From the Vault

Here are some really really interesting photos that I plucked at random from our past....

D. Thorpe writes a set list

Jonny and Connan Mockasin, from when we were on tour together.... the long lost brothers

Our old van.... if you sat here you were a dick.

This is Pete and I driving to somewhere at some point in history but I think it must have been Christmas cos pete has santa hat on. ???

Jonny likes to experiment with masks.

Pete doing some recording of some demo in my room.

Peter's Big Organ

Until I or another band member has something more substantial and relevant to post, silly video clips will have to do. Me and Pete took a break from mixing today so he could show me his organ. I went into a trance.

By the way, we really enjoyed our gig at the borderline on Wednesday. To everyone who was there, big up yourselves. To those who weren't.... where were you?? doesn't matter, it was sold out.

Today we had a band practice.

Here's a Photo Of Tom Sanders riding his bike.





Here's one of all of us havin a break from practicing.

Sausages and Socks

Yo.
Here is a video of us playing a bit of one of our possible new songs called 'my sun hat' which we keep meaning to play live but forgetting.

Q: Why do you have your tops off?
A: because it's very very hot in the room.

Q: Why do you have socks over the microphones?
A: because we keep getting electric shocks on our lips from the dodgy PA system

And here is a video of peter and peter in peter's house. As usual, completely mundane. I really have to find something more interesting to post. Is a mundane post better than no post at all? Discuss.

Secret filming PATP private lives

Album demos going quite well. We are starting to get really excited about recording proper. Today we had a serious discussion about what we want to call the album but at the moment it looks like it's gonna be called little death.

Artwork may involve me getting a tattoo...

Pete Dog got this new computer what makes videos. Here's one I've done covertly just for you.

The top of my Head

Our blog has 26 followers. There is a special prize for whoever is follower no. 27. I haven't decided what the prize is yet. It might be quite underwhelming. I feel we need some more followers though. I'm not even sure what it means to follow a blog. I am listening to Augustus Pablo in my bedroom and its sounding sweeeet. I have high ceilings which lend a certain sonic je ne sais quoi as the Germans say. Little Pete is coming to Hackney tomorrow where Pete Dog and I live to add his lovely voice noises to our latest demos, of which there are 16 so far.

Whittling them down into a concise 12/13/14/acceptable album length is going to be a really tough and unpleasant job. We love them all, see. But i guess the ones that don't go on will make great B sides/special rarities! I've included some random photographs from fuck knows when to liven up this bla bla bla from the top of my head. The one above is I think from an acoustic set that me and pete did once at the lock tavern years ago. Pete is holding some kind of African shakey percussion instrument that smelled of poo. We got paid 1oo quid and got really drunk.





The other photos are from a gig we played in our Pyjamas at the Rising sun in Reading. A long long time ago. It was one of my favourite shows, - I can't recommend performing in PJs highly enough, it's very liberating and in the summer months it feels so nice and airy.




(above) when Pete perspires, his spectacles are prone to slipping from his face leading to lack of clear vision of microphone, crowd and guitar, so the move that you see him performing here is the 'mid chord glasses push on' which many other glasses wearing performers including Bono and Graham Coxon have tried to immitate but never to the same effect as Pete.



One for the ladies. Jonny in Cowskin print pyjama bottoms.

back soon.

HELLO!!!

Hi guys I just thought I'd do a post as the others finally let me contribute to the Pirates blog. I was given a six month ban after an embarrassing blogging incident involving insect porn. I wonder if i can work out how to show you a nice picture of david and tommy havin a coffee.

Oh good it seems I can.

XPPX

Italy Etc

As promised here's my little video from Italia, and a couple of other bits. It doesn't make any sense but hey ho.






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Uncensored Interviews

Me and Tommy shine in some interviews...(this was at sxsw)

Some inane banter and some fascinating facts...

Bees, elephants and serious band stuff...



click on a clip to view it.

J Man x

P- p - put it on the blog...

Can i put it on the blog? Yes i can!




Some slightly more interesting posts coming up from me later on, i promise! In fact mega film montage from my phone that i'm working on...

Jon

Recent Fotos from Italy

Here are some photo graphs from the gig in Ravena. Thanks to everyone who came to see us and thanks to Heike has the Giggles for letting us use their stuff and playing with us. All the photos are by Caterina Gili.








I think if you click on the photos you get a super big image.

Welcome

A small clip of Pete, and Jonny soundchecking his drums at the 'path of peace' festival in Rovereto.

Buona bloody Sera

We have just got back from Italy where we did a handful of very fun shows. Via an Italian promoter who likes us, we get to go to Italy a couple of times a year and always have a right hoot. Admitedly, we look forward to the food and fiesta as much as the gigs - but the gigs are great. The first one we played was on the beach in Ravenna, and the last was at a little festival nestled in a beautiful valley.
At the moment my computer is dying on me and i can't seem to do anything with video... but here is a youtube clip I found of knots.









Our friend Caterina took some great photos which I'm going to try and get her to send so I can put them up too. In the mean time, here is me post mangiare.

Album II - latest news

We are going to record our next record with Mr. Gareth Parton, who also worked with us on our debut album Little Death. We all feel really comfortable working together, and had a real good time together recording the first time round. It's probably fair to say that we have changed as a band, and Gareth probably has as a producer, so I doubt that album II is going to sound like the first. But it will be frikin good, of course.

from L-R, Dave t, Bobby August, Little Pete, Me, Gareth, Jonny.

We don't know where we're gonna record yet but we're hoping to start in July.

Can't wait.

patp x

even more SXSW

Right guys i know it was ages ago but we got some more tracks from SXSW if you want to hear them?

We did a session for KEXP radio in Austin

Big thanks to KEXP for inviting us.

Here's a couple of tracks...

Motorbike

She Doesn't Belong To Me

if you search the internet you can find the whole session! treasure hunt...

Jon