It’s been too long. We are back. New EP is being recorded in Chamber Studio, Edinburgh in October 2015. Watch this space for more info.
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Post Belladrum Blether / August Dates
Wow Belladrum Festival was brilliant. Thank y’all that came to see us at the Hot House Stage. Lots of photos and videos over on our Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/thelittlemillofhappiness). Thanks again for those who came along.
We have a couple of dates confirmed for August with more hopefully to be announced soon.
August 16th – Ironworks, Inverness, Scotland (please email the band for tickets: thelittlemillofhappiness@gmailcom)
August 25th – Newmarket Bar, Thurso, Scotland
There are some reviews of our Belladrum set over at http://www.highland-news.co.uk/Whats-On/Music/Belladrums-hottest-sounds-06082012.htm and http://www.invernessgigs.co.uk
Hopefully see you on the road soon.
TLMOH
Captains Rest – Glasgow 19th July w/ Analogue of the Sun and Sleeping Machines
£3 entry
Sleeping Machines
Analogue of the Sun
The Little Mill of Happiness
Please come along, promises to be a great night! We’ll have some EP’s for y’all. Please buy tickets in advance if you can. Thanks!
TLMOH / Eric Chenaux / Two Wings – IGLU
Saturday night was great. We enjoyed playing a stripped back acoustic set. It was quite different. It was great meeting Eric Chenaux who is on Constellation Records, a label we have been fans of for a long time. It was great being able to talk about Godspeed You Black Emperor, Vic Chestnut, Fugazi etc with Eric. We had a blast.
Our friend Ash Davidson took some photos from the night. Please check out Ash Davidson’s photography.
Some words from S.D.V.A Obern
My dear 209 friends, believe me when I tell you all that…THERE IS A WAR !!! And we the collective artistic community in the Highlands have been immersed and engaged in a conflict with banality for years. Banality is not a euphemism or a cheap metaphor that I deem to be shit or evil. I mean ‘banal’ as in mundane, plain, no focus . People’s high tolerance of the mundane is as soul destroying as it is horrifying and baffling to myself . I’m sure Brian Eno would completely disagree with me but his affiliation, his embracing and subservience to the cause of banality of late has left me feeling that this once great pioneer is now worshipping at the temple of mediocrity allowing his talent and passion to just drift off and away into the ether…….God it depresses me. It must be like sitting in an air port terminal on a grey day thick with fog watching planes start their engines up, turn around and move on to the runway and then disappear into the mist, into nothingness with out watching them take off……hmm…Well that’s my point of view and perhaps not one shared with the other members of the Mill . At the same time though my love and faith in the local scene has sustained and nourished me in ways that are too varied & perhaps too complicated to even begin to get into. We have always known that there is a constant cooking scene up here that’s always been bubbling away (& may it always be so).
I really got off on the fact that the showcases at the Ironworks recently demonstrated a whole litany of musicians all following their own artistic paths with out any apparent care for the cool set in London or Glasgow. We are like the Texans of the United Kingdom, perceived as red necked inbred heathens, we even have the oil!!! Truly, we are the outsiders and I take a lot of pleasure in this preconceived, ill informed ridden cliche…..nothing gives us greater pleasure than hitting the road down south and sonically reducing the room to complete dust every time….This Saturday, Inverness is going to witness a truly fantastic band ‘Two Wings’. They have a really wonderful musical vision and a singer who is blessed with a peerless voice. I’m very proud to inform you that The Little Mill of Happiness will be opening for them. Proud because they are a band composed of truth and belief and proud because we are doing the gig IGLU. IGLU (the ICA HQ) is one our strongest allies in the battle against banality. I understand there are some who will find that last statement a little to jagged to digest but they do a colossal amount to encourage and nurture the artistic scene in this town of ours along with a very few others. The whole experience will take an hour and a half of your life but discovering a new band, waking up the next day and being haunted (hopefully in the beautiful sense of the word) is exhilarating.It’s like discovering a new colour. It would be wonderful to see all 209 of you there at IGLU at 7pm. Hope you are all well. Peace love and conviction. S D V A Obern
Gigs and ting
Good morning, thanks again to the kind people of GoNorth for letting us play. The stage was a tad too tiny but we rose up
To the challenge and played a blinder of a set.
Now onwards and upwards, this Saturday we support a band called Two Wings from Glasgow. The gig is being held at the very lovely art space Ig:lu, oh and it’s all acoustic!
So this week is mostly jam. Jam, jam and No marmalade!!
We love you
P x
Go North Festival 2012
Delighted to announce we are playing the Go North Festival this Thursday at Hush, stage time 20:15. Hopefully see you there!!!
Feature in ICA Magazine – June 2012
The lovely people at ICA Magazine have produced a feature on our upcoming gig with Two Wings.
Thanks to ICA Magazine (http://www.whatsoninverness.com) for the feature
Houdi Does Toilet Humour
Inverness based Photographer/Blogger/Drummer/Banter extraordinaire – Houdi aka Al Donnelly has written a piece about our new B(l)og.
Houdi’s blog has thousands of views from around the world and he has quickly made a name for himself amongst the Highlands of Scotland. He is often seen snapping at gigs, from young local acts starting out to international acts playing Festivals across the UK.
He’s also nae bad with the banff lingo n’aw.
Go and read his entertaining piece at
http://houdidontblog.wordpress.com/2012/05/26/little-mill-of-happiness-announce-new-toilet/
(photo credit: Al Donnelly / Houdi)
Live Dates, Mailing List Exclusive, New Blog
The Little Mill of Happiness are delighted to announce the following shows
- June 16th – IGLU Inverness – Supporting Two Wings, (acoustic!)
- July 19th – Captains Rest, Glasgow
- August 4th – Belladrum Festival, Hot House Stage
- August 16th – Ironworks Summer Showcase, Inverness
We also have an exclusive unreleased track available to those who sign up to our mailing list. This track is from the “Capsized Sailors” EP 2011 recording sessions. Our mailing list has been set up to to offer free recordings, videos and exclusives to our audience before it’s available to the general public. We promise not to send any spam or
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