind of launch-shindig with the aid of a few of our band-friends, but we're not promising anything. This is primarily due to the fact we're all lazy and afraid no one would show up to such an event (only one of those reasons is true, we'll leave it up to your discretion).
Recently, we've hooked up (slept with) a local photographer, who, after hours of bribery and torture by toothpick agreed to help us with some promotional pictures for the EP. She's very good indeed (and her pictures aren't too bad either! Hurrah!), so we're looking forward to how that turns out. The theme will be.colours.
What else? We'd like to thank the people who have attended our shows recently, you seem to look more radiant everytime. There's been a lack of our faces around town, which is rare indeed for us, so make the most of it! We plan to promote the EP further afield once it's out, including shows in Liverpool, Brighton and London to name but three. More, as always, when we hear it.
In other news, Joe's Playstation broke, resulting in a painful lack of FIFA these past few days, Pizz is trapped in a cabinet, and contrary to what the Boosh may suggest, the likelihood of him getting out anytime soon is slim to none. JD's still sporting a cardigan, and Duff has been courting various members of the female population, with varying degrees of success. If you would like to apply for the position of his girlfriend/stylist/money-lender, send your CV to the usual address.
Finally, we'd also like to congratulate those of our friends who have been coming of age recently; it's a very exciting time indeed. Now stop being so tight-fisted at the bar, we're musicians not physicians!
That's really all we have to say today, aren't we exciting?!
Breaking The Girl
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September 15
We all live in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine; and many aquatic adventures have been had in that there rust bucket below the sea. We have killed pirates, slept with mermaids and found treasure chests aplenty, but thats neither here nor there. For the reason youre reading this trickery tale is so youll be the most up-to-date hip and happening scenster in all of Britannia. Yep, its that time again; time to fill your next five minutes with all things Breaking The Girl.
So, where to begin? Well, if youve myspace, then you will have noticed our swanky new profile, which is kitted out in the latest trend (eleven:eleven is the new black, people!) Were more than interested to know what you think of our page, and the music held therein. Drop us a comment or message with your thoughts on the matter, as well as any other troubles you may have. If this face lift isnt enough for you however, a) youve got some nerve bucko, and b) were currently re-designing/publishing or website, www.breakingthegirl.co.uk, which, at present, is sporting last years colours. Urgh! The new website will be a lot more gooder than the last, so be sure to check it out when its done.
eleven:eleven, the sensation which is taking Torquay by storm, is conveniently due for release at our release party, on the 26th September at Unit 22. Be sure to come down for loads of free goodies, including copies of the EP, a live performance from the band, and tattoos of JD on your arm. What a night she promises to be. After that, the EP will be available through the band, but well give you more details nearer the time on how to get your copy safe and sound into your CD player at home.
Aside from our launch party, other shows coming up include a support slot to Radio 1 favourites Air Traffic at The Old Fire Station on 4th October. These chaps are fantastic, so we recommend you catch them now before they get really big and famous and take lots of drugs and marry superstar models, because then youll never get to see them live. Also were pleased to announce weve been offered a slot at the prestigious Oxjam festival in London from 29th October at the ULU. Check out www.oxfam.org.uk/oxjam For more details.
Well thats about it for this round up. If you are lucky enough to see a band member in the coming days, wed like to explain that the gold stud in our ears is the result of far too much alcohol consumption at this years Reading Festival. Other memorable happenings included Duff going from 0 to rat-arsed in 10 minutes on Sunday night, Pizz erecting a tent faster than we could say erection, and Joe coming back at 5am as a cat. DAMN YOU WARM BEER!
All you need is love
BTG
x x x x x
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August 2
Booya! We hope all is well with you, the reader, and pray God have mercy on your soul for supporting a monster as dark and evil as Breaking The Girl. We trust your judgement.
OK, so you know the drill by now; usually we pad around our news with useless bits of information which may occasionally raise the smallest of smiles from your otherwise stony faces, but which is usually forgotten within 30 minutes of reading. WELL, today there will be no useless information, oh no sireey. Were cutting to the chase, speaking frankly, never beating around the bush, and generally getting to the point; and what a point she be...
...the day has finally arrived when we can release our creative juices all over your ears, as Eleven:Eleven is but a few weeks from being unleashed on unsuspecting Joe Public. I pity the fool. And no, your eyes havent lied to you, those are songs from the new EP on our profile RIGHT NOW! Literally this second. Go on, take another look..yep, theyre still there!
So, we at BTG HQ recommend you kick back in a comfy sofa chair, slip off you slippers, pour yourself a glass of port and marvel in the sounds we have created. And if, at any point during this heavenly experience should you wish to let us know what you think of those noises, good or bad, then by God act on your urges. It humours us to know whats on your minds.
Keep checking back on this here profile in the coming weeks for writings by music type folk, expressing their opinions on the EP in the form of reviews. Also well be hitting the clubs and pubs again soonish to promote this fiery devil, so keep your eye out for the dates for your calendars. Finally, there will be some new pictures of our gorgeous bodies on here soon too, the current ones are a bit last year and we now all have far more facial hair and bigger bellies (except for Joe that is).
