Ska Punk Soul Noise

All of us would like to make an apology for these gigs being cancelled, but circumstances were against us. Feel free to abuse via the message board.

It all sucks really. We had three shows lined up in Newcastle, Aberdeen

and Glasgow. Then a few weeks ago Aberdeen got cancelled, we’ve been

trying to get a replacement show but nothing came through. With that and

us being up against Fishbone and Flogging Molly on the other two nights

we were advised that we’d it was unlikely we’d cover our

costs and be better off saving our holiday time (we all got full time

jobs) and rebooking the shows for next year.

So that’s what we agreed, the shows are being re-booked for sometime soon, but nothing concrete yet.

Ad7 were going to do the Glasgow Strawberry Fields show as there on quite early at the Fishbone show

but not sure if that is happening or not, do go see

them if they are playing, they do rock.

We’re really sorry about the mess we’ve caused, we were really looking

forward to going up to Scotland but it is such a big trip for us we had

to make sure it was going to work out. Hopefully it will in the new

year.

Last night on Radio One the Brassic beats (get it, Brass-ic) documentary was a overview of the UK ska/punk scene.

It featured many of our friends from the UK scene plus a bit from us and Lil from HHN.

You can listen to the documentary online at the Steve Lurpack web site.

It’s a half hour show and it’s a good introduction to what the UK scene is all about. If you have any friends that don’t really understand why you’re into ska/punk send them to have a listen to this and maybe they’ll get a better idea. This is what it says on the R1 website;

Brassic Beats

Ska-punk broke out of the toilet circuit to blow up on festival stages around the UK this summer. The likes of [Spunge], Capdown, King Prawn and Lightyear are leading the way and could provide real alternative to this year’s US guitar invasion. Vic Galloway hits the road and finds a thriving scene across Britain which exists despite of a severe lack of press or cash!

Listen to the documentary

Also this is a good opportunity for you guys to bug Steve Lurpack to play some more UK punk on his show.

Well the Household name tour finished last night with a stormin’ show at The Fez in Reading. It’s been a damn good few weeks.

We had an amazin’ time doing the shows, hanging out with the other bands and making lot’s of new friends!

It started ominously with the van breaking down on our way to the Manchester show (5 fucking hours on the hard shoulder) but despite that, a few sleepless nights (Phil snores like a bastard) and the van breaking down a few more times, we loved every moment.

We’d like to thank all the bands on the tour for being such nice people and making us laugh, dance and drunk (not necessarily in that order). Lil, Kafren, and Al thanks guys, for the tour and for putting the record out. Ian cheers for sorting out the shows. All the people that have given up there floors/sofas/bathtubs so that we got a place to stay for the night, thank you very much and we apologise for any hard to get rid of odours left behind. All the promoters who kept us fed and watered (or beered). And finally we’d like to thank all the people who came to the shows and made each night so much fun.

Once we get all the shit together we’re gonna post a load of photos from the tour in the Gallery section. Also – once he’s finished typing it up – we will be putting Phil’s tour diary on the site, which should be a interesting read for you and us.

We’ve got a quiet couple of months now but hopefully we’ll be back in a town near you by the end of the year!

Due to a hold up at the pressing plant Household Name have had to postpone the release of the new album for a few weeks.

We’ve been assured that the release date will now be July 15th, sorry about the delay.

But good things come to those who wait. ;)

So here are the details of new record ‘Nothing to Say’ out 24th June on Household Name records. Available to pre-oder now!

The album feautures 12 new tracks that we recorded in January at the Whitehouse Studios. If you’ve been to a Kenisia show recently you will have heard a few of them.

You can now pre-order ‘Nothing to Say’ from the our shop, and we’ll ship it to you as soon as we get our hands on the CDs.

We all think it’s great, but we would, if you’d like to hear a few samples of the record, go to our mp3 page and have a listen.

Nothing to Say – Household Name Records – HAUS048

Tracklisting:

1. Why do I remember
2. I Don’t like you
3. Know who I am
4. Breakdown
5. Think about it
6. School’s burning down
7. Blood on your face
8. Cut the Crap
9. Dress like a pimp
10. Girl’s got nothing to say
11. Klit
12. Enemy

We’ll be joining bands such as Lightyear, Five Knuckle, Adequate 7 on the Household Name summer tour. It’s gonna be a summer to remember!

The tour lasts for pretty much the entire month of July and we’ll be appearing at most of the shows from the 14th onwards. Check out our dates on the shows page and for more details on the entire tour visit the HHN site.

As well as the HHN tour we have got loads of shows lined up in June to promote the new album “Nothing to Say” which is out soon.