Recording

Hello everyone.

The Love Monks were all in a studio somewhere in Truro today. I guess we felt it was time to release another professionally recorded song because the last time we properly did that was with our EP, The Likes of David Bryant.

We laid down the basic guide track today... we'd have done the drums but unfortunately the whole day fell victim to Murphy's Law so that's gonna be set back a bit. Not to worry though, the whole thing should be out within a month so you won't have to wait too long.

That is, of course, provided we can get our acts together and get this done efficiently. That means absolutely no messing around. Especially not at the piano. Not for a moment.*

So what song are we doing? More details to follow...

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*= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD1FqCqmTEM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_goBN-pirso&feature=g-u

Big Ol' Parcel.

So, I woke up to find someone had left an Amazon parcel by my bed. Could it be that my brand new Megaphone has arrived? ;)

See you at a gig soon, folks.

Workin' the Whole Week Long

Hello, everyone.

It's been such a good week. Travelling here and there around Cornwall all week has opened us up to all sorts of experiences and earned us a whole bunch of new fans. So, if you're one of them and you happen to be reading this little periodical... then, welcome. Welcome and thanks for your (hopefully) continued support.

We've also made lots of musical friends along the way... many of which I fondly look forward to working with again in future. Hello to all of you as well!

So anyway, lots of gigs to come and since you're now following us... check out my last blog entry for all the available, non-private dates that you can come and see us. I promise you I'll keep updating as soon as I'm filled in on new gigs I've not been made aware of yet.

Anyway, in future news... I *believe* there may be stirrings of an exciting new music video or two for some of the tracks on our EP "The Likes of David Bryant" (ready to purchase on iTunes) as well as some new songs we're itching to debut. One of them got played in St. Stephens tonight and everyone had a great time. I think. It was hard to tell under all that flashy disco lighting.

Anyway, hope to see you all soon, cheers!

Joe x

Setlist for 4/11/11

Lillipad Lover
Inspector Katz
Hey Ya (Cover)
D.U.I
Mr. Dinosaur
Herb the Taxi Driver
Dayglow
My Voice
Made With Love
The Ballad of Marc Macnab
David Bryant Tried to Section and Kill Me
Too Late to Mate
Chad
---
Bonkers (Cover)
The Rules

Setlist for 5/11/11

Lillipad Lover
Inspector Katz
F**k You (Cover)
Mr. Dinosaur
Nuclear War
Rubber Ball
Love is in the Sole
Dayglow
Herb the Taxi Driver
D.U.I.
Mary the Snowdeer... I Hate You
Pirate (In My Heart)
Goose in 4D
Hey Ya (Cover)
---
Made With Love
My Voice
The Ballad of Marc Macnab
Quickstep
Birdman
Chad
David Bryant Tried to Section and Kill Me
Too Late to Mate
Inspector Katz (Amped)
Lillipad Lover (Amped)
Bonkers
The Rules

Date Night

Hi all, just a quick blog update detailing all the current gigs that might interest you. I'll probably repeatedly update with little posts like that every couple of weeks or so just to give both you and us a comprehensive list of everything that's going on.

Friday November 4th: B-Side @ Bunters, Truro (w/ support from Tom Gall)
Friday November 18th: The Eden Cafe, St. Austell (w/ support from Relentless http://www.relentlessrock.net/)
Saturday December 3rd: Tall Trees Nightclub, Newquay
Friday January 13th: The Studio Bar, Penzance
Friday January 27th: The Jacob's Ladder, Falmouth
Wednesday February 15th: Finn Mc Couls, Falmouth
Wednesday May 30th: Finn Mc Couls, Falmouth

Any future dates added will be included in the original list, but bolded.

Hope to see you at a show soon. :)

- Joe x

Long Long Long Long Long Long Long Overdue Massive Thing

I apologize.

I'm absolutely rubbish.

I promised myself I'd update this more often and I just let it slip behind. So... I guess you might consider this an oversized recap of everything that's been going on. And I also guess that some of the information shared in this entry will be proven wrong in the coming weeks, in which case I endeavor to fix the problem in a much more prompt and timely manner.

Anyway, a lot's happened. We've gigged a bit and as usual I wanna thank all the people who showed up to the following venues and events for making them really rather jolly and whatnot. In no particular order, thank you to the patrons, proprietors, organizers and visitors of The Jacob's Ladder in Falmouth, The Ritz in Penzance, Lusty Glaze Beach in Newquay and the St. Austell Rugby Club.

