4 Or 5 Magicians Vs Shirley Bassey

Let's call it a draw.

4 Or 5 Magicians & Let Our Enemies Beware: Rock Sound Hats Tipped

The always astute Rock Sound give 4 Or 5 Magicians an 8/10 album review, a feature and airtime on the covermount CD as well as offering kudos to Let Our Enemies Beware for their recent album. The December issue hits the newsagents' racks this week. Thanks to Darren and his team for their ongoing support.

STA Newsletter - September 2009

I type from a very hot store cupboard where STA Autumn/Winter CD Samplers are being burnt and printed crisply ahead of tonight's (24^th Sep) Club: STA launch in Belfast, you want news… we got news! >>

1. [LIVE] And So I Watch You From Afar, 4 Or 5 Magicians, Calories, The Moi Non Plus, Club:STA (Belfast & London) and City Of Song Festival (Derry)

2. [ONLINE] STA On Spotify

3. [ORDER] Let Our Enemies Beware – ‘Against Karate’ – Debut Album Launch Gig Special Offer!

4. [GOSSIP] ASIWYFA New EP and STA Speaks @ In The City…

(This month's photograph: ASIWYFA @ AU Party, Belfast – Courtesy AU Mag)

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1. [LIVE] And So I Watch You From Afar, 4 Or 5 Magicians, Calories, The Moi Non Plus, Club:STA (Belfast) and City Of Song Festival (Derry)

ASIWYFA back on the road this month ahead of their support tour with This Will Destroy You in October ----- 4 Or 5 Magicians are gearing up for their debut album tour with Times New Viking, Japandroids and Johnny Foreigner support slots ----- fresh from the studio Calories announce a Youves co-headline run of shows ----- new STA signings The Moi Non Plus hit the UK to take on In The City amongst others ----- Winnebago Deal come to our side of the water to launch Club:STA in Belfast ----- Club:STA in London hosts Shapes and Ice Sea Dead People @ The Good Ship ----- STA’s City Of Song Festival kicks off this weekend in Derry >>

SEPTEMBER 2009

24 And So I Watch You From Afar - Cardiff , Barfly

24 4 Or 5 Magicians – Brighton, The Freebutt

24 (CLUB:STA) Winnebago Deal & LaFaro – The Menagerie, Belfast

(FIRST FIFTY IN GET FREE STA 10 TRACK EXCLUSIVE SAMPLER)

25 And So I Watch You From Afar - Liverpool, The Masque

26 And So I Watch You From Afar – Birmingham, The Flapper

26 Let Our Enemies Beware – Lewisham, Fox & Firkin

26 Ice, Sea, Dead People - Brighton, The Hobgoblin

27 And So I Watch You From Afar – Sheffield, The Corporation

28 And So I Watch You From Afar – York, Fibbers

29 And So I Watch You From Afar – Manchester, Moho Live

30 And So I Watch You From Afar – Dundee, Fat Sams

OCTOBER 2009

01 And So I Watch You From Afar – Aberdeen, Tunnels

02 And So I Watch You From Afar – Glasgow, The Twisted Wheel

03 And So I Watch You From Afar – Edinburgh, GRV

03 (CLUB:STA) Shapes, Ice Sea Dead People, Instruments & Illness - London, The Good Ship

