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4th April 2012 - Gigs & album preview
Well – here we are again, another sporadic update from All Things Considered. I think in the last one we wrote to let you know we are still just about plodding along, and I guess this is a very similar one – however it's pleasing to say we at least have a couple of live dates coming up in the next few weeks!

On Easter Monday (9th) we're making our second appearance at The Bedford in Balham. A better free night of music in London we've not found – and the globe like theatre venue is an absolute pleasure to play. This show is free entry, (did I mention that already?) with music kicking off at around 8pm. Check out more details. We of course strongly urge you to come along!

On Wednesday 25th April – we're making yet another appearance at what is rapidly becoming our second home, Jagz in Ascot – as part of a charity night to raise awareness of the closure of Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot. Those local to the area will know how important this place is – so this is something we're happy to get involved with, and it's also a good opportunity to see a whole evening of great music, taking place all over the venue. We'll be on sometime after 9pm – on which stage is still TBC.

Then – Saturday 28th April we're doing a show at Folking Live, which is held in The Cellar Bar, South Hill Park Arts Centre in Bracknell. Folking Live has become in the last 3 years one of the top roots showcase events in the South of England, bringing together both local talent, as well as the best from the London circuit, and further afield – including quite a number of international artists touring the UK. This event will be headlined by one of the top London acoustic acts – Laveer. We'll be on about 8.30pm – and our appearance has absolutely nothing to do with the fact Phil and Adrian run the night... we're there purely on musical merit, we promise. Tickets £7 on the door for this.

The 28th April also sees us return to the studio. After a number of months taking stock of what we have already put down for the difficult second album, we've now all had a good listen – made the changes we wanted, and are now in a position to start recording the final couple of songs that will complete the record.

We are not far away with this – and although we've been saying it for god knows how long – we WILL have this album out this year. For your listening pleasure (we hope), we have a few snippets of stuff we have been working on – just to show you all we aren't lying! You can hear them here:

Album Preview by All Things Considered

So that's about it. Would be great to see you at any of the upcoming shows. Let's face it – most of you will have forgotten what we sound like – so what better way to reacquaint yourselves.

Cheers

ATC
31st January 2012 - Last minute gig on Friday
We've added a last minute show to our slowly growing roster of gigs, this Friday (3rd February) in Camberley, Surrey. Please see the gig listings for address and entry details. Be great to see a few of you there.

We should also have the first of what we hope will be a string of summer festival appearances confirmed within the next fortnight. Details of that will be posted here as soon as we have them.
29th December 2011 - Happy New Year
Wishing everyone a very happy New Year, and all the best for 2012.

We're really starting to step up planning for 2012, with studio sessions increasing to finish the album, and also the first few live dates being confirmed. Our first of these is back at the venue we finished off back in July - Jagz in Ascot. Please come and join us on January 24th in the bar area for a free entry show to ease us back in to gigging! If we're horrendous - at least it hasn't cost you anything!

More dates to follow, along with a much more up to date blog as the new album draws ever nearer.

Thanks for the continued support
20th November 2011 - News Update
We're delighted to announce the arrival of our new bass player - Ian Greening.

Ian, being nearly as old as Adrian (we didn't know such an age existed) comes in to the fold with a wealth of experience in many different styles and genres. He's a very solid bass player which will work with our material well we think, and we have already got stuck in to writing the last couple of tracks needed for the new record - so he has to stay now!

We'll hopefully be announcing a couple of live dates for early 2012 very soon, so watch this space for the debut of the 3rd different ATC line up - and its always the bass players!
6th September 2011 - Babies, bass player and brand new mixes
Hello Everyone

You may (or may not) have noticed we've been pretty quiet recently. So, we thought it time for a quick update as the long hot summer (?) draws to a close.

At the end of July we said a fond farewell to Ben, our bass player for the last 3 years - who has now departed these shores for the sights and sounds of Boston, Massachusetts. He's quite blatantly forgotten about us already as he's not replied to any e-mails we've lovingly sent asking how he is - but there you go.

We'd like to thank everyone who came along to see Ben off at our last gig, and also go on record in wishing him the best of luck. It was (mostly) a pleasure working with you good sir.

