wiaiwya-7777777

Standard Fare

2012-03-07T11:24:00.000-08:00

hi... happy 7th March...

i'm sorry to say that Help Stamp Out Loneliness won't be able to do their scheduled single (due for the June 7th release), but am thrilled to let you know that Standard Fare have agreed to record an exclusive 3 track single for wiaiwya-7777777... subscriptions are still available, so sign up soon to be among the first to hear new tunes by all the bands...

SPRINGSTEEN for just £7!

2012-03-05T23:26:00.002-08:00

a little off topic, but to celebrate the release of the new SPRINGSTEEN album (Wrecking Ball - you can get it from Rough Trade) i am overjoyed to offer you a 30% discount for the wiaiwya boss tribute album PLAY SOME POOL, SKIP SOME SCHOOL, ACT REAL COOL - yes, that makes it just £7 to you and your CHUMS

simply click buy and enter the discount code wrecking_ball when asked

<a href="http://wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/album/play-some-pool-skip-some-school-act-real-cool">Play Some Pool, Skip Some School, Act Real Cool by Various</a>

the album features 38 covers, including exclusive tracks from the WAVE PICTURES, ALLO DARLIN, EUX AUTRES and HELP STAMP OUT LONELINESS... there is even a fiddle solo from DOUG YULE...

QUICK LINK TO BANDCAMP PAGE

seven sevens are forty nine

2012-02-22T14:25:00.000-08:00

oh, yes, we're doing it again - seven djs playing seven records each, as part of a splendid club night - on 31st march Stolen Wine have been kind enough to have us along, and we have guests from Language of Flowers, SHRAG, Plastic Pancake, and Elliot (from EVERY gig EVER)...

details are on the facebook page, and the flyer below:

77 days is too long

2012-02-20T01:09:00.011-08:00

yup... the first fruits (and third release of wiaiwya-7777777) of Rose Melberg and Larissa Loyva's TALLY HO! is out in 77 days on Monday Blue vinyl - and here you can listen to their version of the Pretender's classic "Kid"...

you can still subscribe to the wiaiwya-7777777 singles club (7 singles, 7 bands, 14 grooves, 21 tracks) by clicking the link on the top of the page

the BALLOONS are here...

2012-02-14T03:38:00.000-08:00

in red, blue, green and yellow, these will be going out with the second pair of wiaiwya-7777777 releases:

wiaiwya-7777777 Balloon

sounds xp review

2012-02-13T11:37:00.000-08:00

those nice chaps at sounds xp have reviewed the WAVE PICTURES and the WEREWANDAS singles

soundsxp wiaiwya-7777777 singles review

"the Wave Pictures at their most winsome. ‘Salt’ is bitter like dark chocolate, with an intense flavour highlighted by intricate picking"

"The Werewandas... is a joyous mess of surf guitar and sounds like Wanda Jackson singing the Batman theme"

bandcamp, downloads, and individual singles

2012-02-06T23:16:00.000-08:00

yup, the debut Werewandas single is out today, Tuesday 7th Feb 2012, either digitally, or on glorious violet vinyl... an ideal present for your loved one, or indeed ANYONE... subscriptions are of course still available, just click on the BUY NOW link up at the top of the page... splendid...

the Werewandas are a five pieve combo of Fujiyama Mamas and Papas who gleefully massacre rock and roll standards as well as their own original western bop confections, withing they were Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps and ending up as a lo-fi, garage pop Everley Sisters. Predictably the Werewandas also love Wanda Jackson

<a href="http://wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/album/wiaiwya044">wiaiwya044 by the Werewandas</a>

Balloons

2012-02-02T11:54:00.000-08:00

the BALLOONS have just been ordered for sending out with the second batch of singles... i've never had my own balloons before...

