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21/09/03 ESP TO SUPPORT GRANDADDY?
Rumours are circulating that ESP may support Grandaddy on the European leg of their upcoming tour, after ELbow pulled out to support Muse instead. Grandaddy are due to tour, amongst other countries, France, Germany and Belgium between the 14th November and the 5th December. It would be the perfect time for ESP as their own UK tour finishes 2 days prior to this in London. More news as we hear it.
21/09/03 LOSE YR FROWN
The second ESP single from the new album will be Lose Yr Frown, released on the 10th November. It will be a more conventional release than the last single, being released on CD and being eligible for the single charts. The CD can be pre-ordered from Amazon now for £3.99. Rumours are it will include a track by The Blind Cowboys, Toms side project, as the bands management liked the song. The guys are also hoping to produce a video for the release, if they can afford it!
21/09/03 NEW SINGLE AND NEW WEBSITE
Earlier this week ESP released their comeback single Things I've Done Before on limited edition 7'' white vinyl. The release is limited to 1500 copies and includes the b-side Summer Slow Meander (download it here) and a free sticker. Its not allowed in the charts as it has a free sticker but go buy it anyway, its great!
To coincede with the new single and upcoming album, the band have finally redesigned their official website. It now includes a discography, new biography, a fans submission section and audio clips from the new album. Tom helped design the site and its looks a lot better than before, though they must still dream of matching this site!
21/09/03 ESP TO PLAY SHEFFIELD
ESP will now open their October/November tour with a joint headlining gig at the Sheffield Leadmill. They will be joined by the brilliant Zutons in what promises to be a great gig. This gig wasn't included in the original lineup but i guess the demand made them add the date. Even your great webmaster asked the bands management if they would consider adding the gig!
Meanwhile Clearlake are expected to support ESP on most dates throughout the tour. The full lineup for the Astoria gig on the 12th November will be Actress Hands, Clearlake, British Sea Power and of course ESP.
21/09/03 NEW ALBUM ARTWORK
The artwork for the new ESP album, The American Adventure, has been revealed. Click here to view it.
21/09/03 THE ESP E-CARD
Earlier in the week the e-card to support the release of Things I've Done Before was released to anyone on the ESP mailing list. For anyone who didn't get it, click here to view it and listen to 5 clips from the new album! The card also includes a competition, ESP mobile phone logos and other cool stuff.
21/09/03 NME PICK OF THE WEEK
NME placed ESP's Barfly-tour as their "Pick Of The Week" of gigs to see, the whole article is below:
"Mesmerising indie songsmiths The Electric Soft Parade tour the country to support their new single, ‘Things I’ve Done Before’, released on September 15. It’s taken from their second album, ‘The American Adventure’, which is out on October 13. Named after a West Midlands theme park, it’s packed with a dazzling array of hypnotic, inventive and harmonious songs. The Brighton due’s ear for the epic has led them to Top 40 hits, over 80,000 debut album sales and a Mercury Music Prize nomination. Catch them in the relatively cost settings of Manchester Roadhouse (September 10), London W1 100 Club (11), Cardiff Barfly (12), Nottingham Rescue Rooms (13), York Fibbers (14), Glasgow Barfly (15) and Liverpool Barfly @ Masque (16)."
07/09/03 LOADSANEWS
The support acts for the Glasgow gig on the 15th September have been announced, they will be Homescience and Aviator Shades. Support for the other gigs hasn't been announced yet.
According to The Brotherhood of Fish website, Tom White was arrested for smoking weed whilst sat in a park writing new material. He was later allowed to go free, and the police were apparently cheeky enough to then attempt to get free tickets to the sold out 100 club gig!
The website also has an image of the latest copy of Fly magazine, with the brothers appearing on the front cover.
More ESP stuff is available for purchase on the internet. Firstly a lot more gig tickets have gone on sale through the wayahead website. Also Opal Music have both formats of the new album and the vinyl version of the new single available for pre-order.
01/09/03 SECOND TOUR ANNOUNCED
In edition to the small tour during September, ESP will be embarked on a larger tour of Britain during October and November, here are the dates (click on the links to purchase tickets):
October 25th - London, Barfly (Acoustic Show)
October 27th - Brighton, Dome (BBC Radio One Live)
October 28th - Norwich, Waterfront
October 29th - Reading, Fez Club
October 30th - Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
October 31st - Leicester, The Charlotte
November 1st - Leeds, Cockpit
November 2nd - Oxford, Zodiac
November 4th - Newcastle, Northumbria University
November 5th - Aberdeen, Lemon Tree
November 6th - Edinburgh, Liquid Rooms
November 7th - Liverpool, University
November 8th - Preston, Mill
November 10th - Birmingham, Academy 2
November 11th - Bristol, Fleece and Firkin
November 12th - London, Astoria
01/09/03 ORDER THINGS I'VE DONE BEFORE
The HMV website has the limited edition vinyl of Things I've Done Before available for pre-order, priced at just £0.99! The single will be limited to 1,500 copies, so make sure you get your hands on it fast when September 15th comes around.
01/09/03 WIN TICKETS TO SEE ESP
Check out The Fly magazine this month for a chance to win tickets to an ESP gig. The magazine has 5 pairs of tickets for each of the gigs on the bands September tour, including the sold out London ones. Pick up your copy of this free magazine from a record store to be in with a chance of winning. Also ESP are due to feature on the front cover of the same magazine next month.
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