The All New Adventures of Us

Hello there,
If this is your first time here... WELCOME!... and if not welcome back :)
Tanaou lives in Northampton, England... where shoes come from.
We are seven strong and seven years old. We like to make things, write things, play things & draw things.
We run our own record label called GOOD GUYS WEAR BLACK B.R. (Bedroom Recordings), which is pretty much a vinyl only label (occasionally we do limited handmade cassettes too). We started the label to release our own music aswell as other stuff that we like & support. We're also just starting to put out a few independent books too, the first one being "Everything Is Better Under Covers" By Jaime (Tanaou), which is out in July and is a collection of short stories, poetry & other writings... There a few others on the way too.
We do most of our recordings in a studio in Umea, in the North of Sweden where our friend and practically our eighth member Magnus Lindberg (who also plays in the band Cult Of Luna) helps us put our music onto tape. We've made so many great friends and spent so much time there in the 5 years since we first started going there that the Umea snow feels just as much like home as Northampton does.
The only loose objective of Tanaou is to create some nice sounds, tell some stories, see some new places, spend time with our friends and make some new ones, but if by doing theses things we can make a few people think a little harder and dig a little deeper then that's very much cool by us!
Have a listen to the bands, artists and friends in our top 12 because they are all good good good and work tirelessly at what they love & do.
Rest Awhile, Enjoy The View :)
The Adventures xo
CONTACT DETAILS:
The Band
Jaime/Email - [email protected]
Chris/Email - [email protected]
Email us if you need a phone or snail mail contact.
FOR BOOKING E-MAIL THE ADDRESS BELOW, NOT OUR MANAGEMENT UNLESS YOU NEED TO. cheers!
[email protected]
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The beautiful friends of ours below are kind enough to help us out with a few things... here are some contacts.
Management
Jamie Johnston at Looking For Biscuits
[email protected]
Publicity
Alex Thompson & Karen Johnson at Orbit Pr
[email protected]
[email protected]
020 7033 4667
Radio Plugging
Guillermo Ramos at Out Promotions
[email protected]
020 7637 3755
Vikki & Dan made this video for firetruck (doki doki) ... it's the old mix but it doesnt matter much :)love love love x
YOU CAN GET COPIES OF THE FOLLOWING THINGS FROM THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE:-
"BEST LOVED GOODNIGHT TALES" Debut Album 2x12" L.P. / ltd to 500 copies. vinyl only
Side A / Chapter One
"Nothing says I miss you like karate-chops & the heel-slapping summer sound of flip flops"
-A Good Liar Is A Good Storyteller
-Firetruck (Doki Doki)
-"Me Me Me" Said The Kite Eating Tree; As He Took Breakfast From Little Katy
-Dream Of Sleep
Side B / Chapter Two
"All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by"
-St Crispin's Got Our Backs
-45 Forever
-The Art Of The High-Five
Side C / Chapter Three
"We've Arms For Pillows"
-Löftets gränd / New Year Outro
-Medicine
Side D / Chapter Four
"Fun is overrated, said the circus boy"
-The Wide-eyed led us home
-Perfectly Imperfect
-Hold On
This is the first pressing so get in there fast if you want to secure a copy :)
Pre-order now from Banquet Records. Out on Valentines day.
Good Guys Wear Black 2007 - GGWB004
Banquet Records
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"ST. CRISPIN'S GOT OUR BACKS/ART OF THE HIGH FIVE" - Ltd. 7" Single
A. ST CRISPIN'S GOT OUR BACKS
AA. THE ART OF THE HIGH FIVE
Mannequin Republic 2007
Banquet Records
Pure Groove Records
Pure Groove Digital - DOWNLOAD MP3's
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"THESE SONGS ARE OUR ONLY ALIBIS" - E.P.
1. MY SUMMER SATIRE
2. TIME FOR A CHANGE
3. SCENES FROM THE PASSION
4. HISTORY OF A NATION
5. KISSING CHAOS PART 2
6. KISSING CHAOS PART 3
Bravestar Records 2004
Banquet Records
Amazon.co.uk
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"Back to the Lake Stage for a band who when they’re shuffling about pre-gig look disorganised and nervous as hell, but who go on to blow the rest of the congregation out of the water and deliver the set of the day. Northampton’s The All New Adventures Of Us play an uplifting, life affirming brand of indie rock that draws few comparisons. Sunday’s headliners come close, but there’s a lyrical self awareness and sense of fun that Arcade Fire just don’t have. That’s demonstrated on songs like “Medicine”, but they can do huge anthems too, like opener “St Crispins” and show stopping “45 Forever.” If this band aren’t big news in the not too distant future, this writer will eat a hat the size of the Latitude campsite." - Tom Goodwyn LATITUDEFESTIVAL.COM
The All New Adventures Of Us or ‘TANAOU’ for short, are gaining critical acclaim and already appear to have a strong underground following, and they deserve it, because it’s damn good. It’s a perfect meshing of folk, pop and indie that totally deserves your attention.To explain the seven-piece in a little more detail, they hail from the Midlands and sound like Arcade Fire and Death Cab For Cutie slammed together, but proudly British. And it’s utterly uplifting, even from the first listen it’s like a sudden awakening, why haven’t I heard this band before? Why aren’t they already pushing the boundaries of the mainstream? The politics of the music industry aside, ‘TANAOU’ have managed to craft something almost out of this world. Whilst many indie bands will try again and again to remind you how dull and shit life is, this band seem to aim to take you away from it all. Utter, ethereal escapism. But yet giving us a subtle insight into middle-English life.The second track is stronger than the first, but when both are just great folk-pop songs it hardly matters. One of the great things about the two tracks is that there are so many things going on in them, and yet it never gets convoluted. Lines like “When you grow up, your heart dies” are made all the more meaningful by wonderful vocals and great arrangements. It ends up being a perfect example of great song writing.If there’s any justice, ‘The All New Adventures Of Us’ will get their just rewards this year, and they should be part of everyone’s summer soundtrack. This taster was more than enough to send me searching for more tracks; I strongly suggest you do the same.
