There's a write-up of the band on music blog 'you crazy dreamers', set up by fans of Ray Lamontagne... they also feature our song 'This Old Heart of Mine', which you can download for free here.
Read the write-up here. They cover loads of other great music too, so it's well worth a look.
22/12/2008
12/12/2008
DALLAS TEXAS OR BUST!
We're delighted to confirm that Grammy nominated producer John Congleton will be producing our debut album. We knew he was the right guy when we heard his recent album Micah P. Hinson and the Red Empire Orchestra (if you haven’t heard this we thoroughly recommend it.) He has worked with artists as varied as Modest Mouse, Antony and the Johnsons, The Polyphonic Spree, Explosions in the Sky, Marilyn Manson, Bono, Celine Dion, Erykah Badu and his own band The Paper Chase to name but a few. If we’re honest it was the Celine Dion connection that really swung it for us.
John should be way out of our league but he has an ethos of working with underground bands that he really likes. We put together a list of producers who we’d like to work with on this album and sent them demo CD’s. John was our number one choice and we are as excited as we are surprised that it’s all working out.
The band will be in Texas with John over January 2009 and will no-doubt be posting some of the results for you to enjoy when we return (as well as some pics and vids of the trip). The plan is to release a single off the album fairly soon after we get back to be followed by the album release and some UK/European touring after that. We’ve still to agree a suitable label for the album release but we’ll keep you updated and make an announcement when we’ve found a nice home for it.
John should be way out of our league but he has an ethos of working with underground bands that he really likes. We put together a list of producers who we’d like to work with on this album and sent them demo CD’s. John was our number one choice and we are as excited as we are surprised that it’s all working out.
The band will be in Texas with John over January 2009 and will no-doubt be posting some of the results for you to enjoy when we return (as well as some pics and vids of the trip). The plan is to release a single off the album fairly soon after we get back to be followed by the album release and some UK/European touring after that. We’ve still to agree a suitable label for the album release but we’ll keep you updated and make an announcement when we’ve found a nice home for it.
05/12/2008
CADOGAN HALL
Photographer Ben Broomfield took some great photos at our recent show at Cadogan Hall - here are a couple, and you can see more on our myspace site.
18/11/2008
MORPHINE - LIVE FROM THE ROOFTOPS
Another live performance from the roof of Emperors HQ - this time a rollicking run through live favourite 'Old Fashioned Morphine', written by the fantastic Jolie Holland.
28/10/2008
SINGLE OF THE WEEK
Our debut single 'This is the Year' recently won Single of the Week on BBC Radio 2's Radcliffe & Maconie show. It was played on the show every night in the week starting 3rd November. Mark and Stuart hinted that they would be playing the record again some time, so feel free to request it in the coming weeks by emailing radcliffe.maconie@bbc.co.uk
Thanks to everyone who voted for us.
“…a rather beautiful record” - Mark Radcliffe, 30/10/08
“Really, really gorgeous” – Stuart Maconie, 04/11/08
Thanks to everyone who voted for us.
“…a rather beautiful record” - Mark Radcliffe, 30/10/08
“Really, really gorgeous” – Stuart Maconie, 04/11/08
21/10/2008
DEBUT SINGLE
Our debut single is out now! It's a double A-sided download featuring 'This is the Year' and 'The Smile of an Innocent Child'. You can hear it in the player above, but for a high quality download you'll need to part with about £1.58. We're aware there's a credit-crunch going on, but that still seems like a bargain to us.
The artwork, above, has been designed by Graeme Swinton.
20/10/2008
BORDERLINE REVIEW
The people at livemusic.fm have written a review of our last show at the Borderline (14/10/08). They have been great supporters of ours and have written a few reviews of our shows - here are links to all of them:
19/09/2008
NEW WEBSITE AND FREE SONG
We've re-arranged how our website works, so you can now easily join our mailing list and link to Myspace, Facebook, or this blog. There's also a new track available to download as a high-quality mp3 - 'This Old Heart of Mine'. Help yourself - it's free!
Visit http://www.theemperors.co.uk
Visit http://www.theemperors.co.uk
23/07/2008
FEVER - LIVE FROM THE ROOFTOPS
We raided the roof of Emperors HQ a little while back to play a few songs - here's the first.
21/07/2008
PHOTOS
Photographer André Penteado has taken an ace set of photos of us. You can see them and download hi-res press shots from Flickr.
07/07/2008
RECORD OF THE DAY
We've been awarded 'Record of the Day'! This is a music industry mail-out with tons of influence, and they choose a track every day to bring to the industry's attention. They chose 'This is the Year', from our debut single which will be coming out in October 2008.
"The mixture of McKean's growl and the excellent lyrics evokes a sound reminiscent of Leonard Cohen or Tom Waits."
Click here to read the full write-up, and hear the track.
"The mixture of McKean's growl and the excellent lyrics evokes a sound reminiscent of Leonard Cohen or Tom Waits."
Click here to read the full write-up, and hear the track.
28/05/2008
12/05/2008
AWARD
We've been awarded the inaugural Record-Play Artist Development Award. Record-Play is a music consultancy that has set up the programme to help new musical talent. We'll receive free photoshoots, recording and assistance with all aspects of a record release.
We couldn't be more chuffed!
10/01/2008
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