shady bard are currently recording demos for their second studio album.
UK bookings: contact the band here .
European bookings: Haiku Bang .
Publishing and sync: Paul Harris at Reverb Music .
COMING UP NEXT:
shady bard unplugged at St Barnabas Chapel, Manette St, London on Thursday 19th June. A night with a difference in the beautiful surroundings of the chapel. Here's what the organisers say:
"Music at St Barnabas is a vibrant community and live performance project working in support of the charity "The House", a state-of-the-art move-on centre for the homeless. Every Thursday evening Music at St Barnabas hosts beautiful concerts at the Charity's exquisite chapel in the heart of Soho.
The Chapel is a jewel of a venue. The quality and variety of music at 'Music at St Barnabas' is remarkable.
St. Barnabas Chapel is just off Soho Square in Manette Street, right next to the Borderline venue between Greek Street and Charring Cross road. It's a charming building with extraordinary acoustics. All effort is completely voluntary, and all monies go back into the project."
More info here .
ABOUT SHADY BARD
Last year saw the release of the band's debut album, From The Ground Up, in the UK on Static Caravan and in Japan on XTAL .
Described as 'wonderful' by Word and 'dazzling' by the Sunday Times, the album also received praise from the likes of Drowned in Sound (9/10), Q, Music Week, Organ (album of the week) and Uncut as well as radio plays from Steve Lamacq, Phill Jupitus, Marc Riley and XFM.Tracks have also been used by the BBC and by MTV, who selected Treeology to soundtrack their climate change campaign going out across the world.
Described as a miniature indie orchestra, their line-up includes violin, cello and French horn alongside guitars, piano, percussion and samples. They’ve drawn comparisons to Mercury Rev, Nick Cave, Low, Super Furry Animals, Godspeed and Arab Strap.
They've toured the UK playing shows in cinemas, churches and on the bandstand of Birmingham Botanical Gardens. In September, they supported iLiKETRAiNS on tour, followed by their own album tour in October including a very special sold out homecoming in the newly reopened Birmingham Town Hall.
BUY THE UK ALBUM (VAN134) HERE:
Cargo Records
Amazon
HMV
Play
Rough Trade
Boomkat
Norman Records *
BUY THE JAPAN ALBUM (XTAC006) HERE:
Tower Records Japan
HMV Japan
diskunion
Shinseido
Tsutaya
XTAL Records website
XTAL Records myspace
THINGS TO WATCH:
MTV picked Treeology as the soundtrack to their climate change campaign going out worldwide over the course of last year. Take a look:
This is the video for Treeology directed by Broken Pixel. Salvaged from the archives of forgotten 80s children's art show 'Craftwork', it tells the story of a mischievous Treeologist who wreaks havoc in the studio whilst the presenters' backs are turned.
THINGS TO BUY:
T shirt £12.00
