Hello from Damaged Goods Records,

Butcher Boy are playing a special early evening gig tomorrow to mark the release of their official Record Store Day 7"!

This 7" is only be available from official RSD outlets. Full info and details of the single launch gig below.

BUTCHER BOY - BAD THINGS HAPPEN WHEN IT'S QUIET (Ltd. 7"- 500 copies)

Cat No: DAMGOOD473      Format: 7"       Release Date: 22nd April 2017

Butcher Boy are issuing a new EP, their first set of recordings since 2011’s Helping Hands, as an exclusive Record Store Day 2017 release.

It's a very special gatefold, reverse board sleeve, a lovely thing in fact & each copy contains a digital download card.

The EP, released on Damaged Goods and entitled 'Bad Things Happen When It’s Quiet', is a three-part story told from three perspectives and was recorded in Glasgow with long-time collaborator Brian McNeill.

The songs on the record are:-

November 1947, Storm Warning In Effect

July 1950, The Captain is the Whale

November 1951, Bad Things Happen When It’s Quiet

The songs, written over the course of a series of autumn and winter trips to the Cape Cod National Seashore, feature guest vocals from Anna Miles, Moog synthesisers, a choir, a string quartet and a weather radio, bought for twenty-five cents at a holiday fair in Brewster, MA.

 

Check out the video made to accompany the strings only version. (This song is the demo, not on the single, but will give you an idea.)

 

SINGLE LAUNCH GIG - GOVANHILL BATHS, GLASGOW - 22nd April

Doors 5.30pm  Band onstage 6:00pm

Tickets £10/£6 (available in advance from brownpapertickets.com)

Glasgow’s Butcher Boy play a one-off show in support of the Govanhill Baths Community Trust to coincide with the release of new EP Bad Things Happen When It’s Quiet, the band’s first set of recordings since 2011′s Helping Hands LP. The EP will be released by Damaged Goods on limited-edition 7” vinyl in a gatefold sleeve (catalogue number DAMGOOD473) as part of Record Store Day on 22nd April 2017. The songs form a three-part story told from three perspectives and were recorded in Glasgow with long-time collaborator Brian McNeill.

The Baths

After being closed by the city council in 2001, the community occupied the baths and eventually took ownership under Govanhill Baths Community Trust. The small pool has recently re-opened in time for the building’s 100th anniversary. The Baths support many community activities including sport, exhibitions, shows, films, poetry & debates and has a welfare & legal advice project. The Trust is close to saving this unique piece of Glasgow’s heritage and fully reopening Govanhill Baths as the swimming and wellbeing centre for the community. Refurbishment will cost over £6m and there is ‘only’ around £1m left to raise. Butcher Boy’s show will be in support of the Trust’s restoration and rebuilding project with the band playing in the currently empty swimming pool.

www.govanhillbaths.com