Halfways to Darjeeling – Two new records on their way
July 1st is set as the release date for the de luxe version of The Loch Ness Mouse’ first album Flair for Darjeeling on Hype City Recordings (Harrys Gym, I was a king, Serena Maneesh etc. ,www.hypecity.no). This is a 10 Year Anniversary re-release, remastered from the original mixes, and it comes with the bonus disc Flair for Skulerud with 11 songs (single and EP material plus previously unreleased bonus tracks). The band will perform the whole album at Egersund Visefestival on July 1st.
Sirkel Records (Lionheart Brothers, Maribel and others, www.sirkelrecords.com) will release a split 7″ with The Loch Ness Mouse and our companions in Mary Me Young in August, with release parties in Oslo and Trondheim (See shows page), the two bands sharing the bill. The Loch Ness Mouse track is the brand new Small Scale (3000ft high and still rising), perhaps a sort of return to the Beach Boys inspired harmony gospel of the second album Key West.
June 7 2010
The Loch Ness Mouse have started to record for a new project, working title “Jazz Mouse”. The record will explore further the 70s Miles-freak/funk/avant garde jazz elements, that were also partly present on last year’s “New Graffiti”, into a full impro jazz blast album. Look out for interesting guest appearances. Updates will follow.