an east coast parade, quick call ups & groups of young animals

So first and foremost our video for Young Cubs was just released.. It's an exclusive through myspace
Young Cubs

Seabellies | MySpace Music Videos"> but is also now avaialable to watch on youtube so I'll just post both the links and get on with it..



I've been waiting on all iphone members of the band to give me pictures from our reecent tour with Parades. Slowly I've got a few pictures, but still missing many! So i'll likely add some over time..

The tour was great, our first Sydney show had been our first show for 2010 after our 'warm-up' gig bit the dust due to weather..


So we'd rehearsed our hearts out and it felt great to finally play, as did Wollongong and Newcastle. Newcastle was great to have all our fav faces out on a Sunday night - we owe you all a nice cheap Friday night show soon! Promise. The tour stretched out over 3 weeks and also hit Melbourne and Brisbane, with Brisbane bringing the most damn enthusatic crowd..sound was up there with the worst thing since justin beiber (that's right!) but this was due to the installation of a new desk that day..cough

Parades are awesome to tour with..great people. We're all big fans and recommend their music to you all, please go listen to them - HERE!!!!! - it was a pleasure, and we all had a big picnic to say our farewells before we took off for adelaide for our own show ->



and a cat with a nub for a tail



I am missing a whole bunch of our time in Adelaide, but it was the best time we'd had there yet.. spent the day at the vineyards, I've sourced a random pic from our very own Kelleher for the moment.. but more with our stupid faces to come



then we got a call up to play a corporate gig in Alice Springs for the Leading Edge Music conference... a nice intimate setting under the stars. heres some pics of red dirt, and here's a random youtube clip of trans/ending from that set.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOK-gd1AiEo ..you can book us for for weddings on 1800 HI MUM..





So now we're just finalising artwork for our album 'By Limbo Lake' - release date will hopefully be with you soon.. and us!!!!! So please, if you haven't already, go back to the top and view the video for 'Young Cubs'..I'll just add, no, the young cubs lyrics aren't about war games - yes, I've been asked.

Have a happy May 14th. K

When Giants Walked the Earth

The title is misleading! I've just finished reading the Led Zeppelin biography from Mick Wall, hence the title. Some shit went down back then! Good read, I really recommend it. But I also recommend skipping through the bits in italics sometimes..Then again, what do I know!

Last week we had the pleasure of playing an intimate little set inside Albert Studios to celebrate our publishing deal with the world famous label. It's truly an honour! We had a great night drinking & laughing away & showcased some album tracks that has us all pumped up - before we'd even signed off Maree at Albert who is taking care of us got both 'Orange X' + 'Young Cubs' on rotation at Triple J, so our many thanks go out to her. It feels good to have a dedicated bunch of people (who genuinly love our music) behind us. Feels like home.

Also, we got a little off course with the drinking & decided we'd use the photo booth without realising it was a completely non-fictional teleportation device Alberts have. nb-looks like an old conan o'brien skit

Speaking of the Young Cubs & Past Lives tour, the poster is in the post below + in the middle of this tour (the 26th March to be exact) we're releasing our tracks 'Young Cubs' & 'Armour' on itunes Australia. They are up on the myspace now for your listening pleasure, & both are from the album 'By Limbo Lake' due out in May - OFFICIAL DATE COMING SOON.

Last but not least, Musicoz has announced us in their Top 5 for the alternate song category. The winners are announced on March 26th as well at an award ceremony held in Sydney. For tickets to the event go here. If you're lucky enough you might be able to get your mug on the TV as the awards are on MTV two weeks post-awards.

Here's a band that are quite an odd mix of people that i've been listening to -> Singer of Mew, Bassist of Coldplay, Guitarist of A-Ha and producer extraordinaire.. They are called Apparatjik & I've posted their song 'Snow Crystals'. If you love Mew like I do, then consider it very much worth your attention.

Below that is a Kings of Leon shred.. you've all seen the 'shreds' from st sanders surely? If not, go here! He basically dubs what you see on screen & makes them look hilariously awful, all the while being extremely talented himself to make it look so good.. this Kings of Leon shred is killer, especially as it was the show they were frustrated with the 'icy' crowd. However, I do love KOL's stuff (albums 1-3) so in the very far off chance they see me re-posting it, I apologise & please feel free to beat my brother Trent up as payback.

Enjoy...kg

March/April tour poster

Young Cubs & Past Lives Tour + New Music ! ! !

Good eve to you all. We are excited to announce our March/April Tour with Parades on the following dates... & please make your way over to our myspace to hear our new single 'Young Cubs' accompanied by another album track, 'Armour'. Both will be available on itunes on March 26th!

It reads like this..

Two of the bright young things of the Australian independent music scene, Parades & the Seabellies, are preparing to stake their claim on 2010 by announcing a co-headline tour. To coincide with important new music by each band, The Young Cubs & Past Lives Tour will introduce music from their debut album releases to Australian audiences for the first time in March/April.

