We are delighted to announce the release of our third album.
‘The Effervescent Travellers’ will be released digitally on all download/streaming platforms on 14th August.
The track list is as follows
1.) High Rise
2.) Extreme Push Cycle Race
3.) Sur La Dordogne
4.) The Almighty Faff
5.) Mont Blanc
6.) Fred’s Motorhome Extravaganza
7.) Kinky Joe’s Steamboat trip down the River Taff
As can be suggested from the titles, the theme of the album is all about travel in the most vibrant and enthusiastic sense of the word, either inspired from experiences we’ve had or silly scenarios we came up with in our heads!
We look forward to sharing the full album with you. Additionally, we have a live set all ready to go as soon as shows are allowed to start happening again. Once we are on the road we will also be announcing the release of the physical version of the album.
In the meantime, you can expect to see livestream performances of the new songs after they are released.
Below is a video of the three of us playing through the new track in different locations.
Here is a little information from Ryan about the song
‘High Rise came from a guitar riff I had when I was something like 14 years old. It’s taken about 13 years for me to do something with it and being surrounded by massive skyscrapers in Dubai gave me the inspiration for the title and to finish writing the song. In essence, I wanted the technical scope of what we are doing musically to be reminiscent of some of the amazing post-modern architecture that is appearing in cities, it was great fun putting this together and I cannot wait to do it live when we are able to play live again!’
Here are the credits for ‘High Rise’
Ryan Elliott – Guitars, Moog
Jonathan Griffiths – Drums
Mathew Griffiths – Bass Guitar
Recording and Mixing Engineer – Andrew Bishop
Mastering Engineer – Steffan Pringle
Artwork – Dale Johnson
We look forward to sharing the rest of the album with you.
We are pleased to announce that we will be playing in Taunton in The Egg Basket on Friday 24th March 2023.
We will be playing a set comprising of our last two albums, some drum and bass fun from the brothers as well as covers of iconic instrumental tracks from Rush, Jeff Beck and more.
This show was recorded in Cardiff back in September 2021. It was the first show we had done since the Pandemic.
I am delighted to have a record that showcases what we do live and captures our tracks in this format. There’s a frenetic energy to our live performance which was really fun to work with when mixing it!
We were grateful to back out playing shows regularly this year. Every time we have gone out play, it has been a blast and we are looking forward to more live shows again in 2023.
From September onwards, we have been focused on writing new material and this will be a continuous development in the new year.
In the meantime, here are 3 events to kick start 2023 for the Kinkies!
We were grateful to back out playing shows regularly this year. Every time we have gone out play, it has been a blast and we are looking forward to more live shows again in 2023.
From September onwards, we have been focused on writing new material and this will be a continuous development in the new year.
In the meantime, here are 3 events to kick start 2023 for the Kinkies!
We are delighted to announce our very first live album.
Quirky Musings & The Effervescent Travellers Live will be released both physically and digitally on 6th January 2023.
This was captured all at the same show live at Clwb Ifor Bach in our hometown Cardiff on 10th September 2021. It was our first show after the Pandemic and we still remember the joy and adrenaline we felt playing this show and are so grateful to @Andrew Bishop – Sound Engineer who captured the performance.
We are also pleased to be announcing this record to showcase what we do live to our listeners around the world.
We look forward to sharing this live record with you all.
We are delighted to announce that we will be kicking off 2023 with a hometown show!
On Saturday 14th January 2023, we will be playing at FUEL ROCK CLUB, Cardiff. Joining us will be special guests Adam ‘Longbody’ Jenkins and Ophelia’s Beard.
It was no doubt a stuttered year for so many artists. Lock down was very much in place for the majority of the year but despite all of that we are grateful for the opportunities we had to get some things done.
One of the biggest highlights for us as a band was our livestream performance. It was a joy to share a live performance in the midst of lockdown.
Then we took that show live to an audience in our hometown in Cardiff and I think it is the best we have ever played. The relief to play in front of an audience again was huge and the entire night was an exhilarating experience that we can’t wait to do again! Despite living in a digital age, nothing can replace the quality of being in a live performance space with an audience.
We recorded the audio from the desk and will be putting a selection of the tracks on our soundcloud soon.
The plan going forward. We have a full set ready to go and ready to take it out, live shows tbc. We are also writing loads of new material and planning another live video as well, so plenty of things are in place for us as a band in 2022. Unfortunately, the virus is running amok again and disrupting Christmas for many. Our thoughts to anyone reading this who has been affected.
We wish everyone health and peace of mind going forward. Nadolig Llawen.