03 Ice, Sea, Dead People – London, The Good Ship

07 And So I Watch You From Afar – Preston, The Mad Ferrit

08 And So I Watch You From Afar – Newcastle, WHQ

09 Ice, Sea, Dead People London - Unit 3XXX

10 4 Or 5 Magicians – London, The Garage

11 And So I Watch You From Afar – Dublin, Whelans

12 4 Or 5 Magicians, Brighton - Hectors House

16 And So I Watch You From Afar – Plymouth, White Rabbit

16 The Moi Non Plus – London, White Heat @ the Lexington

17 And So I Watch You From Afar - Milton Keynes, Pitz Club

18 And So I Watch You From Afar - Brighton, Audio

18 The Moi Non Plus - Manchester, In The City

19 And So I Watch You From Afar - Birmingham, Academy

19 4 Or 5 Magicians - Brighton, Oxjam @ Hanbury Club

20 And So I Watch You From Afar - Leicester, Firebug

20 The Moi Non Plus - New York , Cakeshop / Subbacultcha! CMJ Showcase

20 Ice, Sea, Dead People - London Tom Robinson's, 'Fresh On The Net' Festival @ Riverside Studios

21 And So I Watch You From Afar - London, Camden Underworld

21 The Moi Non Plus - New York, Piano's CMJ Dayparty

22 And So I Watch You From Afar - Nottingham, Rock City

23 And So I Watch You From Afar - Glasgow, Ivory Blacks

23 Illness - Southampton, The Hobbit

24 And So I Watch You From Afar - Leeds, Damnation Festival @ University Of Leeds

26 The Moi Non Plus - New York, WFMU Radio / Beastin' The Airwaves CMJ Showcase

27 4 Or 5 Magicians - London, White Heat @ Madame JoJos

27 Calories - London, Scala

28 Calories - Brighton, Audio

29 Illness - Brighton, Caroline Of Brunswick

31 4 Or 5 Magicians - Barnstaple, Inn On The Square

City Of Song Festival 24-26 September – Various Venues, Derry

Lineup includes: Valerie Francis, Pocket Promise, Clown Parlour, Daveit Ferris, Gentry Morris, Jackson Cage, Johanna Fagan, John Shelly & The Creatures, Johnny Black, Kitty & The Can Openers, Matt McGinn, Mel Wiggins, Pixie Saytar, Rachel Austin, Ray Dunn, Shauna Tohill & Tom McShane

Myself and Stephen McCauley (Radio Ulster – Electric Mainline) will be spinning discs at the launch night at The Bound For Boston – Thursday, 24^th September - Visuals by F21. Holy Shit Batman! That’s tonight!

All events are FREE – programme details can be found on the official City Of Song Website – hosted by our festival partners Music 55-7.

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2. [ONLINE] STA On Spotify

You can now stream a large portion of the STA catalogue via Spotify – as well as releases from our peers, friends and influences (Holy Roar, Big Scary Monsters, Ecstatic Peace!, Woodsist, Paw Tracks, Monotreme, Anticon…). A good day indeed for independent listening.

Elsewhere on the interweb this month>>

• [PICS] ASIWYFA secret show shut down by the cops – in pictures…
• [AUDIO] Moi Non Plus/Subbacultcha’s STA Blogcast Takeover
• [FREE DOWNLOAD] 4 Or 5 Magicians’ oxymoronic ‘Nice Little Earner’ free digital download & video
• [VIDEO] STA Presents: The Terrordactyls
  
• [WORDS] Alan MX on the importance of reading books
• [PICS] Fighting With Wire Album 2 News
• [VIDEO] Dan Ormsby on Scott Walker

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3. [ORDER] Let Our Enemies Beware – ‘Against Karate’ – Debut Album Launch Details

Awesome, spine-tingling math-darkcore by Medway quartet LOEB, several years in gestation – the album is finally unleashed on an unsuspecting public. You need this record in your life – it is absolutely fantastic, trust us.

THE ALBUM LAUNCH is tomorrow (Saturday 26th September) at The Fox’n’Firkin in Lewisham. You should be there. If travel is a problem there will be a coach from Medway. Contact STA for the deets:

Album Tracklisting:

1. I Am Lono

2. Pow! Right In The Kisser!

3. Personal Space Invaders

4. Fools! Philistines! Heretics And Whores!

5. Between Us And The Sun

6. Noise Equals Death

7. I'm Not Laughing I'm Choking

8. Inhale: Sleep

9. Momento Mori

All album orders for the next seven days (until October 1^st inclusive) will get a free copy of Daniel’s lovingly handmade, ‘Pow! Right In The Kisser!’ single.

4. [GOSSIP] ASIWYFA New EP and STA Speaks @ In The City…

And So I Watch You From Afar have finished mixing their next release – entitled ‘The Letters EP’ – you will not be disappointed ----- Fighting With Wire have decamped to Nashville to begin work on second album, song titles include ‘Erase’, ‘Graduate’ and ‘Fire Away’ ----- Alan MX has been working with New Yorker Brad Walsh on some new collaborative material ----- Ice, Sea Dead People's debut album is back from Chicago and sounds INCREDIBLE ----- LaFaro are putting finishing touches to their debut album in Bangor, Northern Ireland ----- Calories have recorded a second bunch of songs to conclude their ‘Habitations’ set, according to Tom Calories "it's amazing" ---- Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking, you can hear me talk about running a record label at Oh Yeah – Belfast (25/09/09), Hot Press Music Show – Dublin (04/10/09), BarCamp – Derry (10/10/09) and In The City – Manchester (20/10/09) – please come and say hi!

