i have been very slack. sorry. i know its an age since i last wrote, but, i'm here now - with an hour or two to spare - so here goes... straight in... no messin... :0)

guess what - we've got an album coming out soon! we've just been putting the finishing touches to the artwork and it'll be going on the presses soon enough ready for its release date in ireland on the 22nd sept. europe, australia, america - (basically the rest of the world) - will be releasing in feb 07 as they need a bit more time to work it upfront, but we kind of wanted to get it out in the homelands first, test the water, do a few gigs - have the space to 'do' ireland as we want to, before the rest of the world comes a-knockin! the album is called 'the cost' and it runs like this:

song for someone
falling slowly
people get ready
rise
when your mind's made up
sad songs
the cost
true
the side you never get to see
bad bone

i think that glen has put up the cost and falling slowly on this myspace page if you want to have a butchers:
http://www.myspace.com/theframesthecost
there will be a single released in ireland too on sept 1st which features falling slowly and a non album track - no more i love yous (and no, thats not a cover of the eurythmics song) i am trying to pin down a good week that the lads are going to be around and able to access the internet and we can have a good q & a session. you ask the questions and theyll answer em. probably easiest to do it on our messageboard?? ill let you know when that will be, but more than likely the week leading up to the new record/week of release.


so...here's the dates.......

from the top

september

2nd - electric picnic. we will be headlining the electric arena which we're obviously all really looking fwd to. i didnt go last year, so am rather excited to see what all the broo haa haa is about. i hear its a great vibe up there, so, fingers crossed the rain wont come down in buckets and i can wear something other than me wellies and a raincoat (a fetching look, i know - but - its supposed to still be summer!!!!!)

3rd - the swell season are going to be playing a 45 minute set at around the 6.15 mark on damiens big tree stage. as all tickets are i believe sold out for the electric picnic, its only going to be begging, stealing or borrowing that's gonna get you into this one... sorry.....

22nd - album release day!!!! also - we are going to be doing an hmv instore around the 6pm mark. dont know yet how they are going to allocate the tickets, probably a wristband affair given out that morning or something?? ill let you know when i know on the board. hopefully whilst we are in the towns on the tour, we'll also be doing a sound city (galway), a virgin cork and an hmv in limerick, but ill keep you posted on that.

THE FRAMES
september
24th - vicar street - ticketmaster
25th - town hall galway
Town Hall Theatre box Office 091-569777
www.townhalltheatregalway.com
27th - royal theatre, castlebar - ticketmaster and box office
28th - music factory, carlow - ticketmaster and box office

october
1st - vicar street - ticketmaster
2nd - ulster hall, belfast
3rd - an grianan, letterkenny
5th - everyman palace, cork
6th - everyman palace, cork
www.everymanpalace.com or 021 4501673
7th - UL, limerick
all tickets above are 27.50 plus any

booking/handling/printing/breathing/yacht buying/extension building costs that any of the ticket handlers decide to add on. sorry - but thats all out of my hands... i understand that the ticket booth in st stephens green doesnt add on a handling charge though...nor does the vic st box office... road records and sound cellar will also do you a decent deal.


next up. glen and the swell season quintet will be touring america. the record has got a release there and in canada on overcoat records and would have hit stores on the 22nd august. heres the schedule for glen and the gang in october:

THE SWELL SEASON
october
12th - iota, arlington
13th - tin angel, philadelphia
14th - tonic, nyc
15th - southpaw, brooklyn
17th - triple door, seattle
18th - doug fir lounge, portland
20th - cafe du nord, san francisco
21st - largo, LA
24th - shubas, chicago

i think that we have the ticket selling places on our website - www.theframes.ie tour page - if not, you'll have to get your fingers to do the walking and find out from the interlink or - God forbid - pick up the phone and call the venue!!!

after that, it'll be all reconvening back home and then going out as the frames in europe for a bit of a promo trip to coincide with a european single release. i havent the 100% confirmed venues yet, but, heres the towns that we'll be hitting on that little tripette. again, keep your eyes on the tour page and ill get them up as soon as i know them. the london date IS however confirmed and the tickets will be on sale from august 25th... we will definitely be back as the frames to tour europe in a more extensive manner with the release of the new album. the time slot allotted for that is through february. dates as soon as i have them..

THE FRAMES
november
21st - amsterdam
22nd - brussells
24th - berlin
25th - prague
26th - vienna
28th - milan
30th - ULU, london

in terms of touring america - i think that failing any acts of God, i would like to predict that you will see us in texas at sxsw mid march, with an extensive north american and canadian tour through april/may. the down under of it all is going to be slipped in around the european/american dates. spunk records will be releasing down under. they are also going to be getting the swell season out in australia and nz before the end of the year.


OTHER STUFF

T-SHIRTS - because we got a bit carried away with ourselves and thought that we could have two DESIGNS at the electric picnic and not just two COLOURS, we ordered a rake of lovely shirts with the frames/electric picnic on and a bunch of i am the majic hand shirts too in various shades....unfortunately, we can only take two colours with us, so the rest are now up on the board. the upside i guess is that one can order from the site slightly ahead of EP time and wear with pride on the day (probably covered in anorak and heavy jumper, but you never know your luck!!) plus, it will be a little cheaper from us direct as you wont get the mark up sellers price that you will get hit with on the day. they are all on the site now...


LINKS:
this is our new myspace page for the cost.
http://www.myspace.com/theframesthecost

http://3voor12.vpro.nl/3voor12/player/audio.jsp?audionumber=29691011 - lowlands link i think... vpro recorded some of the day.
and the 12 minutes acoustic set that Dutch radiostation 3voor12 recorded at Lowlands...
http://3voor12.vpro.nl/3voor12/player/video.jsp?videonumber=29691204

http://radimrotek.com/projects/the-frames/ - photos from the metro, chicago show early august
rock for people czech festival shots - http://www.tedhome.com/aurel_sel.php?akce=dejcelytext&id_text=2846
zoran shots of lollapollza gig - http://homepage.mac.com/trogir13/FramesLolla06/PhotoAlbum125.html
some lollapolooza reviews:
http://www.luminomagazine.com/mw/content/view/1350/10/
http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article?article_id=3208 (day 3,second para)
http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=2014&src=netscape (day 3)
http://www.listology.com/content_show.cfm/content_id.25622/Music

Austin City Limits 2005 Music Festival DVD is now on sale, via itunes at least. the frames are featured on the dvd doing a tune called 'revelate'.

we feature on the duyster compilation for those that are interested - www.myspace.com/duyster

swell season online purchase links for those that are asking - http://www.theframes.ie/v4/store/theswellseason_online.shtml

as part of their campaign to make about 20,000 deleted albums available again, i do believe that island/universal have got another love song up on napster and itunes too.


BOOK
and..if youve made it all the way down here, well done! our friend zoran orlic, has produced a photo book of the lads which is getting a collins release on october 1st. www.collinspress.ie

he is launching the book (on the 1st october) at an art gallery, just around the corner from vicar st. www.gallerynumberone.com is the link. the lads are going to pop along to the gallery at 6pm ish and sing a few tunes and sign a few books (if needs be). thing is, we can only have x 70 people into this one - so im going to have to run a competition. so, first 70 people to tell me the answer to this question - where does zoran live?
Enter your answer online: http://www.theframes.ie/v4/mail/mail-competition.shtml

i have also got ten books to give away as prizes, but ill run a comp on the board sometime in september... or maybe ill run several comps on the board and try to open it up a bit to outside of ireland! :0)

right then - ill shut up now. take care you lot. read ya soon no doubt.
cx

www.theframes.ie