AND SO the gigs are getting nearer, the album is getting finished-er, the plugging-in’s getting complicated-er, and the sentences are getting stupider – it must be approaching the time to make some serious noise in front of your smiley faces.

Our lovely booking agents Toutpartout are giving away 3×1 tickets to our upcoming european shows. Just scooch over to their Soundcloud and listen to their new mixtape and name the mystery Vessels tune at the end of the mix.

Once you have the answer, write it down in an email with the concert you want to attend and send it to magali@toutpartout.be with ”Toutpartout may contest 2″ as the subject. Contest ends on Sunday 19/05.

Here’s the gigs;

May 29th PMK, INNSBRUCK, Austria WEBSITE
May 30th Orange House, MUNICH, Germany (with Meandering Mine) TICKETS
May 31st Werk 2, LEIPZIG, Germany (with Fargo) TICKETS
June 1st Kantine am Berghain, BERLIN, Germany (with Fargo) TICKETS
June 2nd Hafenklang, HAMBURG, Germany (with Galaxy Space Man) TICKETS
June 3rd Cargo, London, UK (with Deafkid) TICKETS
June 8th Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK (with Ghosting Season and Two Minute Noodles) TICKETS

In other news, the audio from our new video (YouTube) is now available to download as an mp3 from iTunes or as a pay-what-you-want from our Bandcamp.

See you soon!

Xx

So the first drips of new Vessels material will finally drop into the drums of your ears via the medium of this awesome video by Leeds film maestros The Blind Club. Filmed at The Garage nightclub in Leeds, the tune ‘Attica’ is a bit of a peek at the kind of setup we’re playing through now, and was filmed in mega HD using the same cameras as were used to film JRR Tolkien’s “The Bobbit” starring Terrance Trent D’Arby and Clamidia Barrywhistle.

If you cannot view YouTube, don’t worry it’s also on Vimeo.

So together with the German and Austrian dates we’re now booked to play some UK shows – a welcome return to the Brudenell in Leeds and another show with Eat Your Own Ears, this time at Cargo.

Please, please, please get your tickets in advance as it breaks our tiny soiled hearts to turn you scooners away at the doors of a sold-out show…

All details on our live page.

Boon Glefters

We have new music, a new video, new live shows, a new website, and new merch, all waiting round the corner, about to trip you up and steal your Pope inspired loafers…

So, in the spirit of spring, we’re having a clearout, and we’re down to our last few tee-shirts – just a few logo tees left, small sizes in yellow or blue, and large in white. We have fitted ladies logo tees in green, still in S, M or L.

Because we’re simple minded folk, we’re banging them out for £8, including postage – NO MATTER WHERE IN THE WORLD YOU ARE – unless of course you live somewhere so outsandingly esoteric that the Post-Office just laughs at us…

So pour a Saft Flader, readjust your angle of recline, boon on over to the Vessels webshop and henge yersen a tee before there are NONE LEFT…

xx

Vessels

Happy 2013 sockenfelpers!

London dwellers ahoy – the 1-2-3-4 Neu Gallery in Redchurch Street will be hosting an installation of our interactive Helioscope video next week as part of the London Short Film Festival.

On the evening of Monday 7th the gallery will be open all evening for a private screening (which you Vessels fans are invited to) and the directing team including Tim Harrison will be present to answer any questions.

On Wednesday 9th and Friday 11th, and as well as being in the gallery from 4pm, in the evening it will be projected onto the gallery window with passers-by being able to control it using their smartphones in place of the mouse. If you’re thinking of heading down, remember to take headphones to get the music as well!

xx

So, marching as we are through the mists of time where each cycle of 12 months seems to speed up by a factor of 3 the longer we cling to the surface of the earth, it is apparently that time of the year again where we try and remember those things that have made this particular trip around the sun more memorable or special than the last spin round.
So without further a do, and in no particular order, here are some of the things we thought were cool in 2012. Actually you will notice that, as we are at the cutting edge of all things contemporary, there are a few things here from 2011, that’s because it is taking some of us a while to catch up with things these days!

With best wishes to you all for Xmas and the New Year from everyone in Camp Vessels. We are looking forward to a busy and exciting 2013 – we look forward to seeing you then!

Tim xx

Martin:

ALBUMS:
Nathan fake – Steam Days
Swans – The Seer
Grizzly Bear – Shields

GIGS:
Haushka at the National ATP
The Twilight Sad at Brudenell Social
Swans at Koko

FILM:
Tyrannosaur

Lee:

FILM:
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Not a massive budget but just a lot of fun.

COMIC:
Transmetropolitan
I know this has been out for a while but I just started collecting this year and fell in love with it. Really funny but with a very relevant plot. I’m up to number 8 of 10.

Tom:

ALBUMS:
Fieldhead – A Correction
Awesome ambient throbs with gently crackling beats on the wonderful Gizeh Records.
Sun Glitters – Everything Will Be Fine
Actually came out in 2011 but only discovered this year when we played a gig with him in Luxembourg. Blissed-out side-chained wonky trip-hop with great use of pitch shifted vocal samples.

Pete:

ALBUM – James Blackshaw – Love Is the Plan, the Plan Is Death
FILM – Apocalypse: A Bill Callahan Tour Film
GIG – Leo Kottke, Passionskirche, Kreuzberg, Berlin

Tim:

ALBUMS:
Daphni – Jiaolong
Infectious dance music with smatterings of soul and afrobeat.
Sandro Perri – Impossible Spaces
Another late 2011 release but more of a soundtrack to late 2012 for me. Some of the most intelligent pop music around, managing to be experimental and catchy at the same time.
Kiasmos – Thrown EP
Best track of the year on this. Clearly not an album though.

GIG :
Do Make Say Think, Electric Palace, London