And so, March has arrived!

March is here and it's just a week in work to get through until we pack up the campervan and start our EP tour.

We're kicking off by visiting our Scottish friends, and we'll be playing at the Greenside venue, Fife on Saturday 7th. If you're in the area or have friends up there then make sure they get out to the gig as it's gonna be a big one!

We'll also have some 'The Nankeens' goodies with us including the limited edition vinyl and pale ale. Make sure you keep your eye on the Facebook page and our website to find out where and when you'll be able to catch us over the month.

Speaking of Vinyl...it's arrived! So everyone who has pre-ordered will be receiving their copies over the next week or so. We've had it on the ol' record player, AND.IT.SOUNDS.IMMENSE.

 

You can get these either direct from us at one of the gigs or order it online at www.thenankeens.co.uk

It's going to be a top month. We're particularly looking forward to playing to the home crowd in Manchester on the 13th.  We've been overwhelmed by the demand for tickets. In fact it's sold out.

Gulliver's is going to be packed out for us and the awesome support we have lined up. But don't worry - the important things have been taken care of. We've made sure they have enough bar staff on ;)

We are still receiving messages asking for tickets. So if you have bought a ticket and now can't make it, please do post it on the Facebook event and someone will have it off you.

 

 
We'll be playing some old favourites as well as tracks from the new EP throughout the tour. However we'll also be throwing in another BRAND NEW track we've been playing with in rehearsal lately.

We'll be posting a video of us playing it in rehearsal sometime this week so keep a look out if you want to check it out before the tour.

We're keeping it short and sweet today as we're busy doing final prep for the tour, so adios - hope to see you at the front!

 #herewego #blisters

More EP tour news plus discounted Owkay clothing for our fans.

Do you want to a) get more detail on the line-up of the EP launch, b) find out about the other confirmed tour dates and locations or c) bag yourself a 15% discount code for Owkay clothing? For all of the above read on!

Firstly we are made up to be able to add Mr Jimi Wade to the line-up of our EP launch night. This means there will now be five bands / artists playing on the night for the absolute bargain price of £5.

The full line-up is below so you can check them all out before the gig:

Jimi Wade 
Lilliput
Tremors
Andy Metcalfe
The Nankeens

The roof is going off and you'd be a fool to miss it. Contact the band for tickets or get them from skiddle. All info for the EP launch is here

Secondly we now have a number of confirmed EP tour dates. March is going to be a busy month and you'll be able to catch us in the following places:

7th March - Greenside Hotel, Fife
8th March - Record Factory, Glasgow
13th March - Gullivers, Manchester
14th March - Indepensent, Sunderland
21st March - Studio 2, Liverpool
26th March - PJ Malloys, Denfermline
27th March - Krafty Brew Brewery, Edinburgh
28th March - Penicuik Miners, Midlothian  (DJ set from Bez)

Keep your eyes and ears open for announcements of further dates as they are confirmed

Andy Metcalfe is also going to be jumping in the campervan and joining us on some of the tour dates so each and every one is definitely worth getting out to and supporting the scene. If you are not familiar with Andy (formerly of Sound of Guns), you need to get on YouTube and Spotify and listen to some of his stuff. Having previously toured with The View and Stereophonics he knows how to get the crowd going and you won't be disappointed.

And we'd be really grateful if you check out our website and pre-order the new EP or any of the other merchandise on there. It really will help with the costs of the tour and will mean that we can actually get back from Scotland when we're done. www.thenankeens.co.uk

Finally, you may have noticed the Owkay clothing that Adam's been sporting over the last 12 months. Well the guys over there have been generous enough to give us a discount code to share with our fans that will give you 15% off your orders! So if you want to bag yourself some clobber then visit the Owkay clothing website here and enter the discount code Nankeens15. And yes ladies - there is stuff for you too! 

Here's just some of the tees and hats that are available...

Now don't say we don't do anything for you.

The Nankeens.

Roll up, roll up! Get your BLISTERS EP and merchandise here!

We know what you're thinking...all quiet on the western front for months and then BAM two blog posts within days of one another. Crazy hey! Well we have some more news about the EP and it's rude not to share ;)

On the last post we were telling you all about the launch of our second EP, Blisters. And now we're happy to say it's available to pre-order on limited edition vinyl and for download. You can do this by logging onto our new website here

Not only will you be able to pre-order the EP (released on 13th March), we have some other goodies including posters, t-shirts, annual gig passes and our very own 'Blisters ale' brewed at Krafty Brew in Edinburgh up for grabs!

