February 2012
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The Maison EP Released & The Future
This week has marked the release of The Maison EP on iTunes, Amazon and more - as well as Bandcamp
To ‘celebrate’ - here are two remixes for free download, from Bear Mask and Sayang
It is with a bit of sadness that I announce Honour Before Glory won’t be playing any live shows for the forseeable future. A combination of events, has strived to upset the creation and promotion...
January 2012
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The Maison EP
Hello all, and a Happy New Year
It gives me great pleasure to finally announce details of The Maison EP
The Maison EP will be released worldwide on Monday 6th February via iTunes, Amazon etc and is available to stream and advance purchase via Soundcloud & Bandcamp as of now. As previously mentioned, anyone who pre-ordered the physical version of this is broken lines will receive a...
December 2011
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Kind Words
There’s been some kind words written in the last few days, since the release of A Spaceman Came Traveliling
Clash made it Track Of The Day, and The Music Fix made it Single Of The Week
Croon also wrote a long interview about all things whiskas, with the second half focussing on Honour Before Glory, what is to come, and what has been
Merry Christmas
A Spaceman Came Travelling
In honour of the season, I’ve recorded a version of Chris De Burgh’s festive classic ‘A Spaceman Came Travelling’ - the story of one travellers gift of music to this planet
Please visit www.honourbeforeglory.com to listen and claim your free download
Release plans continue to roll - the previously mentioned The Maison EP is in the system and will be released in...
Christmas Preview
October 2011
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TV No TV
TV No TV is now available to stream and download here:
<a href=”http://rockandrollcircus.bandcamp.com/track/tv-no-tv” _mce_href=”http://rockandrollcircus.bandcamp.com/track/tv-no-tv”>TV-NO-TV by Honour Before Glory</a>
The following kind words were also spoken on Croon
“[Honour Before...
A Collection Of Calamity
As previously mentioned, a new track TV No TV is featured on the upcoming compilation put together by Leeds’ based studio Rock & Roll Circus called A Collection Of Calamity Vol. 3
A limited number of CDs will be distributed free in bars and shops around the city, and it will be up for download from next week
Rhubarb Bomb singled out the Honour Before Glory track for praise:
“a...
September 2011
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Hello all, I hope everyone who has ordered This Is Broken Lines is enjoying it
Many apologies on the radio silence, but I have been a busy bee - sureing up release plans for This Is Broken Lines, putting together some new / associated tracks, as well as everything else that keeps me busy and more besides I must offer further apologies though, as the release ‘proper’ has now been...
July 2011
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Truely (Young Liar Remix)
http://www.youngliar.co.uk
this is broken lines
As you are aware I’ve been working on the Honour Before Glory album for the last year (or more) and recently cancelled a couple of gigs to concentrate on finishing. Well, I am very pleased to announce that I finished it a week or so ago, and as of right now you can listen and buy a copy via the website
The album is called this is broken lines, and features songs you may have heard and some...
I Like Trains - Sirens
I fucked up one of my friends songs - click below to play & download
June 2011
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May 2011
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Apologies
Honour Before Glory will not be appearing at the upcoming Long Division Festival
I’ve made the tough decision to concentrate on finishing some new music and so live appearences will be sparse [non-existant] for the time being
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April 2011
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A Beautiful Reminder
<a href=”http://sweepingthenation.bandcamp.com/track/a-beautiful-reminder” _mce_href=”http://sweepingthenation.bandcamp.com/track/a-beautiful-reminder”>A Beautiful Reminder by Sweeping The Nation</a>
http://sweepingthenation.bandcamp.com
Going Deaf For A Living
We play Steve Lamacq’s Going Deaf For A Living night at London’s Bull & Gate this Thursday (21st April)
It’s the first gig for 5 months - everything has been tweaked somewhat, and is a little more pleasing to our ears
http://www.clubfandango.co.uk/news.php?id=463&big=Y
kind words →
Being one of the last acts I heard, Honor Before Glory, I just routinely opened the soundcloud page and clicked play, not really paying attention to the info on the page. What greeted me was something of a calm, serene beauty. Relaxing, but not overtly chilled, for there is still some under-pinned angst, “Maison” just hit the right notes when I heard it. Looking forward to hearing more. It’s...
