Shelves

Gosh. That took a while. Like what, 5 years? We started recording in 2013. After that I left Singapore, so things happened remotely, and we all know how long distance relationships work, i.e. not very well at all.

Anyway, that’s another story, and not why we’re here. We’re here because our spanking new second release is finally available. First place is Bandcamp. Subsequently Spotify and all of the other usual streaming services.

We think of this release more as an extension of our debut LP. All of these songs have been played live before, with the exception of Another Gurl, which has a new part written at the end of it. Something suggested by Alan Bok during the recording, and I thought, why not. We recorded all the new parts as they were written. It was an interesting session at Thom’s Loft, where for weeks I was fueled by beer and Red Bull.

This incredible cover art is created by Little Ong of fFurious. Oddly enough, we haven’t worked on a music-related piece since Silverspy’s third EP, and that was 1995.

Our buddy Little Ong from fFurious took some pictures of us. It was a riot. Probability dictates that at least one in four will pull a moronic face not fit for viewing. These two are the better ones. We had these taken on Record Store Day. No real significance. Some of use were going to be at Vinylicious so it’s really out of convenience. This is a back alley on Mount Emily. We could smell urine the entire time.

It’s unlikely to think you’d see múm and Wavves on the same bill. Now add Shelves. We are beyond chuffed.

I love múm and caught them in concert at the Esplanade in early 2008. But god, I never thought we could open for Wavves. I mean, it’s just one of those bands always on my iPhone. No one knows this, except maybe Patrick Chng who mixed our LP: ‘Take On The Word’ was the mixing reference for ‘It’s Always Summer’.

Thanks to Desmond Goh (Electrico, TypeWriter) for thinking of us, and cheers to 19 SIXTYFIVE for the invitation.

Direct link to buy tickets here.

No question about it. Our latest show ever. Come for the after-after-party where Shelves will be closing. We start probably 2:30am. Or 3am. Or… it doesn’t matter beyond a point. It’s also our first gig with Daryl. We will play a good mix of album tracks and some off our coming EP. Also, a brand new song never-before-played-live. Expect raucous behaviour, weeping men, and broken hearts.

The audience may do better.

RSVP

Found this while clearing my hard drive. A list of potential band names, from which we picked…  you know which we picked:

Gruff

Punctuation

Brigade

Articulates

Aardvark

Armadillo

Division

Supersloth

Statement

Blankets

Intercepting Fist

The Obvious

Wear & Tear

Middle

Park ID

The Needles

Oh No, Not You

Almost

Victorious Boxer

This Old Man

He Played One

Mach

Harry Lee

Verb

The Verbals

Shelves

The Shelves

Singular

Super Just Super

Slovenly

Sloth

nnervvous

Statement

The Penguins

Secretariat

The Socials

Hokage

Took us/me a while. But it’s finally do-able. Only $9.99 and it comes with the album too. Buy here.

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Apply here: https://bit.ly/shelvesguitarist

Chuffed. Thank you, Lost Weekend.

Catch them at Other Sounds Launch Party 18 Jan at Home Club.

Nice close to the year. After an unbearably long and unsuccessful soundcheck, we had excellent bak chor mee at Boat Quay. Sat there for about two hours discussing Stephen Chow, Robotech, Kurt Russell, muscle cars and the movie Cobra. Caught a bit of Neverland resident band cover Muse on key-tar before we were treated to an hour of impromptu audience break-dancing. Of course, Shelves would later clear the dance floor.

Happy New Year!

Photo by Little Ong.