All of the items will be ready for dispatch / pick-up on or before 13th March and all money will go to help funding our EP tour. The tour will take us up and down the UK over the month of March (and I'm sure you can imagine how much the fuel alone will cost doing it all in an old P reg camper van!) so every little helps us get out and get our music heard.

The website has also got our first EP, Autonomy and links to all of our social media sites on there so make sure you check it out.

We have a few more dates and venues to confirm before we can release the full tour schedule so make sure you keep your eyes and ears open - but if you are local to Manchester or just fancy a trip there, the details are all up on the new website as well as on Facebook here

Looking forward to seeing you at the front. #Herewego

The Nankeens

Sorry for the radio silence - but we're back with exciting news!

Erm...Hello?..Is anyone still there?

Wouldn't be surprised if this is echoing around an empty room considering we haven't posted a blog since April! Eeeeessshhh. Pretty bad form, right?

What having we been doing? We that's just it actually. Since our last big gig at Gorilla (which sold out and was a fantastic night - and really we should do a blog about that but considering it was back in, ahem, May you probably can't be bothered to read about it!) our perfectly mis-matched diaries - you'd think we did it on purpose - saw holidays, festivals, moving houses and all sorts of other commitments that the band had clashing with one another. And so since then we have had a few low-key gigs. But nothing much to shout about. So that's why we dropped off the radar a little...

BUT we are still here. Still rehearsing. Still Jamming. And - we have finally got around to arranging the launch of the long awaited second EP that was recorded in the mega Motor Museum Studio last year.

We are just putting the finer details of the tour together but here's what we can tell you:

The new EP is called BLISTERS. We are launching it on 13th March, with a gig at the popular Manchester music venue, Gullivers. 

Tickets for this can be purchased in advanced for £5 here or will be available on the night for £7. Although we wouldn't suggest waiting until the night to get tickets because with special guests Andrew Metcalfe (of Sounds of Guns), Tremors (formerly Skinny Roller) and Lilliput to help make the launch a night to remember, it will definitely be a busy one. 

You really need to get out for this or risk missing out on a a special night.

Here's the link to the event page.

The rest of the locations and dates for the EP tour will be announced very soon so keep your eyes open.

The Nankeens

Coming Up

We have been a little quiet on here recently which has mostly been down to being so busy with gigging, recording, rehearsing and basically getting things in line for the rest of the year!

As we mentioned in our last blog we have just finished recording our second EP at The Motor Museum Studios and we are now waiting for the tracks to be mastered so we can get the EP sent out. Fingers crossed we will find someone to release it for us and give it the exposure it deserves.

We have had a few great gigs since coming out of the studio. The first one being at one of our favourite venues - Night and Day Cafe, Manchester. It was a busy night and as usual the crowd made it for us. Cheers to everyone who came to check us out. We were pleased to get a couple of tidy reviews from the night - have a gander below:

Mancunian Matters Review
Salford Online Review

One thing we wanted to mention while we're on the topic of Night and Day is this ridiculous situation with the noise complaints from the Neighbours. If you've not heard about it have a read here. It's still ongoing and it seems to be a bit of a worrying time for the venue. So basically we are just asking you to give your support to them and sign the petition. Because WE JUST DON'T GET IT! Why move into a residence in such close proximity to not only Night and Day, but to all of the other popular music venues and bars that have been happily trading in the area for years if it's just not your bag? Hopefully it will all be sorted soon and Night and Day can get back to what it does best - hosting live events that support up and coming artists.

We were also pleased that our mate, Jordan Allen invited us down to support him at his EP launch. This was (surprisingly) our first gig in Bolton and The Blind Tiger was a cool little venue that we would definitely love to play again. As we didn't have many regular faces with us, it was great for us to see a fair few people at the front singing our songs. The power of social media eh ;-) Anyway Jordan nailed it and we enjoyed the whole night. We get a good mention in the review of the night here.

At the risk of bombarding you with links - just wanted to point you to this very brief write-up that we had brought to our attention on the Epiphone site just the other day (here). As we all play Epiphones we are proper chuffed that we have got on their radar. And if you ever want to sponsor us, lads - well you know where we are...