Long Division
We are playing Long Division Festival in Wakefield on Saturday 11th June alongside The Wedding Present, Los Campesinos, I Like Trains and more
http://www.longdivisionfestival.co.uk/
February 2011
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Live At Leeds 2011
We’re playing Live At Leeds this year, Sat 30th April. Leeds.
January 2011
4 posts
Maison on Radio 1
Just a little heads up that Huw Stephens played ‘Maison’ on Radio 1 on Wednesday night which was quite exciting. You can listen again here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xmj4h
Still bedded down twisting more stuff, in the meantime one man in particular has said some nice things about Honour Before Glory:...
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a new track
maison
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New Web
You’re probably already here
www.honourbeforeglory.com
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Christmas Reading
December 2010
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Albums Of The Year
whiskas’ Albums Of 2010 on Spotify
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Friends Make Busy
Lots of good friends are making moves at the minute, and it seemed a good moment to note a few things
LONE WOLF are gearing up to a second album with a first Leeds headline show in January, bolstered by our own Jim Foulger, making 3 HBG contributers in the current line-up. Mi Mye & Blue Roses are also playing completing the incestuous beast
Jim has been drafted into Lone Wolf fold, as...
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Feist - Limit To Your Love
November 2010
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Current Listening #2
Emeralds – Does It Look Like I’m Here?
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6music
Steve Lamacq played the previously unaired ‘This Is Shattered Light’ on BBC 6 Music on Monday afternoon.
You can listen again here, with the track played arund 1hr 45mins:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00w00dg/Steve_Lamacq_15_11_2010
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New Tracks (Associated)
Some more of my recent production work has come to light. The new JOHNNY FOREIGNER single we recorded at end of September if part of a split single with Stagecoach and is out on Monday 15th November. More details here and listen below:
Tru Punx by Johnny Foreigner
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BLOOD ORANGES are one of my favourite new bands in Leeds, and their debut single ‘The French Word For Love’ is...
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DiS Leeds
This week I wrote 2 posts for the Constellations Festival promoting Leeds’ day on Drowned In Sound
One was a run down of my favourite tracks from Leeds band in the last 10 years. You can read my run down here and listen to the mix here
The second was mine and I Like Trains collaboration on our favourite eatery’s in the city - read that here
The full list of Leeds’ day...
Words
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“a troubled, black-hearted sound”
http://mmitc.blogspot.com/2010_10_01_archive.html#8987848295329647711
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“This is not your average ‘indie’ though, more the kind that lurks deep in the shadows where most bands fear to tread”
http://www.pullyourselftogetherzine.co.uk/2010/10/itc2010-day-3-highlights-part-1.html
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“Musical output-wise, it’s my complete...
October 2010
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Pretty Pictures
A few months ago - the day we started “the album sessions” incidentally, we got together with my good friend Carmel to take some snaps of the band in whataver form that may be. I like the fact that the band can mean who plays live and who plays on record, and the two aren’t mutually exclusive.
These photos have been used in various places as I’m sure you’ve seen,...
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Current Listening
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Time
Tomorrow we play at In The City in Manchester at the Brew Records showcase at Gullivers on Oldham Street. We are the first band on of the night - onstage at 7.10pm.
Jim is sadly absent for this one, so we’re replacing Duel with Duel, Foulger with Foulger, and his brother Jon will be filling in for us
What’s the latest with Duels you say?
Stage times for Constellations Festival...
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White Houses
This is the second attempt at this post, so apologies if I miss anything. Keen eye observers may remember my recording sessions with 9 piece orchestral pop behemoth Arthur Rigby & The Baskervylles earlier in the year. Hannah from the band, also provided violin on our own track ‘Forever’
Well the fruits of that process are now available as their ‘White Houses’ single,...
