The release date has been confirmed gang!

'You Excite Me' is gonna get released to general fella's and ladies like you wouldn't believe on MONDAY 24TH JULY!! It's going to be on Limited edition 7" and i-tunes...

As we like to do things such as have MASSIVE PARTIES, we're going to do a MASSIVE PARTY because that's a good thing to do. We're having a COSTUME BALL!!!! A little similiar to that one in that film Eyes Wide Shut, I suppose....ahem.

It's going to be held in Liverpool at Le Bateau, Duke Street, L1 on Thursday 27th July.

We're taking over the entire club - upstairs and down!!! We'll be playing a live show including songs that we've only just written with our hands and minds, the ones on the new album!!! Voo are going to be playing all their songs live too!!! CRIPES!!!

Downstairs is going to be where all the sex takes place*. Also, there's a dead good disco with good songs made by other people being played quite loud til 3am!!

It's going to be extraordinarily good fun.

We're urging everybody to make the trip and come up/down for your own benefit as it's probably going to be the best night in your entire life.

Entry is £3, but you can download a llittle lovely-ticket that'll get you in for £1. We'll let you know when we make it available for download.

You excite US, you big bag of hugs and kisses!
Mwah for now,
28 Costumes

P.S. There may even be PIE!!!!!!

*this is a lie

Please note that this news was supposed to go on the site exactly two weeks ago, but I updated the site on my computer and then forgot to upload it to the server. Although the news below says The Inside/Outside single is released today, please read "Inside/Outside was released two weeks ago, but Stephen is a bastard imbecile"
Stephen
Tardy Web Poltroon

Today on Monday, the day of the ol' 2 legged half man half mongoloid, we've released the first single off 'Adventure Stories', it's called 'Inside/Outside' it goes der der der der der der der der der der der der der der, you know which one we mean... You can buy it in a shop using money and it's only available on 7" format, but it looks amazing because our friend Fiona is dead, dead good at doing drawing! You've seen the cover, it's on the homepage of this pickled-web-site! You can also download it from i-tunes for 79p, BLOODY HELL!

We've shot the video for 'You excite me' too, which was such bloody fun, we've only been able to walk sideways ever since. All the thanks in the world to Mel, Melv, Mitch and Dilly for putting in so much hard work and energy! That comes out on the 1st of May.

We're off on tour tomorrow so we'll look forward to seeing you all there having a hoot! Please check the gigs page for all the newest dates, there are quite a few late editions y'see.

Anyone seen the Video for 'Inside/Outside' on MTV2 yet? s'good. Whenever you can and if you can afford to, please text/e-mail in requesting it whenever you can. Right i'm to do a bit of last minute gurning before we trot off. See you soon then.

"...I don't even like stick insects"

Finally, a year and two months after recording it, we will be releasing the first single, from the forthcoming album 'Adventure Stories'. The single is called Inside/Outside, and it will be out on the 6th of March on 7" indestructible vinyl only. If you haven't got a gramophone, it will also be available on itunes. You can then listen to it on your ipod while you walk to the nearest gramophone shop, then buy it on 7" indestructible vinyl.

It will also be available on other internet download things as well as itunes, but we don't know what they're called. No-one does.

We will be previewing three tracks off of the new album live on the Janice Long show on the 2nd Feruary on Radio 2. We will be playing 'Inside/Outside', 'Fat When Your Stable' and 'You Liked Me After All?' It'll be about ten past midnight.

Keep every evening in March free, because 28 Costumes are rolling into your town like human Yahtzee. Keep checking the gigs page for dates, as they're not all confirmed just yet. Thanks to everyone who came to our Bar Korova gigs in Liverpool in December.

Breaking News: Paul said that today, on the back of his packet of Space Raiders, that all leaders of all governments from Earth are in fact alien space raiders from a bad part of the universe who are hell bent on the destruction of mankind. We're reliably informed that the only way to stop them is that the munchin' and a crunchin' sound made by eating the aforementioned maize-based snack makes their knees and elbows explode. And they're only 10p.

More Breaking News: Mick Talbot from the style coucil; in the future you will build a time machine.

Hiya, lots to tell this time around.

