We are now further on from “Further Still” (as played by that nice Tom Robinson bloke off 6 Music) so here’s a little peeker at what went on behind the hawks. Leonard Nimoy commentary coming soon…
Hawky-talk woman,
CURXES
x
P.S. Who wants to jive like it’s 1945?
P.P.S. Here is a tiny piece of The Guardian with strong eyebrows…
A glint of silver and feathered watchers ahead! BEAT Magazine debuted our new video for “Further Still” on their lovely site today. You can watch it in all its stuffed glory below…
A thousand thanklings too, to absolutely everyone who voted in the Amazing Radio Audition poll (we’re waiting on the final count) and to all who have digitised their opinions in the name of new music; Alphabet Bands, It’s My Kind Of Scene, Slow Show (kiitti!), The Von Pip Express, The Boy With The Thorn In His Side, Musika, Brighton Music Blog, I Found Music, This One’s Different, Just Music I Like and, last but not least, this wonderful post by Breaking More Waves.
Further still/jive-hawking,
CURXES
x
P.S. The track is still available to download for nowt over here.
A wonderful Sunday to you. May it be full to the brim with post-apocalyptic car booting and free from Midsomer Murders repeats on the television. We have an audition of sorts, although this one is not a stomach churning, leg warmer-clad “Fame” style affair, nor under the cold glare of the SuperCowell destroyer, but for the glorious Amazing Radio. Essentially, we require a vote or several, so if you’d be kind enough to click here (no signup or registration needed) and place your bets on the “Further Still” horse (metaphorically speaking), that’d be most excellent. The winner gets playlisted and wins a Sega Mega Drive (well, perhaps not the second bit). Thankers.
Looking for deeper meaning in the lyrics of The Buggles,
CURXES
x
P.S. The owls are not what they seem. Look out for them tomorrow…
Among otter things this month (yes, that was deliberate, we’re sorry), we’ve been cooking up some clatterbang with our special brand of “narcissistic flutes” for Scotlandia’s own CHVRCHES, in a special 1996-style affair. The song, which premièred on Zane Lowe, is called “Recover” and you can listen/taste the difference between the original and our remix below. It was released digitally on March 25th and will be out vinylly for Record Store Day (20th April 2013). Yum.
Recovering,
CURXES
x
Presenting our soft musical furnishings, in the form of “Further Still”, which premièred on The 405 today before making an appearance on Electronic Rumors, Hand Clap Movement, Wonky Sensitive and Faded Glamour. Ta fellas. The song is available as a free download below, so help yourself pop pickers…
Further on,
CURXES
x
Good Wednesday to you. You’d better watch yourself if you’ve got a beak though, as we’ve been fondling a bunch of old hawks in the video to our next release. We’ve enclosed a few snappy snaps for your perusal…
In the meantime though, you can listen to us on Sentric’s February Music Podcast below (30:33 if you’re lazy), catch a glimpse of our best happy face impersonations on their site or exercise your eyeballs with a couple of articles that we formed in our brains for a nice chap at Session Blogger. For the article about Sleigh Bells, press ’1′. For the rant about sexism in music, press ’2′.
For all other enquiries, please leave a message on the 25th of March, when we’ll be premièring our new track, “Further Still”…
Hawkward,
CURXES
x
P.S. To paraphrase our buddy George Michael, if you’re looking for pastlove…
Aloha funsters. Much like Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, we are at the ‘crossroads’ of January. It’s been a lovely start. We were recently asked to pick some tracks for Skeletory, which apart from sounding like a great fusion of our earlier bone pun and a cosy conservatory, is also a splendid music hub online. We always love a good excuse to play Roy Orbison, so treat yourself to a nice earful of warm Roy here.
Additionally, the kind folkers at Hype Machine have featured our “Creatures” on their January playlist, alongside the rather wonderful CHVRCHES & Empress Of. We’re at 16.22 but all of it is golden. Pour into your earholes (serving suggestion)…
Transmission end. For now…
Tug boats-n-harmony,
CURXES
x
P.S. Where’s the nearest Bureau de Change?
A digital crumb of biscuit. A last tipple of mulled topple. SAD CRACKER ENDS.
It can only mean one thing…Happy January to you and yours! What a fine transition it has been as well. We finished ahead of The xx and Grimes to be XI (that’s eleven by the way) in Hype Machine and Tom Robinson’s delightful unveiling of the most blogged acts in the UK on BBC6Music; our Christmas cover has reached over 12,000 plays on SoundCloud, plus we owe Azealia Banks an apology too for pinching her It’s My Kind Of Scene crown. Sorry about that. To contribute to this, we also played at being guest editors for Right Chord Music, picking some of the finest tunes from 2012, including tracks by Us Baby Bear Bones and Trust. Ah, we remember it like it was yesterday…
Ultimately though, it’s about when a man and woman love each other very…erm, or maybe some new songs, yes? Fret not chumlings, they’re on their way…
Configuring strategically placed trumpets,
CURXES
x
P.S. We are still looking for a private taxidermy collection. Dial ‘F’ for Facebook if you can help…
…and so the bell tolls.
Romanticised supermarket advertisements promise gilded, glistening turkey-scapes of wonder. Angry brigades cry out in tinsel-covered furore over stolen indie classics being re-contextualised for the festive season. A whole pack of mince pies gets consumed during the John Lewis advert and effs are sent out into the ether for making us into a blubsome, sentimental shipwreck.
Let’s simplify things and go back to 1944. Taken from the musical Meet Me in St. Louis, “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” is sung by Judy Garland’s character to her distressed younger sister upon learning that their family may be forced to move out of their home. A performance by Garland to World War II troops followed, moving many to tears.
So, here’s our take on this popular yuletide chanson, complete with heated Coronation Street samples…
Thankyules also to all the folks who have come along to our live offerings this year and to those lovely chums who have featured our music on their blogs, helping us to be one of the 15 acts of “The Blog Sound of 2013 poll” long list. Fancy. Speaking of which, have a read of these festive scribblings from Brighton Source, It’s My Kind Of Scene, Breaking More Waves, Brighton Music Blog, The DaDaDa, Music Broke My Bones, New Statesman and The Von Pip Express - and of course, have yourself a merry little Christmas now…
Onward,
CURXES
x
Available exclusively from Southsea’s own fantastical pie and music hub, Pie & Vinyl. No purple, spandex or gold symbols in sight though, just glorious plastic wheels of sound, avec buildings from the local area. They are £10 each. That also gets you a signature and a lovely Curxes stamp on the reverse. Spiffing.
Elsewhere, we have been pleased to receive some wheely (groan) nice comments about our recent animated video for “Spectre”. Step forward Artrocker, Breaking More Waves, Deer Brains, Faded Glamour, wizards of Aus It’s My Kind Of Scene, Strong Island and Pompey Pop. We digitally salute you/kiss your faces through the Internet. Not only that, but we’ll be joining Mute’s own treasure Polly Scattergood on her Portsmouth and Brighton dates. More info here or go yonder for tickets.
Righto, back to recording that Christmas song…
Decking the halls with static,
CURXES
x