Thanks for reading,

Andrew, Ash, Daniel, Brian & Charlene

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Let Our Enemies Beware Gig Utterances

Filthy Whore-Slags, hear my utterances:

Utterance #1: ROAR Festival in Gravesend this weekend (11th - 13th September). We have a few tickets left. You want them, huh? You NEED them, eh? No problem. They are four of your dirty English pounds. Let us know if you want some by contacting us.

Utterance #2: THE ALBUM LAUNCH on Saturday 26th Septmeber at The Fox N Firkin in Lewisham. You should be there. If travel is a problem there will be a coach from Medway. Again, let us know the crack by Saturday 12th September LATEST. LATEST. LATEST. E-mail us. Now, get to it.

Godspeed.

Master Meat.

Public Service Blogcast Episode 51

From Let Our Enemies Beware:

This is our blogcast. Don't listen to it.

Seriously DON'T.

LOEB would like to thank Vicious Biting Thing for his dedication to THE CAUSE.

At one point we have paraphrased a quote from the Armando Iannucci Show without permssion. We would like to make it clear that we are huge fans of the work of Armand Iannucci and that of Alan Ford. Whilst we do have the utmost respect for them, we were compelled to hear their work through a threatening Stephen Hawkins-esque voice-box named 'Fred'. Please don't sue us or we will come round and batter the chins from your living skulls.



Public Service Blogcast Episode 51
25 minutes 48 seconds
Recorded 10/07/09
Tracklisting
00.45 Let Our Enemies Beware - Noise = Death (from forthcoming Against Karate album - pre-orders coming soon - get a free exclusive bonus disc - Smalltown America)
04.24 Honey Ride Me A Goat - Quentin's Curly Shoes
06.55 The Ergon Carousel -
Hindsight Is A Wonderful Thing (from Ergon EP - Holy Roar Records)
08.17 Mind Without Maths - What You Advertise
13.02 Cups On Strings - Flight Plan Four
16.38 And So I Watch You From Afar - The Voiceless (from self titled album - Smalltown America)

If you have any suggestions for future takeovers or want to submit your demo for our forthcoming Public Service Podcast series, get in touch - email blogcast@smalltownamerica.co.uk

Cargo Collective September 2009

Let Our Enemies Beware: Final Fibonacci Download

Medway havoc-bringers and new to the STA family are
Let Our Enemies Beware; in the build-up to the release of their incendiary and epic post-rock/metal hybrid of a debut album Against Karate later in 2009, each week for the next 10 weeks the STA blog will host a series of downloads.

So here's the final download in LOEB's Fibonacci series. The link below will expire after a solitary singular 1 download...1 being the 1st number in the Fibonacci sequence...

F10 = 89 - Fools, Philistines, Heretics and Whores - only a few downloads left!
F9 = 55 - I Am Lono - only a few downloads left!
F8 = 34 - POW! Right in the Kisser - only a few downloads left!
F7 = 21 - (Personal) Space Invaders - only a few downloads left!
F6 = all 13 downloads taken
F5 = all 8 downloads taken
F4 = all 5 downloads taken
F3 = all 3 downloads taken
F2 = all 2 downloads taken
F1 = 1

The very-limited hand-finished single Pow! Right In The Kisser which precedes the album release can be pre-ordered from the STA store right now. But in the meantime, to close the Fibonacci series and for just one lightning-fingered blog reader here's the whole Against Karate album in full...


Download 'Against Karate' by Let Our Enemies Beware

Leonardo of Pisa (c. 1170 – c. 1250), also known as Leonardo Pisano, Leonardo Bonacci, Leonardo Fibonacci, or, most commonly, simply Fibonacci, was an Italian mathematician, considered by some "the most talented mathematician of the Middle Ages"

Let Our Enemies Beware: Fibonacci Download #9

Medway havoc-bringers and new to the STA family are
Let Our Enemies Beware; in the build-up to the release of their incendiary and epic post-rock/metal hybrid of a debut album Against Karate later in 2009, each week for the next 10 weeks the STA blog will host a series of downloads.

