Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly... to Atlantic

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly has, as expected, signed to Atlantic Records.

DiS heard a few whispers to this effect t'other week, but we've kept schtum 'til the official announcement was made. Which it now has been, via GCWCF's old label, Big Scary Monsters:

"GET CAPE. WEAR CAPE. FLY has signed to Atlantic. More on this will be announced soon, but for now we'd just like to wish him the best of luck and say that it's been a privilege to work together for the past 18 months and three releases. Embarrassing videos and photos will be available from www.ebay.co.uk in the next 12 months.

"Sam has spent the last two weeks in the US playing a couple of shows in New York, appearing at SXSW and then jetting over to LA to support Jose Gonzales. But if you STILL haven't caught on to what the buzz is all about (come on people, even The Sun are giving him good write-ups these days!), then why not check him out on tour with OK Go or at his Levi's One To Watch headlining show at the London Barfly?"

Why not indeed? GCWCF plays the following dates:

March
26 Nottingham Rock City (w/ OK Go)
27 Cardiff University (w/ OK Go)
28 Oxford The Zodiac (w/ OK Go)
29 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms (w/ OK Go)
30 London The Scala (w/ OK Go)

April
6 London Barfly

if they are playing stand alone dates????

i like the guy and i've seen him a couple of times and enjoyed it a lot, but i got the impression that not many people felt the same way? venues have never been particularly full when i've seen him and its not as if they've been big ones or anything.

good luck to him though.

you can see how he has 'mainstream cross-over potential'

i just haven't seen any evidence of him being that popular at a non-mainstream level. maybe i just saw him at gigs that weren't promoted properly.

i saw him at the water rats with dave house and there were about 12 people there.

but I know the EP sold out an intial pressing of 500 copies and was repressed at least once, maybe more..

He was one Radio One the other day.

Ironically it was to do with being unsigned and that...

I like, well done.

with the mocking of his stage name. very clever. how's that working out for you?

in other news, dashboard has never written a song about the far right in British politics. wut?

Frank Turner's where brit-folk's at.

I think he's pretty cool, it's been packed out both times that I've seen him and the whole crowd were singing along!

Judging on the two songs from both GCWCF and Frank Turner that I heard on a recent Rock Sound cd, I'd have to say I like GCWCF alot more. Accoustic with full band very rarely works...

This happened nearly 2 weeks ago....

Is/Are so much more interesting than Frank Turner - not that Frank Turner isnt great either, just Sam thingumy is even better.

For bad laptop emo read interesting, charismatic, and intelligent songwriting/electronica crossover.

cape sucks.

his music and lyrics are appalling, i dont know what the fuss is about.
hes a local in southend were im at college and is the most arrogant-for-no-reason kid about.

I was drawn in by the name and the idea of him and bought 2 EP's which I realise now I never play because I don't actually like them. This could well mean he is destined for huge success but basically he's not that interseting is he?