The residency that we're doing at Korova in Liverpool throughout December is all sorted out now and it's looking phantasmagorical. On Tuesday 6th December, it's us and The Alphites! Young bucks with tunes and spunk. On Tuesday 13th December, it's us and Mr Alex Mountaineer (AM) and Fraction (Faith and Hope Records) who are better than Editors, if you into that sort of thing. On Tuesday 20th December it's the SPANK RECORDS XMAS EXTRAVAGONZOID! Featuring US, VOO and FLAMINGO 50 and Christmas cheer. These events are all free.

The Single 'Inside/Outside' is gonna be released on Monday 6th March on 7" and i-tunes so we're going to be touring throughout February and March and April and May and blah.

Also, Janice Long on Radio 2 has been playing us loads this week AND...she's invited us down to play a live session on her show!! GET UPON IT!! It's going to be at 00.20 ish on Friday 3rd February so pencil it in your personal diary pods now.

It's so bloody hard booking gigs you know, it can be a thankless task sometimes. Tsk x

Hallo folks!

What news we have! After a long and tedious search, we've finally found a suitable replacement for Nicholas. Alistair is from Cheltenham and is taking a leap of faith to come and live with us up in Liverpool. Good-o! Ali's a lovely bloke, so embrace him like you would a cousin.

Also, because we have a new sticksman, we can start to play again! We'll be making an appearance at Liverpools esteemed 'Inner City Sumo' which is held at The Masque Theatre (Barfly), Seel St. There is also talk of a 28 Costumes Christmas Party - we'll keep you posted about that.

"The Fake Death Experience" Club night also makes its return to Le bateau this Month on Friday 28th October - Chris and Tony and Paul will be making sounds using records and cd's of their choices and it's a Halloween special so dress like a dead-un and have enjoy the absurdity. It's £3 in with the Fake Death Experience flyer (get one in Probe records or if you bump into one of the fella's) or £4 without. It'll be a reet hoot.

Have a lovley time in October x

Hiya everyone. It's been an emotional last few weeks because as you probably don't know, Nicholas, the drummer in 28 Costumes, is leaving the band due to family commitments. Over the last year or so, Nick (as it's been said) has been like an Obi-Wan figure to us three little Anakins running amok. It's going to be so weird without him behind us (ahem) and we're all in the doldrums about it.

I know it's a bit hom, but we'd like to express public thanks to Nicholas, Rosie, Caleb and Esme for doing what you done for the last year and for all the amazing times we had. Boo-hoo. In the name of the Father, the Son and The Holy Spirit, Amen.

Before we start balling though, we had great gigs in Cheltenham and Barth last week, and many ta's to those who came down...it was a lovely thing to see you. There is a review of the Bath gig here www.moles.co.uk

The FORUM is up and running again too, so get on it and in it you sausages.

The concert on Monday at the Pleasure Unit requires everybody who can come to come - it's Nicks last ever gig with us and it's going to be quite monumental so it would be great if you could all turn up in force to make it special.

I think that's it for now, I'm off to Stephens house to force feed him mashed potato - up his arse. x

We know you feel the same way which is why we feel like this. On Friday we make love baby. Sweet, sweet love together and we're going to film it, yes, we're going to film it all and release the footage with our record for all the world to see, see how happy we are, how good we are together. Eventually you'll have to tell you Mum about us but she won't mind, she can join in too. Together we're going to do this and nothing can stop us, nothing can hold us back - we're going to march into the sunset hand in hand until we can't walk any further, then we collapse into the soft sand and into each others arms where sleep blissfully until the morn...

I'm not quite sure what I meant by the above statement. Well, I do. You get the picture don't you? How's about this then....It's this Friday (20th May) that we film our new DVD and it would break our hearts if you didn't come.

It's going to be another special affair, with our friends Bexy Sitch, who were fantastic at the launch do for the first album and The Straightjackets who you may or may not have seen before, if you haven't you're in for a little treat. So get to the Masque Theatre on Seel Street, Liverpool for 8pm get yourself some jelly and ice-cream and moisten yourself up real nice. It's only £2 like. The afterwards, when the 28 Costumes live pop show shuts down, we all take a short walk around the corner to Le Bateau where an extra special Fake Death Experience after-show do will be occurring and 28 Costumes will be spinning some gay pop records until 3am! It's going to be super. Just Super.

