Friday night was fun.  It was a shame that Fake Teak couldn’t play due to a lack of things for their drummer to hit, Peter Falconer’s impromptu set was highly entertaining, Hot Beds made us dance like we had two legs and then we played to a bear humping a speaker.

For those who didn’t make it, here’s a video to show what you missed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf4pkRDWyUE.  Thanks to all those who came along, and in answer to those who have asked, I go climbing on tables and eat some cakes before wearing one of them like a crown.

You can buy tickets to our upcoming October show with Pete And The Pirates online here: http://bit.ly/ppiratesneontix right now!  Each order comes with a free copy of our EP Luminescence.

Buy them now, you dick!  BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!

On Saturday October 23rd 2010, at Scala, Kings Cross, London, we will be playing on an immense line-up also featuring Pete And The Pirates and DJ sets from Bloc Party & The Maccabees.  ZOMG!  Tickets are on sale now, but as an extra insentive to those with excellence ingrained into their DNA, if you buy before the end of September, you get a free copy of our debut EP Luminescence thrown in absolutely free.  Just £12.50 for the whole lot.  I feel like Billy fucking Mays right now.

No online link for sales at the moment, but if you want one, fire us a mail or a Facebook message or something, we can sort something out.

Luminescence is on Spotify now, so if like me you’re over familiar with Iggy Pop’s shitty car insurance adverts, FCUK’s thing about a man and those ragingly shit Shockwaves ads, you can stream the tracks totally for free.

I’m listening to Neutral Milk Hotel‘s On Avery Island on Spotify right now, in fact.

Bill Cummings, editor of God Is In The TV has written a review of Luminescence which you can read here.

“Overall though The Luminescence EP is a schizophrenic melting pot of influences bourne of the brains of three imaginative people, reach inside this aural lucky bag and you’ll find some delightful moments, and some that don’t quite hit the mark, but they are played with a passion, commitment and humour that could teach many more established electro acts how to actually enjoy making music!”

This months edition of Rock Sound magazine has a review of Luminescence, which as it’s in a physical magazine, I’ll type out for you like your own personal secretary.  I won’t do that though, put it away.

7/10

“Two years on the scene, London gents Neon Highwire have been cutting their angular-chops in all the right places, and it shows.  The startling ‘Isometric View’ harkens to Hadouken!, all shrieking outrage and dirty basslines, while ‘Under Moonlight’ has a touch of Ian Curtis’ clench-toothed vocals over skittering synths.  Already playlisted by the BBC and with plans for a UK tour this year, it looks like the future’s not only bright for this trio, it’s neon.”

Some nice words from RebelRiffs in their review of Luminscence which you can read here.  As Steve (Gilmore, not me) says “With a great cross between electronica and chippy rock, Neon Highwire are a fine example of the health of English music. The problem lies in the health of the English music business whose blindness to the potential of bands like this will be remembered and noted, come the f****** revolution.“

Kickass music blog Subba Cultcha (yes, a Pixies reference) said some nice things about our Luminescence EP which you can read here.

“Sounding at various times like Hot Chip and Hadouken! In equal measure, this is certainly one of the more accomplished efforts of the month – bouncy, engaging and interesting. Yummers” to be precise.

Many people have emailed me lately and said

“Steve, I really want to own a horse, but don’t have the space for it in my London based tower block flat.  Can horses fly?”

The answer is no, horses cannot fly.

THIS FRIDAY!

Moving on, we’ve got a STONKER (meow) of a gig coming up Friday at the triple A battery Powers bar in Kilburn run by the super fantastic lake of ice cream No Fiction.  It’s free entry, has AWESOME DJs, two incredible bands known for great music and live shows (HEY, ONE OF THOSE IS US! WODYAKNOW!), and loads of drink offers a n d  t h e  l i k e c==3

Luminescence

Buy it from Amazon, iTunes, Indiestore, Amie Street and a bunch of others like Napster and Myspace Music and Rhapsody too.  Buy multiple copies then come see us live and buy some more.  I’ll sign anything that moves.  Make new friends, buy them the CDs.  Things you can use the CD for:

Playing music.

Yeah, you thought that was gonna be one of my awesome lists, but it wasn’t. Deal.

Video

I bought a video camera, yeah, big deal.  We’re gonna start filming stuff.  Music videos are lame, we have much better ideas than that, what we need now are crowns.  Anyway, we’ve got a Youtube channel at this place which also has a link to us playing our extended edit of Akira! at 93 Feet East.

Other Stuff

There’s a load of other new stuff in the pipeline, but figure rather than just blabbering on about it, we’ll get it all confirmed and fit for consumption first.  So be patient and keep checking www.neonhighwire.com.

Few gigs coming up, but can’t reveal details on all yet till they’re confirmed.  Probably playing in Brighton on March 19th though, which will be nice.

Friday 12th February 2010

No Fiction (Raven Beats Crow & Neon Highwire)

Power’s Acoustic Room, 332 Kilburn High Road, Kilburn, London, NW6 2QN

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Wednesday 17th March 2010

Glasswerk (Artefacts For Space Travel & Neon Highwire & TBC)

93 Feet East, 150 Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL

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Saturday 29th May 2010

Captain Zapi’s Rollin’ Revue (Neon Highwire & TBC)

The Aquarium, Old Street, Shoreditch, United Kingdom, EC1V 9DD

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Sometimes it just works better that way,

Steve.

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Thanks to Tara O who played Neon Blink on her Best In British Music radio show last night.  You can listen to the broadcast by clicking here.