The Horrible Crowes: the Brian & Ian side project [thread locked]

CluckyB wrote:

Quote :

if Tom Waits, the National, the Afghan Whigs, Bon Iver, and Nick Cave made a band with Percy Sledge that'd be _____________

The proper fill in to that blank is not "called the Horrible Crowes" it is "the greatest thing of music ever".

Can't wait. Suddenly looking forward to this more than I was looking forward to American Slang.

I'm honestly thinking "eh, no new Gaslight for another year, I'll live" because THIS sounds unbelievable. I am so excited for this. I mean, seriously: "We might do a few shows with the Crowes, maybe select cities in the US, Can, and Europe/UK, but not major touring like Gaslight does"...... I will cease to exist if I see this. It will just obliterate me.

fullcollapse wrote:

CluckyB wrote:

Quote :

if Tom Waits, the National, the Afghan Whigs, Bon Iver, and Nick Cave made a band with Percy Sledge that'd be _____________

The proper fill in to that blank is not "called the Horrible Crowes" it is "the greatest thing of music ever".

Can't wait. Suddenly looking forward to this more than I was looking forward to American Slang.

I'm honestly thinking "eh, no new Gaslight for another year, I'll live" because THIS sounds unbelievable. I am so excited for this. I mean, seriously: "We might do a few shows with the Crowes, maybe select cities in the US, Can, and Europe/UK, but not major touring like Gaslight does"...... I will cease to exist if I see this. It will just obliterate me.

Yeah. Especially if its looking like a "Not many of these things" tour I might consider traveling long distances to see it.

This year is going to do baaaaad things to me. Trekking to see them at Bamboozle will already cost a couple month's rent; if THIS happens, I'm screwed. So screwed. I can't say that I really care, though. I'm not gonna live forever so I might as well get my money's worth.

I love that you guys are on top of everything!

NeverTrustAJunkie wrote:

I love that you guys are on top of everything!

Oh, don't encourage it, it's really not healthy

In case it's not obvious from this thread alone, Brian has now posted about this at length on his blog.

http://cassettesinthemailbox.blogspot.com/2011/01/its-always-about-ahem-birds.html

Thursday, January 20, 2011

It's always about the, ahem, Birds.

Ok, so Absolute Punk found me out, I was keeping this a secret just doing the back room legwork getting everything ready, well, why wait... I remember I used to have to set myself on fire to get somebody to find out about my band, either that or play with Bruce Springsteen! (wink) so I'm pumped people care enough to find out before I even told anybody outside my little circle. So thanks for caring about what I'm up to, I appreciate that a lot.

Anyway, so here's the deal... the "night time music" is myself and Mr. Ian Perkins, and what we're doing is writing songs and making demos at the very moment. We hope to put out a full length record sometime this year, before it gets cold again, I don't know with whom, or when exactly it will come out. But the point is, it's coming out. We're calling ourselves The Horrible Crowes.
The name comes from a poem called the Twa Corbies, which means, "two crows." Check it out,
it's a dark commentary on life. A knight dies, his woman runs off on him, and two crows sit by discussing how to devour his remains... pretty gross. Pretty accurate about how we struggle all our lives for gain and greed, etc, etc and in the end, to quote Tom Waits, "we're all gonna be just dirt in the ground," while the spirit moves on and can't take a bit of the material with it.
Yet I've found we all do this, and mainly in relationships, we end up the devourer or the devoured. That's what we're singing about, it's the darker side of soul music, it's slow, it slithers, and it's raw. At the same time, the melodies and pianos are a juxtaposition to the topic material because it's eerily soothing. I'm really proud of what's been coming out and we'll see how it goes, but it's in the works and it's heading for an actual record.
Now how's this going to work with Gaslight, well it's easy, see, every time I write a creepy Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Mark Laneghan type song, I get an idea for a ripper which goes straight to Gaslight. So we're writing for both now, but Gaslight isn't planning on recording until the fall, for a 2012 release. Now I can't sit still so I'm doing this for fun, nothing more. We might do a few shows with the Crowes, maybe select cities in the US, Can, and Europe/UK, but not major touring like Gaslight does. This is my "for me" record, Gaslight is my baby, no mistake.
I always said I never would do a "solo" record so that's why I found a partner in crime in Ian. So it's not going to be the acoustic Brian Fallon road show. There's organs, pianos, even (gasp) strings!!! There's drums, everything. So don't expect a folk record. Here's a good description, if Tom Waits, the National, the Afghan Whigs, Bon Iver, and Nick Cave made a band with Percy Sledge that'd be called The Horrible Crowes.

You can find us on Facebook, and we have a blog that will eek out little bits as we progress and serve as a news point, so all breaking news with come from The Horrible Crowes blog.
Now for you cynics, it's spelled "Crowes" because Ian's English, and that's fun to me because I'm American and think everything English people do or say is amazing, you do to, admit it. So put that in your pipe and smoke to the filter.

We'll put some music up closer to when we figure out when we're recording. Because you internet whiz's are amazing at stealing. I'm truly impressed, but hyper afraid of you, so let's just say we'll put out some demos when we're ready to be hacked to death.

And yes, I have the Gaslight Anthem's blessing because they know I love them more than Ian.
I just said that because it's fun to see Ian's face when reads this. (Hi Ian.)

So let's have some fun and put out some great music this year while we get ready to write the best Gaslight Anthem record yet!

We'll see ya out there on the road!

Thanks everybody,
Brian

HELL YEAH!!

Eeeeek!

I'm at a loss as to where to channel this excited energy! I don't necessarily have anything new to contribute to this thread but my sister isn't answering her phone so I need to talk about this with someone!