Thursday 18th March - Oxford Art Factory, Sydney - $12 pre sale / $15 on the door.
*Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au, Moshtix Outlets, or phone 1300 438 849 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              1300 438 849      end_of_the_skype_highlighting

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Friday 19th March - Grand Hotel, Wollongong - $10 Pre sale / $12 on the door.
*Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au, Moshtix Outlets, or phone 1300 438 849

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Sunday 21st March - Northern Star, Newcastle - $12 pre sale / $15 on the door.
*Tickets available from www.bigtix.com.au and the venue.

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Saturday 27th March - John Curtin Hotel, Melbourne - $10 pre sale / $15 on the door.
*Tickets available from Oztix www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545

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Thursday 1st April - The Cubby Hole, Brisbane - $10 pre sale / $12 on the door.
*Tickets available from Oztix www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545

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Saturday 3rd April - Plus One, Adelaide - Only The Seabellies
*Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au, Moshtix Outlets, or phone 1300 438 849


Get your gig boots on..

when all was quiet on the belly front

well hello & happy new year

we've been rested up over summer & will not be playing until february mostly due to our fav key-tarist antony breaking his hand. but the good news is I have a tan!

we'll be shooting a new clip soon for the next single being released in January & once everyones heard it we'll come show you all how we do it live.. it was a toss up between one of our most loved & energetic live songs that we've been playing now since 2007!! holy mother of dog, how am I not sick of it yet! and probably a more obvious single choice with its punchy beat and nice big chorus that has our distinct sound.. you'll get to hear them both over the coming months, but the single will come first followed by the album soonishhh after.

in other good news I've used summer to not only read a whole lot of books (angels & demons most recently, now to see what mr ron howard has done to it in film form) but also write new material, & its great to be fruitful & varied in the writing process at the moment. I feel a more focused direction & excitement after playing a majority of the tracks on the album for a few years now. We're already 10 songs deep into a list of new songs & just have to give most of them a proper demo.

so when all seems quiet, it's actually not! we're about 5 seconds away from smacking you in the face with our second single from 'by limbo lake'. a very gentle slap that we hope you enjoy & fills the rest of your summer soundtrack.

much love

kg

night vacations

night vacations

dreams never end...new order
the cedar room...doves
mad as hell...luke vibert
since i left you...the avalanches
am 180...grandaddy
stay (faraway, so close)...u2
moonchild...m83
sing...blur
island, IS...volcano choir
midget submarines...swell maps
idioteque...radiohead
8 ball...underworld
godless...dandy warhols
an ending (ascent)...brian eno

listen here

k

update 101

so a few things have been kicking into gear lately (yup, cos i'm a heaps big 'car' kinda guy) and it's getting exciting again! orange has been getting great play on the j's and the finishing touches on the clip are being done as I speak and will hopefully be with you soon.. and next friday night we are going on tour to support it with the eulogies (from z USA) and so it will be our first proper run of shows for the year and hopefully non-stop after that..

we've today been nominated in the shortlist for the vanda and young songwriting competition for feel it leave.. niiice.. other things are happening behind the scenes and i must for now keep them in my little black book of secrets and stalking notes.

had an interesting but very enjoyable set at bathurst the other night too.. played close to 90 minutes which we hardly ever do seeing as our catalogue doesn't stretch that far!! but the people at charles sturt uni were celebrating and were very accomodating and also very drunk. a few of us had to go, a few of us got to stay.. i was one of them that stayed & I am now convinced, even though I was considerably out of it on free alcohol, that we need to update our rider requests.. (2 beers each, wine, water, soft drink).. but that's a story for another time.

kg out of here.

orange x tour posta

heres something that goes around the net to advertise the tour..

meeting mr branson

A few weeks back we did a short set with the villians of wilhelm and dappled cities to celebrate the opening of the new virgin mobile metro in sydney.. mr richard branson was in the country to pick up one of his many toys, I think a yacht, and I am mega jealous of him as I'm sure we all are. If I could fly into a country and say 'I'm just here to pick up my luxury yacht' I would be so happy - yes, I reference south park reguarly -

anyhoo, off topic again here, back to the videos of the night posted on moshcam.. I'm gonna post a couple of the songs as they're from our debut LP due out Jan-Feb 2010 titled 'By Limbo Lake'.. yes it has a meaning, but not now, i'll explain later ..and yes, all hick-ups and mistakes are intentional, expect the record to be full of them! k

Here's trans/ending & paper flames for all those interested in what sort of a record we've been making..

Eulogies Tour Announced

Dates for our November east coast tour with the fantastic Eulogies from the US have been announced. Eulogies have been getting plenty of spins on the j's of late and we can't wait to tour with them. The dates are as follows..

11 Nov 2009
Beach Road Hotel w/ Eulogies (US)
Bondi, New South Wales

13 Nov 2009
East Brunswick Club w/ Eulogies (US)
Melbourne, Victoria

14 Nov 2009
Transit Bar w/ Eulogies (US)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

15 Nov 2009
Troubadour w/ Eulogies (US)
Brisbane, Queensland

18 Nov 2009
Oxford Arts Factory w/ Eulogies (US)
Sydney, New South Wales

19 Nov 2009
Brass Monkey w/ Eulogies (US)
Cronulla, New South Wales

20 Nov 2009
Newcastle Leagues Club w/ Eulogies (US)
Newcastle, New South Wales

Will be great to tour on our new songs from our album due out February 2010. Hope to see you there!

kg