Jesus, They’re Everywhere
The new Jesus H. Foxx EP is being given a full release on Song, by Toad Records in about a month’s time. By full release, I mean that we will be making a run of five hundred copies, with hand-painted artwork and I will be doing my best to publicise it around the various magazines and radio stations and blogs out there. It also implies that they are Song, by Toad Records’ latest signing, I suppose, in the sense that anyone is signed to Song, by Toad Records, which is something I am really pleased about because the stuff I’ve heard from them in the last year or so has been truly excellent.
I’ve not emailed bloggers yet, but we’re getting a little traction with radio it seems, with I’m Half the Man You Were appearing on both Gideon Coe’s 6Music show (my favourite show on the station, which makes it even nicer) and Jim Gellatly’s New Music show on Radio Magnetic. And apparently I got hammered on the Toad night last Saturday and gave BBC Radio Scotland’s Mr. Vic Galloway a big sloppy kiss, so if that doesn’t get them some airtime on his show I don’t know what will.
That picture above is how the artwork is shaping up so far. It will be printed on natural card, so there will be a texture to the flat areas of colour which should look really nice. So, in general, I am really excited about this. Publicising EPs is harder than albums in many ways, because a lot of magazines don’t cover them, but I am going to try to get through to as many online and community radio stations as possible and see if we can’t make up for it that way.
Any suggestions appreciated, and in the meantime, please enjoy Elegy For the Good Times from the Matter EP.
Jesus H. Foxx – Elegy For the Good Times
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The artwork for this is great. Thumbs up.
i like this song and i like the art.
Natural card?
Bah. Sounds a wee bit too, I dunno, twee?
Normal card not good enough for you?
No. It. Fucking. Isn’t.
Glossy paper and a good solid jewel case.
That’s what you want.
Didn’t Euan make those illegal yesterday?
This is not normal card, this is grade A, double twill, organic free range crad, cut from 100 year old wollemi pines in the ancient lost valley of Kalamazoo by blind disabled veteran loggers, finely bleached by natural sun rays and finely rolled to a delicately graded patina on the thighs of nubile Cuban nymphs.
this is M&S card…
There’s a quality two-fer.
Whoah. Snazzy art, and a snazzy snazzy tune. Those horns sound brilliant.
(you can smoke this card then?)
From what i have heard so far i really like this band.
Does it have fucking annoying glitter that makes you look like a gimp when you accidently rub it on your face! Cos I need some more of that please!
There will be no glitter.
There will be six quality tunes.
There will be NO smoking the packaging, despite Mrs. Toad’s nefarious promises.
And there will be some kick-ass shit goin’ down.
Late comment I’m afraid, and I’m feeling too lazy to search my brains for more rudeness to add to today’s Friday 5, and I quite like Nicholas Cage by the way, but nonetheless:
I got the glitter EP off Michael when Jesus H Foxx came to London and I love it dearly, so when you release it I will buy you a few copies and give them to my friends. Mark my words.
All of these things make me happy in pants.
Is this prog-folk-rock-jazz? I like it, I will be buying a copy. Maybe if they didn’t use as many ideas and genres up in one song they might have an album’s worth..?
That’s just a wee aside, not in any way a criticism, ftaod.
I like the tracked trumpets and the art-work too.
Wooooooooop!
Actually quite looking forward to this and the wollemi pine card carrying that tattooey artwork. More than the next Nicholas Cage movie, anyway.
Thanks everyone.
China, I think we need never mention that Cage character ever again, don’t you?