We won a wee battle of the bands at the latter venue, which was quite the thrill for us... we're both flattered and thankful for your choice and are looking forward to getting out to Eden Cafe and playing with the talented and exciting Relentless as a result. Hope to see some of you there... gig dates either pending or placed a little further down this entry.

So in between all of that, Dan and I have set ourselves a challenge to write at least a verse and chorus of a song every week or two over the next few months, so expect some (fingers crossed) quality material to be popping up thick and fast at future gigs.

Here's a few dates we have coming up if you fancy coming to see us soon:

Eden Cafe, St. Austell - Nov 18th
The Ritz/Studio Bar, Penzance - Jan 13th
The Jacob's Ladder, Falmouth - Jan 27th

I'm almost certain there's more that my sieve like memory is forgetting, but at least you have plenty of time to prepare for those three, haha! If any more spring to mind in the meantime we'll be sure to let you know.

So there you are. I hope this wasn't disappointing given the timeframe. Bah.

Take care.

- Joe x

Setlist for 30/09/2011

Lillipad Lover
Inspector Katz
F**k You (cover)
Mr. Dinosaur
Herb the Taxi Driver
Goose in 4D
Love is in the Sole
Made With Love
Dayglow
---
Hey Ya (cover)
Mary the Snowdeer, I Hate You
Nuclear War
Chad
The Ballad of Marc Macnab
Pirate (In My Heart)
My Voice
D.U.I.
David Bryant Tried to Section and Kill Me
Too Late to Mate
---
Bonkers (cover)
The Rules

Setlist for 1/10/11

Lillipad Lover
Inspector Katz
F**k You (cover)
Mr. Dinosaur
Herb the Taxi Driver
Goose in 4D
Love is in the Sole
Made With Love
Dayglow
Hey Ya (cover)
Mary the Snowdeer, I Hate You
Nuclear War
Rubber Ball
Chad
The Ballad of Marc Macnab
Pirate (In My Heart)
My Voice
D.U.I.
David Bryant Tried to Section and Kill Me
Too Late to Mate
Bonkers (cover)
The Rules

Setlist for 13/10/11:

Lillipad Lover
Inspector Katz
Hey Ya (cover)
Mr. Dinosaur
D.U.I.
Too Late to Mate
Dayglow
Chad
Bonkers (cover)
The Rules

Setlist for 14/10/11:

Lillipad Lover
Inspector Katz
Dayglow
Chad
Too Late to Mate

B-Side Ourselves

Wow, it's been almost a month since I've updated this little bloglette. I guess I can only offer my apologies and say that I'll try to be more regular with it. Anyway, first and foremost, a big thank you to everyone who showed their support at B-Side @ Bunters. It was a pleasure to play under The PatrickJamesPearson Band and a really fun night to boot.

To those of you who might not have heard us before and were interested enough to explore further... and if you're actually reading this, boy, you like to explore... then you might like to come along to our next big support slot with Mr. Charlie Duke. (Obviously we'll also fill you in with any gigs we might happen to be playing in the meantime. ;)) It'll probably be a drastically different sound to what you heard at Bunters. Whilst we showed you our rocking side, the Duke dates will probably feature something a little softer, so if that tickles your musical g-spot, you GOTTA come now.

As usual, updates imminent. Cheers!

- Joe. x

Setlist 16/09/11:

Lillipad Lover
Inspector Katz
Dayglow
D.U.I
Too Late to Mate
Chad
Bonkers (Dizzee Rascal cover)
The Rules

Moonlet Unplugged Part Duex

Well, hello again.

First of all, big thanks to the crowd at Eden Cafe. I have to admit, I wasn't entirely sure what to expect, but you guys really gave us a warm welcome. Was nice to see some people out there who were literally singing along to the words of some of our songs, totally unprompted. If you happen to be reading this, you know who you are and it was a really weird kind of 'rock star' moment for me. So that was cool.

I mentioned it at the venue, but if you're interested in our EP 'The Likes of David Bryant', you can purchase it on iTunes or AmazonMP3.

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-likes-of-david-bryant/id456538057

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Likes-Of-David-Bryant/dp/B005GYJ89Y/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1313849487&sr=8-2

Get it? Got it? Good.

Anyway, just a reminder that we're going to be on David White's radio show 'BBC: Introducing' on the 30th of August. I have a LITTLE time left to find out times and whether it's going out live or whatever, but do keep it in the back of your minds... it's gonna be quite fun. Oh, and if you happen to listen, share the link with your friends. Tell your mothers and the likes. Get the word out there, guys!

