capital city xmas show...

come one come all!

tattoo

our friend sarah had lyrics from our song ' no guts no glory ' tattooed on her leg, that's commitment

fucked up

fucked up @ clwb101
Originally uploaded by simonayre

we played with fucked up in cardiff last wednesday, it was loads of fun!
Damien had an arteries sticker slapped onto his head in an act of shameless self promotion by the arteries' beautiful bass player.
-wraith opened the show, they were awesome!
-we played and had fun.
-some shitty band played next, they really sucked dick!
-then fucked up tore the place a new one (well Damien did at least)

trev was moshing

y'know stuff...

so this is what has been happening...
we have been trying to get everything sorted out album wise. our good friend joe has kindly been helping out with the design work and layout, we had a sneak preview today and it looks swish, it's kind of a compilation of the artwork associated with the 3 10"s.
the plan is to get the cd out and about in time for our mini tour with smoke or fire and fake problems, that is the 'plan' so watch this space!
if you are in london tonight go and see the computers - it's their album launch party!
that's all for now.
i will stick the smoke or fire dates up later on. oh yeah, i forgot - there is an awesome punk rock show/photography exhibition happening on saturday, check it out...

release show photos

stu argue was snapping away at the 'beers' release show (what a top dude!)

here are some of his shots...

thanks stu.
if anyone else has any good shots please email them to jamie_arteires@hotmail.co.uk

beers ten inch available online

if you go to our myspace page you can buy it off there...

beers and stuff

thanks very much to everyone that came out to the beers release show last night! we really appreciate everyone coming out and partying down.
special thanks to the computers and the groundnuts who both killed it, and also to owen, kerry and amy who pretty much made the whole night run smoothly.

for your viewing pleasure...


so, all 3 records are now out!
apparently as a collective they sounds similar to "a well made sandwich" (Sanna, Lotty 25.10.08)
i will put a paypal button on our myspace page tomorrow making 'beers' available online, and it will be available from various punk rock boutiques accross the uk by next week;

exist outlet, swansea
damaged records, cardiff
freestyle skatestore, newport
punker bunker, brighton

we are playing on wednesday at tj's, newport and on thursday at the underworld, london with strung out.

for now go and listen to the cutups new song as it is amazing!

beers and other stuff

thanks loads to everyone that made it to the release show last night, we really appreciate that so many people turned up and had fun!
thanks especially to the computers and the groundnuts, who both killed it. thanks to owen, kerry and amy for making sure everything ran smoothly, stu for snapping photos and dave for filming.
(we should be getting the photos off stu by the weekend, i will upload them as and when.)

so, we are really happy to let people know that this has happened...

"We are very excited to announce that THE ARTERIES from Swansea have joined Household Name Records and will be releasing a new album in the very near future....

THE ARTERIES have been impressing us through most of 2008 with stunning live shows - we put them on opening one of the first Staying South nights back in the Spring as a pretty much unknown quantity - less than 25 minutes later everyone was buzzing from their set and begging us to put them on again at the soonest opportunity.

Fast, punchy melodic, metallic gathering up the finest mid 90s Epi-Fat sound of Propagandhi with a twist of bang up to date riffery, we had the guys booked back on the spot and every time they took the audience by storm.

Added to that the band have a great do it yourself ethic - this year they have embarked on a series of three 10" vinyl releases called 'Blood', 'Sweat' and 'Beers' which have been combined with sold out launch parties in Swansea. The final record of the series 'Beers' is launched tomorrrow (Sunday 26th October) at The Monkey Bar.

Household Name Records have worked with THE ARTERIES to put together a CD album based on tracks from all 3 releases...called Blood, Sweat and Beers (HAUS104CD) which will be out at the end of November in time for The Arteries dates with SMOKE OR FIRE....it will be in the shops from January 2009....
but in keeping with THE ARTERIES tradition of launch parties a very limited special edition of 'Blood, Sweat and Beers' CD will be available only at THE ARTERIES Xmas Show/Album Launch at The Monkey Bar on 21st December.

Mike Davies' at the Radio 1 Punk Show played an exclusive new track on his show this week and seemed very impressed....I hope you will be hearing more of The Arteries across the airwaves as they have just recorded a session for Radio Wales"

good news

this has been announced, we are excited!

the 'beers' release show is today!

'beers' midnight sweat shop

so all the 'beers' records arrived yesterday, they clear beer coloured vinyl looks really sweet. but guess what?

- the funcking idiots that work at the covers factory fucked up leaving us without any cardboard sleeves to put the records into, geez - some people suck!

owen came up with a great plan b and rhys and amy went straight to the print lab to experiment with brown paper. they came up with a folding and sticking technique that results in a beautiful brown paper record sleeve (thanks for the help amy!)
after amy had taught myself and lotty how to make the sleeves she went howe to do homework, rhys cut all the paper to size and we cut, folded and stuck until the early hours of this morning (thanks lotty!)



then pugs showed up with milk for tea and helping hands. he drew a flyer for a show that him and trev are putting on with a crab on it.


rhys showed him how to stamp the records and he got down to it (thanks pugs!)


