Great news: Jan plays again – after having rested his guitar (publicly, at least) for much of last year, he will take up his axe again and support Lena Fennell, a lovely person and superbly talented Singer/Songwriter from Basel. She just released her album “Nauticus”, which you should listen to and buy here.
Jan will be playing as part of Lena’s backup band on these three dates, don’t miss them:
17.02.2011 at Papiersaal, Zurich
19.02.2011 at Parterre, Basel
04.03.2011 at Kairo, Berne
We are royally stoked! We Loyal are going to New York! They are going to hit the Big Apple next week and they are going to play a couple of concerts over there as well. Here are the dates:
07.02.11 at Trash Bar
08.02.11 at Lit Lounge
09.02.11 at Goodbye Blue Monday
10.02.11 at Fontanas
15.02.11 at Cameo
For more information please check out the Live section (there’s also some new live dates for laFayette). If you are in town, please go and check them out. They are an awesome live band. We wish we could go with them and wish them Godspeed!
We have exciting (and short-term) news for you: We are going to release our first Longplayer, our PPR01 (after last year’s PPR00 with We Loyal’s 7″ Single) this very Saturday, January 29! We are superexcited, quite frankly we are shitting our pants.
The band is called The Amber Unit and you should be familiar with them if you are from Basel. The happy foursome of Victor, Stevie, Yves and Emanuel have been around for some time now, you might also know them as Whysome. Well, the Whysome days are past, The Amber Unit era is on! The album is beautifully named “While you started a Revolution – We started Love” and reflects on what we all experience once we get older: All you need is Love, because even Revolution No. 9 can grant you Satisfaction (okay, enough of stupid pop cultural referencing).
The album contains eleven highly seductive songs that will make you dance and make you make love. You will be able to download the album via all legal downloading platforms thinkable (the album hasn’t leaked yet, sorry!) or buy the CD via cede.ch, for example. Show some love! – There will be concerts and even a record release party is in the planning. We will keep you up to date!
And here is for your listening pleasure, the album, in all its glory. Listen to it, then go buy it on Saturday!
While You Started A Revolution – We Started Love by The Amber Unit
Here we are, at the end of PlusPlus’ first year in existence. We were talking it slow for the first couple of months, therefore an all-encompassing recap of 2010 wouldn’t really fit here. Instead we are teasing you with this cryptic announcement: There is going to be another band within the PlusPlus collective very soon which will also mark the coming of the first long playing record that goes somewhat under the PlusPlus banner.
We are very excited to see what 2011 will have in store for all of us. For now, we shall leave you with a beautiful Remix of Adrian Sieber’s “Prototype”, done by the fabulous laFayette. Enjoy!
We Loyal have been playing live in Lörrach, Germany, and Winterthur with My Heart Belongs To Cecilia Winter lately. They posted some pictures on Facebook, check them out here!
Also, we’ve updated the live section. Make sure you don’t miss out on more We Loyal concerto extravaganza in November!
So Jascha of laFayette sat down and made a cover version of We Loyal‘s smasher ‘New Gold’. Also, our dear Jen sings on this piece of pure electronic bliss. So download it now for free, plug in your fine headphones or crank up the stereo and start the weekend early!
It’s been awfully quiet, we know. And we are sorry about it. We’ve been working some behind the scenes. We Loyal have been out and about a bit over the summer, most notably sharing the stage with one Greis (for all of you who are not in the know: he is one of Switzerland’s better known rappers).
Right now we are in the process of discussing next steps. We Loyal have plans, and we want to get some administration stuff done to assure that you’ll be able to hear more of us in the future. Furthermore we are currently looking at some potential new family members, which might not be from the musical faculty. We are talking image and design!
And, last, but most certainly not least, we officially took up a new family member: Jenny has in fact been in the PlusPlus collective from the start, but now we are coming out with her as our star youngster. She will support the behind-the-scenes team of PlusPlus.
Lately she has been playing keys with Basel’s own Mañana, together with Jan she remixes other people’s music as JJJK. More from them soon, hopefully. For now, we are very happy to have you on board, Jenny!
Our all-time favourite three-piece We Loyal will support Oxxxford’s finest Foals tonight, when they stop by at Abart in Zurich.
You should not miss this, because you will not only get the chance to see two amazing bands, it will also be the perfect occasion to get a copy of We Loyal’s freshly released 7″, featuring the single Distant Heart and a brilliant remix by the Liverpudlian duo GortonVersusBerger.
Yes people, we are still celebrating our first release, We Loyal’s fabulous 7″ Single Distant Heart. You can simply order it by dropping us an email, it costs 10 Swiss Francs and the prize ain’t rising! Anyway, in order to celebrate in style, we decided that we not only upload the 7″ tracks onto Soundcloud so you can listen before buying, but we are giving a track away, completely for free! No email submission in exchange for the track bullshit, just go and grab it! It’s right here: The Pirates from Mars Re-Edit of One Youth, another track of We Loyal’s debut EP Obstacles.
We Loyal – One Youth (Pirates from Mars Re-Edit) by plusplusrecords
It’s there! Our first baby has arrived, or, We Loyal’s second baby, to be exact. The Distant Heart 7″ will be out tomorrow, Friday, May 14th and can be ordered now! Just drop us a line and we will get in touch with you regarding the payment. The release will ship from tomorrow on and the price is 10 Swiss Francs. If you are ordering from overseas, please check back with us first since shipping costs might be ridiculous (which is of course not our fault but Tom Hanks’).
Distant Heart has first seen the light of day on the Obstacles EP which We Loyal released earlier this year. It is a vibrant beauty of a song which prominently features Sandro’s haunting voice, Fabian’s complex, yet catchy drumming and Ben’s compelling layers of soundscapes.
The B-Side features the highly danceable GortonVersusBerger Remix which quite frankly made our jaws drop the first time we heard it. Never has the Liverpool-Basel connection sounded so sweet. Behold the beauty of the Distant Heart (or PPR01 as we like to call it).
