Best Intentions out now!
Our 2nd single Best Intentions is out now! It is available to download from iTunes and Amazon.
With it you get the B-side Give as well as remixes from the incredible Jamie Woon, James Delay, Cashmere Cat, Guerilla War Snare, Fear of Theydon and Sunday Best.
As with Slow Slow, we’ve pressed a limited run of very special Best Intentions/Give colored vinyl, this time, transparent purple! The 7″ is available to pre-order from HMV and as always can be bought from us at shows.
Our next London show is on Friday 5th August at The Nest in Dalston, alongside Pinch, Warrior One, Young Montana? and Foe. Find out more here.
other upcoming shows:
15th July – Latitude Festival
23rd July – Ben & Jerry’s Festival – Manchester
24th July – Ben & Jerry’s Festival – London Clapham Common
31st July – Camp Bestival
5th August – The Nest – Dalston
6th August – Fieldview Festival
14th August – Standon Calling
18th August – Hoxton Bar and Kitchen
25th August – Clapham Grand – Bookslam
9th September – Bestival
…and lastly, if you didn’t catch it live, check out the live session we did for Cerys Matthews last Sunday on the BBC 6 Music website.
Sound of Rum on BBC 6 Music Cerys Matthews
Sound of Rum performing live and interview with Kate Tempest on BBC 6 Music with Cerys Matthews.
Sunday morning, 10AM, 10th July 2011
Weekly Twitter Digest for 2011-05-15
- Sound of rum play Nottingham tonight at the bodega! #rumtour #
- Rum wagon Mark II – on our way to Nottingham, gig tonight at the Bodega, #rumtour http://yfrog.com/h3ybzrgzj #
- Playing Pop Southampton tonight! #
- Great gig at Pop southampton last night. Next gig: tomorrow @ great escape, brighton, corn exchange! #
- #ff @homeofpolar @SpeakersCornerQ @jamiewoon @BeninCitizen @driscollmusic @GideonConn #
- Playing #greatescape tonight, at the corn exchange, onstage at 8:30 #tge2011 #
- Four drumkits set up onstage at the corn exchange! Tonight's gonna be massive #tge2011 #
- On route to manchester! Deaf Institute tonight with @GideonConn. And we have the album with us!! #rumtour #
- Bombin' up the M40 listening to @tonyblackburn's pick of the pops on R2, Manchester here we come! #
- Great gig last night at corn exchange playing alongside @jessie_ware @SBTRKT @devlinofficial and @KatyBmusic ! #
- Great gig in Manchester tonight! Big up to @GideonConn, you smashed it! #rumtour #
Weekly Twitter Digest for 2011-05-08
- Calling all camden crawlers! We're playing at 10:30 at the Earl of Camden! #
- Watchin @homeofpolar at annie's #camdencrawl #
- Kate performing balance at earl of camden at #camdencrawl http://yfrog.com/h7x6aztj #
- ..played a bangin set at earl of camden, boy racer drive home to studio, drop off gear, be back in time for @Moanhawke at KOKO! #camdencrawl #
- Just got off stage in Coventry, niceone to everyone at the Kasbah, hope to come back soon. Straight in the van and on to Leeds! #
- Calling all Leeds people! First act is on at 8:30 and we're on at 9 so get down early! Cockpit 3. #
- Thankyou leeds! Great audience, looking forward to coming back to the cockpit again sometime! Next gig: friday in sunderland! #rumtour #
- On the road in the worlds smallest tour bus! On our way to sunderland! @independentlive http://yfrog.com/h86x4klj #
- Flat tyre?? #rumtour http://yfrog.com/h2201bsj #
- SoR nuance of the day: "is the lightbox still on the roof?" http://yfrog.com/h04tjzcj #
- SoR tune of the journey: Brothers Johnson, Strawberry Letter 23. http://bit.ly/lvfyH7 #rumtour #
- On our way to halifax listening to @jamiewoon 's new album in the car. Everyone go buy it! It's amazing. #
