Dearest Comrades. Happy New Year, and other trite formalities. In the absence of any tangible news (though there is some brewing, incidently) I would like to remind you all that we released our debut album back in September, and would encourage you to pick one up. But of course I would do that. It is, after all, in my economic interests to do so.

‘What became of the Broken Few we used to know?’ I hear you cry. Well, as with all well-meaning, principled, agent provocateurs, we continue in our spiraling descent into cynical commercialism and find ourselves fenced in by our new-found Friedmanite motivations.

And though we now sit comfortably in our respective homes, forever soiled in the eyes of our savoured listener-ship, and as you, dear reader, find yourself increasingly unable to conveniently overlook the fiscal sentiment of this post – which is ostensibly an advert for a flailing product – please consider for one final time making a financial contribution to our worthy cause.

We have produced a slick new bandcamp page complete with product shots and further previews, a selection of which I have provided below.

The record is available to buy physically and digitally via our bandcamp page, and also via our bigcartel website along with other choice wares.

Hey everyone, just a quick note to let you all know about some year end gigs which we intend to play in December, and boy are they exciting. We’ll be kicking off proceedings in Cambridge with Vanilla Pod, Attack Vipers, We Grow Beards, Sam Russo and Broken Window Effect at The Portland on December 3rd. Its been a 10 months since we played in Cambridge so its great to be going back and to be featured on such an awesome bill.

Then the following weekend its a real treat since we get to head back to Scotland to see our good friends Shields Up! We will be spreading festive cheer in Glasgow on December 10th and Edinburgh the following day. Here’s a poster for our final gig of 2011. Thanks to everyone who has helped us out by putting on a show this year, its been a blast. Maybe we’ll have some sort of holiday sale in the online store to celebrate. Maybe.

Hi everyone, sorry we’ve been a bit quiet for the past couple of weeks. Everyone needed a bit of time to recover from the trip and we are all working hard at our day jobs. Fear not though, as we shall be getting back into a proper practice routne from next week and hopefully playing a few more UK dates before the year is out. We should really play a local release gig, but there doesn’t seem to be too much exciting happening at the minute. We’ll get round to it eventually, I’m sure.

I made this little video of clips from the last tour with Sainte Catherines and Nothington. I think its pretty cool. Give it a watch here:

Here are the final two entries from my tour brief tour diary which I have neglected to upload. Also, if you haven’t already, do pick up a copy of our album. It will really help us out!

Mannheim:

The drive to Mannheim from Stuttgart wasn’t too bad, though we were all feeling ridiculously tired today. Greg had decided to stay out til 10am partying and was really feeling rough despite the relatively short drive. We arrived at the venue delirious, and were greeted by the promoter. The venue today is a youth centre with a couple of cool gig rooms. Tom Mess is playing tonight, a friend we have know for a while. We first played together in 2009, so it is great to see him again. Also playing is a great German band called Pessimistic Lines.

I was concerned this would be a quiet show, but to my suprise the place filled up, though a lot of people hung around outside drinking beer under the canopy during the show. Still, it was fun enough. I think the Sainte Catherines were also feeling pretty tired today too. Since the drive to Bremen is so long tomorrow we decided to hit the road after the gig. We drove for an hour or so and pulled into a services to get some rest. Tomorrow is the last day of the tour. Its ridiculous. Its been a lot of fun, but I’m sure everyone’s thoughts have turned to getting home.

Bremen:

The tour had come full circle. The drive to Bremen was arduous. The Sainte Catherines had stayed in a hotel around 3 hours away from Mannheim, and we eventually rose and hit the road. We arrived in Bremen at 5pm and were able to load into the venue shortly after. I got some falafel since I was starving, but we ended up being taken to restaurant by the promotor meaning that I ate two meals. In fairness, I needed the energy.

The gig was a lot of fun and it was really nice to meet Dolf, our booking agent for the first time. Its Jord’s birthday tomorrow, so the Sainte Catherines pulled him backstage to sing happy birthday in french. It was pretty cool. Julien sang the French Canadian national anthem before they played their encore which was really funny. We were fortunate enough to have been given a guest house to sleep in for the night. It was a luxury that would at least in some respects prepare us for the gruelling drive back home in the morning.