Summer Funner
Posted by on May 29, 2010
Hey all,
So we realize it has been pretty quiet lately here in Bishop Allen land, and as far as shows/albums go, it will probably be a pretty quiet summer to the world (unless you FOLLOW US ON TWITTER http://www.twitter.com/bishopallennyc), BUT that’s just because we are going to be really getting down to the business of writing/recording so that our next tour will be chock-full of new songs and reworked old jams.
We are in the process of setting up our new recording/practice space at Justin and Darbie’s new place. Once we get everything up and running up there, that will be band-central for the next few months. If you’re interested, check back here for videos, photos and Oh-Snap jokes from our new attic sanctuary:
Click on for more BA-related links, that you may or may not know about, and a very special video I watch a lot these days…
Darbie’s blog
Posted by on April 15, 2010
Darbie started a blog. Amazing. It’s called Field Guide 35.
You can read about everything she finds interesting. Also about our move upstate to Kingston, New York. Bishop Allen North. In addition to gardening, homebrewing, and total immersion in various arts and crafts, we’ll be building out a studio. Where we will write and record like crazy.
Resting the Tires
Posted by on February 22, 2010
Hey it’s you!
Quick Status Update: We are working on new songs, new ideas, new vibes, new dreams, new news, etc., and in order to focus these vibes and ideas into something bigger, we’re gonna take a bit of a touring hiatus. Sorry to those who bet their friends that Bishop Allen would be touring this Spring, it looks like you’ve made a foolish wager. 2009 was largely spent on the road playing fun shows, having good times, meeting new people, and playing the hell out of a good chunk of our songs, so now we are gonna rest our tires for a bit. I hope you will wait for us. To make this wait exciting, perhaps you could imagine yourself as a married person and we, Bishop Allen, are your true love, sent to prison for the crime of defending your honor. See? Now the wait is fine/fun/dumb.
So, sure, please come back and look for updates on here. I will probably use some of this touring down time to make the site more fun. Maybe a trivia contest where the winner wins a free mix tape comprised of 60 minutes of Jeopardy theme song remixes? Wait, come back! Where are you going? Fine, what do you want to be added to this website?
In the mean time you can check out Michael’s other band Fool’s Gold, who are touring a bit these days, and are totally awesome. http://www.myspace.com/foolsgold
Truly yours,
BA
DOI, 2010 is Gonna Be Fun
Posted by on December 15, 2009
Hey all,
I know that there are a few weeks left until January 1st takes us all by the throats, but as we have no real plans for the next few weeks (except to hang with families and learn to like eggnog), I think that we can officially say that Bishop Allen’s 2009 is coming to a close. 2009 was a good year. Our new album was released. A heavy supply of touring led us to various cities, states, countries and air-spaces all over the western world. We ate a lot of good food, we met a lot of good people and 4/5 of the band even saw Fleetwood Mac in concert. (Full Disclosure: I am the other 1/5). A big, crazy year indeed. Thanks to everybody that made any of this possible in any way (except for the angry gods that made me miss the FM show)
But there is no rest for the wicked pissa, so we will get back to making songs and playing shows in the very near future. In fact, we are playing a show on January 15th in New York, opening up for The Yummy Fur. This is VERY exciting news for the band, as this has been one of Christian and Justin’s favorite bands for a long, long time. What makes it super crazy, is that T.Y.F. has been disbanded for the last ten years or so. This show is part of a mini-tour in which they are playing the US for the first time! Sooooooo, the fact that they are playing at all in NYC is sort of unreal, and we all feel extremely fortunate just to be a part of this show. Come be a part of history. It’s at a newish venue in Brooklyn called Lombardy (171 Lombardy st. in Greenpoint)
Advance Tickets available started on TUESDAY 12/8/09 at Cake Shop, Bruar Falls, and via WYR? at http://whatsyourrupture.bigcartel.com/product/yummy-fur-bishop-allen-german-measels-mcdonalds-surprisors
So that’s the pressing matter-at-hand, but read on for more 2010 show details, and a couple of random pics and memories from the most recent tour.
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Bishop Allen Songs
- The Monitor
- Things Are What You Make of Them
- Rain
- Click, Click, Click, Click
- Dimmer
- The Ancient Commonsense Of Things