10 April 2004
Blimey, the last two or three years have been fairly chaotic; dossing
in hovels with a harem of hookers on every corner, evil landlords who
charge a percentage per cockroach, unemployed or unimpressed with every
shit job I’ve done to keep myself in guitars and still (somehow)
after all this time My Atropine are still going. Going strong in fact,
with a clutch of new songs and a swanky new website. Yes, we are finally
online as of today. Hurrah!
We are still a duo despite a number of previous collaborations;
we had a brief guitarist in the summer of 2002, the erstwhile Stuart who
is still around here somewhere. Possibly grinning absently under a pile
of Fenders. He can be found on the photo gallery, the handsome chap that
he is, but unfortunately left the band quickly because of other commitments.
Then there were two. Again.
Still, we weren’t lonely for long. Come the following
summer we were working alongside Liverpool musicians Paul Tsanos (drums),
Paul Cooper (bass) and Simon McKelvie (guitars), whose work went into
realising our forthcoming debut EP Rubber Gaze. The single that almost
never was. By the end of 2003 communication within the band was breaking
down and the project started to crumble. Dale and I were both packed up
and ready to skip Liverpool for good when we were snatched in the nick
of time by Liverpool’s Honey
Records.
So here we are. Poised to sign a two single deal with
said label, and ready for the rebirth. The debut EP ‘Rubber Gaze’
is currently being remixed for an airing in clubs at the beginning of
May, with a national release planned for summer. Marvellous. Meanwhile,
the second EP ‘Strychnine Scene’ is in the process of being
recorded for a swift follow-up – tracklisting and lyrics are already
available on our music section
(my my, aren’t we the picture of organisation? I can almost feel
my schoolboy satchel full of ringbinders slung across my back and a tuck
box full of Dairylea Dunkers).
Exclusive live appearances are already in the pipeline
(sleazy goth sci-fi with a theatrical twist), so keep your eyes skinned.
Although, anyone familiar with Liverpool’s acoustic folk scene will
undoubtedly see me toting my guitar around and about. Keep your eyes skinned!
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