Anyway, here's the setlist for Eden Cafe.

Setlist 19/8/11:

Lillipad Lover
inspector Katz
Forget You (cover)
Mr. Dinosaur
Nuclear War
Herb the Taxi Driver
Love is in the Sole
Day Glow
Pirate (In My Heart)
Made With Love
Birdman
Mary the Snow Deer, I Hate You
The Ballad of Marc Macnab
Too Late to Mate
My Voice
Hey Ya (Cover)
Chad
---
D.U.I
David Bryant Tried to Section and Kill Me

Moonlet Unplugged

Hello again,

First and foremost, thanks so much to everyone that took the time to come down to William IVth last night. Definately had a lot of fun, especially with the few at the end who got up and were determined to have a little boogie right to the end. We appreciated the enthusiasm... something we always get in Truro and something that always makes it so much fun to play there.

Also big up to Martin Skews for supporting us. Check him out on Myspace, you won't be disappointed. http://www.myspace.com/martinskews

I'll post the setlist at the end of this post, in case you're interested in what you heard but didn't quite know what we were playing.

So what's next? Well, if you missed us in Truro yesterday you can catch us playing at the Eden Cafe in St Austell this upcoming Friday (19th)... but wait! There is SO a twist. It'll be four of us, for a start, since our drummer Zeno has prior commitments he unfortunately cannot escape from. Secondly, it's going to be an acoustic gig... so we're gonna be getting kind of creative with the more 'rock-band' style song arrangements... so even regulars at our gigs will be in for something a bit new and a bit surprising. Hopefully.

Furthermore... and I need to get more info on this, info I will definately post when I have it... we're also going to be featured on BBC Radio Cornwall as part of David White's 'BBC Introducing' show on Tuesday 30th of August. We're thrilled to be a part of this and we'll be having a bit of a natter, I expect and we'll be playing some of our music live for y'all to hear.

Do tune in. :)

Setlist for 12/08/11

Lillipad Lover
Inspector Katz
F**k You (Cover)
Mr. Dinosaur
Nuclear War
Herb the Taxi Driver
Goose in 4D
Love is in the Sole
Made With Love
Dayglow

Hey Ya (Cover)
Mary the Snowdeer, I Hate You
Chad
Ballad of Marc Macnab
Honey
Pirate (In My Heart)
My Voice
D.U.I
Bonkers (Cover)
David Bryant Tried to Section and Kill Me
Too Late to Mate

LoveTube

That sounded a bit nortee, didn't it?

Anyway, our guitarist, Roger is off on holiday. He's beggering off to have a wonderful time in The States so we're using this time off from gigging in order to bring you lovely people some new, lovely stuff. For example, tomorrow afternoon, the 'Monks are getting together in a room somewhere in Penzance in order to shoot some live videos of some of our songs... hopefully one or two that haven't been made avaliable outside of our live shows... how exciting is that!?

On top of that, Dan and I have been in major cahoots, preparing to write lots and lots of new songs to teach that wandering minstrel, Roger, when he gets back. I've been getting down to writing lyrics and I'm really jazzed about some of the material that's come out of it. I'm sure by the time August rolls around we'll have plenty of new tunes to show you. Look out for some rough drafts in a vodcast or something.

And finally, in regards to our upcoming EP 'The Likes of David Bryant'... if you haven't had a chance to check them out, we've released two exclusive tracks, Too Late to Mate and David Bryant Tried to Section and Kill Me. You can find them on our Reverb Nation page or our Facebook page in the 'My Band' Tab. Links below.

So yeah, lots of news there for you to get your teeth into. More updates on the videos and songs coming soon.

Joe. x

http://www.facebook.com/#!/Moonlet?sk=app_2405167945

http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_9182845

Singing Badly For Courage

It's 2AM and I'm still finding it hard to get to sleep after what is probably one of the funnest gigs I've ever played with the band. Seriously, I think everyone in the band agrees that the Tanya's Courage Trust gig was a tremendous amount of fun to play. I can only apologize for my shaky vocal performance... my excuse is that I was recovering from a serious case of 'the sore throat.' Foolproof, eh?

There were a lot of good acts, actually... True Collision, Company B and The Belfast Busker were particularly enjoyable for me to watch. Actually, going on right after the 'Busker was very daunting as he's such a charming, charismatic showman... surely a tough act to follow, but I think we did ok. I hope you enjoyed it if you were there. I'm sure you did, why wouldn't you, eh?

