Good rock for good people
We are pleased to announce a mini-tour with the excellent band the audience aus Germany!
Confirmed dates so far:
To celebrate these joyful news, here´s a completely inappropriate picture of Svein and Hans Martin.
As of today The Vineyards’ new record, The Vineyards, is out in all possible formats we can think of, and here is where to go shopping for it. We do not have a complete list of record stores that carry our genious stuff (especially outside the lovely country of Norway), so if you have any info on other places to go shopping for our premium product please give us a note in the comments below and we’ll update the list as we go.
On yesterdays format – CD:
Platekompaniet
CDON.com
Platebutikken Tiger (recommended!)
On tomorrows format – LP (vinyl) with bonus track:
Big Dipper (recommended!)
Platekompaniet
On todays format – MP3/Digital/Stream:
iTunes
Platekompaniet/Djuice
emusic.com
Musikkonline.no
Spotify
As always you can always pop by for some free streaming at MySpace.com/thevineyards
Last night I was walking down the street Howie B from Bloodlights drove by in his car shouting through the window: «great vinyl»!!
What?
And today I ran down to the superb record store Big Dipper to see for myself, and there it was! So, finally the long awaited time is here.
And you better run and get a copy for yourself and all your friends. Just take a look at the back: Track 13? Oh, yes, there is a bonus track. The first recording ever made by The Vineyards from 2003.
The Vineyards strongly recommend that you visit Synne Moen Tøften´s website. She was the designer that made the fantastic cover art for our latest album. Get a glimpse at what inspired her in the process and how the artwork was made.
And last but not least; take a look at the extremely limited edition merchandise that will be available only on eBay! We´ll let you know when the auctions start!
Ok, here it is – Northern Winters arranged for acoustic guitar and macintosh! I bet you’ve never seen anything like it :
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Now, we do need to explain this performance. As you may know, The Vineyards is a band fully employed in the business sector and a lot of our texts reflects the hard and dull life of office work. Like we say in Texas Ranger:
«gotta make a living, that’s all I know, it’s time to work, let’s go, let’s go!»
or in The Alibi:
«but as the clock is ticking and the day runs out, I cross my arms, I’m dreaming of what life is about» … «I should be seated at the fireside, with a little velvet robe untied, but every time I try to unwind, I’ll be standing at the assembely line»
Now, that is what we call powerful lyrics! The hard office work require a lot of skills in how to lure the co-workers (and bosses) to believe that you’re actually working when you’re sitting at the desk. What they don’t know is that we are actually making music in our office hours while playing keyboard on our macs. This version of Northern Winters is a way for us to come clean to our co-workers and say that there is indeed a life outside the cubicle! Enjoy!
Be shure to tune in to OsloTV tonight as Kjartan and Hans Martin from The Vineyards will visit and play a very special version of Northern Winters from the new album.
This will be a one time only preformance of this edit of Northern Winters so do not miss it. We do not want to say to much about the gig, but the way it will be played will reflect our daily life as office workers and white collar bastards.
Update: You can se us at approx 17:50 and 18:50 on Oslo TV. The recording will also be available on the web tomorrow!
Every once in a while The Vineyards are lucky, and when we had our show at Café Moody in Haugesund last weekend we were lucky! The fine photographer Edgar G. Bachel showed up and took some amazing photos.
Check them out:
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Thanks to all the people who came to see our shows in Bergen and Haugsund! It was a blast!
Here is some uninteresting pictures we took:
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And here you’ll find some pictures from Haugesunds Avis who was there taking pictures of people drinking their way through the easter holiday.
Picture from the best seller shelf in Platekompaniet. Go get a copy!
Allright! So we’ve finally reached the date where the long awaited album is released! The Album, simply called The Vineyards – The Vineyards, can be found in different versions on CD, vinyl LP and digital downlads. The vinyl and digital versions also contains a bonus track recorded way back in 2003 as a little special treat. You’ll find the record in almost any recordstore and here are some vendors where you can buy it online:
Platekompaniet (CD)
CDON.com (CD. They actualy managed to misspell the title – dorks)
MusikkOnline (mp3, with bonus track)
iTunes (AAC, mp3, iTunes plus with bonus track)
The vinyl will be available soon in selected and well assorted stores. The vinyl will also include vouchers to download the mp3 files from the-vineyards.net.
Go get a copy!
You can also listen to some of the songs in full length on our MySpace profile. And as if that was not enough, do not forget to come to one of our releaseconcerts!
