4 Worms + 2 French boys = POP music. Here's the science bit..
Thursday, 26 November 2009
DEAR DIARY (Nov Part 8)
Dear Diary,
We gave the new songs to The Pictish Trail and he replied: "it's like 'Come Together' Primal Scream meets Apache Indian".
Great news!!..King Kenny loves our new song! That's King Creosote don't cha know! Well chuffed. We spent most of the day trying to decide if we were gonna go with 'The Elastic (WAIST or WASTE) Band'? It went to the deadlock so we called on the King again and he voted for 'Waste!'. Defeat for LH, win for BB!
SW on BB > "The Simon Cowell trousers are getting higher,the teeth are getting whiter & your 'flat top' is taller and flatter. The next step is perhaps for me to find a way of dealing with you as the Cowell train is gaining momentum. Lord have mercy on us all."
We got the mastered songs back which sound great! Thanks Rueban! Rueben or Rueban? He's a Fence Collective man i'm pretty sure. We've seen him kicking around with James Yorkston outside the Co-Op throwing stones at Coke cans and swearing at old ladies.
Songs...done!
Songs...done!
Artwork....done!
ALL GOOD, ALL GOOD BABY!!
Can't wait for this to come out now!!
Regards,
OLO Worms
Regards,
OLO Worms
DEAR DIARY (Nov Part 7)
BB writes..
Felt a bit down in the dumps about myself and so on (boring) then just as i was beginning to feel better and began climbing my way out of the pit of doom i found a Hollyoaks hunks calendar on top of my wardrobe..oh jeeez!! "put those six packs away boys before i cut my wrists!"...or i 'll cut you! ahhh, i stumbled across an idea! I turned to Tony Hutchinson and took the scissors to his muscles and began to cut circles. These circles would go on to form part of the artwork for the new songs. Waste not want not, or..waist not want not? Only OLO's will get that bad joke. The song is about kinda about men's weight issues so it worked out perfectly in the end. The calendar was meant to be found on this day at that precise moment. Thanks God! I ended up using my freshly cut hair in the artwork too. I glued it to the photocopies of my feet to make hairy feet. Used every flag in the world, i could'nt let any country down..although there is no English flag.
DEAR DIARY (Nov Part 6)
Dear Diary,
Got some tour dates through, can't say where or when they are but just keep late Jan 2010 free. BB recorded the sound of the Boot Camp swamp (pond) for one of our songs. We spent time thinking bout OLO YISO digital packs, physical packs, the out takes & mixtapes. Sunday (15th Nov) was to be the last day of recording for the new songs (news on those songs will be posted later in the week). It was the first day in our brilliant new practice room. We started at 8am and finished at 6pm, then we moved onto The Crystal Maze where we continued til 1am with just a short break for a X-Factor & Pizza. Highlight of the day was when we all recorded our 'Sister Act 2' style backing vocal.."SWAMP THING!!!!!".
Regards,
OLO Worms
Monday, 23 November 2009
Sunday, 22 November 2009
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Friday, 13 November 2009
DEAR DIARY (Nov Part 5)
BB writes..
Chin shaved, teeth brushed, sock over mic, lyric sheet in hand, Mum in town...home alone rapping!! ELVIS LIVES! Just as i was about to do my 'Back From England' vocals a crow outside my window butted in and advised me put a hat on, it worked! By way of thanks we'll keep him on the recording. I got nervous, what other MCs get butterfly tummys?!?? Whiskey and lemonade calmed me. I think i did ok. Brain pounding stress with these new songs..we all seem to be confusing each other. I wanna be in Bristol with the other 3 sorting this mess.
DEAR DIARY (Nov Part 4)
Dear Diary,
BIG day of recording! Got to the studio room early and proceeded to waste a few hours recording wet limp drums (it's all good now). Our French friend Francois & his friend Amaury turned up and saved the day! Francois played trumpet, Amaury played drums. Together they sprinkled their magic over 'Back From England' and now it's spicy!! You gotta love the French!