So thanks for showing up, despite the miserable weather threatening to put a downer on it. Thanks to the organisers for letting us on board... like I said, it was a lot of fun.

So, we premiered a new song tonight... 'Dayglo.' I dunno how many of you are familiar with our set, but I'm wondering... how did the new number go down? If you didn't manage to catch what was being sung, I'll post the lyrics in due time for you to have a gander at... maybe you sing along at a future gig? Hah.

Also coming up real soon are announcements on where to find us next. Stay tuned.

Setlist 18/06/11:
Lillipad Lover
Made With Love
F**k You (Cee Lo Green cover)
Mary the Snowdeer, I Hate You
Mr. Dinosaur
Nuclear War
Inspector Katz
My Voice
Goose in 4D
Dayglo
Chad
Herb the Taxi Driver
Hey Ya (Outkast cover)
David Bryant Tried to Section and Kill Me
Too Late to Mate

Cheers!

- Joe x

And We're Back

After some... um... technical difficulties... I'm finally back to keep everyone up to date on everything Love Monks. So, without further ado let me fill you in on everything that's going on that so far I know about. Yeah? Yeah.

First and foremost... we've recorded our second EP "The Likes of David Bryant." At the moment we are giving away a limited edition, unmastered and signed copy (only one out of a hundred) of this EP along with one of our lovely looking t-shirts. And 5 grand in cash.* All you have to do is check out our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/Moonlet?ref=ts) and leave a comment explaining why you think you should be the one to win all this free stuff. After that, you must suggest the facebook page to as many of your beautiful friends as possible so that they may 'like' your comment. At the end of the deadline, the comment with the most 'likes' wins... so get suggesting! Deadline is June 11th.

Next of all... we're going to be playing the Sing for Courage Festival in the grounds of St. Dennis Football Club in St. Austell. It's an open air affair with free camping, so why not come along and enjoy the full experience? Plenty of other bands to enjoy too. 18th of June... be there. ;)

More updates on the way.

*5 grand to be payed out in imaginary notes ONLY. May or may not be cashable in your country.

The Big Finn

Hey all.

Just a quick reminder that THIS MONDAY... we will be playing an hour's set in support of The Marwoods at Finn M'Couls in Falmouth. They're a cool band of up and comers with a set featuring a mix of covers and originals... and they have a mandolin. Which is obviously even cooler. I personally can't wait to see it in action.

http://www.facebook.com/marwoods?ref=ts

Anyway, it should be a good night and anyone with a little spare time on their hands could spend it a lot worse than that... so come along, have a drink, be merry and for goodness sake, feel free to say hello!

In other news, we're also going back into the studio tonight to lay down some guide/drum tracks. We'll see how far we get. I think we've decided on a tracklist as well... I'll give you more information on that as soon as we've decided a running order.

It's well exciting, innit blud?

- Joe.

EP Pre-Production

I actually bring some vaguely exciting news today. Moonlet & The Love Monks' new EP has entered the pre-production phase. That's the phase where things are finally off the ground without a great deal apparently happening. But it's still very exciting nonetheless. For me anyway. And hopefully the rest of the band. And maybe you.

So we headed down to Krowji in Redruth to meet with producer Phil Innes. He keeps his studio there and so we met up to have a bit of a natter.

http://www.philinnesmusic.co.uk/philinnesmusic/Home.html

We ended up playing a selection of 6 songs for him, to give an idea of what it was we wanted to record and how we would go about it. Phil heard our thoughts, we heard his thoughts and now we're at the point where we're ready to go into the studio (hopefully next week) and start to lay some (maybe rough, maybe polished) drum tracks and just lay the general groundwork of the tracks.

Only thing is, now that we've played the songs and got the feedback we need from them, we need to whittle the six songs down to four. Nightmare! Hah.

So anyway, our EP is officially underway and we'll hopefully going back to make some permanent noises next week. I'll be in touch.

- Joe.

Apologies

Well, this is a little embarassing, ain't it?

First off, I'd like to apologize for any inconvenience or disappointment caused with this update. Unfortunately there were booking complications with the Studio Bar and for the sake of everyone involved, we have decided it would be best to bow out of this one.

I'd go into the ins and outs of it, but frankly it's all a bit long winded and confusing... not to mention probably very boring! Suffice it to say:

Moonlet and the Love Monks will NOT be playing the Studio Bar this Wednesday!