So here's the 9th and penultimate download in LOEB's Fibonacci series. The link for the track hosted below will expire after 2, yes two, downloads...2 being the 2nd number in the Fibonacci sequence...

F10 = 89 - Fools, Philistines, Heretics and Whores - only a few downloads left!
F9 = 55 - I Am Lono - only a few downloads left!
F8 = 34 - POW! Right in the Kisser - only a few downloads left!
F7 = 21 - (Personal) Space Invaders - only a few downloads left!
F6 = 13 all gone now, sorry
F5 = 8 sorry, too late
F4 = 5 ditto my friend, ditto
F3 = 3 are you kidding?
F2 = 2
F1 = 1

By the time we hit the final download later in the next few days, the debut album can be pre-ordered from the STA store. As always, pre-order customers receive an exclusive limited edition hand finished bonus disc.

Over to Sha (guitar/vocals)...

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'Inhale_Sleep came about from a jam at the studio when we had some spare time. The sounds over the top were added later withn the help of John Amino (of English Bore fame). The weird chatter may or may not be one Mr Crowley (depending on any legalities that may follow). If it is one Mr Crowley (which it may or may not be) then be sure that we take absolutely NO RESPONSIBILITY if, upon the track's conclusion, a huge whacking great big rabbit demon with scabs for eyes and breath like rust bursts through the living room floor of your house to a choir of twisted angels and proceeds to rape you in the soul hole'

Download 'Inhale_Sleep' by Let Our Enemies Beware

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Leonardo of Pisa (c. 1170 – c. 1250), also known as Leonardo Pisano, Leonardo Bonacci, Leonardo Fibonacci, or, most commonly, simply Fibonacci, was an Italian mathematician, considered by some "the most talented mathematician of the Middle Ages"

Let Our Enemies Beware: Fibonacci Download #8

Medway havoc-bringers and new to the STA family are
Let Our Enemies Beware; in the build-up to the release of their incendiary and epic post-rock/metal hybrid of a debut album Against Karate later in 2009, each week for the next 10 weeks the STA blog will host a series of downloads.

So here's the 8th download in LOEB's Fibonacci series. The link for the track hosted below will expire after a eye-wateringly tight 3 downloads...3 being the 3rd number in the Fibonacci sequence (the sum of the 1st and 2nd numbers)...

F10 = 89 - Fools, Philistines, Heretics and Whores - only a few downloads left!
F9 = 55 - I Am Lono - only a few downloads left!
F8 = 34 - POW! Right in the Kisser - only a few downloads left!
F7 = 21 - (Personal) Space Invaders - only a few downloads left!
F6 = 13 all gone now, sorry
F5 = 8 sorry, too late
F4 = 5 ditto my friend, ditto
F3 = 3 you'll be choking if you don't scroll down quick to grab this week's song
F2 = 2
F1 = 1

By the time we hit the final download later in July, the debut album can be pre-ordered from the STA store. As always, pre-order customers receive an exclusive limited edition hand finished bonus disc.

Over to Sha (guitar/vocals)...

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'I'm Not Laughing, I'm Choking' is a nasty song that took absolutely ages to write. It is a perfect example of our attention defecit approach to music. The title, I think, comes from what our buddy Grenfell (SHAMELESS PLUG ALERT - Grenfell is of 'Ergon Carousel' fame) screamed at Adam when he thought he had made a funny. He could have died, you know.

Sorry, all 3 downloads of 'I'm Not Laughing, I'm Choking' have been taken

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Leonardo of Pisa (c. 1170 – c. 1250), also known as Leonardo Pisano, Leonardo Bonacci, Leonardo Fibonacci, or, most commonly, simply Fibonacci, was an Italian mathematician, considered by some "the most talented mathematician of the Middle Ages"

Let Our Enemies Beware: Fibonacci Download #7

Medway havoc-bringers and new to the STA family are
Let Our Enemies Beware; in the build-up to the release of their incendiary and epic post-rock/metal hybrid of a debut album Against Karate later in 2009, each week for the next 10 weeks the STA blog will host a series of downloads.

So here's the 7th download in LOEB's Fibonacci series. The link for the track hosted below will expire after a blink-and-you'll-miss-it 5 downloads...5 being the 4th number in the Fibonacci sequence (the sum of the 2nd and 3rd numbers)...