Well that's almost it but I'll leave you with this...tomorrow (Thursday 19th May) at 9.30am there will be some live 28 Costumes tracks being played and a brief interview on 95.8fm which you can get on the radio box or on the internet box at www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool (only while it's on, it's not archived).

That said, we'll see you Friday!

Get me some milk...some fresh, fresh milk. x

Wednesday 27th April 2005
At 15.00 hours, 28 Costumes and their tour manager, Paul, climbed into the van and set off for Ireland.
Whilst driving to Holyhead, Wales, where the ferry left from, 28 Costumes consumed 9 litres of cider, which made them drunk.

On the ferry, 28 Costumes spent their time mostly watching the semi-final of the European cup, which

involved their beloved Liverpool F.C. Tony was rather vocal during the match, and shouted such things as 'HITLER YOUTHS' and 'YOU CUNTS' very, very loudly and frequently until the nice lady from the ferry came and told him to stop. Which he did, albeit temporarily.

Now we're in Dublin and it's about 11pm and we have to get to Galway. The lights went out in the van, and some Elliot Smith was played whilst most fell asleep.

Thursday 28th April 2005
After a three-hour drive across Ireland, we eventually arrive at Keith Vamos' house at 2am, and it's lovely. All boggle-eyed and really quite tired, 28 Costumes stagger into the house, all 'shhh-ing' at one another. Keith's mum has pre-pared several beds for us to sleep, which makes us all very happy. Next morning after a hearty breakfast of scrambled eggs and bacon, 28 Costumes head into the town centre of Galway, set up some guitars and a toy bear, and proceed to try and make the money needed to get home by playing music in the street. The results are quite spectacular and 28 Costumes make almost a third of the amount they need and gather some extra folk to come to the gig that evening. Good.

After a somewhat magnificent Bolognaise cooked by Keith’s Mum back at the ranch, we head back into the centre to play at the venue which tonight is Sally Longs. Dirty Sweets played first and they were ace. Then Vamos were up and they were ace too! It's all going very well this. Apart from Paul Green being charged 8 Euros for a pint of cider cos he told the barman to take one himself. The gig we played tonight was one of the most enjoyable experiences of 28 Costumes' lives - there were tons of people there who just seemed to understand and get it immediately and just had loads of fun! It was amazing! So thanks
everyone who was there!

After the concert we went to some 'Independent Music Genre' disco and got relatively drunk. Nothing compared to the party we went to afterwards, where all I remember is Paul Hunt (Tour Manager) turning
up at the house to pick us up in the van at 11am the next morning and we were all still awake, horrified.

Friday 29th April 2005
Lots of sleeping happened between this point and the campsite, which we stopped off at one the way to Cork to pitch up our tents. I stumbled out of the van and fell asleep in the field whilst everybody else done tent stuff, and woke up with flowers in my hair and paracetamol in my hand. Back in the van. Everybody just feels dead weird and it's all very quiet.

Arrive at Cork. Set up. Play gig to about 15 people. Back in Van. Drive to Limerick. Get to campsite in Limerick at 3am. Bastards have locked the gate. All out the van in the rain (apart from Tony and Tom
who will not wake up and sleep in the van) and walk through the dark, dark wood to the tents and collapse.

Saturday 30th April 2005
Wake up today to a breakfast of noodles, tuna and beans. Which almost makes me vomit but does the trick. Off to Limerick. Whilst on our way to Limerick, Vamos inform us that we're off to 'Stab City' where lots of people get stabbed all the time. We thought 'Great!'. When we got there, there was this river festival type thing and involved lots of people sitting beside a river drinking booze. We started busking again but it wasn't so successful today. Vamos got up and done a few too - a girl approached Tom and asked for some Paddy Casey to which Tom yelled 'FUCK OFF' which tickled spectating Costumes no- end.

We all drunk some booze and went and played the show which was atrociously organised - the sound engineer didn't turn up and neither did the promoter so we basically just played and fucked off back to the camp site. Thanks to those that were there though and enjoyed it!