seven sevens are forty nine

2012-02-01T12:25:00.000-08:00

last Saturday saw the first SEVEN SEVENS ARE FORTY NINE evening, a series of nights over the year where 7 djs will play 7 records each... thanks very much to Paul and Scared To Dance for having us along... so, the first 7 djs were Nick (Franz Ferdinand), Robert (Rotifer), Ben (Did Not Chart), John (dj downfall), Virginie (the Werewandas), Sean (Fortuna POP! ) and me... here are the 49 songs that were played over the evening... from Love to Sabbath, via the Aislers Set and Bryan Adams... blimey, it's ALL OVER THE PLACE... MARVELLOUS:

Sean and Virginie:
Love - 7x7 Is
Mel Torme - Coming Home
Velvet Underground - Foggy Notion
Third Degree - Mercy
Smog - Cold Blooded Old Times
Etta James - Seven Day Fool
Sugababes - Push The Button
France Gall - Poupee De Cire
the Go-Betweens - Love Goes On
the Chantels - Well I Told You
Chain & the Gang - Unpronounceable Name
Wanda Jackson - Let's have A Party
Robert Wyatt - Stalin Wasn't Stallin'
Chuck Woods - Seven Days Too Long

John
Au Pairs - It's Obvious
the Cure - Grinding Halt
ESG - Dance
D.A.F - Liebe Auf Den Ersten Blick
Equals - Hold Me Closer
Charlie's Angels - It's Never Gonna Happen To Me
the Primitives - Secrets

John
Bryan Adams - When You're Gone
Velocette - Get Yourself Together
Kirsty MacColl - A New England
Maia Hirasawa - And I Found This Boy
Spearmint - Julie Christie
Tatu - All The Things She Said
Junior Senior - Move Your Feet

Ben:
The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You
Pat Powdrill - Do It
The Aislers Set - Hey Lover
The Candees - The Heart Parade
The Jam - Town Called Malice
Dexys Midnight Runners - There, There My Dear

Robert and Nick:
Jacques Dutronc: Les gens sont fous, les temps sont flous
Desireless: Voyage Voyage
The Chap: Nevertheless the Chap
Beach Boys: Good Vibrations
Withered Hand: Heart Heart
Talking Heads: Cities
Django Django: Default
Paul McCartney: Coming Up
Big Audio Dynamite: Harrow Road
The Upsetters: Soulful I
Red Inspectors: I Am The Masterfly
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band: Midnight Moses
Big Star: In The Street
Black Sabbath: Paranoid

bandcamp, downloads, and individual singles

2012-01-09T08:42:00.000-08:00

it's a tiny bit late i'm afraid, but as of NOW you can get the Wave Pictures' new single on it's own (although it's obviously FAR better (and cheaper) to subscribe to wiaiwya-7777777) either digitally or on gorgeous green vinyl...

77, and 77

2012-01-08T05:12:00.000-08:00

as Colm pointed out, Elvis, who died in '77, would have been 77 today

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELVIS!

seven sevens are forty nine

2012-01-07T09:26:00.000-08:00

during 2012 there will be a whole lot of SEVEN SEVENS ARE FORTY NINE club nights cropping up... let me know if you'd like to organise your own, and we'll promote it from the blog

the idea is simple... seven people play seven records... they can be 7"es, but that's not essential...

the first will be on 28th January, at SCARED TO DANCE, in Kings Cross Social Club, where you can hear 7 HITS each from John Jervis (wiaiwya), Sean Price (Fortuna POP!), Virginie Selavy (The Werewandas), Robert Rotifer (Rotifer), Ben Clancy (The Hangover Lounge), DJ Downfall (Tender Trap) + a SPECIAL GUEST

Happy 7th January

2012-01-06T05:41:00.000-08:00

the Wave Pictures single, the first release of wiaiwya-7777777, is out TODAY and to celebrate we have a LAUNCH PARTY at the LEXINGTON in London...

the record will also be available to non-subscribers tonight, and you can hear one of the tracks HERE:

if you're coming along, say hello, i'll be on the merch stall

wiaiwya-7777777 subscribers CD swap

2012-01-03T12:37:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

as january is always a bit of a frugal month i thought it'd be a good idea to do a 7777777 subscribers cd swap... if you want in just mail me with your membership number, and "SWAP ME" in the subject line, before friday 7th Jan, i'll put all the names in a metaphorical hat, and let you know the name and address of the person you are making a CD for (so everyone who wants to take part will make a CD for someone, and get one from someone else...)...

please add any comments on your compilations below

the greatest gift that there could be...

