On stage at 8.30pm at The Stag & Hounds. See you there!
Dot to Dot Timetable
This Saturday! Dot to Dot! 8:30! Stag & Hounds! Perfectly timed to see Cloud Nothings at the Trinity (WE WILL) and then amble over via bad Old Market fried foods. Tickets are £25 for the whole day but we’ve got a cheap ticket link here!
★ ★ ★ DOT TO DOT FESTIVAL 2012 ★ BRISTOL ★ ★ ★
Information ☛ www.fb.com/dottodotfestival
Tweet ☛ @d2dbristol #d2dfest
3 days ago on 05/30/12 at 01:01pm
Dot to Dot / New recording
Hello! We can officially announce as of today (re: the past few months… oops) that we’re playing Dot to Dot in Bristol on June 2nd. Venue/time to follow later this week, but we’ve got a cheap ticket link here which is valid for the whole day (line-up here).
★ ★ ★ DOT TO DOT FESTIVAL 2012 ★ BRISTOL ★ ★ ★
Information ☛ www.fb.com/dottodotfestival
Tweet ☛ @d2dbristol #d2dfest
We’re also going back into the studio this Saturday to record a new song (as yet untitled; suggestions welcome.) As a thank you to everyone who’s downloaded Vanderbilt Cup, we’ll be sending it out to our mailing list before making it available to the pubic. If you’ve already downloaded VC from our bandcamp, you’ll already be on the list (gotcha!) If not, just click on ‘Free Download’ and you’ll be able to sign up (just make sure to click the link in the confirmation email.)
Also, thanks to everyone who came along to our show with White Denim last night. Here’s a photo from our adopted dressing room under the stage. Practicing for when we land the U2 backing band gig.
1 week ago on 05/22/12 at 03:05pm
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Title: Empty Pools - Vanderbilt Cup (The Soft's 'Long Island' Mix)
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Empty Pools | Vanderbilt Cup (The Soft’s ‘Long Island’ Mix)
If ever you needed something to arrive at the very brink of a weekend, something to take you out from any work routine and into a hazy 48 hours of escape. These ten minutes will fly by; by the end you’ll be in another place entirely. Far flung from the hyped-up, enthralling original of Bristol band and MFM favourites, Empty Pools have been transformed through the work of experimentalists The Soft, a band who consistently impress - I’ve seen them live twice now and you can tell they’re improving at a quite drastic speed - affirming the theory that if two great minds meet, you get a result of pure brilliance, rather than a stubborn clashing of heads.
Stream: Empty Pools | Vanderbilt Cup (The Soft’s ‘Long Island’ Mix)
[Taken from the Gold Flake Paint compilation, ‘From The Outside Looking In…’]
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2 weeks ago on 05/19/12 at 12:44pm
Vanderbilt Cup (The Soft’s ‘Long Island’ Mix)
We’re thrilled to be part of a compilation album ‘From The Outside Looking In‘ from Gold Flake Paint, a Bristol based webzine. Celebrating 2 years of Gold Flake Paint the 18 track CD/digital download includes a track from us - ‘Vanderbilt Cup’ - remixed by The Soft. Listen to it now on Bandcamp. A big thank you to Tom for asking us and to The Soft for the remix. Enjoy!
2 weeks ago on 05/18/12 at 01:45pm
Tipping Point / BBC 6 Music ›
We got a nice write up on Tipping Point today, from those good people at Generator. Also for anyone who missed our Facebook update over the weekend we were played on the BBC 6 Music Nemone show on Sunday (with Jon Hillcock filling in) as part of the Record Exchange feature. Listen to The Crib’s reaction to our song ‘Vanderbilt Cup’ on iPlayer.
2 weeks ago on 05/16/12 at 03:26pm
White Denim
Ohhhhh boy. Oh boy. Boy-o. We will be supporting White Denim at their Bristol show on May 21 at the O2 Academy. I don’t want to promise anything, but if there were ever a stage to try out our choreographed dance moves…
We’ve got a £5 cheap list so email us or RSVP here. Information here. Ben and Matt’s reaction video here.
4 weeks ago on 05/04/12 at 12:38pm
From May’s Crack Magazine
It’s always refreshing to hear an intriguing band emerge in an often beat-blinded Bristol, and a handful of tight and dynamic live appearances and a highly impressive first release has got this lot some serious attention in a big way. Building patient and mature pieces around extremely current, dreamy female vocals with a knack for a hook, intelligent and distinctly British lyrics and an evident penchant for noise which is kept admirably restrained, their swelling reputation as a live act seems a cert to translate to further releases.
Or: “tight… in a big way… swelling… releases”
1 month ago on 05/02/12 at 02:19pm
BBC 6 Music and New Noise
We were on Tom Robinson’s Mixtape for BBC 6 Music last night! You can download it here for 30 days.
So honoured to be included in Jon Hillcock’s New Noise podcast as well, alongside Laurel Halo, Doldrums, Opossum + more. Talk about feeling like the nerd at the cool kids’ party. “Hints of bands like Life Without Buildings”!?
1 month ago on 04/30/12 at 03:02pm
Hailing from the harbour city of Bristol, Empty Pools formed in the halcyon days of fading summer 2011. They artfully combine elements of noise rock with teen dream melodies, late ’70s CBGB’s angularity and the jazzy world-pop sophistication of the Thrill Jockey set.
