since this “hauntology” concept seems to continue being all the rage, we thought we’d jump the bandwagon. as far as i can tell, if someone who is not very old takes elements of an old song (i.e. one which was popular when said someone was a toddler), slows them down and puts a load of reverb on them, this constitues an act of “hauntological” music making, the idea being that somehow the hauntologist’s subconcsious is haunted by the old radio smash hit from their very early life and this haunting finds its way into the character of the new piece of music. i always figured there isn’t a great deal of haunting going on anywhere in pop music, not even in the  current revival of what was once called, i believe, “shoegaze” . what IS going on is  just some very basic digital effects treatment of songs which have been omnipresent since the eighties and through the internet are almost more easily available than during the days of their release, which eliminates their potential to haunt anything or anyone as if from a distant past.   but what do i know. anyhow, to prove this point, keith took one of our own, very recent songs (which is by no means omnipresent) and slowed it right down and – bingo! it sounds very “hauntological”, although no-one’s subconscious was ever penetrated by it twenty-odd years ago. it also sounds rather nice, methinks. here it is:

http://thechap.bandcamp.com/track/even-your-friend-slow-mix

Hello, as some of you may have noticed, we recently released an album called “Well Done Europe” . On it, there is a little song called “We Work In Bars”. It’s about people who work in bars. Bingo! Our friend Harry Rambaut recently shot a video for it, featuring us – in a pub!
Being pretty rad n unconventional types, we’re unleashing the video to that song NOW, although it came out months ago and has since been followed by ANOTHER single with another video. But then, this here video is all stop frame live action, i.e. Harry made us spend many mornings in that particular pub, only to throw buckets of water and pints of ale at us, make us change seats and facial expressions every five seconds for hours on end or get us to fall off a bar stool in twenty stages. In short: it took a long time to make. Here it is. Enjoy!

P.S. : another video for another song is underway. Apparently, a whole team of professionals is working on it around the clock since it’s rather complicated to make. More soon.

When I need cheering up, I find it helpful to watch this little video.

They used to play with Prince, so you know they have good taste.

If you’re in Berlin tonight, you should get down to Festsaal Kreuzberg for the Puschen 10th birthday party!