7 inch vinyl now finished and will be available to buy from us soon

The vinyl has been pressed and the covers printed.
Covers
They are available to buy now from Mystic moon records in the USA, and we have 250 copies being shipped to us soon so you will be able to buy from us directly in the UK.
We will add a purchase by paypal link to the website and facebook page once we get the singles.

It may be one or two weeks from now.

Limited edition 7 inch vinyl

We have a limited edition 7 inch 45 rpm vinyl coming out in the next few weeks on Joe Moon’s Mystic moon records.
It’s a double A side with the tracks “The warning” and “Dust index”.
The artwork is finished and will be printed very soon and the second vinyl test pressing has been approved by all of us so is also set to go.
The vinyl is being pressed by Archer record pressing in Detroit Michigan.
We are very grateful to Joe for making this happen.

Here are jpegs of the final artwork.
The actual artwork is obviously higher quality than these.

Vinyl labels. Artwork by Craig Hood and Jill Bryson.
Vinyl labels

Back cover. Artwork by Craig Hood and Jill Bryson.
Back cover

Front cover. Artwork by Jill Bryson, photo by Peter McArthur.
Front cover

We will keep you updated on the progress and add links to the site for purchasing a copy.

Craig

“Daddy I’ll drown” is now available on bandcamp.

As mentioned in the previous post, just like “Dust index” this song was originally written by Jill just after leaving Strawberry switchblade in the mid 80s and it was recorded back then on a cassette tape as a demo.
So this is an all new 2014 Shapists version of the song which is very different from the old demo version.

Our latest song “Daddy I’ll drown” will be out this weekend

Our latest song “Daddy I’ll drown” will be available on our bandcamp page this Friday afternoon.

Just like “Dust index” this song was originally written by Jill just after leaving Strawberry switchblade in the mid 80s and it was recorded back then on a cassette tape as a demo.
So this is an all new 2014 Shapists version of the song which is very different from the old demo version.

Chris Cordani will be playing it on this weekends revenge of the 80s radio show.
We will add links here and in our facebook page on Friday.

“Trees and flowers” is now available on bandcamp.

This is our version of Trees and flowers by Strawberry switchblade.
Even though the original song was written by Jill Bryson, we still have to ask for permission from the publishers to use this song.
Artwork by Jill Bryson.

“TREES AND FLOWERS”
Published By Zoo Music Ltd. All Rights Administered by Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. Used By Permission. All Rights Reserved.

Progress update

This is an update from Craig.

Last Wednesday was The Shapists first birthday (18th).
I was hoping to have our latest track finished for release on that day, but it’s still in the final tweaking stage.
Chris Cordani is going to play the new track on his revenge of the 80s radio show next Friday (28th) so I’m now aiming to release it then.

It’s another cover version and it’s a song that I reckon every Shapists fan will know.