Smoke Fairies News

Our album BLOOD SPEAKS is out in USA this week Released through...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:12:00 +0100

Our album BLOOD SPEAKS is out in USA this week

Released through Smoke Fairies’ very own Year Seven Records, ‘Blood Speaks’ has finally made it across the pond in the form of a special addition red vinyl and deluxe double CD featuring bonus tracks (Radio Clicks On, Bells, The Wireless, Somebody Speaks and Film Reel Remix).

Everything (including bonus tracks) is available on Download too.

You should be able to find both formats in your favoured record store or website but don’t forget, they are also available on our website: www.SmokeFairies.com

The link for iTunes is:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/blood-speaks/id638941184

Film At 11: Smoke Fairies

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:10:45 +0100

Film At 11: Smoke Fairies:

Real Music Alternatives

www.MagnetMagazine.com are hosting the premiere play of a new video we made for ‘Blood Speaks’.
Click below to follow the link:
http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2013/04/26/film-at-11-smoke-fairies/

Last week we were proud to be a part of Sister Ray’s...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:08:56 +0100

Last week we were proud to be a part of Sister Ray’s Record Store Day celebration in London. We had a tremendous time wandering around the sunny streets of Soho, visiting flower stalls, eating pizza and soaking up the party atmosphere. Thanks very much to Sister Ray and everyone involved for putting on such a great event.

Here’s a video from the day

For those who don’t have a local store and were unable to get their hands on a copy of our Record Store Day EP, we will be selling a few that we asked to be kept aside for our webshop on Monday May 20th.

SHORT FILM - RECORDING UPSTAIRS AT UNITED EP We are very excited...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:06:00 +0100

SHORT FILM - RECORDING UPSTAIRS AT UNITED EP

We are very excited to present a short film documenting the making of the EP made by our friend, the enormously talented, New York based film maker Luke Norby. We have been working with Luke over the last few weeks to make this film which has been a labour of love for all of us.

Please have a watch here

UPSTAIRS AT UNITED EPRECORD STORE DAY 2013Back in 2011 we were...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:03:00 +0100

UPSTAIRS AT UNITED EP
RECORD STORE DAY 2013

Back in 2011 we were on a US tour with Blitzen Trapper and Dawes when our good friends at United Record Pressing invited us to stop by and record a live EP. United arranged for Chris Mara from Nashville studio ‘Welcome to 1979’ to set up a mobile analogue studio in the rooms above the factory floor and record us, live, straight to tape.

Several members of Blitzen Trapper agreed to be our backing band for the session and on our one day off we all got up early and embarked upon a mini adventure from Birmingham, Alabama to Nashville, Tennessee.

The resulting EP is released worldwide for Record Store Day this Saturday, April 20th.

‘Upstairs At United’ is the 6th in the series already containing the likes of Brandon Benson, Keane, Jeff The Brotherhood and Willy Mason. You should find the EP in all good independent record shops.

To celebrate Record Store Day we are going to be playing outside Sister Ray Records on Berwick Street, Soho, London. It is the first time the street has been closed for a live concert, it is free entry and the line-up is fantastic, it looks set to be a great day

Heading back to Chichester this summer...

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:13:43 +0000

Heading back to Chichester this summer...:

Smoke Fairies head back home to Chichester this summer to play a special intimate gig at St John’s Chapel, tickets are on sale now…

Tuesday 9 July 8pm
St John’s Chapel, St John’s Street, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1RU
Tickets: £12.50 - Available from: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/210585

Details of the North American Release of Blood Speaks

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:36:00 +0000

We never made it over to North America last year and we have missed its pancake breakfasts, long roads and good people. So, it is with great excitment, that we are planning to release Blood Speaks in North America.

Out on March 26th via on our very own Year Seven Records, ‘Blood Speaks’ will be travelling across the pond in the form of a special addition blood-red vinyl and deluxe double CD featuring bonus tracks (Radio Clicks On, Bells, The Wireless, Somebody Speaks and Film Reel Remix), all available on Download too.

They are available to pre-order from the website now www.SmokeFairies.com and hit shops 26th March in the states.

www.SmokeFairies.com

Interviewed by Laura Marling for Lab Magazine

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:40:00 +0000

www.thelabmagazine.com

A few weeks ago we got the opportunity to be interviewed by Laura Marling, the results of which are featured in The Lab Magazine.

Way back in 2010 we supported Laura on one of her US tours. It was fun recalling that epic tour and chatting to Laura about being a musician, song writing and feeling like artists.

Please follow the link here to read the piece: www.thelabmagazine.com

2012 is drawing to an end and we would like to take a minute to...

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:27:59 +0000

2012 is drawing to an end and we would like to take a minute to thank you all for your support over the last year. Thank you to all the people who have made it out to one of our shows, kept us busy with orders in the Smoke Fairies shop, and to all of those who have taken the time to send us encouraging messages and comments.