(sorry that this is sideways, i can't be bothered to sort it out)

owen and kerry then came to help too! owen sorted out the screen so that rhys to start screen printing the sleeves that we had been making and kerry wrote 'side a' and 'side b' on all the reocrds (thanks owen and kerry!)
rhys got printing, the ship design came out pretty cool...


rhys continued to print into the very early hours. i went back to the print room this morning. rhys, amy and kerry evans were alreay there numbering the records and putting the inserts into the sleeves. they are still doing it right now, we have to go play in leamington spa tonight with the computers, we are also playing tomorrow night in guildford with the computers so we have pretty much run out of time before the release show. no doubt owen, kerry, kerry evans and amy will tottally save our asses (as usual) and help us out with anything that we don't get done. (thank you so much dudes!!!)

here is a sneak preview of the finished product, it took a lot of work so get into it!

you get all this lovely shit for FREE if you have a ticket at the show on sunday, so go get a ticket if you don't have one already!
there are some left in the exist shop, if you buy one online off our myspace page you can pick it up off the door on sunday...

radio one

mike davies played us on the punk show last night. if you missed it you can listen to it here (we are one about 19 mins in)

thanks mike, he is from mumbles don't you know

we also did a live session for radio wales the other week, we played 3 songs ' divergence', 'stop today' and 'remember this' how do you like them apples?
you can listen to that here...

if you haven't got a ticket for the release show pull your finger out! buy them here or from the exist shop

sneak preview...

of the beers sleeve artwork, check it out

(click it to make it bigger)

sorry that there hasn't been a post for a while. there are loads of photos etc. to upload and some news too... stay tuned

gary's birthday

last night 'crystal shit' aka us did a covers set for gary le pugh's birthday bash, it was a blast!

our fancy dress theme was 'beach day'

although most people thought is was 'special school' (i can't link that to a photo, it's just plan wrong!)

anyway, like i said, we had a blast! loads of bands played, it was great to see captain insano, and saturdays kid's were awesome!

it was a while ago now, a guy named nathan took a cool photo of us when we played in exeter last july, check it out...

get your beers release show tickets!!!

get your beers release show tickets!!!

here is the poster...



you can but tickets online via our myspaz, they will be in the exist shop soon

sweat review

these nice people gave sweat a nice review.

also, we played the boozin' of the 5000 fest last night in london, we had a blast. thanks to chris for hooking us up, YMATAB for rocking and having fun by the van, pugs for drinking in moderation and miles for driving back throgh the night.

major threat

we have put up a new song called, 'major threat' up on our myspace page. check it out and let us know what you think!

the 'beers' release show is on october 26th!

big cheese review

our 'sweat' 10" was reviewed in this months big cheese they were pretty cool about it and gave us 5 stars - check it out!

note. "their debut, 'Blood, Sweat & Beers' is out on Engineering Consent in October..."
this isn't the case, we are more than likely releasing our album ourselves.

you can buy 'sweat' online off our myspace page

'sweat' review

so, our 'sweat' 10" got a review in rocksound, don't bother buying the magazine to read it, jut read it here. reviews eh?

we are playing worcester tomorrow...

come to our show in worcester tomorrow!

tonight you have two options;
option 1 - go to This Hidden Switch's release show in cardiff barf lie
optin 2 - go see the groundnuts support the voodoo glow skulls in swansea's sin city

in-fest 2008

we played peterborough last night with a bunch of good bands, we had to leave early though because of the long drive home, which made us miss the don ramos players set - that was a shame!
we partied pretty hard in the van on the way home, tim bought a bunch of booze from asda (thanks tim) just before we left. he pretty much bought the ingredients for sangria which meant that we were drinking pretty much sangria, that was cool.
miles bought whipped cream and squirted it all over his face, it was pretty intense! jenks squirted it all over his body and tim licked it off, i think.
we listened to bruce willis, the spotnicks, and blink 182, the cutups and more, it was fun to sing along. the most amazing thing happened - jenks had a piss and it was 1200 ml in volume, smashing the previous van record of 900 ml - holy smokes!

i had a bunch of cool photos documenting all this but ended up breaking my phone, so you will have to use your imagination.

thanks to shaun for putting us on, the don ramos players for being cool guys, tim for buying the booze and miles for driving all the way home!

recording beers DAY 4

sunday august 10th

we got to the studio at 10am, jenks was late.
tim started to mix the songs, so we listened up and gave our opinions.

at one point miles looked like this...


we looked at cool stuff on the internet quite a lot. there are some cool videos on youtube of baby pandas.