Did we say bellies? We meant penises.
(Again, except for Joe).
Stick that in your pipe and smoke it x x x
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June 26
Indeed he can. Infact, JD is a man of many hidden talents. Did you know he can fit a pint glass in his mouth whilst singing the entirety of Abba's anthem 'Dancing Queen'? No you didn't, because we made it up, but I'm sure he could if he put his mind to it.
Okay, so lets pick up where we left off. If I remember rightly, our four young heroins were about to bravely battle in the southern final of the worldwide battle-of-the-bands competiton Emergenza. That night has now been and passed, and what a night it were! It began at 4pm, when we arrived for a soundcheck that never happened, and consequently there was nothing else to do but wait. And wait we did. Right up until 10:45, when we took to the stage and blitzed through 5 songs and 25 minutes of pure, unadulterated indie-pop-rock. The set was a bit of a blur, there was much jumping around and guitar aerobics, before we left the stage tired but excited, and a bit bemused by what we'd all just done, to the now traditional chants of 'B-T-G, B-T-G' from the crowd. The results came two bands later, and although we won on audience votes (for the third show in a row, I thank-you), we didn't win overall, which was a bugger, but considering the talent that was on show that night we didn't feel too bad. A HUGE thank-you to those people who stayed up well past their bedtimes to come and see us, and even more thanks to the peeps who came back from the Isle Of Wight festival a day early to catch our show. You know who you are.
Right, so with the saga that was Emergenza behind us, we're now looking to the future. Recently we've been frequenting the pub-scene (which inevitably resulted in some rowdy shows, especially after the footie!), all of which were in aid of something we're VERY excited about indeed. Not the kind of excitement we get from laughing at the less fortunate, nor the kind of excitement we get from Pizzle's froffy coffee. Oh no. This is a whole different kind of excitement.....
OK, we've dragged it out long enough now. We would like to alert everyone to the fact that we are to lock ourselves in a studio somewhere in Poole on July 8th, to record a little piece of rock and roll history, which will be known as "Eleven Eleven". As some of the more attentive of you will know, we've been recording some rough demos with our good friend Ross at the Solent University, however we are very pleased to be hooking up with Dom Kelly (who's worked with the likes of Hard-Fi, don't you know) to record our new EP. The tracklisting should be as follows;
Heartbreaker
Butterflies And Funky Cigarettes
You Don't Know
Never See Me Again
Love Me
We also have some new material which may creep onto the EP nearer the time of release, including a song about John Lennon being trapped in a mirror.
That's it for the moment, our next entry will be a bit of a 'diary' on how the recording's going, and we'll let you know how you can get your greasy mitts on a copy once it's done.
Adios
BTG x x x
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May 12
Hey cyber-spaced chums, it's been a while. ...
This tasty blog goes some way to detailing the randomness of a night in Southampton, what we can remember of it at least. We made three very different friends the night of our Battle of the Bands Semi; Mirror-D, Gay Ray and our "Manager" (who's name we still don't remember), all of whom added to the surreality of the evening. Here's how it went....
We got to soundcheck a respectable 15 minutes late, considering Duff's driving nearly killed us all a few times on the journey over. Soundcheck was running late so it wasn't a problem, and we managed to get an intimate preview of the fantastic G.R.O.O.V.E, who do eactly what they say on the tin! Soundcheck done, and we headed down the pub for a few pre-pint pints, and a couple of games of pool. On the way we were stopped by a perculiar man with a curtain tie on his head, who insisted rapping to us for a full 10 minutes. We were impressed but slightly nearvous, especially as he broke into a chours of "Gimmie your money or I'll fuckin' knife you!". Needless to say Mirror-D was the inspiration behind today's title.
So we settle at the pub, and soon learn that the guy on the table was abusing the "winner stays on" rule, by bleeding us dry of pints when we lost, so after a while we offered to get him in for the night as our pennies were running dangerously low. He agreed and that's how we met our "manager" for the evening! As we tried to leave, realising that the doors had already been open for half an hour, Pizzle was unfortunately on the recieving end of a pass by "Gay Ray" (he didn't see the funny side, we're still laughing now!). For you myspace geeks out there, our "title" next to our picture will explain all.
We get on stage late due to over-running sets, and blitz through five songs, and a new "chav themed" introduction to So Cold (www.myspace.com/breakinghtegirluk for a download), which went down pretty well. We thought it went OK, however practically every person in the venue voted for us, before joining in a chant of "B-T-G, B-T-G". Nice.
Despite this amazing response, we were still very nearvous about the outcome, only two bands from the night would go through to the Southern Final. A few shots later and the announcement was made.... We won! So we've booked a place in the Southern Final at the Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms on July 11th. 11 bands, one goes through to London. It's gonna be tight!
So that was the tale of our eventful Sunday evening, it would've been longer but the after show alcohol erased much of our memories. Before we go just a quick plug to say we're playing at the Thomas Tripp tomorrow.... Saturday night, best pub in Lymington, you do the maths!
We'll be sure to keep you posted on our next adventure, until then.....
BTG x x x
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