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Wooden Arms performing a cover of Chelsea Hotel No.2 by the late great Leonard Cohen at Norwich Shoe Factory Social Club.Filmed and edited by Lewis Cherrington: http://lewischerrington.co.uk  Wooden Arms: http://www.woodenarms.co.uk/

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Wooden Arms ~ Burial

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TOUR TIMES!

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One take recording of a Kevin Drew song by Alex Carson

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Preview of our live album A Whisper and a Shout. A Whisper and a Shout will be a limited edition, hand-made, release only available at live shows. Live shows coming up this April are: 24/4 - Zurich Bogen F 25/4 - Sion Le Port France 27/4 - Paris Les 3 Baudets 28/4 - London The Lexington 30/4 - Bristol The Louisiana 1/5 - Cardiff Four Bars 2/5 - Live at Leeds Festival 3/5 - Norwich Norwich Arts Centre Fore more info go to: www.woodenarms.co.uk

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We’re dead happy to be playing at the Lexington on the 28th of April with our dear friend Ajimal.  Tickets can be bought here

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We’ve got a live version of one of our newest songs: “Sheets of Cotton” online.  Recorded by Hndgmcht at the Berlin Privat Club on our last German tour.

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We're incredibly proud to announce our full EU and UK tour dates for April and May!

Metz (FR) - la chaouée - 23/4/15 Zurich (CH) - Bogen F - 24/4/15 Sion (CH) - Le Port Franc 25/4/15 Paris (FR) - Les 3 Baudets - 27/4/15 London (UK) - The Lexington - 28/4/15 Bristol (UK) - Louisiana - 30/4/15 Four Bars (UK) - Cardiff - 1/5/15 Leeds (UK) - (live at leeds festival) - 2/5/15 Norwich (UK) - Norwich Arts Centre- 3/5/15

For more details about the shows take a look see over here: http://www.woodenarms.co.uk/gigs/

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I was asked to make a playlist of bands what I have liked and what not. 

Here it is!

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Norwich Arts Centre 30/01/15

£6/£8

Support from Tom Adams & Harry Edwards.

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Dear neglected Tumblr account, let me first apologise for denying you any attention over the last year or so. 

The fact that the cover for our first single is the profile picture stands as a testament to how long I've neglected you.

But anyhow, I am determined to pen a few more words on this thing.

And the first thing I want to discuss is Touring. 

You will have probably already read the rather infallible list of rules presented by Thor Harris. Who I agree with whole-heartedly as I read down his touring commandments. However, I wanted to add some of my own opinions to the matter - and what else is the internet for but to add personal opinions to an already over-subscribed subject matter.

"1-Don’t Complain. Bitching, moaning, whining is tour cancer. If something is wrong fix it or shut the fuck up you fucking dick. goddamn."  - Thor Harris

I am incredibly fortunate that everyone in the band is as polite and middle-class as I am and bickering has never been an issue. But being stuck in a van for upwards of 7 hours at a time travelling can break the most mild mannered of spirits. It's incredibly easy to wonder what the point of all of this is stuck on the Autobahn whilst impatient Audi's (they are always' Audi's) flash their lights aggressively and climb into the back of the van (P.s. Belgium, learn to drive).

But all of that malaise and contempt for European drivers melts away when you perform.

I have been thinking about this regarding most art forms. If you were to break down the amount of time you spend on everything that is involved in being an artist of some kind you would find that 98% of the time is spent doing the boring bits: travelling, practising, organising rehearsals, schmoozing with potential bookers, fixing broken equipment, getting lost looking for your hostel etc... 2% is spent doing the bit you imagined being an artist was all about. Performing, recording, and generally speaking, making music.

And for some reason unbeknownst to me we all willingly accept that and still strive after that 2% despite the odds are never in our favour. 

Call me an old softy but I think it's because that 2% is so fucking awesome we don't mind. And that 2% we spent on our latest tour WAS fucking awesome.

Our tour with Hundreds was spent with nay a hiccup. They are a fantastic group of people that were generous, kind, and didn't seem to mind us mucking about with trolleys (which we tend to do a lot for some reason). We learnt a great deal about performing and being a 'bigger' band from this tour. Some of these are small things, like planning days off correctly so you don't kill yourself to things like the background music before you play. 

These guys had a really clear idea about how to build an atmosphere before performing as well as during. It got me thinking that that really is a huge part of performing live. Watching people play their instruments proficiently under some coloured lights isn't as interesting as us musicians believe it to be. What actually is happening, on a good day, is the audience is getting involved in 'your world' (for want of a better word) and, if you excuse me here for sounding a bit Californian, lose themselves to the music. 

How the lighting, sound, stage is before the show plays a big part of this and people want to forget themselves whilst listening to the music. Like the best movies, it's better when you suspend disbelief and just go with the flow. And there are plenty of things that could potentially halt the flow for a band.

To wrap up this rather waffly post we learnt a lot from this tour, and we were deeply honoured to go on tour with Hundreds in Germany. And as I sit here at my in-laws in drizzly Kent for Christmas I seriously can't wait for our next tour, speaking of which here are the dates: 

Peace out Tumblr and have a merry non-specific-religious holiday.

AC

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Wooden Arms sign to Butterfly Collectors

We've been holding onto this good news for a little while now. But we're proud to announce that we're signing to the record label Butterfly Collectors and releasing a new album on September 12th on both Vinyl and CD. We've got loads of UK and EU tour dates to throw at you in the coming weeks so keep your ear to the ground as we've got our nose to the grindstone over here. You can hear two tracks from the forthcoming album by clicking below:

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Our new double A side single Tide / December is ready for your ears. Go pick up a digital / physical copy at our website.

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Coming soon...

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Latest and last Furball Films / Fieldgate Studio session we did is up and about.  It's a live version of False Start with extra trumpet for good measure. Another huge thanks to Joe, Rhys Davies, Andrew Lawson for their filming / recording prowess.  NEW tunes to come sooooooooooon.

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We're taking some needed days off for the festive season.  In the meantime you guys can take a look at the session we did with Furball Films at Fieldgate Studio on our last tour. More of this to come soon as well!

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November 2013 tour pics!