So back to business.We have booked two last minute gigs for this weekend. Both on Saturday 12th April. We are starting off the day playing at Media City as part of their 'Garden Party'. There's lots going on including food stalls, free family activities and live music. So if you don't have plans there's really no excuse as it's FREE. We're on at 5pm.

Then in the evening we're heading to Ruby Lounge to support The Wooden Tops.We still have a few spaces on the guest list which gets you in for £6 rather than £12.50 so drop us a message on Facebook or Twitter if you want on.

And lastly. We were excited to get our hands on these:

We are really looking forward to headlining Gorilla, Manchester on 17th May. This will be the biggest crowd we've played to so far, and we are going to be working hard in rehearsal over the next few weeks to make sure the set is top notch. Fellow Salfordians, Skinny Roller are supporting us again on the night, along with another band who are making a lot of noise, The High Nines. The roof is COMING OFF, so make sure you get in touch for tickets ASAP as they will go fast. Check out the full event details here.

Second EP in the bag!

This week...is the week we've been waiting for. And it was EPIC!

You'll have read in previous posts that we were due to head back to the  Motor Museum recording studio in Liverpool to record our second EP; and so this week we packed up all the gear and we've been spending twelve-hour days locked away playing our tunes in this amazing place. Check out the website here to have a look at the place and see who has also recorded there.

Here's a few snaps of the week...

 

 

 

 

Working with the fantastic producer, Will Purton we were able to not only do each track justice, but really bring it to life. If you get chance to work with him take him up on it while he is relatively unknown as he is definitely destined to get bigger and better.

By Friday we walked away with rough copies of the six tracks that are going to appear on the EP and even before they have been mastered we can hear the difference in quality from previous recordings. It is seriously on another level and we are really excited to have something new to offer you all - even for those of you who are regulars at ours gigs as two of the tracks have never before been played live!

Once it is all finalised we are going to look for a small deal where we can release it on vinyl, but either way it will be available later in the year so make sure you keep your eyes peeled for the announcements as we'll be giving away advanced copies via competitions ;-)

In the mean time we are still gigging and loving the reception we're getting. Our next gig is at Night and Day Café, Manchester on Saturday 22nd March. With four other top bands on make sure you get in touch with us ASAP for tickets as it's going to be busy one! See the event details here

Grab your ticket for 22nd while you can.

 

Other gigs coming up include:

 

- 29th March @ The Blind Tiger, Bolton

- 5th April @ Gullivers, Manchester

- 26th April @ Ducie Bridge, Manchester

- 17th May @ Gorilla, Manchester

- 28th June, The Barcelona, Cleethorpes

See you at the front!

The Nankeens

New year, new projects.

You may not have heard of Owkay clothing yet; but we're willing to bet you will be hearing a lot more about it soon. Not least because they have kindly offered to sponsor frontman, Adam and he'll be sporting their tees and hats at all of the Nankeens gigs this year.

This week he received his first batch of goodies as you can see below.

 

 

They are pretty cool, and if you're interested in being trend-setter instead of a follower get over to their website and facebook account to grab something.

Don't forget we have our first three gigs of the year coming up. We're venturing out of Manchester for our first which is on the 25th January at The Sun Inn, Chesterfield. We always like playing in new places so we're looking forward to getting our tunes heard in a new (to us) venue, and hopefully get our music out to another bunch of music lovers who are yet to discover The Nankeens! If any of you are around the area make sure you get down and give us some support. We always like to see familiar faces.

Secondly we have our own night, The Playlist vol.2 at The Ruby Lounge on 31st January, featuring David Shurr, Not Hot Ashes, The Fallows and ourselves. It's just £2 if you bring the event flyer along and you can print that off from the Facebook event page. We're pretty sure there isn't a better line up, in a better venue for a better price.

Then the night after (1st Feb), we're doing another local gig in a secret warehouse. The exact location won't be announced until the day. Even we don't know where it is! But we are told it's an intimate venue and it WILL sell out. So if you're as intrigued as we are get your tickets here.

We have a new track for your ears that hasn't been played before so it will make an appearance at all three gigs, and we are very excited to have the producer from Liverpool Motor Museum studios visit us in rehearsal this week to listen to it along with a few new ideas. We're back in with him in March to record the rest of our new EP so watch this space.