Hi,

You may have noticed that screaming televisions, pessimistic newspapers & antisocial streams are continuing their agenda of misery.  Quiet Quiet Band encourage you to reject it!

Sure we’re all fucked now, but why get down about it.  Why not rejoice in these 3 great things happening in 2017.

1. The NEW Quiet Quiet Band Album – yes ma’am you heard me, a new album. Messers Purcell, Gillespie, Painter, Hare-Winton & I are hard at work on album 2.   A foolishly ambitious narrative driven murder folk operetta.  Alright! Get Happy!
2. Are You Listening Festival – April 22 2017 sees the 5th incarnation of Reading’s amazing multi-venue festival.  We are stupidly happy to be playing this year alongside local genius Matt Maltease & the amazing Flamingods.  Get your tickets here.
3. The NEW Series of Twin Peaks – as a lad too young to process the world of Dale Cooper, Bob et al I watched every episode of the first broadcast of series 1&2 on BBC2.  Formative you might say. Child abuse you might say. Damn fine I say. Stupidly excited for series 3.

Say nay to the naysayers and say yay to the yaysayers. We will stand together and take 2017 by it’s beautiful balls.

Love & hugs,

Paul

Hi friends, long time no see!

Take a moment to breathe in that fresh 2016 air. Smells good, doesn’t it? Full of excitement and promise. Or maybe that’s just the wilting veg in my fridge…

We’ve started this year on a sad note, with the news of the deaths of musical legends like Lemmy and David Bowie, and our own fair Jay Newton leaving the band for faraway lands. We’re hard at work on the next phase of QQB, figuring out old favourites as five men rather than six, and considering where we go from here. Reading friends will get a taster of what’s to come at our next show, at the Rising Sun Arts Centre on January 29th. We’ll be celebrating Independent Venue Week at Club Velocity, and we hope you’ll join us! Small venues like the Rising Sun have been so important to all our musical lives, not just with QQB, and we have to go out and show our support for the ones we love before they get turned into a Tesco Express or some shit.

http://www.risingsunartscentre.org/tags/club-velocity

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/335079

Also just announced is an appearance at the Arena Sessions on March 2nd. Hosted at a secret and extremely intimate location in London’s Manor House, we’ll be playing a rare acoustic show alongside Kai Carter and the London Klezmer Quartet. Links for furter info and tickets below:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1560468687508861/

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arena-sessions-live-from-home-tickets-18262556799

In November we spent some time snuggled up in Tottenham Hale at REKroom studios (http://www.rek7.com/#!rekrooms/c1kwx) recording some tasty new jams of a couple of songs that have been part of our live set for a while, and some new tunes too. Look out for them in the months to come!

Lastly, as a little present from us to you, is a recording of our song Carol Ann, captured live at the Magic Garden at our show last November. Please enjoy and be merry, and we’ll see you on the road in 2016!

Love, QQB.