Album Release Party – 24.10.2009

geschrieben von dave am 4. November 2009
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Friends. If you were there, on the evening of October the 24th, 2009, then you need not read this note. You can probably remember the evening that we shared. For those of you who were not able to be present at Spurv Laerke’s Debut Record Release Celebration, in the Schlachthof in Wiesbaden, there is unfortunately little I can say that would capture the magic we all surely felt. However, I will do my best, to impart some small impression of this unique evening:

At 1800 hours on that Saturday the sun was swallowed in one gulp by thick, greasy clouds that slid down the wilting Taunus towards the Rhein, bringing with them a chilled drizzle that hung nervously in the air, not knowing in which direction to fall. A faint, orange glow from a window of the schlachthof was to be seen in the growing darkness; (zoom slowly in). Inside the räucherkammer the hurried sounds of muffled, shuffling feet and the hiss of lung-fulls of moist air expelled through tightly pursed lips into tensely expanding balloons layered into friction, heating the atmosphere under the low, curved, brick ceiling of the chamber. Balloons, in every color of the rainbow, were inflated to capacity and taped to the ceiling beams where they quivered nervously. Some rolled idly like tumbleweeds in silent swirls on the sticky floor.

“Is there any more fabric?!”, bellowed Rob, breaking the taut silence. The balloons quivered and Dave started, slightly alarmed at the sudden sound. Brow furrowed and eyes rapidly blinking he responded only with a nod towards the merch table, unable to bring his thoughts far enough away from trouble shooting his D.I. boxes to form words.

Meanwhile, Malte (who actually had the rest of the fabric that Rob was looking for) was slowly, and with seemingly great satisfaction gift-wrapping the stack of empty beer crates that stood beside his keyboard stand. “Save some for Peter”, Dave then suggested to Malte, who didn’t look up from his delicate task.

The evening plunged onward with the unbridled elasticity of a cosmic snail drilling at warp speed through a swimming pool of tapioca pudding. As the third or fourth round of “Where’s Nik?” commenced, Kristina began her pre-show convulsions, limbs and hair flying in all directions, eyes closed and murmuring on repeat some half-intelligible incantation, quite possibly in Danish.

band huddle before

The clock pushed onward. Nik showed up just in time to report to Valerian, that it was in fact the red flower under the dog, song # 8….. # 8, the red flower under the dog.

“Ok, it’s time…”

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catch a special glimps here: media

all photos: Henning Stephan

On the Brink of the Big Otter

geschrieben von dave am 2. November 2009
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Friends! We present to you our debut album, “On the Brink of the Big Otter”. Recorded in Spring in Frankfurt’s Hazelwood Studio, it is from our hearts, hopefully to yours.

on the brink of the big otter cover

Here’s a quick review from popkiller.de

The album is available now for your kind purchase at your favorite record store or via the links on the right side of this post.

"We are on the brink, comrades, of the big Otter!"

geschrieben von dave am 14. September 2009
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On the day before Halloween, in the year Two-Thousand and Nine, the debut album from your favorite Scando-Anglo-Germanic ensemble, SPURV LÆRKE, will be officially released. We are simply ecstatic, that the fruits of our efforts will finally come to bear. We’ve been street-level paving the way for the publishing of our record with recent shows in Dresden (Societaetstheater, Scandanavian Pop Festival), Frankfurt am Main (Museumsuferfest), on the Riedsee at Wutzdog, and Wiesbaden (Folklore, Clöeb Frisch). The growing wave will carry us to Berlin and back, spreading the good news of the coming Album; will crest and crash upon the Record Release Party in Schlachthof the 24 of October, in Wiesbaden. We’re hoping daily to see you all there! Please enjoy a few images and impressions of the past weeks:

Dates to remember:

Official Record Release 30.Oct.2009

Spurv Lærke on the Road:

24.09.2009	Big Bum Chak/Frankfurt Main
01.10.2009	Duncker Club/Berlin
02.10.2009	La Bim/Halle
09.10.2009	Jazzkeller/Hofheim
13.10.2009	Laundungsbruecken/Frankfurt Main
23.10.2009	GoldeneKrone/Darmstadt
24.10.2009	Schlachthof/Wiesbaden/Album Release Party
30.10.2009	Official Record Release – in stores/online

Check back often for Updates!!

Nik’s old couch…

geschrieben von dave am 11. June 2009
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…was our stage for a day:

a long way, a little play, a big day

geschrieben von dave am 16. May 2009
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The grand glowing splendor of endless yellow flower fields lit our way to Leipzig on Friday. There we, along with out new friends from Sweden, Lacrosse, took part in the annual Pop-Up Festival, an event featuring bands, labels, venues, and much more. For example, these guys, who right before our very eyes, cut one of our songs onto Vinyl from a CD!!