Parental advisory: politics! Chris T-T returns

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by Adie Nunn [Edit this content] ▾ 21 comments 00:58 September 16th, 2005

Chris T-T releases a new mini album, 9 Red Songs, on Oct 31st. It’s described as “post-Hoxton, post-Blair, post-MDMA folk protest music” and will be released, as always, on Snowstorm Records.

The album breaks from his ‘London’ trilogy. The reason? “The record-in-progress turned out to be a dystopian fantasy that predicted the London terrorist bombs in raw detail. Hinging on an elaborate fiction that is now fresh history, it’s unreleasable.” So 9 Red Songs is what he’s come up with instead – sarcasm and politics, back to folk roots. It’s gonna be super and it’s gonna get its own ‘parental advisory’ sticker. Rude!

Chris sang a couple of songs with Jim Bob (that Carter USM, children) last night at the Camden Barfly. It was proper good. Chris also supports the bloody great Brakes on tour next month, on all dates except Leeds. Bad luck, Leeds.

October
15 Glasgow King Tut’s
16 Manchester Night & Day
18 London Borderline
20 Cardiff Barfly
23 Oxford Zodiac
24 Birmingham Barfly
25 Bristol Fleece
26 Brighton Concorde 2
27 Tunbridge Wells Forum

Then there will be a headline tour in early November and most likely another guest appearance with Jim Bob in December.

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Parental advisory: politics! Chris T-T returns

who updates at this time of night?! :P

zen-arcade | 16 Sep '05, 01:39 | X | Reply

Re: Parental advisory: politics! Chris T-T returns

Who posts at this time of night?

shit

bjones @zen-arcade | 16 Sep '05, 02:28 | X | Reply

Parental advisory: politics! Chris T-T returns

All together now: "Drink beer..."

Damian | 16 Sep '05, 07:58 | X | Reply

Parental advisory: politics! Chris T-T returns

The new songs he played at Truck were proper good. Especially "The Huntsman Comes A'Marching". I've just noticed the lyrics for the new album are up on his website here:

Now the Countryside Alliance
We'll call them 'the cunts' for short
They promised in defiance
That a battle would be fought
Then ignored the real problems
To shout about their bloody sport

Call it a betrayal - it looks like that to me
Call it bad behaviour and a waste of time and money
I've never been in favour of police brutality
But when the huntsman comes a-marchin'
Well give him one for me, officer, give him one for me.

:D

guntrip | 16 Sep '05, 08:57 | X | Reply

Parental advisory: politics! Chris T-T returns

I love Chris T-T !

lyle | 16 Sep '05, 09:02 | X | Reply

Re: Parental advisory: politics! Chris T-T returns

"The Huntsman Comes A'Marching" is a brilliant song and the response at Truck to it was superb.

rubbafish @guntrip | 16 Sep '05, 09:30 | X | Reply

Re: Parental advisory: politics! Chris T-T returns

Apart from the twat at the back who shouted "up your bum, hunting scum" not once, not twice, but four times, before it was heard at the front

Chris T-T is simply superb.

JustJay @rubbafish | 16 Sep '05, 09:37 | X | Reply

Re: Parental advisory: politics! Chris T-T returns

still doesn't beat "Poverty's, bad war is bad, racism's bad,
Well done, have a biscuit"

heee.

guntrip @guntrip | 16 Sep '05, 11:40 | X | Reply

Re: Parental advisory: politics! Chris T-T returns

ah crap that was me, you were logged in and I didn't realise.

ailsa @guntrip | 16 Sep '05, 11:41 | X | Reply

Re: Parental advisory: politics! Chris T-T returns

have to say he was awesome at truck too. me and my friend attempted to stand up at the front in an attempt to encourage others to do so and make more room in the tent but sadly that failed and had to mosey on to the far side. what is it with people insisting to sit down at gigs when there's never enough room to start with!

KillYourKids @JustJay | 16 Sep '05, 12:46 | X | Reply

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Yeah, I didn't remember posting that :P

guntrip @ailsa | 16 Sep '05, 13:04 | X | Reply

Re: Parental advisory: politics! Chris T-T returns

Plus, yknow... you don't say "heee".

ailsa @guntrip | 16 Sep '05, 13:11 | X | Reply

Brakes & Chris T-T

is that The Brakes or Brakes supporting Chris T-t? We were drinking with a band at the Denmark street festival called Brakes, officially we were their first ever fans :-) I would like to see them play...

splinx | 16 Sep '05, 15:43 | X | Reply

Brakes & Chris T-T

is that The Brakes or Brakes supporting Chris T-t? We were drinking with a band at the Denmark street festival called Brakes, officially we were their first ever fans :-) I would like to see them play...

splinx | 16 Sep '05, 15:44 | X | Reply

Re: Brakes & Chris T-T

Tunbridge Wells - hurrah, that makes it three good shows in 2 months at the Forum. Art Brut a couple of weeks ago, Mistys tonight and now this.

Shall indeed be there.

rspce @splinx | 16 Sep '05, 16:06 | X | Reply

Re: Brakes & Chris T-T

Chris T-T is supporting Brakes. Brakes are the "side project" band of Eamon from British Sea Power along with Alex & Tom White (Electric Soft Parade) and someone else. They're a bit good.

guntrip @splinx | 16 Sep '05, 19:57 | X | Reply

Re: Brakes & Chris T-T

oh, so that Brakes - brighton's only supergroup - not the one from the festival then :(

splinx @guntrip | 16 Sep '05, 21:46 | X | Reply

Parental advisory: politics! Chris T-T returns

Can't wait to get my mitts on this, love Chris! Can't believe I managed to miss Truck, what an idiot ;) Sure this'll make up for it, though. Looking forward to getting him back over, those gigs are right at the top of my "best ever" list and will probably stay there :)

BallagrooveStef | 17 Sep '05, 20:52 | X | Reply