Amoeba in-store performance announced February 04, 2010

Fanfarlo will be performing in-store at Amoeba Music in Los Angeles at 7PM on February 18. For full details, visit Amoeba.com.

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And the winner is... February 04, 2010

As you may recall, we ran a few competitions via the wonderfully seasonal Fanfarlo Advent Calendar in December.

The following lucky five each won a disposable camera containing photos taken by the band.
Tod Krumenacker
Laura Seely
Minna Zhou
Jessica Greene

And the Christmas Hamper, featuring gifts collected on tour, goes to Deb Rawleigh.

Congratulations to all!

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Europe Endless February 04 2010

Our first journey into Europe for some time comes in the form of a three week tour. This was a big change for us. Not just because it feels like we’ve been constantly travelling from one side of the States to the other but because Fanfarlo have decided to become a five piece. After one year and five different guitarists we had a feeling we could work better as just the five of us. After two weeks of rehearsal that produced some awesome re-workings of old songs and a rather self indulgent Fleetwood Mac cover our suspicions were proved correct and we were all pretty excited to get on the road.

Lawrence and I in Paris.

Leon at Popschutz in Berlin

Tour started with a Rough Trade East in-store that was a bunch of fun followed by an overnight drive to Amsterdam that included an absurd trip on a P&O ferry that most of us had forgotten even existed. Sold Out shows in Amsterdam and Paris supported by the awesome NZ band Lawrence Arabia. This was followed by three great gigs in Germany and fun in Popschutz studio in Berlin to record a future 7’’ single that includes a brand new version of an old song and the very same Fleetwood Mac cover previously mentioned.

Somewhere in Germany at a service station

Studio time at Popschutz in Berlin.

After the snow related debacle we had in the Mid West of the States we really thought we’d had our share of extreme weather for one cycle. Sadly not. Arctic conditions in Berlin caused our less than adequate transportation to malfunction and our journey across Western Europe to be a slow and frustrating one.

Providing we don’t freeze to death in the remaining ten days as we head north to Scandinavia, we hope to see you soon.

Justin

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We made it alive (more or less) January 10 2010

Well hello two thousand and ten. London is almost paralysed by a stinky wet blanket of coldness, but we are working away like galley slaves in our little rehearsal shack, preparing for a another mammoth three months or so of constantly driving, eating shit food and meeting amazing new people every night… There’s no heating in our studio but we’ve sped up all our songs to keep us warm. And there’s a pipe above the front door spewing dirty shower water on you if you’re unlucky enough to step out at the wrong time, but we do a little anti-rain dance and hope to not be soaked this time. God knows where in the innards of the ex-piano factory that is Omega Works the shower water is coming from.

I find it kind of hard to fathom that we came out alive on the other side of the tour just gone, with its completely ridiculous snow storms, passport thefts and general hell, not to mention the 12,000 miles we had to drive. Fucking cold as well. That’s it, never doing a winter tour again. Actually come to think of it, maybe we should only tour in warm, conveniently located places. Or how about from bed, is that possible? Surely there is some way of hooking us up with video link. Fanfarlo 2011 Horizontal Tour.

Actually it was kind of fun sometimes as well. And the grand finale at Webster Hall was epic, as those of you who were there know…

Wish we could do this for every show. (Thanks for the photo Casey.)

So in a week or so we are off again. Europe is first up, which will take us to Cathy’s beloved Brussels and my dear Gothenburg… then we are off to America for a few shows, then back to the UK, then back to the US again for south by south west… blah blah. But what’s really crazy about this is that we are going out on the road for the first time as a five piece. Scary for me as I now actually need to know what I’m doing when it comes to electric guitars, amps and pedals… but I’m getting there. I’ll make you proud I promise.

Peace and love,
Simon

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