Back at the campsite, a lot of Stella booze was consumed. Most of us went trekking into the dense wood that was nearby, and it was pretty spectacular, it was just pitch black and very woody...every couple of minutes you would hear this massive kaploomf and turn round with the torch to see either Tony/Me/Tom on our arses. Sore.

When we jibbed off the wood and headed back to the tents, we were greeted by quite a harrowing and unpleasant sight. Vinny, from Vamos, was sort of hanging out of the van, upside down, covered in vomit and was trying to say something...then, before our very eyes, the top of his trousers, right by where his willy might have been, started to become very wet. More wet. And more yet again. Wow, we thought. Bed.

Sunday 1st May 2005
Dublin then! It's very nice today, very warm and sunny and the venue is great too! Met lots of lovely people and even saw people that had seen us in Galway and travelled across from to see us!! Amazing. It was the last gig of the tour so we were feeling a little bit sad... it's been such a great jaunt and we got on with Vamos a dream - lovely, amazing, fun people. Vamos were great tonight, probably the best I'd seen them on the tour?? Anyway, we done the gig and really enjoyed it...I think we made a few friends in Dublin tonight and I'd like to thank them all.

More drink, more drink and now it's 3am and we've got to go...where? Oh. To the ferry terminal, where we wait for 3 hours to board. And sleep now. It's all a bit surreal now...it's 9.30am, I'm in the back of the van
with Tone and Paul and Nick who are asleep. Paul Hunt is still trucking on like he's possessed, roly hanging out the side of his mouth and both hands gripping the steering wheel. Wow. I'm tired beyond the realms of imagination but still pissed aswell and I feel a little bit sick. Tony's just woken up and proclaimed that he is
thirstier than he has ever been and demanded water. The van's a holy mess and it stinks of boy and fluid.
It's been a whacky 5 days and now there's more. I love this.

Thanks Vamos.
Thanks Paul Hunt.
Thanks Ireland.

We had another Fake Death Experience evening at Le Bateau last week too, which mostly consisted of buffonery, tom-foolery, liquor and gaiety - we'll use this space here to say thanks a bunch to Misty's Big Adventure who were a joy to have, and to The Alphites who wore Cowboy Attire and brought a gaggle of saloon girls with them. Great. Also, to everybody who helped us out, including those who came along. Next one Friday May 13th.

We've gone and made a Pop-Video too, it's Inside/Outside and it's looking good. You'll laugh.

People who have been to the last two or three concerts may have noticed that we've ditched the black and white suits and gone for a more jaunty and colourful look, this was brought on by Lambs, Flowers and Eggs. Have a look at the gallery to see what a bunch of vibrant young bucks we are. The photo's were taken whilst we were on a field-trip in Rhyl, by a nice man called Mark McNulty.

There are also a number of interviews which we've completed - these are going to be published this month...look out for Artrocker (issue 10), Disorder Magazine and www.gigwise.com . And whilst your on the web, have a gander at this. Good, eh? See, we do actually do stuff, mostly. It's not all watching drinking Thai Cuppa-soups and being arsey.

Finally, we'd like to invite everyone we know to the DVD Filming at Liverpool Barfly on Friday May 20th...it will be a party of gargantuan proportion and you all must attend.

I think that'll do for now.
That's not what I asked for...
28 Costumes x

The big news we need to share is this: On FRIDAY MAY 20TH we are releasing the first single taken from the new album which will be called 'Adventure Stories'. The single will be 'Inside/Outside' and we want you to all come to Liverpool on the day it's released (see the other line for date) because the popular music show is going to be filmed for the DVD that goes with the new album. Anyone who came to the 'Fake Death' Album launch party will know that this evening will be one that you really should make the effort to attend. Please keep checking the forum/website/e-mails to find out more about this occasion.

The return of the 'Fake Death Experience' evenings went down with a splosh too! It was last week (Friday 11th March) and all I remember is everyone on the dance floor forming a big, gay circle together and jumping around to the last song of the evening which was Do You Realise (Flaming Lips - Derr!) throwing balloons and gitter on each other. Then the lights came on and everyone went home. Did that just really happen? Yes. The nest one is on Friday 8th April and will include Misty's Big Adventure playing live for you. Thanks Misty's! They're on tour with The Zutons at the moment too, y'know. Have a look at the quite magnificent Fake Death Website... www.fakedeathexperience.co.uk which was created using science by the same web-pixie that brought you this site.

