Virgin of the Birds – Live at Song, by Toad, New Year’s Eve 2009
On New Year’s Eve 2009, instead of fighting the crowds in the centre of Edinburgh, we decided to take it a little bit easier and stay back in the house. By sheer coincidence Jon Rooney from Virgin of the Birds got in touch to say that he would be visiting Edinburgh and to ask if there was any possibility of doing something, like a live show or a Toad Session while he was over. We were somewhat restricted by the fact that Mrs. Toad and I were only getting back from visiting the Toads -in-Law on New Year’s Eve itself, so we thought that a house gig would be the perfect solution.
Jamie and Rory from Broken Records also agreed to play, giving us a really strong lineup, and their videos will be going up later in the week. We actually broadcast the gig itself live on the internet, and have now figured out how to do it using the really posh camera we use for the Toad Sessions, so in future the live stream should genuinely be worth watching.
These are the four videos we made of the Virgin of the Birds set. The photos used for the titles were taken by Dylan from Blueback Hotrod, and the full set can be viewed over at his site. Virgin of the Birds’ last two (brilliant) EPs can be downloaded from Abandoned Love Records, and their previous album can be bought there as well. Enjoy.
it’s true, Americans really do recoil from the ‘C’ word.
It makes me so happy to see the tube mic hung the professional, correct and decent way.
That’s only because you told me to hang it that way – I do listen, you know.
Ben’s a man who knows which way it hangs.
Now Dylan. It’s not nice to make fun of the nerdy pedant.
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