"Here So Rain" promotional video released

Black Submarine album delayed until March 9

In a recent update, Black Submarine announced that their debut release date will be delayed by one month.

With the run up to Christmas, we have been up against it with trying to fulfill press schedules and video production for our first promo release 'proper', Here So Rain, (soon to be available for digital download on the 2nd March), and subsequent requests for press and promo to give this its deserved exposure means we need a little more time to prepare for our album release "New Shores."

We have therefore, with a lot of consideration, decided to push the album release date back by a month to the 9th March (physical release available 10th March). We're sorry to ask you to wait a little longer, and as a way of showing this anyone whom has pre-ordered the album from Pledgemusic will be first to see the video for the new song, which is available to watch on that platform now.

No-one apart from us and our nearest and dearest has seen this yet, so we're glad to share it with you all first, as a thank-you for your support.

For everyone else the video will go live here or here abouts this time next week. We have just released another 30 tickets for London on Feb 6th at Wilton's Music Hall, and 35 left for Manchester on the 5th at The Deaf Institute. And, we have just put a Bristol show on sale on the 3rd Feb at The Louisiana. Get tickets here. 

Also of note are the new physical release dates, which are as follows: Worldwide - Monday 10th March, with the following exceptions: US, Canada, Mexico, Italy-Tuesday 11th March. Japan and Sweden - Wednesday 12th March. Australia, NZ, Benelux, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark and Ireland - Friday 7th March.

We really appreciate everyone's patience on this matter and look forward to seeing you all at our forthcoming gigs in February. It goes without saying that anyone unhappy with the extra month's wait is entitled to a full refund, and anyone who has ordered the album with a ticket for one of the gigs will still receive their ticket for the gig. Thanks for your patience and understanding and Happy New Year to you all.

Si, Dav, Mig, Nick and Amelia
PS: Big Thanks to John Kennedy on XFM for being the first person to play Here So Rain on Radio.

Urban Hymns sessions: rare footage released

* Features never-before-seen footage of C'mon People, A Song For The Lovers, and The Drugs Don't Work.

Film shot on an Arriflex SR-1, 16mm film, camera at Realworld, Peter Gabriel's recording studio in Bath, UK with John Leckie at the controls.

Contains Richard Ashcroft vocal 1st takes and early recordings of tracks done during the sessions for Urban Hymns.

Other footage shot at The Townhouse and Metropolis, London 95-96.

Tracks include: The Drugs Don't Work (acoustic 1st vocal take), Song for the Lovers (vocal track recording), Space and Time, C'mon People (We're Making it Now) (live rehearsal recording at Real World rehearsal room, cutaways from The Townhouse and Metropolis), The Drugs Don't Work (early mix from Real World).

• Kudos: Thanks to BadkamraTV on YouTube, and James.

Richard Ashcroft's new home plans for Taynton retreat

Richard Ashcroft is planning on doing some major building work on his home, with plans to knock down a lodge in the grounds of his house and replace it with another.

Taynton House (lodge not pictured)

The former Verve frontman, who lives at 17th Century Taynton House with his wife Kate, has applied for planning permission to demolish the post-war Taynton House Lodge (formerly Ryelands Lodge) and replace it with a “slightly larger single storey dwelling built to contemporary standards”.

An application for planning permission was made to Forest of Dean District Council on Monday, January 6.

Taynton House was built in 1660 and features a period bull-ring, a secret garden and an ornamental pond. Mr. Ashcroft bought the then-£500,000 property in 1998. Not long after he moved in, he restored the main house to its original colour with a deep red paint.

• Source: Gloucester Citizen