REPORT TRAVIS SUPPORT REPORT TRAVIS SUPPORT REPORT

so here we go:

first of all THANKS A LOT to all the fantastic email responses we got! we are very very happy that so many people liked us that much! :)) and another big THANK YOU to all of you who bought our cd… we’re SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT!! :) this was a limited hand made single cd and it will never ever be released in that very special way again. so you all bought a really unique thing. :) there were a couple of questions we got during the shows with travis and a few came up quite often…
1. when will you be releasing an album?
2. do you have a record deal?
3. how did you get the support shows?
4. why have we never heard of you before?
5. are you brother and sister?
6. are you really german?
and some more i forgot…but if you have a question please ask… we’ll be answering it if its a good one! :)

so what about the answers… well ok, here they are:
1. when will you be releasing an album?
we don’t know yet but we try to release one as soon as possible!

2. do you have a record deal?
NO

3. how did you get the support shows?
we blackmailed TRAVIS!

4. why have we never heard of you before?
we don’t know… we appear on every single kellogs package and every single second there is a tv ad in every country of the world about the taste… so maybe you never ever had kellogs cornflakes or you just have to stop going for a pee while the ads are running.

5. are you brother and sister?
we wish we were so we wouldn’t have needed to get married.

6. are you really german?
no, we are british but we thought its much cooler pretending to be german.

….hope that could help you a bit… :)

now the other stunning stuff… PHOTOS, VIDEOS. we’ll be posting them from time to time during the next few days and weeks. including a fab fab Fab FAb FAB video of us and dougie, andy and fran performing “till there was” you together in zurich which was soooo much fun unbelievable! :) best gig ever! :)

AGAIN we’d like to thank all of you for the wonderful time! all listeners during the shows, all writers of emails, all the people that were shooting pics and videos of us, all nice words we got from you, all hundreds of people that bought one of our cd, buttons, t-shirts, all the TRAVIS staff (we miss you all!!!), our wonderful sound engineer we had from the TRAVIS crew (we miss you too!!!), and last but not least TRAVIS TRAVIS TRAVIS for one of the best time we had in our live so far!!! THANK YOU GUYS…. you are brilliant! :)

THANK YOU yours
maria

ps: we have a lot going on in 2008!!! stay ONLINE! :)
hugs

ANDHEREARESOMEIMPRESSIONSIMPRESSIONS —–>

photo by holger menzel, myspace.com/holgermenzel

photo by holger menzel, myspace.com/holgermenzel

photo by holger menzel, myspace.com/holgermenzel

photo by holger menzel, myspace.com/holgermenzel

photo by holger menzel, myspace.com/holgermenzel

photo by holger menzel, myspace.com/holgermenzel

photo by holger menzel, myspace.com/holgermenzel

cologne w/ travis

click here to read a very very nice review about the show yesterday.

it was a really fabulous show yesterday… we rarely had a gig with such a warm and friendly atmosphere, the audience was amazing, like being in a room with a lot of good friends. and travis was so excellent!! we were watching the show from the stage, sitting near the guitar tech next to andy. what an experience!!

new songs online

we updated our player in the music section with a new look and 6 new songs! now you can practise the new songs and sing along on the travis shows. :)

travis tour support

we’ve been invited to support travis on their european dates in october:

(ger) 17/10/07 cologne @e-werk w/ travis
(l) 18/10/07 luxembourg @den atelier w/ travis
(ger) 20/10/07 hamburg @grosse freiheit w/ travis
(ger) 22/10/07 mannheim @mozartsaal w/ travis
(ger) 23/10/07 munich @tonhalle w/ travis
(ch) 24/10/07 zurich @x-tra w/ travis

we’re very happy to play with the band that’s been one of our favourites for so so many years! … and we are so much looking forward to see them live again and again and again and again….. :)

can you imagine?

AND

we have a new track on our myspace profile called ‘123 what can you see from up the hill when life stands still’ and a second one called ‘getting through’
both recorded and mixed again by our friends james kirkbright and jon maher from duels!!
btw maria did some backing vocals on their new album “the barbarians move in”…. we are lucky people as we already got a copy of the album and it is AMAZING!!! :))

’till there was you’ OUT NOW IN THE UK

’till there was you’ is now available as part of the sampler CD ‘out of the woods and trees’ from leeds based label ‘dance to the radio’. you can purchase it in pretty much any record store on the internet or in the real world.

to buy the track or the whole compilation click ‘out of the woods and trees’ on itunes.