we went and got lunch at about half one, most of us ate chicago town pizza's. tim bought a bunch of ingredients to make sangria later on at sarah's house.



after lunch we tim only had one more new song to mix, so we cracked one with that. when we recorded 'blood' and 'sweat' we only had a half a day to get the mixes done, we booked a full day today so that we have enough time to put the album together once 'beers' is done. we are putting four songs off each 10" on the album along with one bonus track that isn't on any of them.

jenks put his camera on a chair and tried taking a 'band photo'

we looked dumb so he gave up and the rest of us watched judas priest videos on youtube


after that we decided on a track listing for the album and sorted out all the gaps in between the songs. then girl school arrived to talk with tim about recording a song for a compilation the next day. jon slowdance probably would be really jealous that we got to meet them.


we got all the gaps and transitions sorted and got ready to listen to it on the big speakers the whole way through we were pretty excited to hear it.
just before tim pressed play, pugs dropped in with a bottle of champagne - what a good dude!





so, the album is done - sweet!
the 'beers' 10" is out on october 26th and the full album will be out in december. we will put a song off 'beers' on our myspage page soon.

recording beers DAY 3

saturday august 9th

i worked late last night so i was sleepy as hell when i got to the studio. miles was already there when i arrived tracking vocals. he had just about finished one song, 'three cats.'

he was killing it so i decided to try and get some sleep.

miles sang another song and then jenks arrived, i woke up a bit and sat around saying stuff like, 'great take' and 'wowza' so he could hear it through his head phones. he was going nuts, he shouted his balls off!



we stopped for lunch, it was raining out so we didnt want to walk to the shop. luckily i brought some macaroni cheese the day before and put it in the fridge. it was highly enjoyable, tim put an aerosmith dvd on so we watched that for a bit. it was cool as ten, at one point steven tyler
was wearing a gonz vest, rad!




steven tyler is one gnarley dude, everything he said was a metaphor for writing a sweet song. he also said this,

"the difference between us old folks and all these new young bands is, all the young bands are into jerking off, whilst we are into fucking!"

its not by choice but its pretty much the opposite for us guys.

miles ate a big sausage pizza...



after that he finished off his vocal parts and i started my backing vocals, i don't like recording vocals i get really nervous and fuck my throat up quicker than i should.



jenks put some space age glasses on and that distracted me, making the nerves go away. it also distracted tim and shit got a bit carried away, future style...



jenks got pretty into it and decided to leave the studio for a new life in outer space.


we finished up all the shit, it sounds pretty sweet, we are going to mix it tomorrow.

recording beers DAY 2

friday august 8th

i got to the studio a bit late because i was lazy and stayed in bed too long, when i got there the other guys were already hanging out and tim was recording his guitar parts, he had done 2 songs by the time i got there (and i wasn't that late)
- he was on fire!


rhys worked late the night before so he pretty much did this all day...



tim finished off his guitar parts and then we had lunch, no wait. we had lunch then tim finished off his guitar parts. i had 2 four cheese Chicago town pizzas, they were pretty good, you know pretty good - no macaroni cheese though.
so, once tim finished and started playing guns and roses riffs, someone unplugged him and jenks started recording his parts.



some metal dude came in when he heard jenks

me and tim looked at cool shit on the internet whilst jenks was playing.
tim has quit smoking so he needs to keep his hands busy, he pretended to smoke some spider man, sugar sticks.



spider man is cool, smoking isnt!

i had to leave for work before the end of the day, jenks wa s almost done when i left. he finished before the end of the day, i saw rhys in work and he told me that jenks was pretty amped to finish.



'beers' is sounding cool, its pretty heavy

recording beers DAY 1

thursday august 7th

we got to the studio at 10am, we drank a bunch of coffee then rhys set up his drums. i set up my bass shit, meanwhile tim (the producer) set up all the mics, tim is awesome!
we started recording bass and drums at about mid day, we did a few songs then went for lunch. i got macaronis cheese from co-op and put it in the microwave, tim showed us some funny stuff on the internet, some of it was gross.

we recorded the rest of the bass and drums, it was pretty intense.


we recorded six songs, one of them will be on the album and not on 'beers.'



rhys looked pretty cool once he nailed his drums.



tim, miles and jenks sat around talking about cats and moustaches, it was pretty intense.

jamie

THANKS

thanks to everyone that came out to our release show the other night, owen kerry, amy and kerry evans for helping us with the record, the slowdance for playing, everyone that helped out with the tour, the promoters, sarah, jon, jay, greg, lil, sam, tae, THE CUTUPS, the dead city stereo, everyone that came down to the show that doesn't live in swansea; it wouldnt have been the same without you guys! dave for filming, stu for taking photos, ric for selling tickets in his shop, trev and morg for selling tickets out the boots of their cars, josh for letting us practice for free, pugs for being the best, the van for surviving, lotty for letting everyone stay at her house, geriant for djing, castle gardens for having a super smooth skating surface, the exeter dudes, and everyone that became a new friend in the process... THANKS!


if you missed the show we will have the new record for sale online by tomorrow, we will also put another song up. by next week it will be in a bunch of record shops around the uk. hopefully tour/release show photos we be online soon also.

the arteries

huzzah!

