I LIKE TRAINS

A Massive Thank You…..

guytrains — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:33:28 +0000

Wow. What to say? We here at ILT-HQ have been totally blown away by all of your kind support. We are only a couple of days into the pledge campaign and we have already reached our target! Thank you to everybody who has got involved, it means so much to us.

ILT xxx

The New Album

guytrains — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:37:33 +0000

Dear Friends,

It is with great excitement and anticipation that we can reveal to you details of the release of our second album. Way back in December we reported back on a successful recording session and since then we have put the finishing touches to an album we are proud to let out into the big wide world. We didn’t anticipate for it to take such a long time, and we fully appreciate your patience!

The record is called ‘He Who Saw the Deep’. It looks like this:

Track listing:

1. When We Were Kings
2. A Father’s Son
3. We Saw the Deep
4. Hope is not Enough
5. Progress is a Snake
6. These Feet of Clay
7. Sirens
8. Sea of Regrets
9. These Broken Bones
10. A Divorce Before Marriage
11. Doves

Now this is the important part. We can’t do this without you.

With the new album comes a new approach to releasing it. The record will be released on our own record label called ILR. In order to make this a reality we have set up a project on a website called Pledge. This is an exclusive opportunity not only to get your hands on our album before it hits the shops, but also a plethora of other iLT goodies. These range from album artwork posters, lyric books, guitar lessons and vinyl only box sets. For a complete list of what we’re offering you, take a look around our Pledge page.

We have set a target for the money we require to set up the label, master, manufacture and market the record. No money exchanges hands until the target is met. Simple.

In other less exciting news, Simon has broken his leg. We will be drafting in a last minute replacement drummer for our Rock Herk festival show on the 17th of July. Details here www.rockherk.be.

Get well soon Mr Fogal.

With love

ILT x

A very small update….

guytrains — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:33:40 +0000

Just to let you know that contrary to what our website has been saying for the last month or so, we are not still stuck in Belgium, we all all safely home.

That is all for now,

ILTx

Stuck in Belgium…

sitrains — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:58:59 +0000

Day one: Set off early in the blazing Yorkshire sunshine, clear roads all the way to Dover, passports – check, Channel calm as a sheet of glass… France, Belgium… high spirits… then the trailer carrying our gear broke – one side of the A frame shearing fromthe body of the trailer. Fortunately it didn’t detatch itself fully and we pull onto the hard shoulder intact… wait for Belgian rescue which arrives with little delay (take note AA and RAC)… some to-ing and fro-ing later and we are recovered to Gent and have a plan for trailer-repair by a trailer-maker in a nearby town(!) called Kalken… but not until the next day which means that post-repair, we won’t have the approximate 12 hour road-time needed to get to Graz in time for the first show… resigned, we hunker down, tired, at a motorway rest-stop… sleep… sleep.

Day Two: Awake in sunshine – roadside ablutions then trailer and touring party relocate to said town for repair and recuperation – estimation of repair time 2-3 hours… ample time to consume ample quantities of chips drenched in mayo… the story continues…

New Tour Dates

guytrains — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:56:41 +0000

EDITORS tour support

sitrains — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:32:48 +0000

We have just been announced as tour support for Editors in mainland Europe.

More news to come soon. Please check live dates on our site.

When We Were Kings/ Tan Hill Inn

sitrains — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:17:51 +0000

Some news! When We Were Kings is being included on the 12″ Picture disc that Dance_To_The_Radio are releasing in time for Record Store Day. April 17th. Visit our store where you can pre-order the release (see cover below). We have also been asked back to British Sea Power’s weekend festival at the Tan Hill Inn. More news on this soon

A Father’s Son Acoustic Video

sitrains — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:18:29 +0000

On our last visit to Manchester we filmed a little acoustic verson of ‘A Father’s Son’. The guys who did the filming have just launched their website (link below). Here you get to see Guy and Dave perform in the basement of The Deaf Institute.

http://www.manchesterscenewipe.co.uk/2010/03/10/i-like-trains/

First Show of 2010 – April 17th 2010

sitrains — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:50:40 +0000

We can announce that our first show of 2010 will be the Haiti fundraiser at The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds on April 17th. Tickets are £6 + Booking Fee from Crash Records and Jumbo Records Leeds.

JUMBO LEEDS: 0113 2455570 – http://www.jumborecords.co.uk/tickets.asp?sort=&event_id=9757

CRASH LEEDS: 0113 2436743 – http://crashrecords.co.uk/online/product.php?xProd=8649&xSec=1&jssCart=1fc453dce2656cf610cd5737e8f18e16

Interview on VPME

sitrains — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:46:08 +0000

Head over to VPME (Von Pip Musical Express) and read an interview with Dave.

http://vonpipmusicalexpress.wordpress.com/

‘Forget about the contrived, comic book- faux-gothic demeanour and sub-standard Bauhaus karaoke caterwauling of bands like The Horrors, if you’d prefer a truly grown-up journey into the heart of darkness then you need look no further than Leeds band I Like Trains. …’