2011-12-23T04:30:00.001-08:00

HAPPY CHRISTMAS...

... in the sleeping death

2011-12-16T04:30:00.000-08:00

as it's panto season...

the 100th subscriber

2011-12-11T12:55:00.000-08:00

oh, yes... yesterday, Saturday 10th December 2011, wiaiwya-7777777 had it's 100th subscriber... appropriately it was Ed Anderson, who has been following this blog from the outset, so thanks very much Ed, (and, of course, the other 99 of you), you'll be getting a special package in the post next week...

continue to play...

2011-12-09T04:30:00.000-08:00

you knew this was coming, right?

Seven Swans

2011-12-06T23:49:00.000-08:00

Darren Hayman and Fika Recordings are hosting a splendid musical advent calendar, and have been kind enough to let wiaiwya have seven songs on the 7th December... it, of course had to be called Seven Swans :

it's 7th December, so why not sit back and tuck into SEVEN SWANS - the wiaiwya selection box, a CELEBRATION for HEROES on QUALITY STREET...

first up let's unwrap the caramel swirl of David Tattersall, with a beautiful instrumental blues hymn, YES! Jesus Loves Me

and then, because they're moreish, the peanut cracknell of Jeff Mellin playing a South Carolina Spiritual, Ain't That A Rockin All Night

World of Fox and Clair Horton will have you chewing on the toffee penny, a gold wrapper for their cover of the Waitresses' Xmas Wrappin'

next up the Werewandas are the purple one, these rockin' boys and girls Love You Santa Claus

what's in the blue wrapper?, ah, yes, it's the coconut eclair of Liverpool's Meow Meow, desperate for a film they haven't seen This Christmas

we're nearing the end of today's treats, but there's always room for Coming Soon, and the vanilla fudge of Last Christmas

and saved for last, the strawberry creme of Clemence Freschard, but sadly she's had a Bad Year

make sure you don't put the empty wrappers back in the tin, and hope the christmas shopping is going well... thanks to all the bands and Darren & Tom for having us along...

link for your download codes

2011-12-05T14:53:00.000-08:00

i've just noticed that some of the download cards with the singles include a misprint... the link you need to redeem your download code is:

www.wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/yum

also, the lovely escape your rubbish family have posted a review of the first two wiaiwya-7777777 records here

for turks and cannibals

2011-12-02T04:30:00.000-08:00

wiaiwya-7777777 ready to ship

2011-11-30T12:11:00.000-08:00

i'm packing envelopes this evening for the first lucky subscribers, each pack includes a WAVE PICTURES record (on green vinyl), a WEREWANDAS record (on violet vinyl), sleevenotes by MATT HAYNES and MISS VELVELETTE, DOWNLOAD CODES, a BADGE and a MEMBERSHIP CARD (keep your eyes peeled for membership perks during 2012 (any ideas welcome))

wiaiwya-7777777 first shipments

subscribers will also get future releases (from HELP STAMP OUT LONELINESS, TALLY HO!, SHRAG, EUX AUTRES and ALLO DARLIN) and MORE PRESENTS...

f-oldin' sleevenotes

2011-11-29T15:02:00.000-08:00

yup... spending my evenings watching prince films (purple rain, as the single is on violet vinyl) and folding werewandas sleevenotes:

2011 11 28 7777777 wiaiwya044 sleevenotes

also, those nice people at God Is In The TV have mentioned the wiaiwya-7777777 singles club

2011-11-26T22:22:00.000-08:00

the sleevenotes for the Werewandas single were sent to the printers... it's all about sevens in cinema... everything's gone a bit Diamonds are Forever

wiaiwya044 sleeve front

wiaiwya044 sleevenotes

touch it, stroke it, and undress it

2011-11-25T04:30:00.000-08:00

well, after last week, how could i resist the theme from the 7th 007 film?

