FELINE FRIDAY
by Jamie Stewart

My niece drew me a picture of a snowman in hell for Christmas. My nephew drew me a picture of a zombie vs. “himself” but the “himself” part would not fit in the frame so it is now just zombie VS.

Beneath this art is Nurse (in white) and Calvin (in black).

I got Nurse from an animal shelter and she was very sick. Her original name was Samurai but everyday for a month having to swab the ooze from her eyes and ears naturally transformed her. Her color helped as well. She is very odd and sweet. Her tail shudders like crazy when you brush her and she likes almonds.

Calvin came from the same shelter 6 months before. It looks like has one eye. Would you like him more if he has one eye? If so, he lost his eye saving me from a rapist. He is very big and sits on my outstretched legs every night when I am reading. My legs go numb from his weight but he is too cuddly to shove off. He just chirps, no meows.

LAURA VEIRS @ THE V&A MUSEUM OF CHILDHOOD

Above: The moshpit.

Sunday 29th of Jan 2012, Laura Veirs flew from Portland and immediately played a show to a crowd of 300 strong at the V&A’s Museum of Childhood. Maybe 100 or so of the attendees were but wee children, so you can imagine the FREAKOUT that ensued when the bubble machine was turned on. Laura was playing songs from her childrens’ album, Tumble Bee. They were a big hit with the crowd.

Above you can see the moshpit, in which pushing, dribbling and tantrums did occur. It was pretty effin’ wild.

A Winter Mixtape

Above: The view from the Bella Union office on Curtain Road, EC2.

It may not be snowing, but it sure is cold today. What better way to warm you up than a lovely mixtape from Mr Simon Raymonde? Grab it from this link HERE, but grab it while it’s hot! You have a week from now. A few words from Simon:

For those cold mornings when you want hot chocolate, to stay under the covers and think about snowmen, kissing, holding hands, and how your new year resolution to stay in bed an hour later on cold mornings really was smart,  and for when you are contemplating what book to read, this one hour mixture will hopefully aid the journey…

TRACKLIST ::

Hannah Cohen ‘The Crying Game’
Doveman ‘Breathing Out’
A Winged Victory For The Sullen ‘Steep Hills Of Vicodin Tears’
Helgi Jonsson ‘Salt’
Loney Dear ‘D Major’
The Field ‘Then It’s White’
Peter Broderick ‘I Am Piano’
Nils Frahm ‘More’
Philco Fiction ‘Finally’
Promise And The Monster ‘Spine’
Daughter ‘Home’
Arvo Part ‘Fratres’

Our lovely Swedes I Break Horses are joining M83 on tour across America this spring. Should you happen to be Stateside, peruse the dates below. Here’s a clip of the headliners -

Continuing the old Bella Union Tumblr tradition onto the shiny new website, today, Friday 27th January 2012, heralds the much anticipated return of…

FELINE FRIDAY

ANDREW BIRD – BREAK IT YOURSELF SUPER DELUXE PRE-ORDER
Available now in our STORE ahead of album release on March 5th 2012.

Cloth covered box contains:
LPs – 2 x 180 gram vinyl
Deluxe lyric book
“Here’s What Happened” DVD – live at the barn
Stationary + Sheet of stamps in a glassine envelope
CD (regular version)
20 x 20″ poster

Here ‘Eyeoneye‘ from the album below:

Eyeoneye by Andrew Bird