Why I'm Excited.
A blog I wrote for Greenbelt about three bands that I’m excited to see at this year’s festival: Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Listener and Flight Brigade.
I just watched the video for the new Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly single, Collapsing Cities, and it’s the best music video I’ve seen in ages. Watch it!
My new album Have You Got Heart? was released in 1000 limited edition, hand-numbered, deluxe 40-page photo books. That sounds rad and everything, but if you’re reading the description on the internet then it’s kind of hard to understand what the album actually looks like…
…so I made a video showing you the packaging. And my pretty face. Hopefully now you can see how totally bad-ass it is. If you’d like to buy a copy, then you can do so here.
Thanks a lot for watching! Your continued support warms my heart.
Session Work
Aside from my own music, I also play piano/keys/organ/violin for various bands (live and studio) and occasionally help artists with production, songwriting/co-writing, orchestration and arranging. I have previously worked with the following in varying capacities: Get Cape Wear Cape Fly (Atlantic Records) | The King Blues (Island Records) | Futures (Mercury Records) | Tellison | Sam Isaac | Dry the River | The Cape Race | Tim and Sam’s Tim and the Sam Band with Tim and Sam | Holly Partridge | Jay Jay Pistolet | Swim Team | Drive Like I Do | Farewell Finito | SH Davidson | Cocos Lovers | Zahra | Zoe Corbishley. I have a degree in Music from The University of Southampton and have played violin in various orchestras, and sung in the University of Southampton’s gospel choir, Jazzmanix. If you think you might need me for something, or you want more information, just send me an email - luke [at] lukeleighfield [dot] com
:( - Kawaii. This album was in my top ten blog of last year where I said; “Imagine Funeral For a Friend if they played gameboys instead of guitars. That’s :( and you say it “colonopenbracket.” I first met these guys when I was playing for Get Cape Wear Cape Fly back in 2006 and they supported on some gigs. We’ve kept in touch and I’ve slept at their houses when I’ve been up in Scotland, and now they’re finally releasing their debut albumIt’s amazing. It’s like dancey, bleepy, rocky nonsense and I love it. They are also totally great guys. You can listen to tracks on their MySpace or better still, just buy the album for a measly £6 from their Bigcartel and support a great, innovative UK artist. Whenever I listen to the album I feel all warm and happy.”
However, there’s now some great news. :( are offering the album as a free download! Your mission for today is to go and download it from their Bandcamp page and then enjoy it. Have a great day.