F10 = 89 - Fools, Philistines, Heretics and Whores - only a few downloads left!
F9 = 55 - I Am Lono - only a few downloads left!
F8 = 34 - POW! Right in the Kisser - only a few downloads left!
F7 = 21 - (Personal) Space Invaders - only a few downloads left!
F6 = 13 all gone now, sorry
F5 = 8 sorry, too late
F4 = 5
F3 = 3
F2 = 2
F1 = 1

By the time we hit the final download later in July, the debut album can be pre-ordered from the STA store. As always, pre-order customers receive an exclusive limited edition hand finished bonus disc.

Over to Sha (guitar/vocals)...

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‘Memento Mori’ was recorded last minute by Chris and I whilst the other two drank White Russians and moonied us through the divider. That might not be all true. The mental jazz band at the end just happened to be on the DAT reel we were recording onto, whilst the extra noises were provided by UP-C Down-C guitar Maestro Chris Garth and Noise-Nik Life-Guru John Amino. There is a movie quote in their but for legal reasons we can’t say what it is. It’s from Being There – I'm rubbish with secrets.

Sorry, all 5 downloads of 'Memento Mori' have been taken

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Leonardo of Pisa (c. 1170 – c. 1250), also known as Leonardo Pisano, Leonardo Bonacci, Leonardo Fibonacci, or, most commonly, simply Fibonacci, was an Italian mathematician, considered by some "the most talented mathematician of the Middle Ages"

Let Our Enemies Beware: Fibonacci Download #6

Medway havoc-bringers and new to the STA family are
Let Our Enemies Beware; in the build-up to the release of their incendiary and epic post-rock/metal hybrid of a debut album Against Karate later in 2009, each week for the next 10 weeks the STA blog will host a series of downloads.

So here's the 6th download in LOEB's Fibonacci series. The link for the track hosted below will expire after a tightwaddishly mere 8 downloads...8 being the 5th number in the Fibonacci sequence (the sum of the 3rd and 4th numbers)...

F10 = 89 - Fools, Philistines, Heretics and Whores - only a few downloads left!
F9 = 55 - I Am Lono - only a few downloads left!
F8 = 34 - POW! Right in the Kisser - only a few downloads left!
F7 = 21 - (Personal) Space Invaders - only a few downloads left!
F6 = 13 all gone now, sorry
F5 = 8 this week! be quick!
F4 = 5
F3 = 3
F2 = 2
F1 = 1

By the time we hit the final download at in a month's time, the debut album can be pre-ordered from the STA store. As always, pre-order customers receive an exclusive limited edition hand finished bonus disc.

Over to Sha (guitar/vocals)...

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‘Noise = Death’ is a band favourite because it’s dead simple and it just happened in one rehearsal. It is also my favourite to sing because I get to put on my screeching soul-singer voice. No-one else seems to get that from it, they get crazed muppet. I’ll let you decide. This too was accidently played on Radio One, which did make me laugh milk out of my nose.

Sorry, all 8 downloads of'Noise = Death' have been taken

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Leonardo of Pisa (c. 1170 – c. 1250), also known as Leonardo Pisano, Leonardo Bonacci, Leonardo Fibonacci, or, most commonly, simply Fibonacci, was an Italian mathematician, considered by some "the most talented mathematician of the Middle Ages"

Let Our Enemies Beware: Fibonacci Download #5

Medway havoc-bringers and new to the STA family are
Let Our Enemies Beware; in the build-up to the release of their incendiary and epic post-rock/metal hybrid of a debut album Against Karate later in 2009, each week for the next 10 weeks the STA blog will host a series of downloads.

So here's the fifth download in LOEB's Fibonacci series. The link for the track hosted below will expire after just 13 downloads...13 being the 6th number in the Fibonacci sequence (the sum of the 4th and 5th numbers)...

F10 = 89
F9 = 55
F8 = 34
F7 = 21
F6 = 13
F5 = 8
F4 = 5
F3 = 3
F2 = 2
F1 = 1

By the time we hit the final download at the end of July, the debut album can be pre-ordered from the STA store. As always, pre-order customers receive an exclusive limited edition hand finished bonus disc.

See, it's not that hard! The previous 4 downloads in the Fibo series are still available at the time of writing but be quick as there's not many more chances to get the songs before the links expire.

