Sweet Billy Pilgrim
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Sweet Billy Pilgrim – Blood Is Big Expense
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Released on David Sylvian’s own label, Samadhisound, ‘Twice Born Men’ had been critically acclaimed upon release, but Tim and his bandmates, bassist Anthony Bishop and drummer Alistair Hamer, had been scraping together funds to play a couple of shows in support of the release to try and spread the word. With that surprise announcement, suddenly there was a platform to gain wider exposure than they’d ever dared dream.
A partnership with EMI followed along with a new wave of press interest and an appearance on Channel 4’s ‘IT Crowd’, as well as the nationally televised Mercury Music Prize ceremony, meaning that Sweet Billy Pilgrim’s select fanbase started to swell and Tim could finally, with the aid of a small publishing advance, give up work and dedicate himself to full time to music. But fairy tales are not without their darker corners.
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Joyful Reunion
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Experience (Rhinoceros Remix)
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Punk-Fiction
Crown and Treaty is super neat. Also, only 13,000 listeners? Genuinely surprising.
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thomascourt
Yep, I'm a fan.
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riazor
me like this
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thenothinginme
new album sounds great!
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adandu49
In case if you do not know: Their name is derived form the protagonist (Billy Pilgrim) of the famous Vonnegut novel Slaughterhouse Five... A pretty good movie is made of the novel by George Roy Hill, both the novel and the movie is worth to read/see....
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muziekodroom
Play 2010, 1st and 2nd of october, Muziekodroom, Hasselt, Belgium With Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Junip feat. José Gonzalez, Part Chimp, Skip The Use, Plaid, Stian Westerhus, Joe Gideon & The Shark, Woodpigeon + More bands More info www.play2010.be www.muziekodroom.be
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Bazy0
Yeah I just saw the IT crowd, pretty hilarious.
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normannoise
No one from the IT Crowd here?
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EricHynes
saw you guys supporting the portico quartet in Brighton, first time being in brighton also!... was an amazing show ye put on!!
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Funkster
An album of the month at www.getintothis.co.uk Link: http://bit.ly/47BCAj Writers always needed.
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markrich
Saw them in Bristol supporting the Portico Quartet. My first exposure to their music. Simply wonderful!
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BlackCoffeeDuck
Has done a Pink Floyd cover for MOJO magazine's The Wall Re-Built CD at: http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2009/10/mojo_rebuilds_the_wall.html
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Arctic_Art
seeing them live in about 2 weeks. erm. are they good?
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RosieArches
This is areally nice video of how they made the album, featuring the infamous shed. Makes you wish you had one, too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch5HkX9Uo68
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under_the_radar
Is there any point in music awards like the Mercury? Join the debate at http://www.scotsman.com/undertheradarblog
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davidgoosey
incredible band
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abraksas
So painfully beautiful....
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cravenind
Get the Sweet Billy Pilgrim remix of Catherine AD's 'Hand to the Tide' for FREE here: http://www.last.fm/music/Catherine+A.D./+freetracks
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Leczycki
Absolutely amazing stuff. More, please.
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