The Rakes have announced they are set to release their third album ‘KLANG’ on the 23rd of March, with the single ‘1989′ one week earlier (16 March) on 7″ and download through V2 / Co-operative.

The album was recorded at Planet Roc Studios in Berlin and produced by Chris Zane (Les Savy Fav, The Walkmen, Passion Pit).

I am pleased to announce I may share the full tracklisting with you:

You’re In It
That’s The Reason
The Loneliness Of The Outdoor Smoker
Bitchin’ in the Kitchin’
The Woes Of The Working Woman
1989
Shackelton
The Light From Your Mac
Muller’s Ratchet
The Final Hill
Never Get Married

Also, the band managed to film a bit whilst locked away recording the album. A bike / walking tour of the facilities cut to the first single ‘1989′ is the result - but please note; it’s not official video, just a preview of what’s to come.. you can find the video on youtube by clicking here.

Check it all out! ^_^
- Luu

Good old friends of Eyemaylisten, Drive A, have new material and we are very happy to shout about it. They are back with a great new look and have certianly matured; I can almost perv on them now ^_^.

Their new single; ‘Are You Blind’ is worth checking out. It’s a stretch out of the sound we are used to hearing from them, their sound has developed and we’re liking the vibrations! It’s less rocky and it seems they are embracing a more punkesque vibe. It’s definately addictive. The new album; ‘Loss Of Desire’ is due for release in February 2008 and we will most certainly be giving you a full review when it comes around - I can’t wait. They are very talented lads.

Watch the short video they filmed for us back in June!
- Luu

Just a quicky… you can now add an RSS feed of Eyemaylisten to anything of your choice, you don’t even have to know html! It’s simple, simple, simple… get the feed on your Facebook, Myspace and more!

http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/eyemaylisten-music-blog

just go there

- Luu

I was notified this morning of the death of someone very well known here in the souths community. A nineteen year old trials rider; Nick Hobbs. Much loved by family and friends sadly died last night in an accident involving his motorcycle and a car.

It’s a bank holiday…

but I just wanted to say, hilariously, our new myspace layout is awful. It will F your eyes…

www.myspace.com/eyemaylisten

Feel free to add us and complain ^_^ we love you all.

- Luu

It has come to my recent attention that we have a fan page.. on Facebook. I wasn’t even aware it existed.. the whole thing has pretty much confused me.. but either way; confused or not, click here to become a fan!

How exciting! We are also setting up a Flickr account for Eyemaylisten, we already have a group but we seem to nly use it to pass pictures between one another as apposed to actually using it as a group… So will let you know when that’s got a few more pictures up!

As is, check us out and add us as friends in other places, (we are slowing taking over the world wide web)..

Youtube - Subscribe!
Myspace - We love getting loads of adds!
Last.Fm Group - Could do with a few more members, fairly new to last.fm!

Facebook Group and also Facebook Fan page - If you’re a Facebook fanatic, these are both handy, the fan page has an RSS feed directly from the blog so you get updates when we post.. straight to your Facebook!

Hope these all come in handy

-Luu

Hey all,

It’s that time of year and the BT Music Digital Awards are upon us. Eyemaylisten has been entered under the catagory ‘Best Music Blog’… if you think we are worthy of a rating in the awards, please click on the image below and show your support by dropping us a vote. It only takes a minute. Thanks

Back to the music..
I am about to go a little mainstream but it can’t be helped. The tunes are just so good!… here’s a taster of what has been vibrating my ear drums of late..

MP3: CSS - Alala (MP3 has now expired)

CSS will never fail to get me moving. I have been listening to these guys for a long time now.. this is my favorite vibration from their way. Check it out.

MP3: Joshua Lanes - Dead (MP3 has now expired)

A sound known as Joshua Lanes has met with my ears lately. At first admittedly I didn’t really know what to think, but somewhere between repetitively listening to the first two seconds of their track ‘Blow’ and trying to figure out if it was the end of an Incubus song, they stuck… Check out the MP3 above..

MP3: Foals - Cassius (MP3 has now expired)

It had to be done! Foals, I love ‘em. This song has been in my head so long, it’s killing me… I am actually on the video we shot when interviewing Temposhark back in June, singing it to myself.. or at least humming it? And it’s STILL in my noggin! It’s insane… I love this tune!

MP3: Stereo Total - I Love You, Ono (MP3 has now expired)

This is a cheeky catchy vibration from German; Stereo Total. I am sure many of you have heard it thousands of times before.. but I can’t help myself, it’s making me move.

Keep the emails coming folks
-Luu

Good news! We are now on Twitter! Check out our feed here!

Congrats are in order, all of the entries have been read… Some good.. some not so good…. and some just shockingly crude! The two favorites have been picked. And the winners of The Glimmers CD comp arrrreeee…. (drum roll if you please)

Laura Comber - Newcastle
‘I walked in on The Glimmers with a bottle of San Miguel and… a bucket of hot water. So that’s how he gets his hair so curly!’

I have to admit this made no sense to me what so ever, something about beer shampoo? Utterly random. Either way it was a winner!

James Black - Reading
‘I walked in on The Glimmers with a bottle of San Miguel and... ended up winning a bet whereby a five pence coin was dropped into a beer bottle using only my buttocks…’

Interesting.. is all I can say. Very interesting. Utterly shameless!!

Thank you for all the other entries, we had a good giggle reading through them. Don’t forget to look out for the big old comp coming soon involving lots of merch from our favorite sounds

-Luu

Just found out we are featured on the official San Miguel Hidden Depths site…

Check it out here!

Said in the best Vicky Pollard accent: ‘We are like, soooo famous’

-Luu