A Little Orchestra

Our debut album Clocks released today!

June 10, 2013

We’re very excited to announce that our debut album, Clocks, is released today on Vollwert Records! The album comes in CD digipak format, and features A Little Orchestra performing songs with a range of guests including Model Village, Darren Hayman, Gordon McIntyre, Apple Eyes, Simon Love, Haiku Salut, Emma Winston and Lisa Bouvier. It was recorded with Simon Trought at Soup Studios, and the artwork was designed by Emma Hall.

You can buy the album from
http://alittleorchestra.bandcamp.com/
. It costs £10 for the CD, or £7 for the digital download. All CD purchases come with an immediate digital download. The album is also available to buy from iTunes, Amazon and other digital retailers.

The tracklisting is as follows:

1. Clocks, Part 3
2. Josefina (with Model Village)
3. The Permanent Way (with Darren Hayman)
4. Clocks, Part 2
5. East Coast (with Gordon McIntyre of Ballboy)
6. Wild Beasts (with Apple Eyes)
7. Treacle, You Should Probably Go To Sleep (with Simon Love)
8. Train Tracks For Wheezy (with Haiku Salut)
9. Footprints in Snow (with Emma Winston of Owl and Mouse)
10. Clocks, Part 5
11. Pightle 21 (with Lisa Bouvier)

June 8 album launch show!

May 13, 2013

We’ll be playing at the next Daylight Music show at the Union Chapel on June 8. The gig, which is free, will be headlined by Gordon McIntyre of Ballboy, and will also feature performances from Model Village and The Wonderful Sound of the Cinema Organ. Our debut album Clocks will be available to buy at the show, ahead of its official release on Vollwert Records on June 10.

We will be playing a selection of songs from Clocks at the show, and we will also be performing alongside a couple of special guests. The show runs from 12pm until 2.15pm, leaving plenty of time for those people who are also attending the Oddbox all-dayerat Power Lunches! There is also a Facebook event page for the gig. Entry is free, although a donation is requested. No need for tickets, please just pop along on the day.

Gordon will also be DJing at Scared to Dance in the evening, assisted by Katey Lee from Music for Girls. It should be a really fun day all round – look forward to seeing you there!

Debut album Clocks now available on pre-sale!

May 12, 2013

We’re very excited to announce that our debut album, Clocks, is now available on pre-sale at
http://alittleorchestra.bandcamp.com/
for just £10, ahead of its official release on Vollwert Records on 10 June. We will be posting out copies from May 12 onwards, and all purchases come with an immediate digital download.

The album comes in CD digipak format, and features A Little Orchestra performing songs with a range of artists. It was recorded with Simon Trought at Soup Studios, and the artwork was designed by Emma Hall.

The tracklisting is as follows:

New video for Treacle, You Should Probably Go To Sleep

April 29, 2013

We’re very excited to unveil the new video for Treacle, You Should Probably Go To Sleep, shot with Simon Love and directed by Simon and Matthew Kaufman.

The song appears on our Josefina EP (Elefant Records), which is available now on limited edition chocolate-coloured 7″ vinyl from UK shops and also from our Bandcamp page at
http://alittleorchestra.bandcamp.com/
. The EP costs just £5, and if you buy it from Bandcamp you will also get a 40% discount code for our forthcoming album Clocks.

The EP features A Little Orchestra performing songs with Model Village, Simon Love (of The Loves), Darren Hayman and Gordon McIntyre of Ballboy. It comes with immediate MP3 downloads of all the songs.

Hope you enjoy the video!

New video for Josefina!

April 8, 2013

We’re very excited to unveil the brand new video for Josefina, shot with Model Village and made by Nik Vestberg!

The song appears on our Josefina EP (Elefant Records), which is available now on limited edition chocolate-coloured 7″ vinyl from:
http://alittleorchestra.bandcamp.com/
for just £5.

All of the songs also feature on our forthcoming album Clocks, due to be released on Vollwert Records in June, and everyone who buys a copy of the EP from our Bandcamp will also receive a special 40% discount code for the album.

Hope you enjoy the video!

Josefina EP now available to pre-order!

March 31, 2013

We’re very excited to announce that our debut record, the Josefina EP, is now available to pre-order from the A Little Orchestra Bandcamp, for just £5.

The EP is on limited edition chocolate-coloured 7″ vinyl, and is released on Elefant Records on April 8. It features A Little Orchestra performing songs with Model Village, Simon Love (of The Loves), Darren Hayman and Gordon McIntyre of Ballboy.

Records will be posted out on April 8, but MP3s of all the songs will be made immediately available to everyone who buys a copy.

All of the songs also feature on our forthcoming album Clocks, due to be released on Vollwert Records in May, and everyone who buys a copy of the EP will also receive a special 40% discount code for the album.

We hope you enjoy the record!

How Does It Feel To Be Loved? – March 28

March 14, 2013

We’re very excited to be supporting the lovely Haiku Salut at the Buffalo Bar in London on March 28, at a night run by How Does It Feel To Be Loved? The band will be launching their new album, Tricolore, at the gig. Also playing will be Kate Goes and The Understudies. We are first on the bill and are looking forward to welcoming along some very special guests singers as part of our set, where we will be playing songs from our forthcoming EP and album.

Later in the evening we will also be playing with The Understudies and Haiku Salut as part of their sets, which should be lots of fun! As this show is on Fantastic Thursday – the day before the long Bank Holiday weekend – there will also be aspecial HDIF disco after the bands until 3am. The guest DJ is Elizabeth of Allo Darlin’, who’ll be DJing from midnight to 1am.

Doors open at 7.30pm and tickets are available from
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/205123
Tickets cost £5 in advance or £6 on the door.

For more details about the gig, visit
http://howdoesitfeel.co.uk/hdiflive.html

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