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So the new Thumpermonkey record finally got finished. It is entitled “We Bake Her Bread Beneath Her Holy Fire“. Here is the artwork that I prepared for it. The look I was aiming for is bold and striking – an attempt at a classy and “iconic” feel (whatever that means!). The bird-headed woman speaks to the Aztec imagery that Mike Woodman enjoys so much, the birds are a nod to HP Lovecraft’s soul-snatching whippoorwills (as mentioned in Whateley, track 2), and the toaster is, well, an incredible looking toaster (and matched to the imagery in Proktor Cylex, track 4).

I have re-built the Thumpermonkey site in Drupal. Tthe site is now entirely dynamic and super-easy to keep up to date by any of the guys in the band. This is good because (a) we have a bunch of gigs coming up and (b) I’m leaving Thumpermonkey at the end of the year, so I can hand over the admin of the site to the rest of the guys knowing that the site will always look fresh and alive.

Olid in the studio recording their first self-titled EP with Umair Chaundry at Keynote Studios, Reading. Shot on Vanessa’s new little Flip Video doodad.

Olid – Recording Diary (Jan 09)

Yes. It is here. Four tracks of molten gloom recording at Keynote Studios in Reading. Half the recording was paid for by Nightshift Magazine, Oxford, after they awarded 50ft Panda with Demo of the Month, and the engineer, Umair Chaundry, got an absolutely blinding sound for the record. I truly free the bar has been lifted again – this is definitely the best sounding record I’ve ever been part of.

Please download Olid, by Olid for almost nothing (at 320kbps MP3) from our Bandcamp page.

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Update: my good friend Mike Woodman has just completed a rad music video for us:

Olid – ‘Lights on the Lake’ from Michael Woodman on Vimeo.

Whilst I was recording my parts for the upcoming Thumpermonkey album, Ben Wren shot a little video on his new camera, and I look reasonably well dressed in it. Here, more to feed my personal obsession for self-archiving than anything else, is the session from December 2009.

Bass Recording for Thumpermonkey ’08 from Mike Hutchinson on Vimeo.

Holy crap! The music video that I have always wanted to make! Finally: Stonasaurus and Horror Hospital joined in coital bliss!

Stonasaurus – Storm Your Way Back To Health (Horror Hospital Mash-up)

Foolishness of foolishnesses; Stonasaurus recently re-united for the first gig since the Norwich Arts Centre gig (supporting Goldie Lookin’ Chain) way back in… er… 2005… maybe?

Mike Woodman (in his confused ignorance) insisted that we grab the mics for old times’ sake and open a Tooting Bizarre night. It was actually damn fun, and great to have so many friendly faces in the crowd (without which it might have fallen somewhat flatter!). I thank all those who came out to see it muchly – and advise anyone who missed it to download The “Best” Of Stonasaurus (for free, of course, I wouldn’t expect anyone to part with a penny for this nonsense!).

Featuring my little brudda on drums, and two very fine guitarists (both good friends); Olid is a doom band. That’s the very long and the not so short of it. Working on a ‘demo’ at the moment, and playing gigs soon. Check the myspazz for details.

Bunch of shows with the new line-up; including a costumed Halloween show and a gig with the charming Astrohenge.

Thumpermonkey, now Thumpermonkey Rises!, are playing a secret show with the new line-up ahead of our triumphant relaunch at the Tooting Bizarre night in July.