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Senc To The Shaking
I haven’t posted much about Mi Mye in an Honour Before Glory related capacity, but I did extensively when this blog was hosted elsewhere… see here
MI MYE - the band of Jamie Lockhart & friends, featuring me, I guess 80% of the time on guitar
As blogged previously, the Mi Mye album is finished and is now available to listen to via bandcamp. Alongside myself, the album features...
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Exposure
Thanks to everyone who’s helped in spreading the word of the new tracks - I’ve been trying to retweet anything I come accross. Inparticular John Kennedy played Breaker on his Xfm X-posure show
We also finally got back in the practice room properly this week and are now massively looking forward to these upcoming gigs. Due to everyone’s other commitments, and London-based James...
September 2010
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Breaker
As the Summer’s recording adventure comes to completion, we are pleased to ‘release’ Breaker unto the world. You can listen and download the song via Soundcloud here:
Honour Before Glory - Breaker
We have also made Lions available for free download when you sign up to the mailing list. You can do so here
We now prepare to take this show on the road. The 5 dates we have...
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I Like Trains
We’re supporting I Like Trains on the London date of their upcoming tour - Tuesday 2nd November at 100 Club.
Their new album ‘He Who Saw The Deep’ was released through their Pledge campaign this week and is fantastic (obviously)
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Forever
Apologies for the lack of recent updates of any note again. Those following the twitter feed will appreciate I’ve been polishing off the mixes of the songs I’ve been recording over Summer, and on Saturday I welcomed the supa-dupa Johnny Foreigner to the studio.
Anyway, below you can listen to ‘Forever’ from the summer Honour Before Glory sessions. As well as previous...
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London, In The City, Constellations
Thanks for everyone who came to the Wolf Parade gig on Thursday. It was much fun
We carry on with our increased live activity into November with some more appearences venturing further afield. We have our debut London gig helped out by some friends. Brew Records have invited us to play their showcase at In The City in Manchester. And we will be appearing at the inaugural Constellations Festival...
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Chad Valley
Chad Valley is really Hugo Manuel, lead singer of Jonquil. Chad Valley is his psych-lofi-funk downbeat ‘solo’ project (I guess?) and is almost as awesome as Jonquil
The Fader have done a great interview with him, and also put some MP3s up to download. Hugo / Chad plays with The Mountain Goats in London / Leeds this week
Speaking of great Oxford frontmen gone solo, if you...
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Play Patterns
We’ve been added to the bill for the inaugural Play Patterns festival in October at Josephs Well, Leeds. Over 3 days, the festival features compatriots Sam Airey, Fran Rodgers, Normal Man, Wingman, Blood Oranges, The ABC Club as well as Calories, Hot Club De Paris, Johnny Foreigner and Talons.
We play on Sunday 3rd October. More info on the official website and on this forum. Facebook...
August 2010
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Current Activity
Over the last few weeks I have been twittering of doddering around the studio recording some new tracks - this has been a process that has consumed me in a way I never felt possible, and to all intents and purposes has evolved from documenting the songs I’d been playing live solo and with the band, to what can probably be classed as ‘the album sessions’
It has, bizarrely,...
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Supporting Wolf Parade
I’m very excited to announce our next gig will be supporting the utterly fantastic Wolf Parade at Brudenell Social Club in Leeds on THURSDAY 9th SEPTEMBER
The new album - Expo 86 - has been on my stereo - for the last few months and is one of the best albums I’ve heard in ages.
Tickets here: https://www.lunatickets.co.uk/event_page.php?eventID=1063
Facebook event...
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T-Shirts
Honour Before Glory t-shirts (01) have arrived. They’re standard Gildan band shirts, with a wrap around design on the front and back
If you want to be seen in the latest haute couture item, orders are now been taken in a variety of sizes here
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Wingman
For the last few months I’ve been producing some very exciting music in the studio with other bands - hopefully all this music is going to start trickling out in to the world, and it starts with Wingman
Wingman are three heshed out dudes playing gnar-pop in a basement. Fear & Records say ‘think The Thermals-meets-The Cribs’ - I say think Graham Coxon on 13 playing in The...