A very exciting email from our good friend and Creation alumni of sorts, JC Brouchard arrived this week, informing us that his very own Felt publication is out very soon. The text he contributed to Foxtrot Echo Lima Tango was only one chapter of a whole book, which JC has now finished and published as Felt: Ballad Of The Fan.
We're going to stop selling copies of the fanzine through the blog at the end of next week (December 10). The few remaining copies will go to some shops, which will be listed. Then that's it. The pleasure was ours, thank you everyone!
The second edition of Foxtrot Echo Lima Tango is finally due off the presses on 23 October, according to our very friendly printer.
Because lots of you have already said you want a copy, we've put the Paypal button back up on the site (look to your right) so that people can pre-order this week if they would like to be sure of getting one. Our plan is that, with our mail room hats on, we can get lots of envelopes pre-addressed and then can send out your copies as soon as they fall off the back of the lorry.
We'll keep posting any updates on the delivery schedule in any case!
John Mohan (the Servants/Felt/Apple Boutique/John Mohan) has his solo debut out! To be precise: it's three home recordings, made between 1986/1987. This dream 3" cd has just been released on the Edition 59 label. That's the same people who've done Apple Boutique's Love Resistance too. As their name suggests, there's only 59 copies, so one might hurry. Especially since Goodbye Jane is such an implausible gem. Well, it all is really. I for one am planning to hammer it repeatedly at the launch of the reprint. For sure!
We have recovered, just, from Rocket Cottage's fantastic Lawrence-channelling set at the Betsey Trotwood a few weeks back - belated congratulations to all those who won fantastic radio roadshow goodie bags! Whilst we're at it, we would also take the opportunity to salute Lupe, Raz and everyone who helped making it the fun it was.
Meanwhile, however, the steady trickle of emails requesting a reprint have continued, as have the nice reviews in glossy publications (Q, Mojo, Frieze, Dazed & Confused, etc). Not wishing to seem churlish, we have faced up to our fears of yet another big pile of publications taking up the bicycle space in the hallway: the presses are humming and we expect to have 500 copies of the second (and really final) edition by early October. More news on the exact date as soon as we have it, and we'll put up a thing for pre-orders as soon as it's all confirmed.
Thanks again to everyone who sent us lovely messages over the summer - and we promise, everyone who requested the reprint already is guaranteed a copy.