Regards,
OLO Worms
DEAR DIARY (Nov Part 3)
Dear Diary,
Went to the seaside (Clevedon), It was gloomy but we had fun. We ate crumpets on the pier, threw rocks, saw dead dog on beach, ate chips and dead dog pies, wet our socks, and recorded all the sounds there. We could'nt get in to the Royal Mail so the next stop on the FUN bus was Southmead! We drove around looking for trouble with our recorder out the car window. In Sommerfield i got hit in the balls with a shopping basket by G.Love for doing a bad U2 joke. The big man (G.Jones) cooked us all a chilli and we all sat down and watched possibly the best X-Factor ever! "Who's seen Gummo Simon! Gummo isn't a film Simon! Silly song Simon, silly song!" Louis Walsh is soo funny! I'm hoping tomorrow's theme is 'the songs from Gummo'. Jedward were of course out of this world! What will they do this week? Exciting! Even one of me fave Dave Lynch films 'Mullholland Drive' got a mention! Ha! how weird's that? We watched it with subtitles which gives the X-Factor another level of enjoyment. Slept on the sofa while others went out to old men pubs.
Regards,
OLO Worms
DEAR DIARY (Nov Part 2)
Dear Diary,
We got Google Wave. We surfed it. We WIPED OUT!! Arrrrrrggghhhhh!!! 'Back From England' is all about balance. We're all trying to stay on the same board while the sharks nip at our toes. We're nearly home and dry (on the warm sandy beach). Will be finished next week as will 'The Elastic Waste Band' which has been cut from 8mins to 5mins. Its the LOW FAT edit. The creamy full fat version will be on the album. Just sent some info on the new songs to a man who is gonna pop it in a magazine. We might have a new den to hang out in soon.
Regards,
OLO Worms
DEAR DIARY (Nov Part 1)
BB writes..
Watched quite alot of the OLO demo videos we film when messing about. I forgot a few weeks ago i had made up a new 'song' called 'ANTS AGAIN'. There's no other lyrics. It's more a question.."Ants again!!??". It's got HIT written all over it. Had a good idea about the recorded version of the OLO song 'The Barber Shop'. I wanna get aload of guests for a sexy whispered intro. I have people in mind. It's gonna be like one of the skits off De La Soul's '3 Feet High And Rising' except less cool (although they were geeky at the time too).
THE OXJAM FESTIVAL GIG
SUNDAY 25th October 2009
Oxjam Music Festival
Start The Bus, BRISTOL
BB Writes:
Yes! This turned out to be a pretty good gig. We kept the same set as the 'B-Team' tour as we are terrified of change. No of course not! No really..we wanted to do all new songs with no practice while doing impressions of all the other bands without even knowing them. The other bands we saw completely cleared the dancefloor leaving us the job of dragging the peasants back to worship us. It worked! Well they were there, maybe not worshipping us but at least showing some signs that they were enjoying it. I enjoyed it! I liked being down on the ground. Gave my Dad's ICI boiler suit another airing this time with added halo. After the gig we went and saw our mate (ha!) Jimmy Yorko aka James Yorkston. I got bullied into going up and singing with him for 'Tortoise Regrets Hare'.."fox takes...ahhh wahtever!" was my last line. My excuse is the usual, b-b-booze. We don't have any planned gigs now til 2010 (although there maybe a Gorlkeepers/Women Running Backwards thang around Christmas). Let's just get these god damn songs recorded!!
THE SETLIST..
Sphinx
Are You Girl?
Back From England
The Elastic Waste Band
The Barber Shop
Curves
Neutral Zones
THE SETLIST..
Sphinx
Are You Girl?
Back From England
The Elastic Waste Band
The Barber Shop
Curves
Neutral Zones
"Later that afternoon, that same venue saw the best act of the day - Olo Worms, the name as unique as the act itself. Their awa-inspiring experimental tunes which defy all labels had the whole venue enthralled.
With so much going on on such a small stage, it's never a dull moment. Olo Worms are what happens when you add gaffer tape, deep voiced robots with hilarious lyrics and Doves-esque vocals to an epic Brakes track. Utterly compelling."
With so much going on on such a small stage, it's never a dull moment. Olo Worms are what happens when you add gaffer tape, deep voiced robots with hilarious lyrics and Doves-esque vocals to an epic Brakes track. Utterly compelling."
Friday, 30 October 2009
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
DEAR DIARY (Oct Part 2)
BB writes..