We would also like to thank independent record shops who have continued to support us and introduce new people to our music. In particularly Piccadilly, Rough Trade, Resident & Sister Ray Records who have each included “Blood Speaks” in their top albums of 2012 polls.

We are very pleased to have a track on a tremendous Tim Hardin...

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000

We are very pleased to have a track on a tremendous Tim Hardin tribute album out on the 28th January via Full Time Hobby Records.

To celebrate the release we will be heading over to Rough Trade East in London to play our cover version at an in-store along with Hannah Peel and Diagrams on Tuesday 29th Jan, please see the Rough Trade website or the album’s micro site for info nearer to the date:http://reasontobelieve.co.uk/

Our Track “If I Were A Carpenter” was posted out as Q Magazine’s track of the day last month, please have a listen:

Screen Prints

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000

There hasn’t been much chance to take stock since our UK & EU Tours, but we did recently upload the handful of UK-tour posters held back for the online shop. Joining it is the new “Feel It Coming Near” A3 Silk-screen print drawn and designed by Jessica:

Tour Starts This Weekend + In-store Sessions Added

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0100

We are having a last minute scramble to sort everything before our UK tour starts next week. The van has been booked, spare strings have been purchased and setlists have been discussed but I still need to locate my thermos and spork, essentials in road side dinning.
In some places we will be visiting local record stores, playing a few song, chatting to people and, in one case, eating pies.

Wednesday Sept 19 at 2pm - Pie & Vinyl, 61 Castle Road, Southsea, PO5 3AY
Monday Sept 24 at 1pm - Rise, 70 Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1QU
Thursday Oct 4 at 1pm - Piccadilly Records, 53 Oldham Street, Manchester, M1 1JR

New Single 'Let Me Know' 7-inch & video

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:39:00 +0100

We are pleased to announce ‘Let Me Know’ will be the next single to be taken from ‘Blood Speaks’.
TheLineOfBestFit.com premiered the video for it on the internet yesterday, you can take a look at it here:

We shot the video on a beautiful London evening a few weeks ago. It was the first ever video we have made where it has actually been warm. We shouldn’t complain, but we could have done with a fan and paddling pool. Getting up to the rooftop was a massive operation. We had already had a tiring day stuck in a hot van driving back to London from Sheffield and as soon as we got into London we all had to jump out and speedily unload and lug everything up six flights of narrow stairs. It was worth it just to look out over the rooftops at the sunset. Carrying everything down the stairs was less fun and slightly more dangerous

The vinyl is limited to 300 copies only and the b-side to the single is a remix of ‘Film Reel’ created by old band mate Kristofer Harris for us. Have a listen here: http://soundcloud.com/smokefairies/film-reel-remix

+ You can pre-order the single by clicking the image or the link here: www.SmokeFairies.com

Support acts confirmed for UK Tour

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:36:58 +0100

Our UK tour is fast approaching. We are pleased to announce that Bear’s Den will be joining as support for the tour. We also have the wonderful Black Spot joining us in Guildford and Tom Williams And The Boat in London.

We look forward to seeing you at one of these cities:

(Ticket Links & further info for all shows available on the tour dates page: Here)

New European Dates Supporting Richard Hawley Announced

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:17:08 +0100

We are going abroad! We are very lucky to be going back on tour with Richard Hawley:

October 12 - Brussels - Ancienne Belgique
October 13 - Cologne - Gebaude 9
October 15 - Berlin - Festsaal Kreuzberg
October 16 - Vienna - Theater Azkent
October 17 - Munich - Hansa 39
October 19 - Clermont Ferrand - Cooperative De Mai
October 20 - Bordeaux - Krakatoa
October 21 - Madrid - Joy Eslava
October 22 - Lisbon - TMN Ao Vivo
October 24 - Malaga - Auditorio
October 25 - Cartagena - Teatro Circo
October 26 - Barcelona - Apolo

Tickets are on-sale now and available via the links here

Last weekend’s show at Latitude festival made us eager for September to roll on and our UK tour to begin. We played in the Word Arena to a splendid crowd who were witnesses to the first ever live performance of our cover of ‘She Sell Sanctuary’. Playing a song for the first time always gives me quite a buzz and to add to it I found £1.35 on the ground after the show.

photo credit: Petra Gent

Our next festival dates are this Sunday at Tramlines, a free-entry festival in Sheffield (we play at 10.30 at The Leadmill - http://www.tramlines.org.uk/) and again at Belladrum in Scotland in a few weeks time and the newly announced Acoustica Festival in Exeter in September:

JULY 22 - UK - Tramlines Festival, Sheffield - (free entry)
AUGUST 4 - UK - Belladrum Festival, Inverness
SEPTEMBER 15 - UK - Acoustica Festival, Exeter

+ the full dates for the September & October tour are below also:
Tickets via the links here

Daytrotter, The Line Of Best Fit & Holy Moly Sessions:

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:07:45 +0100

There have been a few live sessions uploaded onto the internet recently.
Last summer when we were on tour in the US we popped into the Daytrotter offices and played a few songs for them.
http://www.daytrotter.com/#!/concert/smoke-fairies/20055113-37382554

On one of the few hot days this summer we went and cooled ourselves in a stair case in Shepherds Bush for Holy Moly.

http://www.holymoly.com/music/video/watch-smoke-fairies-three-us-live-holy-moly-sessions63442

The Line Of Best Fit wanted a nice quiet location to film our session so we took them to our favourite place in London to spot turtles. As expected, there was one sat on the edge of the pond looking on as we played ‘Awake’.
http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/videos/best-fit-sessions/smoke-awake-best-fit-session-100171

London KCLSU added to Autumn Tour

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:22:00 +0100

Tickets for this show are now on sale.

London - Kings College - Tuesday 9th October - Ticket Link

Earlier this month we got out first taste of touring since the release of the album. It was a very short tour but the cities we visited were spectacular: Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris and Berlin. In Brussels and Paris we had the great opportunity to support Richard Hawley who was on top form, and in Amsterdam and Berlin we played our own shows.

The only downside to the tour was the journey home which saw us sat in the van from Berlin to Calais and then in the windy, cold ferry port for 5 hours waiting for the next ferry. Once on board at 1am, we had to endure smashing plates, chips flying everywhere and scared children as the boat slammed over the waves. Still, can’t complain. We get to do it all again soon.

JULY 08 – Germany - Karlsruhe, ‘Zeltival’ - Ticket Link

JULY 14 - UK - Latitude Festival, Suffolk - Ticket Link
JULY 22 - UK - Tramlines Festival, Sheffield - (free entry): Info Link

AUGUST 04 - UK - Belladrum Festival, Inverness - Ticket Link

+ the UK tour dates for September & October are below:
(Ticket Link & further info for all dates: Here)

Album Vinyl Pressing + the 'This Is A Reflection' EP

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:16:40 +0100

Sadly, we are still repressing the vinyl for ‘Blood Speaks’. The grooves have now been cut so that they are further away from the centre to prevent the sound from distorting. Hopefully this has done the trick and we can go into full scale production ASAP.
In the meantime, here is a track from our covers EP ‘This is a Reflection’:

http://soundcloud.com/smokefairies/smoke-fairies-she-sells/s-Y44Fx

UK Tour Dates for the Autumn on sale now

Fri, 04 May 2012 09:37:00 +0100

It is a long way off but we will be going on tour around the UK in September and October, tickets are on sale now - all links below along with info for the shows in May & June.

MAY 28 - UK - London, The Tabernacle - with support from Ellen And The Escapades - Ticket Link

JUNE
04 – Netherlands - Amsterdam, Bitterzoet - Ticket Link

05 – Belgium - Brussels, Botanique Orangerie w/Richard Hawley - Ticket Link

06 – France - Paris, Festival Fragile at Bouffes de Nord w/Richard Hawley - Ticket Link

07 – Germany - Berlin, Roter Salon - Ticket Link

FULL UK TOUR:

SEPTEMBER
18 - CARDIFF - BUFFALO BAR - Ticket Link

19 - PORTSMOUTH - WEDGEWOOD ROOMS - Ticket Link

20 - BRIGHTON - THE HAUNT - Ticket Link

22 - NORWICH - ARTS CENTRE - Ticket Link

23 - OXFORD - ACADEMY - Ticket Link

24 - BRISTOL - THE FLEECE - Ticket Link

26 - BIRMINGHAM - HARE & HOUNDS - Ticket Link

27 - LEEDS - BRUDENELL - Ticket Link

28 - HEBDEN BRIDGE - TRADES CLUB - Ticket Link

30 - NEWCASTLE - CLUNY - Ticket Link

OCTOBER
01 - EDINBURGH - PLEASANCE THEATRE - Ticket Link

02 - GLASGOW - ORAN MOR - Ticket Link

03 - YORK - DUCHESS - Ticket Link

05 - MANCHESTER - DEAF INSTITUTE - Ticket Link

06 - LINCOLN - ENGINE ROOM - Ticket Link

07 - NOTTINGHAM - RESCUE ROOMS - Ticket Link

08 - CAMBRIDGE - PORTLAND ARMS - Ticket Link

2 Shows with Jack White: Sun 22nd & Mon 23rd April

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:06:30 +0100

We are very excited to announce that we be supporting Jack White at the two album release shows he announced earlier today.

This Sunday 22nd April at La Cigale in Paris and next Monday 23rd April at the HMV (Kentish Town) Forum in London.

Tickets go on sale at 9am tomorrow:

Paris: http://jackwhite.fnacspectacles.com/place-spectacle/manifestation/Pop-rock-Folk-JACK-WHITE-CIJAC.htm

London: http://www.hmvtickets.com/events/5898