News

21/2/11 : Here's Jonny

We are pleased to reveal that we have a new addition to The Lost Cavalry - in the human shape of Jonny, formerly the drummer with The Loves - who sadly played their farewell gig last Sunday (which was an amazing gig by the way). Jonny's a great drummer and a great guy and we're all excited to have him join our ranks. We've also booked our first gig of 2011 with him, on 22nd March at Notting Hill Arts Club, where we'll also be debuting a couple of new songs - we're back baby!

And in other news, the Booked Out film score is done and dusted and Derek and I are pleased with it. So, all attention is now on the second The Lost Cavalry EP, which should be released in May... which seems a long time off still, but these things take a long time - we may release a free mp3 sneak preview before then.

26/1/11 : Drums

I keep making excuses about how long our next EP is taking - the main reason is the film score I've been composing and recording along with Derek Yau, for the new feature film 'Booked Out' by Bryan O'Neil. We're coming close to completion on that though, and I've just written a big old diary entry (see below!) for anyone who is interested.

As some of you may know - our drummer, Dave sadly has decided the time is right to leave The Lost Cavalry - he's getting married pretty soon and plans to spend his time on other projects. It's a real shame for us as Dave's been such a great drummer and a great friend to be in a band with. He'll still be playing drums for our next EP though, so he's still around in spirit!

This of course means we are temporarily down one member in The Lost Cavalry. We have someone in mind, but in the short term we're concentrating on writing some new tracks and working on the new recordings. We'll probably plan a few acoustic gigs soon too to try out some of our new material.

18/1/11 : Knickers

Over Christmas I did a bit of moonlighting from The Lost Cavalry and recorded some guest Hammond Organ for the track 'Motherfuckers' by The Loves featuring the new band Knickers... which you can buy here from Rough Trade on 7" vinyl! It was probably the Christmas number one, but I'm not sure as I missed Mark Goodier's top 40 show that week.

And here's a video of Simon and Lenny singing the song. Watch Simon crack under the pressure of youtube stardom...

That's me you can hear pimping on the keys. Mark.x

19/12/10 : Seasons Greetings!

Firstly, a big thank you to everyone who downloaded our single 'The Elephant Of Castlebar Hill' - we hope you liked it! Secondly, an even bigger thank you to everyone who bought our EP this year, 'Waves Freeze To Rolling Hills' - it had great reviews across the board and we're really proud of it. It's been a really good year for us and hopefully next year will be even better - our next EP is sounding great so far.

And thirdly, last Christmas we recorded a cover of the Jona Lewie track 'Stop The Cavalry' for our friends over at Polaroid Blog. In case you missed it last year you can download it for free, along with the rest of the brilliant compilation from here: polaroid.blogspot.com - it's well worth a listen!

We hope you have a great Christmas and New Year!

15/11/10 : The Elephant Of Castlebar Hill - Free single download

Our new single 'The Elephant Of Castlebar Hill' (a special new mix of the third track from our EP 'Waves Freeze To Rolling Hills') is now available as a FREE DOWNLOAD - all we will take in exchange is your email address, I hope that's ok. You can download the track right now from our band shop. If you like it - please, please post the link to the free download on Facebook or Twitter and spread the word! It's what the elephant would have wanted...

We are also playing at The Lexington, Kings Cross tonight to launch the single - hope you can come... Tickets available here.

12/10/10 : The Elephant Of Castlebar Hill

We're pleased to say that we'll be releasing our first single on November the 15th - it will be 'The Elephant Of Castlebar Hill', a special new mix of the third track from our recent EP. The track is already available via itunes, emusic and amazon as part of the EP, however the new single mix will only be available as a digital download from our bandcamp shop. More details to follow... but it'll be a bargain!

On the day of our single release we'll be playing at The Lexington, Kings Cross for Fortuna Pop! supporting The Singing Adams - aka Steven Adams formerly of Broken Family Band, and his new band. Tickets available here.

You can have a listen to the single mix here.

"A beautifully crafted track that really shows the band's ability to tell a story within a cracking composition. Never at any moment do you feel overpowered by the vast array of instruments at the band's disposal" - The Kaje Magazine

"A lively medley of musical melody" - Stereoboard

29/9/10 : A different kind of interview

Here's a different kind of interview - we were asked a number of questions but had to reply to each with a photo instead of words. It was quite fun but also suprisingly tricky. I'm pretty pleased with our answer to question 8 though...

Also, we're pleased to say that on Nov 15th we'll be playing at The Lexington, Kings Cross supporting The Singing Adams - aka Steven Adams formerly of Broken Family Band, and his new band. Tickets are available here.

1/9/10 : Desert Tracks live acoustic session for The 405

We set up loads of little compact cameras around Oliver's flat and recorded ourselves playing one of our new songs 'Desert Tracks' acoustic - a special video for The 405 web site. You can watch the video here: www.thefourohfive.com/articles/3927.

We'll be recording a 'studio' version later in the year. Meanwhile, we have exciting single news coming up soon, plus we've been back to Southend starting to record tracks for our second EP... but you'll need to wait a while for that one, some time next year!

1/9/10 : Waves Freeze To Rolling Hills - More Reviews

Here's a round up of some of the reviews of our EP...

"West's vocals, from the outset, are tenderly delicate yet powerful in their range like, Rufus Wainwright at his most vulnerable. 8/10" - The 405
"These finely crafted, literate and wistful songs are well worth giving your time and attention to" - Folly Of Youth
"A superbly confident and stirring debut... singer mark west, possess an extraordinary voice which blends brilliantly with the electric-folk instrumentation" - Rough Trade
"Oh Sally is a beautiful fanfare of melodic, gentle instruments, brilliant, strong vocals and lyrics which tease the inner child from your memory. Experimental and truly unique..." - Stereoboard
"You get a real sense of accomplished majesty from this music. Sad yet uplifting, full blooded yet sensitive, commercially appealing yet not at all dull. This ex-Fanfarlo guitarist & his cohorts have a rather special appeal. 4/5" - Norman Records
"For some reason the intro reminds of Michael Buble" - This Is Fake DIY

There was a bad review too... but you'll have to search for it, I'm not going to tell you where to find it! In the mean time, here are some more good ones... The Line Of Best Fit, Gobshout, Culture Deluxe, For Folks Sake and The Kaje ...and a live review on The 405.

23/8/10 : Interview on Soundfreak

Nick and I did an interview for Soundfreak... Click on these words to see it. They also say about our EP... "It's bloody brilliant!" ...cheers!