Over to Sha (guitar/vocals)...

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‘Negative, Ghostrider’ has its title taken from one of our favourite movies ‘Top Gun’ and has only the vaguest link to the lyrics. Song titles are devised by democratic vote rather than by any one particular person because - let’s face it - hardly anyone remembers them anyway, right? This didn’t make the album cut, so feel blessed or something.

Sorry, all 13 downloads of'Negative, Ghostrider' have been taken

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Leonardo of Pisa (c. 1170 – c. 1250), also known as Leonardo Pisano, Leonardo Bonacci, Leonardo Fibonacci, or, most commonly, simply Fibonacci, was an Italian mathematician, considered by some "the most talented mathematician of the Middle Ages"

Let Our Enemies Beware: Fibonacci Download #4

Medway havoc-bringers and new to the STA family are
Let Our Enemies Beware; in the build-up to the release of their incendiary and epic post-rock/metal hybrid of a debut album Against Karate later in 2009, each week for the next 10 weeks the STA blog will host a series of downloads.

Grounded by the tube strike, here - a day earlier than usual - is the fourth download in LOEB's Fibonacci series. The link for the track hosted below will expire after just 21 downloads...21 being the 7th number in the Fibonacci sequence (the sum of the 5th and 6th numbers)...4 down, 6 to go and all that...

F10 = 89
F9 = 55
F8 = 34
F7 = 21
F6 = 13
F5 = 8
F4 = 5
F3 = 3
F2 = 2
F1 = 1

By the time we hit the final download at the end of July, the debut album can be pre-ordered from the STA store. As always, pre-order customers receive an exclusive limited edition hand finished bonus disc.

See, it's not that hard! The previous trio of downloads are still available at the time of writing but be quick as there's not many more chances to get the songs before the links expire.

Over to Sha (guitar/vocals)...

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‘(Personal) Space Invaders’ was one of the first songs I ever wrote and has been in the band since we were the appallingly named ‘Army of Juan’. Interestingly, the American ‘Army of Juan’ (a terrible, TERRIBLE Ska band) got in touch with us and threatened to sue us even though they hadn’t been active for years and we were just local upstarts. Gits.

Download '(Personal) Space Invaders' by Let Our Enemies Beware

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Leonardo of Pisa (c. 1170 – c. 1250), also known as Leonardo Pisano, Leonardo Bonacci, Leonardo Fibonacci, or, most commonly, simply Fibonacci, was an Italian mathematician, considered by some "the most talented mathematician of the Middle Ages"

Pow! Right In The Kisser

We've all been truly spoiled with the recent Fibonacci download series from Let Our Enemies Beware. Now you can Check out their amazing debut video. Directed by Steve Mates, this really is a must see!

The track which the video is for - 'Pow! Right In The Kisser' - is from the forthcoming album 'Against Karate' which will be available for pre-order from Smalltown America very soon. So sit back and enjoy!

Warning - contains explicit scenes of Rabbit Sex (!)

Let Our Enemies Beware: Fibonacci Download #3

Medway havoc-bringers and new to the STA family are
Let Our Enemies Beware; in the build-up to the release of their incendiary and epic post-rock/metal hybrid of a debut album Against Karate later in 2009, each week for the next 10 weeks the STA blog will host a series of downloads.

Here's the 3rd download in the calculator-friendly Fibonacci series. Which means that, the link for the LOEB track hosted below will expire after 34 downloads...34 being the 8th number in the Fibonacci sequence (the sum of the 6th and 7th numbers)...

F10 = 89 (2 weeks ago)
F9 = 55 (last week)
F8 = 34 (ta-da!)
F7 = 21
F6 = 13
F5 = 8
F4 = 5
F3 = 3
F2 = 2
F1 = 1

By the time we hit the final download at the end of July, the debut album can be pre-ordered from the STA store. As always, pre-order customers receive an exclusive limited edition hand finished bonus disc.

See, it's not that hard! The previous two downloads are still available at the time of writing but be quick as they'll git all snapped up soon.

Over to Sha (guitar/vocals)...

