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29/9/10 : A different kind of interview

A Negative Narrative 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

The Lost Cavalry: Waves Freeze To Rolling Hills 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!


2/8/10 : Waves Freeze To Rolling Hills - Available now!

The Lost Cavalry: Waves Freeze To Rolling Hills Our debut EP is now available! You can buy it on CD from Rough Trade, Norman Records, Resident Records or directly from the band shop, or you can buy digitally from Amazon, iTunes, eMusic or from the band shop. Hope you like it!

And don't forget - we're playing two special launch week gigs - Wednesday (4th) on the Tamesis Dock, a converted 1930's Dutch barge and Friday (6th) at The Lexington, give our name on the door to get a free copy of the EP! Details below...


19/7/10 : Waves Freeze To Rolling Hills EP Launch Party - 8:30pm Weds 4th August - on a 1930's Dutch barge on the Thames!

Waves Freeze To Rolling Hills EP

To celebrate the release of our debut EP "Waves Freeze To Rolling Hills" we'll be playing a special gig on a boat floating on the River Thames - the Tamesis Dock, a converted 1930's Dutch barge. www.tamesisdock.co.uk. There will be a free copy of our EP to everyone who comes to see us - so be sure to say our name at the door (or do I mean 'boarding platform'?) The boat is moored just south/upriver from Westminster, on the Albert Embankment, SE1 7TP. Tickets available now from Ticketweb for £6 - but remember, that also gets you a free CD! We are playing with the brilliant Thomas Truax... Note that we will be playing at 8:30pm - so don't be late!.

If you can't make it along to the boat launch party then hopefully you can make it to The Lexington, Kings Cross on the Friday night (6th Aug) - we'll be playing at the White Light club night supporting Spencer McGarry Season - www.thelexington.co.uk.


18/6/10 : Balcony TV Show

http://www.balconytv.com/v/the-lost-cavalry

Last week we returned to Camden to play an acoustic song for Balcony TV. We played the second track from our forthcoming EP - 'Secret Steps'. Click the image above to take a look...


17/6/10 : Blythe Hill Acoustic Show

Blythe Hill Festival 2010

We're playing an acoustic show at the Blythe Hill Festival on the 3rd of July - it's free entry and we're on at 12:20pm. After that it's back to the fully plugged-in shows for a while...

I'm especially looking forward to the bouncy castle, but not the Punch and Judy - that's always seemed a bit creepy to me... all that fighting over sausages...


11/6/10 : Waves Freeze To Rolling Hills

Waves Freeze To Rolling Hills EP

We're please to announce that our debut EP 'Waves Freeze To Rolling Hills' will be released on August 2nd on our own label 'Two Six Heave'. It will be available as a limited run of 500 CDs in beautifully designed full-colour packaging featuring original artwork by Toby Atkins, and also as digital download from iTunes, Amazon, eMusic and many other online stores. The CDs will be available from this web site and from a number of independent record stores. The four tracks were recorded over the last months at various locations around London and you can listen to a preview of the EP by clicking on the image above...


31/5/10 : Affordable Art Fair

Organ Art

Our next few gigs are acoustic - we're playing a show on BalconyTV.com on Monday 7th and then at the opening night of the Affordable Art Fair at the Harvest Cafe. We're going to play some acoustic versions of our favorites as well as try out some new songs.

We've been busy with our debut EP too - 'Waves Freeze To Rolling Hills' will be released on August 2nd on our own label - Two Six Heave. We're really pleased with it - and Toby our glockenspiel player has created some stunning cover art too...



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