That Difficult First Album |
Our eagerly awaited first album, tentatively titled Live In Extraordinary Beauty, is edging slowly forwards, like an aural glacier. When we started it in July 08 we joked it would be finished by Chris...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:00:00 GMT |
Keepin’ it local |
The Effras move in ever-decreasing circles. This is a good thing. Soon we shall be travelling to gigs on bicycle power alone, and that would help the planet, no? Anyway, the upshot is that we're appea...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:47:00 GMT |
Nous sommes en residence |
After our triumph at the Greenbelt festival (thanks to all of you who made it and cheered us on), we are hoping for an Indian summer and looking forward to an autumn which includes a residency at the ...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:03:00 GMT |
200 friends! 198 friends! |
I don't know why the number of friends should matter, but we got all excited when we reached 200. Then a bit depressed when it went down to 198. I know myspacers come and go but hey.
Posted by on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:52:00 GMT |
dads rock |
You may have noticed things going a little quite in Effra Towers. This is because we are on the brink of becoming 80% Dad Rock - yes, Johnny the drummer is great with child. We'll give him a couple of...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:17:00 GMT |
NIGEL EATON IS NUMBER ONE FRIEND OF THE EFFRAS |
Yes, after literally months of lobbying, Nigel has won our utmost affection and has been promoted to NUMBER ONE FRIEND OF THE EFFRAS. Nigel plays the hurdy-gurdy. We would like to remind him that NUMB...
Posted by on Fri, 02 May 2008 15:24:00 GMT |
stuff |
We haven't blogged for a while but we're still here. A few things to look out for, including a local gig for local people (the White Hart in Crystal Palace) and a forthcoming feature in that esteemed ...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:14:00 GMT |
new track |
We've just stuck up a new track from our demo sessions - Trebarwith Strand - which taps into that little known sub-genre of the murder ballad, the suicide ballad.The song has already been covered by L...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:23:00 GMT |
Our radio debut |
So, we had our radio debut. Andrew told tales of Sir Walter Raleigh. Andy said the word "toilet". Robert Elms declared Down In The Effra "fantastic stuff". And indeed, we sang it like little angels. I...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:49:00 GMT |
NOW ON FACEBOOK |
Er, that's it really. Do a search on "effras" and you should find us.
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 11:18:00 GMT |
