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God Help The Girl - new EP, free MP3 and film update

Article written by Paul M - Nov 18, 2009

God Help The Girl - Stills

An update email from God Help The Girl, brimming with news on the tour, a new EP, the film and more. Here goes:

"The second installment of songs from last year's recordings is now available digitally. The 'Stills' EP features five songs which didn't make the album, but which were recorded at the same time in Glasgow, with some orchestral parts being added in London. The EP was originally available as a 10 inch vinyl release for subscribers to GHTG, but these were fairly thin on the ground and won't be repressed or released on CD.

However, the tracks are now available via all the usual digital distributors (iTunes, We7, 7digital, Spotify/ Rhapsody) depending on your location for both streaming and download. They feature the 3 singers who have been involved in the God Help The Girl live shows - Catherine Ireton, Celia Garcia and Alex Klobouk. The songs are:

I'm In Love With the City (leads vocals: Catherine)
He's a Loving Kind of Boy (lead vocals: Stuart)
Stills (lead vocals: Alex)
Baby's Just Waiting (lead vocals: Celia)
The Psychiatrist Is In (lead vocals: Catherine)

You can hear / download the title track for free from the God Help The Girl website.

We are also pretty excited about some live shows later this month. . . because everyone is scattered around the country/ world and have zillions of other commitments, it is always good to have everyone together, even if it is only briefly!

Each of the shows promises to be different and a never to be repeated experience! They are at Nationaal Toneel in Den Haag on Friday 20th November as part of the Crossing Border festival, The 100 Club in London on Saturday 21st November and The Usher Hall in Edinburgh on Sunday 29th November.

In Den Haag we are supporting the lovely Tegan and Sara, but have been promised an impromptu appearance on the bill of James Kelman - well, it is a music and literature festival! In keeping with this, Stuart is also doing an interview with Dutch journalist Gijsbert Kamer in one of the smaller rooms in the same venue earlier in the evening.

The London show promises to be altogether more intimate as we squeeze into the 100 Club on Oxford Street. Tickets for this one have already sold out.

It's all back to work and study for a week before the final show in Edinburgh - which is with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. As well as accompanying us, they are also playing music from the BBC's 'A History of Scotland' series, while other guests on the bill include Eddi Reader and McIntosh Ross. Details about tickets for all these shows can be found here

You can get some idea of what God Help The Girl sounds like live by trawling our video archive on the website which includes the Channel 4 documentary 'We Play A Show' about the only previous gig in Glasgow as well as a complete clip of the title track from the album recorded at the same show.

Stuart has been talking about the album, the shows and more besides with Paul Morley of The Observer: you can listen to the interview in full here

The script for the film is now also in a state of (near) completion (film scripts are never really ever finished) and things are moving slowly towards going into production. Most likely there will be a Belle and Sebastian record first during 2010, so filming should get properly underway in 2011.

The last song for now to be recorded for God Help The Girl, Baby You're Blind, is all set for mastering and will be released early next year. It features Linnea Jonsson from Swedish group Those Dancing Days and may well be a case of saving the best 'til last - but then we would say that! A video is being planned for Stockholm in December - the winter clothes are packed".

Links:
http://www.godhelpthegirl.com

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