Sheffield.
What an excellent night…our first proper gig in another city went pretty well! Technical troubles all over the place and a busted monitor made the sound on stage akin to wet arses slapping together at times, but hopefully if you caught us you enjoyed it.
The other bands tonight were amazing as well. Brains For Breakfast is one guy, not a band, but he played some excellent acoustic music, including an old Irish folk song that got faster and faster and faster until he was making So Solid Crew’s rapping look like slow-motion. Cable35 were the nicest guys we’ve played with to date, and they rocked the fuck out - awesome grunge revivalists. Puzzles and Like Lions both played some really unique, excellent tunes as well - all four of them are well worth checking out!
Also mad props to the 30+ pirates who came into the bar mid-show. Shame they left before we played, I’d been prepping some pirate banter just in case!
Our first gigs of 2012!
Hello all,
We’re happy to announce our first couple of gigs of the year, they’re both in February and they’re both free! We’re playing with some wonderful bands, and they’re going to be a lot of fun.
4/2/12 - The Actress & Bishop, Birmingham
w/ Mauna Loa, Jura & Killer Yogi
13/2/12 - West Street Live, Sheffield
w/ Brains For Breakfast, Cable35, Puzzles & Like Lions
See you there!
12/12/11 - A mostly unexciting update.
Progress continues on the EP. We’re onto the mixing stage, and so far it’s sounding pretty unbelievable. The artwork is also in some incredibly capable hands, and I’m personally getting really excited to be able to show you guys something soon. It’s going to be nice to have something to show for the last few months!
We’re playing one more show this year - at The Jagged Rock Lounge (?), also known as the old Little Civic (!) in Wolverhampton, on the 22nd. It’s our first (intentional, anyway) headlining show, and we have a real poster and everything. You can buy tickets for £4 on the door, or in advance for £2 plus a 50p booking fee from WeGotTickets. If you buy through them, you should donate some of the money you saved to ActionAid when you go to the checkout. Support on the night comes from Jaccals and The Cape Of Good Hope, who are both absolutely brilliant.
Finally, a limp excuse to plug our Facebook page. Have you liked it yet? If not, why not? It’s okay, I understand, you’re busy. Look, I’ll put a link here. We’re only 22,046,997 likes behind Metallica, and after that godawful Lulu record I think we could argue that we’re more deserving of likes than they are. Did you miss that link? Click here to like us! Look, I’ve made it bold and everything.
Aw, heck yeah!
Right, you horrible lot: ARBOR LIGHTS, at The Flapper & Firkin, TOMORROW NIGHT
As part of the second WATCHFIRES evening. Also playing are Tim Fletcher, Mitch & Murray, Sunrise Over Europe and the stupidly great God Damn.
We’ll be playing a new one. It’s going to be fun!
Source: dashandblast
HESFES - 26.07.11
Some astonishingly great shots by our friend Christy Nunns.
HESFES, 26.07.11.
Photos by Mark Elton.
Hello! We're Arbor Lights, and we are crafters of fine, hearty instrumental rock. We are from Birmingham in the UK. Sometimes we play loud, sometimes we play quiet.
We released our self-titled EP in March 2012; you can listen to it and download it for free at:
http://arborlights.bandcamp.com