I'd like to apologize again on behalf of the band for any annoyance. We'd like to wish Mr. Charlie Duke the best on the remainder of his tour.

However, for Truro residents, this is good news. With a free evening to do a little self exposure (eek!)... we will be playing the open mic night in The William IV once again. Music begins some time in the evening. So anyone in that neck of the woods is welcome to come and have a nice time with us.

Hope to see you there.

Come and Love Him... and Us... THIS WEDNESDAY!

Hello again, everyone. Just thought I'd make a quick point of updating you to the fact that we will be in Penzance THIS WEDNESDAY supporting Mr. Charlie V Duke in Studio Bar. His music cannot be missed and if you like the Love Monks, you'll almost certainly find something to like in him as well.

Music starts at around... 9 I think. That's always a pretty good time to turn up anyway... so... yeah. Be there. Also, for future Duke dates if you ARE interested...:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=181004565256999

In other news, Sid Coppi's Source FM radio show Cornish Cream was broadcast this Saturday with a song and a brief interview snippet with Harry and (a very drunk) Zeno. If you want to hear, here it is:

http://soundcloud.com/sidcoppi/cornish-cream-mar-5-2011

Alright, so... I'll be back soon.

Bye for now.

Rally4ShelterBox

Hey everyone, Joe from Moonlet and the Love Monks here. Just thought I'd set up a wee blog to keep everyone up to date with everything the band is doing. There is, of course, an official MLM blog especially for this, but I kind of wanted to post a few bits and pieces from my own perspective. Basically a 'the views expressed in this blog don't necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Moonlet and the Love Monks' kind of thing. An 'I can say what I like without getting the band into trouble' sort of deal. Y'get me?

So anyway, thought I'd kickstart by talking a little about the gig we did last Saturday at Falmouth University. It was a charity gig set up by Rally4ShelterBox... who are... a very worthwhile organisation. They provide international disaster relief... by which I mean, of course, earthquakes, volcanos, tsunamis... that sort of thing. Here's a link for you if you'd like to know more (which I recommend you click:)

http://www.justgiving.com/Rally4ShelterBox

"ShelterBox is an international disaster relief charity, specialising in emergency shelter. We instantly respond to earthquake, volcano, flood, hurricane, cyclone, tsunami or conflict by delivering boxes of aid. Each box supplies a family of up to 10 people with a tent and lifesaving equipment to use while they are displaced or homeless, such as blankets, ground sheets, cooking equipment, water purification and mosquito nets. "

Anyway, the event consisted of ourselves, slotted between Chinese Sky Candy, Lonely Hunters and George Club, three groups of a wide variety who all happen to hail from... well... Falmouth, believe it or not. I personally enjoyed Lonely Hunters set particularly... something about their sound really appealed to the closet post-rock/metal enthusiast in me... from what I caught they were sort of like Isis with lighter vocals and some pop sensibilities. Very nice.

Our set seemed to go down quite well. It was shorter than we had expected... but that was entirely our fault. We had a few tuning gaffes and our rehearsal earlier on in the day hadn't taken into account the healthy portions of mindless waffle from yours truely. I was thrilled to discover that Mr. Dinosaur had hidden inside it an extremely accessable call and response section for the audience. It's not... perfect at the moment... I'm still learning how to bring the best out of it. I guess you'll have to look out for it during future shows, won'tcha!?

Roger was disappointed... he felt his harmonies were off. Everyone kept telling him they were fine, one even said mindblowing, but what can you do? The set went as follows:

Lillipad Lover
Made With Love
F**k You (Cee Lo Green cover)
Mary the Snowdeer, I Hate You
Herb the Taxi Driver
Mr. Dinosaur
Hey Ya (Outkast cover)

We'd have played two more but we messed up. Sorry everyone. New fans from that night will just have to follow us and see what they missed. For those of you that attended, you can relive the experience this Saturday by tuning into Sid Coppi's Source FM radio show 'Cornish Cream'. I think. I'm probably wrong but I thought I'd alert you anyway.

http://www.thesourcefm.co.uk/programmes/cornish-cream

I just wish the night had ended on the high the audience provided. Unfortunately standing out in the cold for an hour and a half was more like it. Still, you have to laugh.

Our next gig will be supporting Mr. Duke at The Studio Bar in Penzance. I'll post more details real soon, folks. Should promise to be a good night.

http://www.facebook.com/search.php?q=band%20night&init=quick&tas=0.4163808808139501#!/event.php?eid=181004565256999