’till there was you’ out 1st october on ‘dance to the radio’

we are pleased to announce that ’till there was you’ is part of the forth compilation CD ‘out of the woods and trees’ which will be released on october 1st by leeds based label ‘dance to the radio’ on CD and digital download.

the CD features exclusive tracks from ’sky larkin’, ’shut your eyes and you’ll burst into flames’ and the first ever digital release of the limited ‘¡forward, russia!’ single ‘don’t be a doctor.’ it also features a never before heard version of ‘the pigeon detectives’ rare live favourite ‘left alone’.

to pre-order the CD for the outrageously awesome price of £3.99 on HMV follow the link:
http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=709817

here’s the full tracklisting:

1. Kotki Dwa – Pad
2. The Taste – Till There Was You
3. The Wallbirds – Desperate
4. You Slut! – MyBloodyJesusExplorerOnFire
5. Snowden – Black Eyes (Le Castle Vania Remix)
6. Bobby Cook – Homesick (Long Island Session)
7. Grammatics – The Manageress
8. Howling Bells – This City’s Burning
9. Shut Your Eyes and You’ll Burst Into Flames – Futures Rewired
10. I Concur – Decimal Places
11. Prego – The Longest Calm
12. The Pigeon Detectives – Left Alone
13. Mother Vulpine – The Hammer That Cracked The Bell
14. Fran Rodgers -She Dwelt Among Th’untrodden Ways
15. Forward Russia – Don’t Be A Doctor
16. The Displacements – AKA The Train
17. Sky Larkin – Keepsakes (Napoleon IIIrd Remix)
18. The Chapman Family – You Think You’re Funny
19. Vessels – Happy Accident
20. Held By Hands – Trading on Past Treasures

take it easy,
thetaste

‘fresh weird & wonderful’ TOP 8 album on iTunes

meanwhile the compilation ‘fresh weird & wonderful’ has reached the itunes album top 10! and we’re still the best sold track!! we’re stunned! :)

observe:

THANKS THANKS THANKS

… to all of you who bought ‘can’t get enough of your dang-da-dang’ on itunes!!

the track is the best selling track of the compilation in the US and UK at the moment which we really didn’t expect. we’re very happy it’s going so well!

the compilation reached number 68 in the US itunes album chart and 38 in the UK so far which is pretty awesome.

therefore once again: THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!!

much much love
thetaste

‘fresh weird & wonderful’ hit the UK itunes charts at 38!

after pistol records compilation ‘fresh weird & wonderful’ hit the US itunes album charts on position 68 so far finally it’s now also been released in itunes UK. the current chart placement there is at 38!

so to all of our friends from the UK: you can now also purchase our song ‘can’t get enough of your dang-da-dang’ which is part of that compilation by clicking ‘fresh weird & wonderful’ on the UK itunes.

short notice gig update 2 – london

another short notice show added in sweet london: at the barfly in camden on monday, 27th august. now pick one or – even better – come to both! :)

short notice gig update london

another london show has just been added: we’ll play an ‘artrocker’ club night on tuesday, 28th august at the buffalo bar in islington. stage time is 9 pm. hope to see some of you again then!

‘can’t get enough of your dang-da-dang’ on itunes

we’re very happy to announce that ‘can’t get enough of your dang-da-dang’ is now available on itunes!

it is part of the compilation ‘fresh, weird & wonderful’ by the australian label pistol records which was founded by ex INXS-manager chris murphy.

to buy the compilation or just our track click: ‘fresh weird & wonderful’ on itunes.

this is the official press release for the compilation:

this won’t be our only release this year. another song will appear on another exciting compilation later this year. stay tuned. :)

live photos – aufsturz, berlin

here are some photos taken by sven loth from our gig at the aufsturz in berlin, june 2007. thanks for the very nice pics sven!

gig update london – bull and gate

our first show of the tour will be at the bull and gate in camden, london on 13th august.

gig update london – metrio riots residency

we’ll be supporting our good mates ‘metro riots’ on the first night of their residency at metro in london on 15th august. for more info go to www.myspace.com/metroriots or www.blowupmetro.com.
we’re very happy they invited us and can’t wait for that very special night!