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.

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