Check it out...don't be a plonker and miss out on a FREE copy of this bad boy, get one of the last tickets for the gig on sunday! go on, make like a tree and beat it!

y'know, stuff...

so thanks to everyone that came out to the mini ramp jam yesterday, especially cold ones who drove all the way from liverpool, nice one for holding it down ric!

tonight heart attack radio, the meltmen and the groundnuts are playing at le pub, newport so go already!

also, get yourself a ticket for our release show, the cut ups are playing and they are amazing. it is reza's (their drummer)'s birthday today so leave him a comment or something.

www. myspace. com/thecutupsfromexeter


sweet

here is a photo that ron took of miles...

skate protest/ tickets/ show

there is a skateboard protest is swansea on saturday june 21st. come along and bring your skateboard. the plan is to skate around in a big group causing shit. maybe do a power-slide into a policeman or something.
there will be rails and boxes and all kinds of cool shit. bring ALL your friends and make them sign the petitions. then maybe one day swansea will get a decent place to skate.

the tickets for our next record release show are for sale off our myspace page and they are now actually in the exist shop so get into it! they are just £4, you get a whole bunch of cool shit in the ticket pack and then on the night you get a FREE, that's right FREE see-through 10" with 5 brand new songs on it!!!

and last but not least, we are playing le pub next wednesday with save your breath. it has been a while so it would be rad to see a bunch of people there and maybe have a beer or two together.

take it easy,
the arteries

news

hey,

so BUY OUR NEW RECORD! its sexy transparent red and has 5 cool songs on it too. either paypal it off our myspace page or get it from one of these places;

exist - oxford st. swansea

damaged records - first floor, jacob's antique centre, cardiff

punker bunker - sydney st. brighton

we recorded 'sweat' (part 2 of 'blood, sweat + beers') at the end of april. the release show for this will be july 20th and its the same deal as before - buy a ticket for £4 and get the new record on the door. this time it's a clear 10" and our good friends the slowdance and the cutups will be playing the release.

the tickets will be available online next week and we will stick a song from 'sweat' up so get into it.

also, PARTY GARBAGE - awesome indie punk rock from texas, are playing swansea next thursday at the coyote bar. come along, support the scene, have fun etc.
here is the poster...(pugs drew it)


that's pretty much everything, drop by and say hi - it's been a while!

the arteries

recording 'sweat'

18.04.08

so its day 1, we just stopped for lunch. we have laid down the bass and drums for 3 songs and have 2 more to do.

im writing this with one eye open, somehow i managed to swing my lead into my face, making the jack-end land on the back of my brain, also my chameleon died earlier, all in all its been a great morning...


19.04.08
so today i feel less of a loser, musically yesterday was great but i was grumpy because plugging my bass into my eyeball really hurt!
we laid down all the bass and drums and started tim's guitar tracks (which he is finishing now.)
i guess we will be having lunch once he is done and then its jenks' turn.

the songs are coming together well, its kinda like making a cake but all the recipe's ingredients involve snotty youths rocking out! instead of eggs and flour.



20.04.08
cool, so we just finished all the recording. miles finished off his vocals before lunch. a few microwavable meals later i sang some backing vocals and in-between then and now we've been watching 'felony fights' on the internet and recording gang vocals.

now mr. hamill is mixing, i think its going to sound pretty gnarley!

massive thanks!

if you made it to the record release show last night, thanks!
without owen, kerry, amy and kerry evans it would have fallen to pieces so special thanks to those guys!
we had a blast, it was pretty much everyone that we are friends with in the same room kicking ass - awesome!
our mate stu took a load of photos so when we get them off him we will stick them up. for now here is some 'pile-on' action from jamie's sister's phone...

if you didn't make the release and you want a sexy record check our myspace later and buy one online.

Got your ticket?

Excited much?!

we had fun...

we went over to France to play a couple of shows with king of conspiracy. it was a blast, maybe we will put some photos and a video up online some time but for now look at this...



make sure you have a ticket for our release show as there aren't many left!

party on wayne

We've just finished printing the final batch of tickets for the first release party, so once these are gone thats it...Thanks to everyone who's bought a ticket so far, remember, your ticket is the only way to guarantee you get your hands on one of the super limited 10" coloured vinyls, you snooze you lose! There is a paypal button you can use to get them direct from us, and they are also available from the exist shop in town if you'd prefer some human contact...