Glasswork.co.uk
"Northampton's Tanaou (or The All-New Adventures Of Us in long-hand) are easily one of the most exciting indie bands in Britain right now. While they have a similar delicacy as Straylight Run, there really isn't anyone in the UK who sounds like them. The six-pieces debut EP shifts moods with abandon; the pianos and guitars chime, reinforced with violin trills and boy/girl vocals, building upwards. Sometimes as on 'My Summer Satire' and 'Scenes From The Passion', the songs erupt. At others ('The History Of A Nation'), they are allowed to rove away into the wilderness. Tanaou are charmingly unpredictable, unravelling soul-bearing lyrics and paeans to love. They're literate but not over-indulgent. They're intelligent but not arrogant. They're brilliant and they're British. It's time to welcome Tanaou into your life as the perfect antodote to the Libertines/Franz Ferdinand-inspired apathy" - Mike Haydock - ROCKSOUND
St Crispin's Got Our Backs / The Art Of The High Five Single Review Think of every instrument that you can and this band uses it, in short glockenspiels, casiotones, mandolins, organs and a new style instrument that you may not know oh yeah that's it a guitar. So it is not surprising that there is a mere seven people in the band that are known as The All New Adventures Of Us. (For those lazy reviewers they are known as TANAOU)St Crispin's Got Our Backs and The Art Of The High Five is the debut double 'A' side single. Not only is this a double 'A' side, but the download release date and the physical release date shows how far we have come since tape single releases. The All New Adventures Of Us are one of the bands to benefit from being a part of the Electric Proms. With St Crispin's Got Our Backs there was no need to sell it as a double 'A' side. This song says it all, dual vocals in the way of female and male, and although there is so much going on with the actual music, the lyrics are just black and white. So have The All New Adventures missed out on a trick here? Could they of actually have had two singles under their belt? The Art Of The High Five is the second part of the double 'A' side. The one thing about The All New Adventures Of Us is you will spend so much time trying to figure out what is going on with the music, that you will miss the lyrics. These are like a complicated film that you will need four or five listens and each time you will pick something else up.The All New Adventures Of Us are a really exciting prospect and hold that something else, that something more, just something different. There could be massive times ahead for the seven that is The All New Adventures Of Us.Mark Moore Contactmusic.com
"Northampton is not traditionally associated with hook-laden, anthemic indie-pop, but it could very well be that this is about to change. The reason for this is unpretentious seven piece The All New Adventures of Us, or Tanaou to their friends. These Songs Are Our Only Alibis is twenty five minutes of piano-led, string-tinged, singalong-worthy, laidback rock.
The first thing that becomes apparent with opener My Summer Satire is that - blessedly - these are a band apparently unburdened by their failure to be born in the US; the vocals are unashamedly and refreshingly English. The second is that the only thought running through the Tanaou collective mind is 'melody, melody, melody'. Be it vocal, piano, guitar, strings or something else entirely, there is barely a moment when this EP is not without an eminently hummable hook.
The male/female vocals, combined with the occasional folky moment, permit comparisons to latter day Seafood, but the explosive chorus of Time For A Change turn thoughts towards more rock-oriented outfits; imagine if Jenny Reeve of Eva and the Reindeer Section recorded with 100 Broken Window-era Idlewild in their These Wooden Ideas moments.
History of a Nation is a work of some not inconsiderable beauty, and articulate with it; the lyrics alone are enough to suggest that Tanaou may have the creative invention required to sustain an output of some longevity. Strings wind elegantly around a strong rhythym section, piano and sparingly-used guitar ice the cake; the only disappointment comes when this song ends.
With a full length album due this summer, Tanaou could well be the surprise act of 2005, but in the interim you would do well to have These Songs Are Our Only Alibis on your stereo whenever you need a burst of sunny aural pleasure." - Alternativenation.net
"This has a sweeping, majestic quality about it that is all it's own, a masterclass in strident songwriting" - Big Cheese Magazine
"a portrait of honesty framed by 5 corners of understanding, the sum of these parts perform time travel on tape, hurling me back to the first time i was played Elliott's 'False Cathedrals' or 'Your Majesty' by The Anniversary... ...rarely on a record of this kind do you hear, or indeed feel, a collective pull from all quarters towards the same goal - to tell a story through song. No hidden agenda, simply to explain. And in poetry cooed in the sweetest of contexts, explainations are what Tanaou stands for" - Sammie Cain
"the best bits of all your favourite every-genre bands and more. Really beautiful songs." - Apoplectic.org
"Everything about this record is amazing - the art, the production, the level of musicianship, the lyrics...I could go on. I don't know what the future holds for Tanaou, I don't know if they'll ever make another album or whether this will get the press and publicity it deserves. But one thing I do know is that this is perhaps the most gorgeous piece of art I've heard all year. " - Punktastic.com
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Thanks, xo
Rob is the glue of this town. And he IS way cooler than both you & I.
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