Friday 17 May 2013

A folkster put in his place



You are boring

From: Søren Bonke
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 11:36 AM
To: Iara De Castro Bonke
Subject: Re: i love...

god, really not my thing, I have to say.



From: Iara De Castro Bonke
To: Søren Bonke
Sent: Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:03
Subject: RE: i love...

Sorry – starts at 9.50 if you want to listen to the babble

From: Søren Bonke
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 11:00 AM
To: Iara De Castro Bonke
Subject: Re: i love...

send me the link


From: Iara De Castro Bonke
To: Søren Bonke
Sent: Friday, 17 May 2013, 10:58
Subject: i love...

Track 3 of the new daft punk…
The one that starts with the Italian dude speaking.
Have you heard it yet?

Monday 18 February 2013

Gig at Proud Camden, Supporting Slow Club

We've got a London show coming up supporting Slow Club, on the 14th March.

Tickets available here


Should be a good one!


Thursday 14 February 2013

#throwbackthursday


FROM THE 4TH OF MARCH 2008:

I read an interview with the great Colin Meloy from the Decemberists by Laura Barton on the Guardian website.

They were supposed to write a song together while she was interviewing him. It turned out that he was a little self-conscious about writing in front of her, but in the end they managed a bit of a melody and one verse worth of lyrics. Laura Barton challenged the Guardian readers to try and finish the song, either just the lyrics or actually the whole song, guitar and all. I decided to give it a go, so got up reasonably early on Saturday, finished the lyrics and came up with some fingerpicked guitar to accompany the melody. I made a chorus and a middle section and then recordet the whole thing. It took me most of the day, but I had a great time doing it. I hope it'll somehow end up in Laura's ears, if not in Colin Meloy's.
Anyway, check out the song.




And here are the lyrics.

I hear the floorboards creak
I hear them in my sleep
and now I rise to go aloft,
all padding soft
to catch you lost and lonely call
all through the walls

I open up the door
No creaking anymore
I sit and listen for a while,
and then I smile
You always loved to hide from me,
so I wait patiently

I'll sit here in this very chair
for as long as I can carry myself up these stairs
My boy, you don't have to be sad
I've lost my son, but you've not lost your dad
and I know you can hear me,
my little ghost in the walls

Before I go to rest
I open up the chest
the photo album in my lap
I feel a tap
a tear of joy and one of pain
a tear for all you could've gained
I close my eyes and then I wait
you turn the page

I'll sit here in this very chair
for as long as I can carry myself up these stairs
My boy, you don't have to be sad
I've lost my son, but you've not lost your dad
and I know you can hear me,
my little ghost in the walls

Thursday 7 February 2013

Pre-Release CDS, and Klak Tik T-Shirts

Want to pick up a limited edition signed copy of 'The Servants' before it's worldwide release date of 4th March?

Then head over to http://klaktik.bigcartel.com/ where they are currently on sale!

Wednesday 9 January 2013

The 2nd Wave is Sometimes Bigger - Lyrics

Don't loose the one thing she likes about you
Soul secret weaknesses hidden from view
Passing clouds that reveal a grey sky
A fog that lifts to give in to your rain

If she vanishes into thin air
Your brave face will show me she was never there
The storm that brews will be scarcely concealed
by dead thick skin all your secrets revealed

Your heart lies deaf to your denial
False protection paralyses

Thursday 3 January 2013

Why Did It Not Rain On Me?


Regular readers will know Klak Tik love the rain, however I'm not sure we've posted about it recently, so, to see in 2013 here is a gif I created during my visit to the Rain Room.

For those not familiar with this installation, the Rain Room was created by Random International and resides at the Barbican Centre in London.

Don't be put off by the 2 hour wait, visit and frolic in a wonderfully relaxing man made weather system.

John