I'm so very glad Brian can't sit still. And Ian seems like such a nice guy, I cannot wait to see what their two minds come up with collectively.

This is gonna get me through the writing of the next TGA album...and is also gonna mean I stop saving for another year (oopsie) to see this tour. So I never buy anything ever again except concert tickets...

Yay, yay, friggin YAAAAAAY.

Oh. My. God.

I just realised that I've met Ian Perkins. A few months ago I went up to Zurich hoping to meet them (couldn't make the actual concert, long story) but I managed to meet Brian. I chatted with him and an English guy who was with the band about guitars. This guy knew his stuff and mentioned a couple of Brian's guitars so I'm guessing he was his guitar tech. Which, by the power of deduction, makes him Ian Perkins. That means that I have had a conversation with Brian Fallon AND Ian Perkins at the same time.

This pretty much sums up my current feelings --->

StopAndSlideToTheRight wrote:

Oh. My. God.

I just realised that I've met Ian Perkins. A few months ago I went up to Zurich hoping to meet them (couldn't make the actual concert, long story) but I managed to meet Brian. I chatted with him and an English guy who was with the band about guitars. This guy knew his stuff and mentioned a couple of Brian's guitars so I'm guessing he was his guitar tech. Which, by the power of deduction, makes him Ian Perkins. That means that I have had a conversation with Brian Fallon AND Ian Perkins at the same time.

This pretty much sums up my current feelings --->

that sounds like Ian indeed. it's way easier to meet Ian before/after a show than to meet the band, 'cause he's always hanging around and talking with people

steady now steady now wrote:

Here's a good description, if Tom Waits, the National, the Afghan Whigs, Bon Iver, and Nick Cave made a band with Percy Sledge that'd be called The Horrible Crowes.

For some reason it always irks me when Brian does that. And he does it alot.

I'm not sure why though. Maybe it gives off the impression that they [TGA,Horrible Crowes, whoever...] doesn't come across as a legit thing (if that makes sense?). Or the projects rarely end up the way he says they willl.



Either way, I'm still excited for this.

Gee, I wonder if theyll need a guitar tech.


(Where can I send a resume!?)

The Horrible Crowes, live pre-view



(ok, I cheated, it's Ian playing with TGA in Nottingham)

epic picture. nice!

Daire wrote:

steady now steady now wrote:

Here's a good description, if Tom Waits, the National, the Afghan Whigs, Bon Iver, and Nick Cave made a band with Percy Sledge that'd be called The Horrible Crowes.

For some reason it always irks me when Brian does that. And he does it alot.

I'm not sure why though. Maybe it gives off the impression that they [TGA,Horrible Crowes, whoever...] doesn't come across as a legit thing (if that makes sense?). Or the projects rarely end up the way he says they willl.

I wonder if he feels like he has to "justify" what he's doing... I promise I'd be perfectly happy if he just said "we are what we are." I mean, we're all gonna listen anyway! We're probably all going to love it, too. He doesn't need to try to relate it to anything else; all he needs to do is do his own thing, because he's incredibly talented and he has the perfect soul for this. I am SO excited for what they have coming!

fullcollapse wrote:

Daire wrote:

steady now steady now wrote:

Here's a good description, if Tom Waits, the National, the Afghan Whigs, Bon Iver, and Nick Cave made a band with Percy Sledge that'd be called The Horrible Crowes.

For some reason it always irks me when Brian does that. And he does it alot.

I'm not sure why though. Maybe it gives off the impression that they [TGA,Horrible Crowes, whoever...] doesn't come across as a legit thing (if that makes sense?). Or the projects rarely end up the way he says they willl.

I wonder if he feels like he has to "justify" what he's doing... I promise I'd be perfectly happy if he just said "we are what we are." I mean, we're all gonna listen anyway! We're probably all going to love it, too. He doesn't need to try to relate it to anything else; all he needs to do is do his own thing, because he's incredibly talented and he has the perfect soul for this. I am SO excited for what they have coming!

I'm not sure Brian really told us anything yet. At the 59 Sound release show, he said the album had gospel choirs on it. On the other hand, while he likes to talk all kinds of fun balony on stage, he probably takes the blog more seriously. But strings, etc., where are all these musicians gonna come from; and live at that? But me, worried? Anything post-TCM Brian does is bound to be great, so just go ahead guys.

steady now steady now wrote:

Anything post-TCM Brian does is bound to be great, so just go ahead guys.

Aw, TCM was wonderful... as was CRT! And don't you dare tell me you don't find Surrogate McKenzie to be absolutely endearing

This is just absoluetly great that were getting some legit info on this now. I can't wait to her a couple of those demos he was talking about.

I'd love to see them live too lol.

So is that why Ian was playing guitar in all of those shows?

Vibes wrote:

So is that why Ian was playing guitar in all of those shows?

I'm not sure if that would be why, exactly, I just always thought he did it because of some combination of wanting to and so Brian can roam around stage unencumbered for some songs. And, uh, hit himself in the face with microphones. Brian's been very charming without a guitar the times I've seen them

Is it just me or does anyone else think Ian looks a lot like the actor Tom Hardy in this picture?

been a while since I've been on here, but really looking forward to hearing some of this. I'm hoping they do make it over to the UK as well.

Interview with AMP Magazine: http://www.ampmagazine.com/9131/the-horrible-crowes-interview-with-brian-fallon/

A few more details on Horrible Crowes, as well as a Spiro Agnew record.

Brian wrote:

Well drunken never happens with me, so no regrets there.

Love ya, Brian. I'm right there with you.

This is going to be such a great project.

That was a cool interview , im glad he uses Garage Band as thats what ive been doing recently.