77 days is too long

2011-11-22T15:00:00.000-08:00

uh-huh, it's only 77 days til the release of the debut Werewandas single, which you can get on gorgeous violet vinyl by subscribing to wiaiwya-7777777... feel free to listen to one of the three tracks HERE... NOW:

sleevenotes for the Wave Pictures singles have arrived

2011-11-22T14:07:00.000-08:00

yup, the sleevenotes arrived from print 24... spending my evenings folding them now:

wiaiwya 7777777 - wiaiwya043 sleevenotes

rude boys cannot fail

2011-11-18T04:30:00.000-08:00

the first two singles have arrived...

2011-11-18T03:10:00.000-08:00

... and i'm busy numbering them while watching the first seven Harry Potter films, and Pan Am (which so far seems more Down With Love than Mad Men)

wiaiwya043 - the Wave Pictures single

the actual colour of the Wave Pictures vinyl is much greener, as you will soon see.

wiaiwya044 - the Werewandas

the records will ship once they have all been numbered and the parts have been assembled... it's all coming together beautifully...

the seventh song of a seventh son

2011-11-15T06:53:00.000-08:00

yup... all the fun of wiaiwya-7777777 shouldn't be limited to 7 amazing singles, by 7 of your favourite bands, oh no... as there are at least seven million, seven hundred and seventy seven thousand, seven hundred and seventy seven other tip top bands about i thought it would be good to involve EVERYONE, and that means YOU...

feel free to write and record about a seventh thing (deadly sins, james hunt in 1978, james bond, the seventh iron maiden studio album, the seven stars pub in holborn, the letter G, in fact, anything seven related) and add it to the soundcloud group...

7777777 - the seventh song of a seventh son

good things will happen to you if you do... oh, yes...

the sleevenotes for wiaiwya043 have been sent to the printers

2011-11-13T02:56:00.000-08:00

yup... Matt Haynes has done an spectacular job writing the sleevenotes for the first wiaiwya-7777777 single:

wiaiwya043 sleevenotes front

wiaiwya043 sleevenotes by Matt Haynes

the due date

2011-11-12T01:54:00.000-08:00

we've been promised the Wave Pictures and Werewandas records on the week of the 21st November, so the first two singles will be with subscribers before Christmas...

this of course makes a wiaiwya-7777777 subscription the IDEAL Christmas present for the indie girl or indie boy in your life

we will touch the star that we had wished upon

2011-11-11T04:30:00.000-08:00

la la la la luv you

2011-11-04T04:30:00.000-07:00

the whole world is going 7 crazy

2011-10-31T17:09:00.000-07:00

the world's Seven Billionth baby has been born in the Philippines

so get your subscription today! it's what Danica would want...

(oh, and i approved the werewandas and the wave pictures test pressings today...)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN...

we want cake, where's our cake?

2011-10-28T04:30:00.000-07:00

the Magnificent Seven - Kensal Park cemetery

2011-10-24T13:00:00.000-07:00

7777777 - Kensal Park Cemetery

77 days is too long

2011-10-22T01:13:00.000-07:00

yup... waaaaayyyyy too long for you to have to wait to hear the 1st release from wiaiwya-7777777 - the first new material from the Wave Pictures since the magnificent "Beer in the Breakers" album... thankfully you don't have to, cos it's HERE:

good things come to those who wait

2011-10-21T04:30:00.000-07:00

test pressings have arrived

2011-10-15T05:25:00.000-07:00

with perfect timing (there are 77 days until 2012) the test pressings for the Wave Pictures and the Werewandas singles have arrived

7777777 - test pressings

there was a nasty click on the second side on one of the Wave Pictures white labels, but thankfully not on the others, and the Werewandas record sounds perfect to me... will be meeting up with the bands next week to give them their listening copies, and hopefully will be able to approve them by the weekend

