Video Blog #1

We're excited to share our first ever VLOG! We hope you like it (even with Sally's ruthless editing skills!) 

Merry Christmas everyone and have a lovely New Year we're really looking forward to 2016!

Autumnal Vibes

Hello everyone!

Last Saturday we filmed a little video live in our living room of some new music! We've been writing loads these past few weeks and wanted to give you a taster of what's to come. As you can see, we specially got out our autumn wardrobe as we've now properly entered our favourite season.

Thanks for watching and we hope you enjoy!

New Video

We're very excited to show you the music video for 'Parallel' from our debut album. Big thank you to Scott Quinn for giving up so much of his time to make it and to Corry Raymond for his help on the cinematography.

The video for 'Falling For Orpheus' is now live!

Filming 'Falling for Orpheus'

The video for 'Falling for Orpheus' is nearly finished!

This is the first time that we went all out with making a music video and it's definitely paid off. Instead of attempting to film it ourselves, we got director Corry Raymond on board and his work is just brilliant. Working with someone new was initially scary as we've never really been told what to do or how to behave in a story-based music video before, we just did what we felt would work. But we soon relaxed and it became very enjoyable. Corry had a set idea of how he wanted the video to play out and having that kind of purpose was something none of us ever really had when previously filming. We just made it up as we went along.

We also worked alongside Anja's brother and filmmaker Scott Quinn who directed our 'Starlight' video and edited 'Dreams'. He was taking a step back for this video and assisting Corry in camera work and sound and it was lovely to see two professionals working so well together.

The first day of filming we did at Weston College in their performance studio. This was our section where we sat and sang looking moody. There were several sections where some of us had to hurriedly exit the shot when the camera moved away then back again which was actually really fun. We had a set word for when we were out of shot so that we could run off before we came back into it again.

The second day we did a couple of weeks later at the Bristol Dance Centre. Two very lovely and talented dancers, Mathieu Gence and Amy Thomas agreed to play our Orpheus and Eurydice with choreography from Judith Jarvis. This was the most wonderful performance we could ever have wanted.

Mathieu and Amy moved so well together and it was so beautiful watching them. Initially they arrived and ran through their dances with the help of Judith giving them advice and ideas on different areas. Despite very short notice they stepped up to the challenge of learning and creating dances. They then got changed and performed to us several times with different camera shots and movements to get the most amazing looking video.

The only parts we played on this day was Sally filming her electric guitar solo, and then taking it in turns to be the gripper (holding the extension lead for Corry's camera charger so that he didn't trip over).

This has been an awesome experience and we cannot wait to show everyone the outcome. The video will be released very soon!

Don't forget to reserve your tickets for the single launch on 17th April at the Watershed in Bristol where the video will be shown. The single is now also available to pre-order.

Living Room Gigs

Would you like us to perform an intimate show in your own living room, or perhaps perform a unique one off show for you and your friends?

Well, we thought it would be nice to offer to bring our music to your living room, or any venue of your choosing should you wish.

A live acoustic performance of 'Delusion'

We will perform an hour long set for you, including tracks from our debut album, either as an intimate acoustic set, or if your space/venue allows, a full electric set with drums. We are very happy for requests for your favourite songs, including a cover or two. We'll bring a few home made cakes too!

Prices start from £250 which includes travel within a 50 mile radius of Bristol.

If you are interested then please get in touch with Steve Parkhouse at jellirecords@yahoo.co.uk.

Upcoming shows - March/April

You may have noticed that we've been rather quiet in the last few weeks. We have actually been busy making some acoustic videos in a church, which we will be showing to you very soon. Tomorrow we will also begin filming a music video for our next single - 'Falling For Orpheus' (more details of the launch are below).

 

Now on to what we really want to tell you about – after a month's break from gigs we have a number of shows coming up in March and April.

First off, on 4^th March we will be travelling back to London to play at The Bedford in Balham, alongside the Willow Band, Viara Ivanova and Yasmin Corrigan.

On 13^th March we'll be playing in Buckland Dinham Village Hall near Frome in Somerset. Support will be from our friend Bashema, plus local artist - Amelia Lewis. Tickets are available from Jelli Records priced £6.

Then on 24^th March we're playing again in London at the Finsbury. Details to be announced soon...

On 28^th March we'll finally be returning to Bristol to play at The Crazy Fox, with support from brilliant artists, The Black Feathers and Tamara Parsons-Baker, plus poet George Chopping master of ceremonies. Entry is £5.

Finally, come April 17^th in Bristol we will be releasing our single 'Falling For Orpheus' – A modern twist on the Greek myth of Orpheus & Eurydice. We can promise it will be something a bit different. We're also lucky to have the amazing Zoë Wren and Ed Wren (no relation) supporting us.

Note that this was to take place at The Arnolfini but has had to be moved due to unforeseen circumstances. We are hoping to be able to announce a new venue just across the water very shortly.

Advance tickets are now available for £7.

We look forward to seeing you all again very soon!

Filming Dreams Video

It’s been a very busy and exciting week for us. You may remember us posting about a new video we were working on some months ago, including a picture of us looking moody by a big fire. Well we've been completing that video, and it’s not long to go until it’s ready!

This being our follow up video from our recent video to ‘Road Signs’, we've taken a more ambitious route. This has included handmade dresses and costumes, crazy make-up and face paint, plenty of hours driving from place to place and even Anja standing on top of the world in a bird costume.

We've been filming everyday this past week gathering up our collection of strange clips, which will then be pieced together to go with our song ‘Dreams’. Having suffered some unfortunate weather-related cancellations, stomach pains and blistered hands and feet, we got there in the end and now we wait for the editing process.

We are expecting to release the video at the end of November.

New Video - Road Signs

Aaaaaaand here it is!! ‘Road Signs’, our first video release from our new album ‘The Honeyfire’ which is being released on 11th December 2014 though Jelli Records.

We are so pleased to finally be sharing our work with you! We hope you like it.

Anyone who has already pre-ordered the album will now receive an early download of  the Road Signs track as will all future pre-orders.

Don't forget that if you pre-order the album before October 15th you will also get your name printed on the album sleeve as a thank you.

Pre-order the album here.