Author: Paul Tunkin

You’ve just heard its first ever airing on The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show! ‘Aardvark’ is is the first track taken from the Big Boss Man‘s fourth album ‘Last Man On Earth‘ on Blow Up Records, which is in its final stages of completion.

“I’ve been a big fan of Big Boss Man for many years. Double Groovy!” CRAIG CHARLES, BBC 6 MUSIC FUNK & SOUL SHOW

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David Woodcock will back live in London in a couple of weeks at Joyfest in Brixton.

Earlier in the day at 2.30pm he’ll be doing a live in-store for Record Store Day UK at Casbah in Greenwich, and while you’re there you can also grab yourself a copy of his debut 7″ Beggars Can’t Be Choosers / Tease or browse the Blow Up Records section!

The Weekenders‘All Grown Up’/’Househusband’

The first release on Blow Up Records, released on 4th May 1994 and sold at a launch party at the Tuffnel Park Dome, London withThe Bluetones as guests + Blow Up DJs. The remaining stock was then sold as a mail-order release – a total pressing of a  1000 on 7″ Vinyl – Cat. No. BLOWUP001.

Produced and engineered by Vic Keary at the legendary Chiswick Reach Studios on 8-track tape.  The Weekenders: Paul Tunkin, James Hender, Chris Remington and Steve Smith. Both ‘All Grown Up’ and ‘Househusband’ were recorded as part of an eight song session in February 1994.

David Woodcockwill be live in session with Marc Riley on BBC Radio 6 Music on Thursday 28th August from 7pm. He’ll be playing tracks from his self-titled debut album out now Blow Up Records.

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Big Boss Man have been busy signing postcards for the Blow Up Shop! Free with 180g Vinyl & CD orders of their new album Last Man On Earth (out 1st September 2014), very limited and exclusive to Blow Up Shop while stocks last: Click here to order »

The album will be available from 1st September 2014 on 180g Vinyl (+DL Code), CD & Digital from all good retailers and digital download stores »

Ahead of the release of their fourth album (September 1st 2014 on Blow Up) Big Boss Man have been busy filming two new videos in Bristol. The first, and album title track ‘ Last Man On Earth ‘, sees the band as never before as (almost) unrecogniseable mod zombies stalking the streets of post-apocalyptic Bristol with a cameo from guest vocalist Princess Freesia. Director and photographer Marcus Way takes us behind the scenes… The new Big Boss Man video for Last Man on Earth concept was born from an idea created by the band, after discussing the details and the feel of the track, a post apocalyptic/mod zombie theme was decided. We had some simple webcam footage from Princess Freesia recorded and sent from Australia, for the vocal track which was to be inserted into a retro TV set in a 60’s style room shot on location in a vintage furnishing warehouse in Bristol, now for some zombie action. After a couple of hours of the band tearing up and dusting down their best mod zombie threads and attempting to poke scary contact lenses into their eyeballs, Scott, Nass, Des and Trev, in full undead garb, hauled musical instruments down disused railway tracks to an area of heavily graffitied warehouses in South Bristol. I directed them to distort their reanimated corpses as people went past on their evening runs and walks with their dogs. The Big Boss Men played the part wonderfully shaking heads and dragging feet like the crazed living dead they were. To complete the changeover we needed an extra scene to take us from the relative comfort of our suburban house out into the streets crawling with the undead, I devised an old style news report with actor Mike Bidmead, the TV crackles into an important news report that takes precedence over the original programming. The song stops and all eyes and ears turn to the TV to hear of the horror! To complete the feel of change and shutdown I shot the full moon passing through the night, time lapses of boiling, moody, cloud filled skies and a series of time lapses of Oxalis triangularis (Love Plant/False Shamrock) closing down. The final scene has the gang of rotting zombies sensing the viewer and moving toward them preparing to tuck in! The very final shot is a 7 hour, night to day time lapse overlooking Bristol, the final moments, life rushing before your eyes before you slip away, only to return as something abominable. As always it was a pleasure to work with Big Boss Man and I believe we have created something with just the right balance of horror and kitsch to entertain! Check out the  final video for ‘Last Man On Earth’ here  • Stills courtesy of Marcus Way at  marcusway.com

Check out the new video for ‘Last Man On Earth‘ by Big Boss Man featuring Princess Freesia – the title track from their new album out September 1st …things are getting scary in Bristol!

Video by Marcus Way at marcusway.com

David Hemmings spotted near Blow Up! (c.1966) Must be fate… our current venue of choice The CLF Art Cafe (aka The Bussey Building) in Peckham features in the opening scenes of the film of the same name Blow Up … we’re back there this Saturday !

David Woodcock has been busy signing postcards for the Blow Up Shop! Free with CD orders of his self-titled debut album, each one is unique with different lyrics – exclusive to Blow Up Shop while stocks last: Click here to order »

The album is also available from all good retailers and digital download stores »

David Woodcockis confirmed as Steve Lamacq’s guest on BBC Radio 6 Music on Wed 6th August at 5.30pm. He’ll be interviewed for Steve’s ‘New Favourite band’ feature, coinciding with David’s debut album released the same week on Blow Up Records.

3 days later he’ll be playing at Blow Up in London for his album launch…

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