7777777 test pressings

burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors

2011-10-14T04:30:00.000-07:00

the Magnificent Seven - Abney Park Cemetery

2011-10-13T00:28:00.000-07:00

7777777 - Abney Park cemetery

Amy has done it again

2011-10-08T01:02:00.000-07:00

oh yes, Amy has handmade 21 7 brooches, and damn fine they look too

7777777 felt badges

... and we chilled on Sunday

2011-10-07T04:26:00.000-07:00

SPECIAL

sleeve artwork has been approved

2011-10-03T22:49:00.000-07:00

oh, yes... i've just approved the sleeve artwork for the singles, i suspect you could have guessed it'd look something like this

7777777 sleeves

closer to god

2011-09-30T04:30:00.002-07:00

the masters for the first two singles have been sent off to Key for manufacture

2011-09-26T06:16:00.000-07:00

yup... the WAVE PICTURES and the WEREWANDAS singles are on their way to Key... they both sound pretty spectacular...

the WAVE PICTURES single (wiaiwya043) is three brand new tracks recorded at Soup and in Leeds; Salt, Sugar Maple Charcoal and New Born Deer

the WEREWANDAS record (wiaiwya044) will be live favourite Dig My Grave, backed with Nothing Left To Do But Cry and Now & Forever

you'll probably be keen to know that all the singles will be at 33rpm, so we can fit AS MUCH POP AS POSSIBLE onto the discs

i challenge the mighty titan and his troubadours...

2011-09-23T04:30:00.000-07:00

the first set of badges have arrived

2011-09-19T12:07:00.000-07:00

7777777 badges

subscriptions are ON SALE

2011-09-18T06:58:00.000-07:00

123 45 678 910 11 12.... 7

2011-09-16T04:30:00.000-07:00

2500 flyers have arrived

2011-09-14T01:57:00.000-07:00

expect to see them everywhere...

7777777 flyers

the bands have been confirmed

2011-09-13T01:18:00.000-07:00

all the bands have confirmed for 7777777 (which, in case you haven't been paying attention, is the wiaiwya singles club for 2012, releasing seven 7" singles, 21 exclusive tracks on 14 grooves by seven bands, on seven colours of vinyl, on the 7th day of seven months, in limited editions of 777)

#1 - Saturday 7th January - the Wave Pictures
#2 - Tuesday 7th February - the Werewandas
#3 - Monday 7th May - Tally Ho! (featuring Rose Melberg)
#4 - Thursday 7th June - Help Stamp Out Loneliness
#5 - Sunday 7th October - SHRAG
#6 - Wednesday 7th November - Eux Autres
#7 - Friday 7th December - Allo Darlin

a pretty stellar line-up, i hope you'll agree

another Magnificent Seven

2011-09-10T00:55:00.000-07:00

always on the lookout for 7 related goings on, was thrilled to find that 7 London Cemeteries built between 1832 and 1841 are referred to as the Magnificent 7:

i'll be popping along to all of these over the next month or so, in the interest of research, you understand, starting with Brompton Cemetery on Thursday evening to see Pan's Labyrinth...

the release dates have been decided

2011-09-07T00:48:00.000-07:00

oh, yes... as everything HAS to be a 7 there was only one release schedule that would work for 2012, so

#1 - Saturday 7th January
#2 - Tuesday 7th February
#3 - Monday 7th May
#4 - Thursday 7th June
#5 - Sunday 7th October
#6 - Wednesday 7th November
#7 - Friday 7th December

Septem-ber

2011-09-01T01:10:00.000-07:00

oh, yes... there'll be lots of 7777777 goings on in September, being the seventh month of the year, and all (if, like me, you follow the Roman calendar)...

flyer has been designed

2011-08-30T15:21:00.000-07:00

7777777

2011-08-03T16:25:00.000-07:00

7777777 is a series of seven 7" singles from wiaiwya to be released throughout 2012...

keep your mince pies peeled for details of how you can get your brass bands on them...