tbllt is a machine

Today I received some lovely news in my inbox:

hello,

we've put two new songs up on our myspace page for you to listen to. the first song is called 'the boy least likely to is a machine' and the second song is called 'a balloon on a broken string', and they're both taken from our new album which will be released in the summer. there is more news and a tiny bit more detail in a weblog also called 'two little songs'.

also, this week we're making a new website. so if you go there you won't find anything except for a page telling you that we're making a new website and a link to our myspace page. so it's probably best just to go straight to our myspace page for news and things.

i hope you like the new songs.

with love from

the boy least likely to

x

To hear the new songs: TBLLT MySpace.

I'm really digging on these songs. "TBLLT Is A Machine" fuses banjo and spacey synth in a weird but winning combination. "A Balloon On A Broken String" is vintage TBLLT - all bouncy on the outside, all dark and brooding on the inside.

God, I can't wait for the new album...

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Mid-evening edit... These songs are making me sublimely happy right now:

more from the boy least likely to...

OK, so it may seem that I've been plugging this Little Donkey business quite a lot lately... but I just got another bulletin from TBLLT regarding their cover of George Michael's "Faith". They did the song when I saw them back in June and it was brilliant. Plus the boys least likely to are completely adorable. So I'm sharing the news with you:

hello myspace friends,

just a quick message to wish you a happy christmas and to let you know that we will be releasing our version of faith by george michael as a limited edition download on january 15th through rough trade digital. you can buy it from anywhere in the world with paypal or a credit card and it will only be available for two weeks while we are on tour and then it will disappear forever. all the tour dates are listed here.

monday 15th norwich arts Centre
01603 660352 www.norwichartscentre.co.uk
tuesday 16th brighton komedia
01273 647100 www.komedia.co.uk
wednesday 17th bristol bar academy 2
0871 2200260 or 0870 7712000 www.gigsandtours.com
thursday 18th nottingham rescue Rooms
08713 100 000 www.alt-tickets.co.uk.
friday 19th glasgow oran mor
0870 1690 100 www.gigsinscotland.com
saturday 20th aberdeen moshulu
08712 200 260 www.seetickets.com
sunday 21st newcastle academy 2
0870 771 2000 www.newcastle-academy.co.uk or from www.ticketweb.co.uk
monday 22nd manchester academy 3
0161 832 1111 www.gigsandtours.com.
tuesday 23rd birmingham barfly
0870 907 0999 www.barflyclub.com.
wednesday 24th portsmouth wedgewood rooms
023 9286 3911 www.seetickets.com.
thursday 25th london scala
0207 833 2022 www.getlive.co.uk

support on all dates comes from the little ones and loney, dear.

also you can still buy the download of our special christmas song called little donkey. it was originally only available as a limited edition cd that we gave away to fans last christmas, but now it is available again. and wherever you are in the world you can buy the download version of the song exclusively from www.roughtradedigital.com until new years eve. you can buy it with paypal or with a credit card and it only costs ninety nine pence.

just click on the little donkey to download it.

thank you all for everything this year. you've been really kind to us.

happy christmas. be careful what you wish for.

with love from

the boy least likely to

x

Rough Trade, by the way, are quite fabulous themselves. I just received some Brakes vinyl in the mail from them... cheers.

A side note - Loney, Dear was #10 on my friend Rich's best of 2006 list. Sometimes I really wish I lived in the UK. Not only for the great bands, but for the fact that they wish "Happy Christmas". I don't know if it's because I grew up hearing only "Merry Christmas" or what, but I really want to adopt "Happy Christmas" one year. I'm sure I'll get lots of looks. Anyhoo, I've not checked out the Loney, Dear album yet, but rest assured it is on "the list".

I likely won't be updating my blog until after Christmas, so everyone have a very happy (or merry) whatever-holiday-you-celebrate. And a safe, happy and music-filled new year.

little donkey

From The Boy Least Likely To MySpace:

happy christmas myspace friends,

we have recorded a special christmas song called little donkey. it was originally only available as a limited edition cd that we gave away to fans last christmas, but now it is available again. and wherever you are in the world you can buy the download version of the song exclusively from www.roughtradedigital.com until new years eve. you can buy it with paypal or with a credit card and it only costs ninety nine pence.

just click on the little donkey to download it.

unfortunately this means that our version of faith by george michael has had to come off our page, but we will be making it available again as a limited edition download in january. so please don’t moan at me.

also the online shop is finally open on the website and hopefully it works. you can buy t shirts and albums from it and maybe some other stuff too. just go to www.theboyleastlikelyto.co.uk to find out more.

and finally here are the dates for our january tour of the uk. we’ve got the little ones and loney, dear supporting on all dates. which is really exciting because we think both of them are amazing.

monday 15th norwich arts Centre
01603 660352 www.norwichartscentre.co.uk
tuesday 16th brighton komedia
01273 647100 www.komedia.co.uk
wednesday 17th bristol bar academy 2
0871 2200260 or 0870 7712000 www.gigsandtours.com
thursday 18th nottingham rescue Rooms
08713 100 000 www.alt-tickets.co.uk.
friday 19th glasgow oran mor
0870 1690 100 www.gigsinscotland.com
saturday 20th aberdeen moshulu
08712 200 260 www.seetickets.com
sunday 21st newcastle academy 2
0870 771 2000 www.newcastle-academy.co.uk or from www.ticketweb.co.uk
monday 22nd manchester academy 3
0161 832 1111 www.gigsandtours.com.
tuesday 23rd birmingham barfly
0870 907 0999 www.barflyclub.com.
wednesday 24th portsmouth wedgewood rooms
023 9286 3911 www.seetickets.com.
thursday 25th london scala
0207 833 2022 www.getlive.co.uk


happy christmas. be careful what you wish for.

with love from

the boy least likely to

x