We're currently making arrangements with regards the bass player position, and hopefully can announce something soon.

Those of you who saw us live for the few shows we did over the summer months may also have noticed Emma had put on a little weight... Well, we're delighted to announce that she gave birth to a bouncing baby boy last weekend, a couple of weeks ahead of schedule! 7lb 2ozs, and the little scamp goes by the fine traditional name of Robert Lee Baldwin. You can always trust a guy called Robert I think.

All our love and best wishes go to her and Darren.

And then there were three (well, Emma's hiatus will probably last about a week knowing her).

The three of us are back in the studio this week for continued recording. We still have lots to do, but we're getting there with the new record. Some of it is close to completion, which is a great place to be.

So, as we've been suggesting for ages, we've uploaded one of the new album tracks to our players on our various websites. Unheard Sounds and Empty Motions has been in our set for ages now - but have you ever heard it with Gethin's backing vocals...? Let us know what you think. It may not be the final mix - but its pretty close.

So there we go. There is no time frame of when we'll be back fully up and running - but I imagine we'll start to get a bit itchy to go out and do some shows pretty soon, so keep your eyes peeled for some news on that.

Hope you're all well

Cheers

ATC (abridged...)
28th June 2011 - Jagz Gig Ticket Info
With Ben's last gig on 29th July fast approaching we thought it would be useful to let you know how to buy tickets for the show online!

You can get your tickets for the Jagz gig at www.wegottickets.com/event/123871. Tickets are just £5 and for your money you'll not only get us - but to open the night, we have booked the outstanding acoustic duo The Paper Shades. They are worth the ticket money alone!

Obviously we're really keen to get as many people out as possible for this show - as it'll be the last time you'll see us with our current line-up and we really want to give Ben a great send off.

So - don't delay - get yourself a ticket and join us at Jagz in Ascot on 29th July. It'll be a very lovely thing.
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20th November 2011 - November Update
Hello Everyone

Thought it about time for a bit of an update, just so you know we’re all still alive and the band does still exist!

We left you a couple of months ago with the news that Emma had given birth to a baby boy. Well we’re pleased to say that all concerned are doing very well. Baby Robert seems remarkably good so far, so credit to him. Emma seems to be taking to motherhood like she takes to most things – extremely smoothly and as if she’s been doing it for years. She’s even had time to start dabbling in a completely new musical project, alongside the good ship ATC. Who says parenting is difficult!

Our now former bass player – Mr Ben Halls, is we believe doing well for himself in his new home of Boston (USA, not Lincolnshire). We can’t confirm this as we have barely heard from the bloke nearly 3 months after he departed – but we hear these things on the grapevine.

The big news for us is that we have started working with a new bass man. Ian Greening is an extremely affable chap, a very good bass player and seems to like folk music, which is always a plus. We’ve so far worked on some of our old material with him, as well as working on the last bit of new stuff we need for the album, and all is going swimmingly so far, which is good. We’d like to welcome Ian to the fold, and hope his stay is a happy one.

So, plans are slowly beginning to be put in place to actually get back gigging. We have missed it badly, but know we need to make sure we are 100% ready before venturing back out. In the next couple of weeks we will start to name a few dates for early 2012 – which we will no doubt keep you posted about. There is currently a slow burning urge to get a show in before Xmas, but with the album being the absolute biggest priority currently, this will likely be a last minute thing if it does happen. We will of course give you as much notice of any shows as possible.

The album is starting to sound great. We are now finishing off songs and can start to visualise the finished product. We’re still a fair way off, but the plan is to have the recording finished by February, and it being ready to be duplicated by March/April, ready for a May/June release. There’s a few exciting things in the pipeline including working with a promotions company to help push the record, along with some big shows we’ll be lining up.

So, as another taster of the new album, we now have a really nice bit of video shot at one of our favourite nights, The Icarus Club in Hither Green, London. It is footage of the song 'Grasslands', which will be appearing on the new record, and it was recorded back in the summer. Head over to the video section of the website where you'll find that, and a few other older ones you may not have seen. It's worth 10 minutes of your time we think!

So, that’s about it. We’re very close to all systems go again and there is a real buzz about the band currently which is good to be a part of. Watch this space everyone – ATC will be rising again very soon!
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