"How To Get To Heaven From Scotland” and will be released on Valentine’s Day 2009 (as we mentioned before). The track-listing looks like this:
Lover’s Song
Big Blonde
Atheist’s Lament
Oh Men!
A Scenic Route To The Isle Of Ewe
That’s Just Love
Ballad Of the Unsent Letter
Now I Know I’m Right
The Last Kiss
Lullaby For Unborn Child
Living With You Now
My Goodbye
There are plans for a new mini-site that will come with free gifts… we’ll keep you posted.
The Aloha Hawaii single - Aidan’s collaboration with Stuart Braithwaite from Mogwai - now has a definite release date of September 8th. You can preview the tracks and read the press release at the Chemikal Underground site here:
http://www.chemikal.co.uk/aloha-hawaii.htm#
You can also pre-order the limited edition 10” vinyl single on the Chemikal Underground shop. They’re also doing an exclusive deal which includes a snazzy Aloha Hawaii t-shirt! Economic downturn be damned! Spend your precious cash here:
http://shop.chemikal.co.uk/acatalog/Towns_On_The_Moon.html#aCHEM108
Aidan is now offering sex advice on the Quietus website! The column is accurately named “I’m No Expert” and can be found here:
Oh dear.
UPDATE - Apparently there’s been quite a response to this column and it looks like it will now become a regular monthly feature! You can read the second installment here:
http://www.thequietus.com/articles/uncle-agony-aidan-moffat-s-back-to-fix-your-weeping-sores
Yes, sorry for the lack of any news recently, but there hasn’t been much to report. Summer is usually quite quiet, but here’s what you can expect in the next few months:
1. The Aloha Hawaii 10” single which will soon be available for pre-order from Chemikal Underground and will come with a special offer on a quite snazzy Aloha Hawaii t-shirt! Release date is yet to be confirmed but it’s looking like the 1st of September. (See below for details)
2. New merchandise from our shop! There should be new t-shirts available soon, a re-stock of the Angry Buddhists album and there are vague rumblings about a vinyl-only Aidan John Moffat live album as recorded at the Arches in Glasgow…
3. Aidan Moffat & The Best-Ofs may be making a festival appearance later this year - details when we have them. The album is now finished too and will be released on Valentine’s Day next year! Look for previews, downloads and online activity soon!
Also, we were having some trouble with our mailing list, so if you haven’t received anything, please forgive us. We should have it sorted very soon. And we’ll also have some new free downloads too!
Aidan has yet another new project on the go - an often discussed but rarely realised collaborative partnership with Stuart Braithwaite from Mogwai! Their plan is to release a sporadic series of vinyl-only 7” singles over the course of the next year or two, hopefully culminating in a full album sometime in the future. There will be no digital format of these songs available anywhere, absolutely 100% old-fashioned record ONLY. The first single, Towns On The Moon b/w I‘ve Been Bad For Years And Years, will be available from Chemikal Underground at the end of July!
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Chemikal Underground will be releasing not one but two digital-only albums by Arab Strap in the coming months. The first one, Music From Rogue Farm, is the soundtrack from the animated short film Rogue Farm that Arab Strap recorded in 2004, prior to their final studio album, The Last Romance. All 11 tracks are instrumental and previously unreleased! The downloads are available in album format only (no single track downloads) and also come with printable CD jewel case artwork should you wish to make your own hard copy! Available exclusively from Chemikal Underground over at their online shop for a mere £4.99:
The second, as yet untitled album will be a compilation of b-sides and rarities - more details when we have them.
The Kiss My Beard ladies’ knickers are now available from the shop… don’t let the picture put you - they are NOT recommended for men!
T-shirts will be here soon too.
Fight economic recession by spending cash here:
http://www.resonancestore.com/aidanmoffat/
The Little Beer Song, also know as the Aidan John Moffat singing bottle opener, and the pre-Arab Strap 1995 lo-fi eponymous masterpiece by the Angry Buddhists are now available from The Aidan Moffat Shop! Go here:
http://www.resonancestore.com/aidanmoffat/
We’ll have new t-shirts and ladies knickers after April 16th (when Aidan plays London)!
Below you can see how the final artwork of Aidan’s new album, I Can Hear Your Heart, will look. As well as 24 tracks and a short story, the album also includes enhanced content which boasts a digital lyric book, a glossary, a second bonus short story and an exclusive 5-track EP, The Boy That You Love, which consists of exclusive alternative versions of album tracks. The enhanced content also includes printable artwork so you can put together your own packaging - see below. (Jewel case not included. Obviously.)
The album is released on Monday the 11th of February. Please note that there is NO LIMITED EDITION - the album is only available in one format, so if anyone tries to charge you extra cash for the “limited edition,” they’re lying.
If you haven’t already, you can preview the album here:
http://www.chemikal.co.uk/icanhearyourheart/
And you can pre-order it from the new Chemikal Underground Shop here:
Yes, more good reviews for I Can Hear Your Heart from the weekend papers:
“stupendous album… one of Britain’s greatest lyricists” ***** (Pop CD Of The Week)
- The Sunday Times (see left)
“a startling and beautiful art package” ****
- The Observer Music Monthly
“captures the highs and lows of carnal pleasures with Wildean wit and sass… the spokesman for a generation of romantic degenerates”
- Independent On Sunday
I Can Hear Your Heart by Aidan John Moffat will be available February 11th from all good record stores, both physical and virtual.
You can scroll down for more album details and also preview the album here:
http://www.chemikal.co.uk/icanhearyourheart/
Praise for I Can Hear Your Heart so far:
“often funny, occasionally erotic and always unashamedly real: frankly, we’re a little bit seduced”
– Time Out ****
“…will touch even the darkest of hearts.”
– Clash
“a beautiful flower growing out of the filth”
– NME 8/10
“buoyed up with powerful humanity, warmth and wit… highly recommended”
- Word
“drunkenness, debauchery and deceit have never sounded so artful”
- Notion
“an album of astonishing frankness and unimpeachable ambition… inspired punchlines and masterful storytelling… certain to be 08’s most intimate album, and an early contender for its best.”
- Rock Sound (9/10!)
“an enjoyable new emission” (****)
- Uncut
“voyeuristically compelling”
- Mojo
Well, that’s what the critics think - but will all this translate into album sales? Well, that’s up to you, isn’t it?
I Can Hear Your Heart by Aidan John Moffat will be available February 11th from all good record stores, both physical and virtual. We HIGHLY RECOMMEND that you purchase the physical product, which comes in book form and has several exclusive bonus features… we’ll have photos soon. (It is currently available for pre-order from Amazon although there seems to be some confusion over the price - we’ll try and sort this asap.)
You can scroll down for more album details and also preview the album here:
http://www.chemikal.co.uk/icanhearyourheart/
From the new issue of Plan B magazine, which should be at your newsagents now. As you can see, the cartoon is excellent!
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Aidan has recorded a few promotional videos for the forthcoming album, I Can Hear Your Heart. You can watch them below or click on the image to go to YouTube where you can leave a comment if you feel the need.
Here you go: