The Bill

"Hey! You! My dick is a fucking giraffe, and I can see from miles away that you should come to the Tote on Tuesday 26th May!"

That's what this poster screams. 

And you should come to the Tote on Tuesday 26th May, not just because I went to the trouble of drawing this arrestingly disturbing poster for you.

The Tote - Tuesday 26th May

So we've been rehearsing like mad each week to no end, exactly.

Mainly it's been an excuse to get together, have a few beers, and practice until our fingers blister, bleed and eventually fall off. 

The very fortunate bi-product of this hard, fun work is that we are getting tight enough to burst at the seems, and we're also developing an incredibly keen sense for each other's rhythm. 

All of my favourite live bands locally have been three pieces, and I've always wondered how they manage without a second guitar. It makes for a tight sound, but I think it's easy to fuck up, either by, 

a) trying to play a four piece's sound with just the three piece, either by using pedals, or simply skipping the chords and going straight for the solo melody, or

b) not ramping up enough tension with the small crew you have.

I think the main thing is to build a big sound around great chord progressions, simple flourishes, and tight melodic bass lines, with a great rhythm backbone, which is what I think we're doing, right about now. Tough to work to, but I think we're there.

But as I said, until now, at least since December, we've been playing together simply for the music - writing a bit, rehearsing a fair amount, and turning into a strong musical tripod.

So, without further ado, it's time to play our first official gig of the year, at the Tote, Tuesday 26th May, we'll be on stage at 8:30 (opening slot), and we'd love to have you (yes, you!) there. We'll be playing one or tow old songs, a few new songs, and if we get the chance, a surprise or two.

See you there!

First Post - Bio, next post the moon!

Little Bones is a band.
Little Bones was one man, but it's now three. It's kind of like in the bible, but less dogmatic. And no-one is anyone's father, nor ghost.
"Ramshackle Eclectic", the first album under the Little Bones moniker, was the work of several years gestation from Wes as a solo artist. 
Very much a bedroom album, recorded in several different home and professional studios (including Sound Solutions in Frankston and Andy Albert's Soul Chicken Studios), it's a dog's banquet of old-fashioned song-writing, intimate recording and explorative recording techniques. 
It's an album of friends, memories, regrets and bitter-sweet melodies. It is available for download at http://littlebones.siamesetwin.net/, or in hard copy for $10.
The full band formed for the 2008 Mofest gig, with Luke Brown jumping behind the kit, and John Lipscombe picking up his trusty bass to bang out some tunes for charity. The old songs worked well with a newly found rhythm, and the new songs to come out of the band harnessed the tension and strength of the Little Bones live three-piece.
With plans for several new EPs during 2009, including the fully written and partially recorded Bone Songs (from which the track "Another Cup of Coffee" was featured on the Triple J Unearthed Featured Music List), the band is looking to gig more extensively, and shake the Little Bones of the Australian music industry.