Yellowgroove

Yellowgroove @ The Goldhawk

Well, the very Yellow weekend went amazingly well. It was even extended by a day thanks to a last minute bit of organisation (and fortune), putting Yellowgroove on the bill at a small venue in Shepherd’s Bush called the Goldhawk. This was YG’s first London outing and it was such a success that the promoter has offered a further two dates in the city. More pics from this night

Friday night was another corker! It was YG’s second date at the Hobbit, a great little venue in the heart of Southampton’s studentville. In comparison to their previous performance in the cosy place, the band were all healthy and flu free! The guys played an hour long set to room that was so packed that many people were left standing in the corridor trying to fight their way in. Look out for Yellowgroove appearing at the Hobbit again very soon! Many thanks go out to Jason Petrou who took some great pictures of the night.

Eastleigh Music Festival

On Saturday afternoon Yellowgroove played the mainstage of the Eastleigh music festival to headline the free section of the festival day. The typically British July afternoon (rainy and grey) seemed to slightly deter the crowds from this great event however, the stage was fortunately sited under a large big-top. The crowd were soon aroused by the set. Emma Richards took this stunning set of photos.

Guestlingbury music festival was next on the schedule however, this small, family run event had unfortunately been over-run by festival goers. They estimated that over 2,000 people had turned up on the Friday night and when compared to the couple of hundred the previous year, the event couldn’t cope and was understandably cancelled.

Overall, a fantastic weekend was had by all and many thanks go out to all of those who came to support or were involved in the organisation and logistics. More Yellow events will be on their way soon!

Bass! How low can you go?

Just thought we’d drop by to say hello incase you forgot about us while we were huddled up in the studio.

So another long night recording… but preperation was key as the stack of takeaway Pizza’s will tell you. The recordings are going very well, coming hard and fast.

For those who don’t know, we’ve been booking up overnight sessions, from 9pm – 6am. The results are great, although all of us stuck in the same room while the rest of the western hemisphere sleeps is a totally surreal experience.As soon as you leave the noise inside the studio room for the eerie silence of the Mill, things can get a little sketchy; especially in the early hours when caffeine levels are running at an all time high. This has taught us all three things -

1. Caffeine turns Simon crazy
2. An entire evening/morning of Ben’s bass licks causes damage to internal organs
3. Although we all really enjoying the recording process and are excited as we see the tracks developing, we really miss gigging.

Throughout the session caffeine and alcohol woke us up and sent us to sleep in equal measures, and I think it is safe to say we never want to see another pizza again.

We left the studio at 5.30am this time, bedraggled and burnt out, but enthused by our progress.

See you at a gig sometime soon,

Yellowgroove.