PETER & KERRY - 'Clothes, Friends, Photos' is the forthcoming collaboration between Peter Lyons and Kerry Leatham, out March 21st 2011 on Tape Club Records.
This 6-track E.P was completed over a few days in the summer of 2010, and was written, recorded and co-produced by London based artists Peter and Kerry at Peter's family home in Southampton, UK.
'Clothes, Friends, Photos’ is an atmospheric and eclectic EP that reflects the tastes and styles of two very different artists, but ends up sounding like neither. Both were indeed keen to capture the environment of the bedroom in which they recorded the songs. The result is a unique and creative collection of material, which you sense could only have come about in that place and at that time.
SUSPEND MAG.
The lovely folks at Suspend Mag did a feature on us for their first full digital issue. You can watch the video and read the whole article here. The wonderful video/photography is courtesy of Miles Langley.
VOCALS.
Hello all, here’s a very brief update on the last couple of weeks.
We’ve basically been recording our album at a lovely little studio called Press Play! And we’ve pretty much finished said album too - just a few more backing vocals here and there, a good mix of the whole thing then it’s artwork time!
Both of us are unbelievably excited about finally having a finished piece of work. We had a few minor (major) setbacks which only makes completing this album all the more satisfying!
Anyway, here are a couple of photos from the studio.
Speak soon.
P&K
P.S., photos by Miles Langley.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Hello all! We thought it about time to write another short message - firstly, to say happy new year, and secondly, a massive thank you to everyone who supported us last year. We’re really looking forward to playing and recording more music this year - can’t wait to get started!
Here’s some more photos of us in the studio recording some Moog synthesiser by the wonderful Miles Langley.
LIANNE LA HAVAS.
Between recording sessions, rehearsals, gigs, filming and other musical tidbits, we were asked by good friend Lianne La Havas to be the support for her mini tour in late November. We played with her in Bristol, Manchester and London, and her crowds were absolutely lovely. The three of us learnt some new fancy footwork in Bristol, and also managed to annoy the hell out of the crew by singing 90’s power ballads at the top of our voices on the long journeys. If there’s anything else to do when you’re stuck in a mini-van for hours, I don’t wanna know about it. Thanks to Arash Fatehi for the lovely photos.
MORE GUITAR / VOCALS.
We’ve been busy beavering away in Strongroom Studios recording some more guitar and synthesiser bass parts for the new album. Our good friend Al has been engineering the sessions again and making sure that it all sounds delicious. We’ve been recording some vocal parts in our drummer Emily’s lovely home studio setup too - things are taking shape pretty swiftly.
Yet again, all photos by Miles Langley.
BASS.
So recently we’ve been lucky enough to be given some time at Strongroom Studios with our bass player Al Green. He engineered the sessions and then bulldozed his way through seven bass parts in a couple of evenings, leaving time for some synthesized bass too. He made it sound absolutely stunning, technically and musically. We really cannot stress how utterly amazing it was to be there.
GUITAR.
We spent Tuesday with our guitarist Alistair making a start on fleshing out our new songs. We used his beautiful guitar and tiny Fender amp going through a Space Echo 301 - it sounds loverly.
Again, all photos by Miles Langley.
DRUMS.
Hey hey! The debut Peter And Kerry album is finally underway! We’ve been recording drums the last few days with our lovely drummer Emily and engineer Colm Ennis at Press Play Studios. We also found some scrap metal next door to use on the album - we’ve been adding layers and layers of it on top of Emily’s drums.
All photos by Miles Langley.
ONE THING.
Hey there folks! Our lovely label Tape Club Records have released our cover of Amerie’s One Thing as a free download through Soundcloud. You can also watch a video here, courtesy of the wonderful Tim Bowditch, Jonathan Gales and Matthew Giraudeau. Enjoy!
WORDS.
We are currently sat in our pyjamas at Kerry’s family home writing and recording lyrics for our new songs. And yes, that is a homemade pop shield made from an old pair of yellow tights. We seem to be swearing a lot in our songs at the moment.
TEARDROPS.
Just thought we’d put up a link to a live video we did with the incredibly talented Miles Langley. It’s a cover of one of our favourites, ‘Teardrops’ by Womack & Womack. You can watch it here.
We’ve also been recording demos the last couple of days, and we’re incredibly excited about our latest song. Hopefully we’ll be able to play it at our next gig in Hoxton with Kyla La Grange on October 13th.
P&K x
DINOSAUR.
Hey team.
This is us rehearsing for a gig in Southampton tonight / writing new material along the way. Maybe we should record our whole album in dinosaur kigu’s?
P&K x
WELCOME.
Welcome to the new Peter & Kerry Tumblr page. Here we will be posting up photos of recent activities. We are currently writing and recording new material for our forthcoming debut full-length album.