RAY RUMOURS
THE MADRIGALS




HDIF Presents
Thursday 16th September
Ray Rumours + The Madrigals
Speedies, 81 Redchurch Street, London E27DJ, map here

Now that Ros is busy with Trash Kit, I really thought I'd never get the chance to see Ray Rumours ever again. I bought their "Le Pont Suspendu" album after seeing the band's last UK show at last year's Indietracks, and have been dying to see these wondrous songs live ever since. So I was delighted when I saw that they were playing the Berlin Popfest at the start of September and fired off a hopeful email to Ros straight away...et voila, here we are! I couldn't be more excited.

This show is free and will be held at Speedies vintage furniture shop, just off Brick Lane. The evening will start at 7.30pm, with The Madrigals on at 9pm and Ray Rumours on at 10pm. Speedie has a gorgeous old twin deck soundsystem from the Seventies which I'll be playing vinyl records on before, between and after the bands. If you'd like to hear a song, please bring it along on vinyl. Being in the shop is like sitting in someone's front room, so we can have a mini house party with the bands. There will be a small bar.

If you haven't heard Ray Rumours or The Madrigals before, here's some info on them:

Ray Rumours
Ray Rumours is the solo project of Ros Murray, ex of Electrelane and currently of Trash Kit, although she is usually accompanied by her friends in The Madrigals live (some of whom you'll also recognise from Trash Kit). Her latest album, "Le Pont Suspendu", was recorded using only acoustic instruments, including a grand piano and a cardboard drum kit, and is quietly joyous, romantic, intimate, and heartbreaking.
www.myspace.com/rayrumours

The Madrigals
A five piece from London, The Madrigals make music that is influenced by traditional English folk music but sounds more like Electrelene and Sufjan Stevens. "Every song is a new and exciting adventure with banjos being swapped for violins, guitars for xylophones and accordians and it is all very exciting," said Tasty Zine, which sounds good to us.
www.myspace.com/themadrigals


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Photos of previous HDIF Presents nights are here

HDIF Presents I - Sambassadeur/Vermont/Wintergreen
HDIF Presents II - Language Of Flowers/Aujourd'hui Madame/The Postcards
HDIF Presents III - Saturday Looks Good To Me/Spencer DeVere/The Gresham Flyers
HDIF Presents IV - Labrador/The Red Stars/Lucky Soul
HDIF Presents V - Suburban Kids With Biblical Names/Michaelmas/The Bleeding Hearts/Fanfarlo
HDIF Presents VI - Darren Hayman/The Tamborines/Silver Springs
HDIF Presents VII - Tilly And The Wall/Money Can't Buy Music/The Albemarle House
HDIF Presents VIII - Telley/Two Men In A Boat/Molloy/Amida
HDIF Presents IX - Tender Trap/Fosca/Strange Idols

HDIF Presents X - Irene/Mon Fio/Stars Of Aviation/Shimura Curves
HDIF Presents XI - Sportique/Salty Pirates/The Ghosts/The Cut-Outs
HDIF Presents XII - Scarlet's Well/Helene/Pocketbooks/H Bird
HDIF Presents XIII - Lucky Soul/Irene/Language Of Flowers/Gresham Flyers
HDIF Presents XIV - I'm From Barcelona/Suburban Kids With Biblical Names/Strange Idols
HDIF Presents XV - Francois/Amida/The Steadies/The Darlings
HDIF Presents XVI - Butcher Boy/Stars Of Aviation/Pocketbooks
HDIF Presents XVII - Butcher Boy/Cats On Fire/Shimura Curves
HDIF Presents XVIII - Saturday Looks Good To Me/Lucky Soul Lounge Show/The School/Chris Bathgate
HDIF Presents XIX - Band Of Holy Joy/Rosie Taylor Project/The Crisps/Roadside Poppies
HDIF Presents XX - Cats On Fire/The Sunny Street/The Brights/Brontosaurus Chorus
HDIF Presents XXI - The Lodger/My Sad Captains/Arctic Circle/The Bikinis
HDIF Presents XXII - Butcher Boy/Brontosaurus Chorus/AWWBLOT?/Plans And Apologies
HDIF Presents XXIII - The Brunettes/The School/Wake The President/The Deirdres
HDIF Presents XXIV - Darren Hayman and Jack Hayter/Saturday Looks Good To Me/The Voluntary Butler Scheme
HDIF Presents XXV - Darren Hayman and Jack Hayter/Saturday Looks Good To Me/Rotifer
HDIF Presents XXVI - Stars Of Aviation/Brontosaurus Chorus/The Rocky Nest/Honey Pine Dresser
HDIF Presents XXVII - Even As We Speak/Mexican Kids At Home/Hong Kong In The 60s/The Give It Ups
HDIF Presents XXVIII - Darren Hanlon/The Understudies/Honey Pine Dresser
HDIF Presents XXIX - The Bank Holidays/Help Stamp Out Loneliness/The Mai 68s/Hissing At Swans
HDIF Presents XXX - Shrag/The Gresham Flyers/Bonne Idee/The Empty Set
HDIF Presents XXXI - Pelle Carlberg/The School/Arctic Circle/The Noughts And Crosses Band
HDIF Presents XXXII - The Madrigals/Electrophonvintage/The Puncture Repair Kit/Lost Left
HDIF Presents XXXIII - The Ballet/Help Stamp Out Loneliness/Pocketbooks
HDIF Presents XXXIV - Hearts!Attack/Mountain Parade/Moustache Of Insanity/Monster Bobby
HDIF Presents XXXV - Butcher Boy/The Empty Set
HDIF Presents XXXVI - Esiotrot/Hexicon/Allo Darlin'/Beacons
HDIF Presents XXXVII - Abdoujaparov/Brontosaurus Chorus/AWWBLOT?/The Ethical Debating Society
HDIF Presents XXXVIII - Butcher Boy/Cats On Fire/Pocketbooks
HDIF Presents XXXIX - Veronica Falls/The 18 Carat Love Affair/Mascot Fight/The Give It Ups
HDIF Presents XXXX - Pocketbooks/Northern Portrait/Standard Fare/Moustache Of Insanity
HDIF Presents XXXXI - White Town/Arthur And Martha/The Cavalcade/Honey Pine Dresser
HDIF Presents XXXXII - Tender Trap/MJ Hibbett & The Validators/Leaving Mornington Crescent/Hissing At Swans
HDIF Presents XXXXIII - God Help The Girl/Pocketbooks
HDIF Presents XXXXIV - Allo Darlin'/This Many Boyfriends/Of Mice And Mental Arithmetic/King And The Olive Fields
HDIF Presents XXXXV - Betty And The Werewolves/I Know I Have No Collar/The Puncture Repair Kit/Enderby's Room
HDIF Presents XXXXVI - The Loves/The Mai 68s/King And The Olive Fields/Funsize Lions
HDIF Presents XXXXVII - Easter Sun/Red Shoe Diaries/Tigercats/The Sunny Street
HDIF Presents XXXXVIII - Stars Of Aviation/Moustache Of Insanity/The Werewandas/Tracey's Love
HDIF Presents XXXXIX - Tender Trap/Shrag/Betty & The Werewolves/Antarctica Takes It!/Pocketbooks

If you'd like to play, let us know either by emailing gigs@howdoesitfeel.co.uk or going to the messageboard, which is here:

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