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‘POW! Right in the Kisser’ is our homage to cartoons and comics, which at least 50% of the band are major fans of. The song title is obviously a reference to a reference in Family Guy; the line Adam sings is from childhood favourite ‘Bat-Fink’; my line is from Captain Marvel...I think - can’t remember. Anyway, Zane Lowe said this was one of the best riffs he’s heard in ages which is gutting because I didn’t bloody write it.

Download 'POW! Right in the Kisser' by Let Our Enemies Beware

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Leonardo of Pisa (c. 1170 – c. 1250), also known as Leonardo Pisano, Leonardo Bonacci, Leonardo Fibonacci, or, most commonly, simply Fibonacci, was an Italian mathematician, considered by some "the most talented mathematician of the Middle Ages"

Let Our Enemies Beware: Fibonacci Download #2

Medway havoc-bringers and new to the STA family are
Let Our Enemies Beware; in the build-up to the release of their incendiary and epic post-rock/metal hybrid of a debut album Against Karate later in 2009, each week for the next 10 weeks the STA blog will host a series of downloads.

Here's the 2nd download in the headfucking Fibonacci series. Which means that, the link for the LOEB track hosted below will expire after 55 downloads...55 being the 9th number in the Fibonacci sequence (the sum of the 8th and 7th numbers)...

F10 = 89 (last week)
F9 = 55 (this week)
F8 = 34 (next week)
F7 = 21
F6 = 13
F5 = 8
F4 = 5
F3 = 3
F2 = 2
F1 = 1

By the time we hit the final download at the end of July, the debut album can be pre-ordered from the STA store. As always, pre-order customers receive an exclusive limited edition hand finished bonus disc.

Is it easier to understand this week?

Over to Sha (guitar/vocals)...

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Although I will try my darndest to avoid giving away lyrics and their meaning, I do have to explain ‘I Am Lono’. This one is about an incident that our guitarist Boast told me about that involved the late and great Hunter S Thompson. Toward the end of his life he was unfortunately wheelchair bound and unable to ascend a staircase that led to a party (and buffet) that was being held in his honour. I don’t normally scream about sandwiches, if you were wondering..

Download 'I Am Lono' by Let Our Enemies Beware

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Leonardo of Pisa (c. 1170 – c. 1250), also known as Leonardo Pisano, Leonardo Bonacci, Leonardo Fibonacci, or, most commonly, simply Fibonacci, was an Italian mathematician, considered by some "the most talented mathematician of the Middle Ages"

Let Our Enemies Beware: Fibonacci Download #1

Medway havoc-bringers and new to the STA family are
Let Our Enemies Beware; in the build-up to the release of their incendiary and epic post-rock/metal hybrid of a debut album Against Karate later in 2009, each week for the next 10 weeks the STA blog will host a series of downloads.

And the catch is? The availability of the downloads will be informed by the Fibonacci sequence, whereby the nth number is the sum of the previous two numbers. Which means that, going in reverse order starting with the 10th F number, the link for the first LOEB track hosted here tonight will expire after 89 downloads, the next song will expire after 55 downloads, the third after 34, the fourth after 21, the fifth after 13 - ending with track 10 being online for just 1 download. After which, said debut album can be pre-ordered from the STA store.

Fiendish? A little.

Over to Sha (guitar/vocals)...

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'Fools, Philistines, Heretics and Whores' was the first track from our earliest DIY release 'Dhu Rakina' and was featured on STA's Public Service Broadcast (not sure which number). The opening line is from a drunken tramp I bumped into on the way home from university. He grabbed my shoulder and said unto me: "Let's get drunk and take over the state!"

I regetfully declined his offer.

Download 'Fools, Philistines, Heretics and Whores' by Let Our Enemies Beware

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Leonardo of Pisa (c. 1170 – c. 1250), also known as Leonardo Pisano, Leonardo Bonacci, Leonardo Fibonacci, or, most commonly, simply Fibonacci, was an Italian mathematician, considered by some "the most talented mathematician of the Middle Ages"

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Here's an exclusive for readers of our little blog - we're putting out the new record by Let Our Enemies Beware. Don't know them? Imagine twisted avant-metal, shards of feedback and haunting moments of stillness. Then imagine it being played by four nutjobs from Kent. I'm awful with musical comparisons but for me they bring to mind Tomahawk quite a lot - heavy as fuck but quite playful with it.

If this still doesn't put you in the right frame of mind to imagine them, the front cover might help:



Take that, Peter Rabbit.