jose - piano, vocals, songs, nerd in disguise.
fetts - artwork. being nice.
klaus - guitar, vocals, boyfriend.
gareth - drums, melodica, shaker, glockenspiel, looking happy.
Influences
polly paulusma, fionn regan, the books, damien rice, death cab, joni mitchell, james taylor, regina spektor, sigur ros, cocorosie, joanna newsom, five for fighting, gonzales, john denver, labi siffre, minus the bear, modest mouse, yo la tengo, gregory and the hawk, chris garneau, yann tiersen, frou frou, broken social scene, john mayer, eels, feist, animal collective, laura marling, foals, owen, johnny flynn, yann tiersen, the postal service, pauline croze, sugarland, vanessa carlton, the bird and the bee, of montreal, bloc party, adventures, philip larkin, sewing books, love, sweeney todd, depression, elderly people, boys who have broken my heart, and boys who have stuck it back together with pritt stick and glitter, so its kind of sticky but still nice and shiny
come see me on tour!!! it's gonna be GREAT! brand new cds and merch exclusively available. released worldwide at the end of august!
this is what we do:
i do my best to reply to messages and comments, sometimes i miss them though, so please don't be cross if i can't manage to get back to you please email matt or lucy with any gig requests and such!
OH. MY. GOD. jose and the gang [fetts, klaus and gaz] are going on a summer tour!! we are hitting pretty much every part of the uk LDN style. you should come watch us play your city, have a dance, maybe an ice cream on the way home [it will be july after all] and generally have a wicked time! there's gonna be exclusive tour stuff [cds with brand new songs, t-shirts, and other exciting goodies] and it's basically gonna be GREAT. so get your tickets and we'll see you there :)
for the cheapest and quickest tickets you gotta buy them from
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hello! here are some of the things i have made this week. you can buy them all on my tour. otherwise i'll be posting them out worldwide at the end of august :)
red black blue and the tortoise ep - £5
cake mix or tortoise t-shirt
tote bags with tortoise print - £4
rbbt badges and stickers - £1
or buy them all for £15!! what a bargain eh?
*if you want to book me for gigs please contact matt or lucy*
Those bangs and t-shirts are adorable and would much love to parade my love for you (haha) so where can i get them from without going to the gig, since i'm short of cash.. are you selling them online? xxx
loving the new stuff!!!! cant wait to see you on the 28th at king tuts!!! if you dont sing faces going places ill cry cause my names in it, "there's a boy with a smile thinking about marie cause he caught her in the shower last night accidently!" love love love! and good luck! xxx
to really make up for your cambridge date being cancelled (the barfly are fools!), you should arrange another gig back here sometime after the tour :) xxo
i'm well excited about tomorrow! (so excited, in fact, that a bunch of my friends are making me buy them EPs. with my own money, no less. scabs.) but anywho: TOMORROW.
haha i know i don't have a name :) didn't really want onee. i'd rather blend into obscurity.
but summer is going amazingly well :D this week has been the best so far i must say =] but i'm well not looking forward to results day :| how you feeling bout results?
oh my shit i just made the most amazing cookies EVER. i was going to ask you something but i've literally just this second forgotten what it was...but OMG. srsly. the cookies. i'm gonna make a batch for every city i swear xo
