[image 1 700x700] Hello Folks! We trust you had a very happy Christmas and New Year. Thanks again for the socks. Just a quick nod towards our first release of 2011 - the latest album from the very wonderful Singing Loins. *The Singing Loins - Stuff (CD/Download - released 24th Jan)* [image 2 300x300] Available for pre-order as we speak (or should that be type?) Click on the artwork to bag yerself a copy. Over to the band for the lowdown on the album we shall henceforth call "Stuff" and all things Loins - "The Singing Loins began having a laugh 20 years ago with two utterly live, mono, vinyl only LP releases on Billy Childish’s gorgeously Luddite record label, Hangman. Ever enduring outsiders, it’s likely they are now the world’s longest serving, truly amateur, original musical group. They’re certainly the fucking best. STUFF is the 11th offering of bare-knuckle folk from the Medway Delta. Their song writing is steeped in the British & European traditions of Punk, Folk, Music Hall, Character, Chorus, Cabaret, Melodrama & Buffoonery. Perhaps their very creative strength is derived from ordinary lives of day jobs, families and mortgages. It’s hypothetical, of course, but would Morrissey, Bono, Albarn, McCartney, et al. have continued unabated in the face of such utter indifference? Would they f++k. Perversely un-ambitious, they remain untainted, uncorrupted, and above all else, still doing it for the reason they started doing it - Love. So, Ladies & Gentlemen of the press; don’t spoil things now. Whisper your astonishment and keep the release of this awesome recording firmly under your Fedoras. I thank you." Shorebird Crick Esq. Ferry Lane, Wouldham-by-Rochester-Upon-Medway. Winter AD2010 All their previous Damaged Goods releases are still available from our online shop. Click on the pics below for the Singing Loins section. [image 3 200x200][image 4 200x200][image 5 200x200] [image 6 200x200][image 7 200x200] The band have very kindly made a video for the track "Where's My Machine Gun?" taken from the album. Also take a look at their website - www.singingloins.co.uk Here's a list of their upcoming gigs:- Jan 22nd Album Launch @ The Medway Little Theatre, Rochester, Kent Jan 30th Walthamstow Folk Club, Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre Pub, London E17 Feb 2nd-5th Balkan Tour (Details to follow) Mar 26th The Wheatsheaf, Leighton Buzzard Apr 7th Earls, Maidstone Apr 21st The Brook Theatre, Chatham That's it for now! Thanks for reading. Ian & Duncan www.DAMAGEDGOODS.co.uk