On tour II – Bratislava, backache and bastards.

Written by neil on 8 April, 2008 in Touring with no comments.

Bratislava, backache and bastards. No drummer, no drama, that’s our motto in The Layers. Today has been dominated by Roo’s herniated disc. After a consultation with Vienna’s foremost spinal specialist, we decided that drumming would be unwise for him and faced with the prospect of Rupert being unable to vent his energies on the bus, were […]

On tour pt I – Utrecht and Vienna

Written by neil on 5 April, 2008 in Touring with no comments.

Late afternoon sunshine on a campsite in Vienna, day two of the two-night music party in Club Bach and a long-awaited pause for breath: the first day without any driving… bliss. For a while it felt as if our whole world had narrowed to a series of two, three, four lane roads snaking across France, […]

Hartelijk dank!

Written by neil on 21 February, 2008 in Touring with no comments.

I’m a little weary this morning – I should have had an early night last night but couldn’t resist the urge to play at open mics on consecutive evenings in two different countries. Yes, I visited Utrecht to meet Henk and all the other guys that he’s recruited over there to publicise the CouchSurfing Musicians […]

We’ve got this rash…

Written by neil on 15 February, 2008 in Touring with no comments.

…fear not, though, dauntless Layers fans, it’s not a dermatological crisis. Indeed, it’s not really a crisis at all; the rash of which I speak is merely a rash of gigs. We appear this evening at the Vaults in Cirencester to support JTAR in a sensitive, laid-back, unplugged way, then in a few weeks we’re […]