Been driving, been thinking. Over the last few weeks i've been driving here, there, A to B, sometimes C, mainly to The Co-Op bean buying. I've been getting ideas for the artwork that MIGHT be on the 7" single we MIGHT have out early next year. I'm well excited about this! I'd like us to record Royal Mail workers whistling and singing for our song 'Back From England'. Might go record them all together or individually walking down house driveways, i'm not sure yet? When i saw them all on the news striking i thought PERFECT! Great timing, it's meant to be. We recently just bought a digital recorder thingy so there's no excuse not to do this. Another idea for the song is to record around Southmead in Bristol. The place was seen on 'Panorama' last week. Some terrible terrible people have been saying some nasty things, i'd like to drive past in a car (with the doors locked) and ask them a question. We might go see Gareth's team Southampton play Bristol Rovers soon, if we do we'll record there too. He also wants us to record in Clevedon to capture the sound of waves. I'm gonna push him in the sea! tee hee! We've also been talking to our French friend Francois about playing a fun instrument on the track. Lyrics seem to come easy when on the move, but im a safe driver so i repeat them in my head til i STOP!!
INBOX (You Swine!)
Email received today from an OLO fan..
ARRRGH
I’ve had the Wasabi song in my head all day
You swine!
Mr Atkins
Health Protection Agency
4th Floor South Plaza
Bristol
Friday, 23 October 2009
Thursday, 22 October 2009
OLO RADIO - BB38 - HOMECOMING - 20/10/09
You gotta pay your dues before you pay the rent.
Get it HERE.
OLO RADIO - G52 - BOYWONDER - IS IT ANY WONDER? - 20/10/09
Friday, 16 October 2009
MEET HEINZ JUNKINS
Meet..Heinz Junkins!
In this short news report we find out what happened after he left Bristol to move back home to Hertfordshire.
Now living in Buntingford with his Mother, he's followed in her footsteps and is now also running a successful jewellery business using objects found in rubbish bins.
DEAR DIARY (Oct Part 1)
A bit of a round-up of recent ramblings squashed together..
Dear Diary,
SUMMER ENDED.
'Back From England' lyrics..a snippet - "let's all queue for the view, see who swamp thing's gonna screw, lord henry hoover suck it up, then u go screw it up!". http://beanburner.tumblr.com/post/167256258/the-fall-big-new-prinz & http://beanburner.tumblr.com/post/167258989/dick-dale-mexico . "hi i'm Woody Guthrie, this is insect killing to the max". i feel like Sigourney Weaver at the end of Aliens. "back to life, back to reality!" we have been asked to do a remix and a track for a comic book soundtrack..yes! http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090828-bse-olympus-1-4.html . we'll be playing at Oxjam festival (Bristol) in Oct. We dont like to mention our charity work normally of course. SODA POP! YISO themes.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_of_the_Brave_(1986_film) . http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=8761411&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=6924727339&aid=-1&id=679545580&oid=6924727339 .
someone poisoned SEAWEED!! If i ever find them im going crack an egg on their head! its a damn shame! 'The Elastic Waste Band' first demo done. sounding good. sounds like we're in a swamp at the start. TOXIC! oh boy! this comic book song is really taking shape. "strike back and forth" . Hey! we are playing at the Oxjam Takeover on 25th Oct at StartThusBus at 3.30pm. "anything, anything with Dustin in it!" .
Regards,
OLO Worms
OXJAM FESTIVAL INFO / POSTERS
Official poster (click to enlarge)..
OLO Worms are playing at Bristol's OXJAM FESTIVAL '09!
(probably our last gig of 2009)
SUNDAY 25th OCT
START THE BUS, BRISTOL
3.30PM
More details about the festival, the line up & tickets can be found HERE
Our band profile on the Oxjam site is HERE
Below is the OLO poster i made (click to enlarge)..
LIVE VIDEO (In Blackburn)
HERE is a video of us playing 'Sphinx' & 'Are You Girl?' in Blackburn (during 'B-Team Tour' back in August) that's hosted on the Saatchi Gallery website for some reason!? Remember this was the first gig of the tour which explains why we're a bit rusty. Check out the close ups! ha! There are also videos of Rozi Plain & The Pictish Trail (featuring 3/4 OLO Worms) on the site.
INVADA INVASION
CLICK HERE to read BB's little report about the event.
CLICK HERE to see the rest of this set of photos over at OLOEXTRA.
SPEILL BERG'S FIRST FILM
Via the Speill Berg blog..
"HEY!! I'VE STARTED FILMING FOR THE SPEILL BERG ALBUM!! I'M MAKING MUSIC USING SOUNDS FILMED ON MY LITTLE DIGITAL CAMERA. I'M MOVING BACK TO HERTFORDSHIRE WHERE I'LL BE WORKING ON IT. WHO KNOWS WHAT IT'LL END UP SOUNDING LIKE. I HOPE IT'LL BE DONE BY EARLY 2010. STAY TUNED MOVIE FREEEAKS!"
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