July 23, 2005 | Posted by Blair at 1:36 PM

I am...

gorgeous
"Anniversary" by Roland Shanks

Just a quick post today as I'm about to run to get a Chinatown bus up to Beantown for my gig at Enormous Room tonight.

This is another one of my UK-connection's rather brilliant suggestions: Roland Shanks is a five-piece made up of a group of early-twenties blokes living in Camberwell (London area - see Basement Jaxx Camberwell EP for reference) who formed the band in late 2004. They played around a bit, then had their first official gig in January of 2005 in Brixton, and have been working on recording their songs since then.

Currently, Roland Shanks have just put the finishing touches on their first release, a 7" single, of which "Anniversary" is the B-side. The song is short and is a serious little jam that makes me want to dance around in circles in my apartment - I'd imagine the band is a hell of a lot of fun to see live, so do what you can, young Londoners, to see them play out.

Anywho, the record is due out on the 8th August, and is being released by our friends at the Moshi Moshi label - buy it and make yourself happy!

Oh, and come out to Enormous tonight if you're in Boston!

Comments

wtf, I went to high school with a kid named Roland Shanks. How effin bizarre

Posted by: chicagomonkey at July 23, 2005 3:46 PM

I like them for there enthusiasm

Posted by: D Fresh at July 23, 2005 10:46 PM

Is that a bit of a Futureheads thing going on there?

Posted by: whatlofi at July 25, 2005 5:45 AM

okay, how pissed am I that I didn't know you had a gig at the Enormous Room last Friday? Wicked effing pissed. You have my e-mail, bitch.

Posted by: kristen at July 25, 2005 10:35 AM

yeah, dude, i second whatlofi's comment!

1. enormous room is like 4 blocks from my apt.

2. it's a place that i sporadically check out.

3. i'm always game for meeting pimp daddy jp's friends...

next time, give an earlier heads up!

Posted by: Zak at July 29, 2005 12:12 AM
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