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Posted on 1st March 2004 at 6:17 PM

A Lovely Day Tomorrow

Good afternoon. Full details of the Czech A Lovely Day Tomorrow single have been announced. 1,942 copies of the single are being produced and shall be sold on the band's UK tour and via the official website, giving it a "release date" of 17th April. That's when the tour starts, for the less observant of you. Katerina Winterova from The Ecstasy Of Saint Theresa will take vocal duties on the first track, which is - believe it or not - A Lovely Day Tomorrow. The second track also has Katherina on vocals, and it goes by the name of Zítra Bude Krásný Den. That's A Lovely Day Tomorrow, but in Czech. British Sea Power return to vocals for the final song, Fakir. It's a Czech folk song from the 1930s, performed at the recent Sonic Boom Instore in Seattle.

Posted on 6th March 2004 at 6:24 PM

Tour posters on sale

You can buy two tour posters from the BSP Shop. They are very good, I must say, and you get excellent service courtesy of the wonderful Jo Shop. Buy them. Now.

Posted on 7th March 2004 at 5:25 PM

Tugboat on iTunes

If you haven't got it already, a cover of Galaxie 500's Tugboat by BSP is available to buy from the Apple iTunes store, if you're into that kind of thing.

Posted on 7th March 2004 at 10:43 PM

A Lovely Day Tomorrow clips online

30-second clips of the A Lovely Day Tomorrow re-recordings are being hosted on the Czech Radio 1 website. The direct links to the mp3s are here:

- Czech version
- English version

Posted on 25th March 2004 at 1:04 PM

MTV2 Subterranean interview

British Sea Power were on a special MTV2 Subterranean show (USA) from the SXSW Festival. They were interviewed and the Remember Me video was played. Ryan has kindly recorded the audio from the show and cut out the annoying adverts. Click here to download the mp3.

Posted on 4th April 2004 at 9:02 AM

A Lovely Day Tomorrow artwork

Someone is auctioning a copy of the new A Lovely Day Tomorrow single on eBay and they have scanned in the artwork. You can see it below:

Posted on 4th April 2004 at 11:26 AM

Czech Sea Power

British Sea Power will be bringing Club Sea Power to the village of London yet again on the 30th April 2004. The band play the 500-capacity Cargo venue.

BRITISH SEA POWER ANNOUNCE GIG AT CHAMPION SOUND
Having sold out the Shepherds Bush Empire for their upcoming gig, British Sea Power will present Club Sea Power at Champion Sound Friday 30 April. Likened to Joy Division by the NME, Sleaze, etc... This will be a rare chance to catch BSP in an intimate venue with support from The Ecstasy Of St Theresa, the best thing of
TicketWeb. Get in early.

Posted on 8th April 2004 at 11:45 AM

"Thousands of 70% finished songs"

I'm four days late with this, but better late than never, as they say. Anyway, Drowned In Sound reported that the band's gig at the Shepherds Bush Empire on the 29th April could be the last time the band decorate the stage with trees and branches. They also say that Yan told them the band have "thousands of 70% finished songs". The full article reads:

British Sea Power begun work writing their second album in February, shut off from the world for three weeks round Brighton's South Downs. Vocalist/guitarist Yan told DiS this morning: "That was the first effort we've made so far [writing new material]. We had a lot of fun and have hours of various kinds of recordings... like thousands of 70% finished songs."

While it seems the follow-up to last year's 'The Decline Of British Sea Power' seems a little way off, they are set to embark on their biggest tour yet (dates here), culminating at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire on April 29th. Yan also says that particular gig could be the last time the band decorate the stage with their famous foliage. :-O

Although some fans going to Glastonbury are already planning a "Camp Sea Power" (thagt's an area in the campsite, not a gay tribute band), BSP aren't, at time of writing, confirmed for the festival, but Yan says: "We're doing the Isle of Wight festival, which will be good as I've never been there before. I hear they have some good wildlife there."

On the BSP tourbus stereo recently: The Silver Jews, Buddy Holly, Lonnie Donegan, Julian Cope, Galaxie 500.

Posted on 10th April 2004 at 4:28 PM

Radio Prague interview

Radio Prague has a new article online about British Sea Power's love for all things Czech. It includes a short interview with manager, Roy, and clips of the new A Lovely Day Tomorrow recordings in both English and Czech. To read (or listen), click here.

Posted on 10th April 2004 at 7:44 PM

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