Please feel free to hurl abuse at the shoddiness of this news on the forum. You'll get fat when you're stable. 28 Costumes x

Stroke a Goat it's been a long time! Please accept our deepest, deepest apologies for not being around much since the launch party of the album but, the truth is, we've just got back from a resedential
studio in Wales after a month long stint recording the 2nd long- player! Well, there's no point arse-ing round is there? We've now completed the entire recording of our 'Adventure Stories' album (working title - may change) and we're extremely moist. In fact, we're gushing.

The new album includes songs which may be familiar to our live 'people' such as 'You Excite Me' and 'Inside/Outside' which featured on the DVD of the FDE (which was coincidently the first time we'd ever played it live). It also includes the actual song 'The Fake Death Experience'. I expect it will be released when the weather's a bit nicer.

Now that we've washed our hands with all that recording hulla-balloo, we'll be moving around the country with our instruments in a van, setting up our equipment in various buildings across the country and trying to make people happy by playing them some songs that we wrote using mostly our minds and hands. The days are on the gigs page.

Also, as a gift for all the studs and hotties that frequent the site, we're going to be adding a 'massage board' for you to use. This will enable you to communicate and discuss such topics as...'I thought they
were shite anyway', 'yeh but the way that sea-lion just got up and legged it was good' 'Mmmm, i reckon that...', 'How does this...?' and suchlike and what-nots....Just play nicely. There are literally thousands of different visitors to the site now (shit you not) so you may well make a life-long friend out of it. And, of course we'll occasionally log-on, so you'll be able to shower us with abuse directly.

More radio play has started to happen, mostly on BBC6music, so if you've got a digital radio or a freeview box, tune in and have a listen, it's a boss radio station anyway.

Finally, we'll be releasing a 7" single on the day of lovers (feb 14th for those of you who are emotionally numb). It's a limited edition (500) affair called 'Cash Advance' and is backed by '21 Years' but played on a piano... available only by turning up for gigs and ordering it by science of the 'puter.

Thanks times a million for continued support.
A map can sometimes be set on fire.
28 Costumes x

P.S. Sunday 6th Febuary we're doing a fund-raiser gig at the
Liverpool Barfly for Tsunami Charity, it starts early in the afternnon
and it's a fiver, so go.

It's been an interesting few weeks for us. We've released the Album now into the pop world and fortunately, we've had alot of nice things said/written about it...have a look at some of the reviews (I'll leave some links at the bottom). But please don't take their word for it - a review is one persons opinion. Every review, good or bad will be here for you to see...if you can spare the cash, buy the Album and have a listen and make up your own mind (amazon or woolies on-line are cheap, but www.powerplaydirect.com I think is the cheapest so far).

We'll be releasing a new single pretty soon, at the moment, we're undecided as to what it should be...we would be extremely grateful for any suggestions from yourself. Please send us an e-mail. Album no.2 is almost finished now and we'll be going to record it in January 2005...let you know more as soon as!

Album no.2, which is as-yet untitled, is pretty much written and is being recorded in January 2005.

Ok. Here are some links...have a gander, but look both ways first. All our love x p.s. if you haven't already, buy some Bill Hicks.

http://www.gigwise.com/contents.asp?contentid=3125

http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/10597.html

http://www.unpeeled.co.uk/index.php?page=ALBUMS&action_page=normal_content&ContentID=16

http://www.glasswerk.co.uk/index2.php?db=national&page=news,article&id=764

Ladies, Gentlemen, friends, foes and Children of the one true god that is Love. 28 Costumes feel it entirely appropriate to bring to your attention news of a soiree which is to be of mirthful, sportive and light-hearted nature.  This is to be an ultra-special day of orgasmic proportion for everyone invited and their friends and lovers.  For on Friday the 5th of November (day of the Lovers and the doggers) the much awaited Debut Long-Playing-jelly-Album by 'Pop-doers' 28 Costumes, which is entitled 'The Fake Death Experience', will be officially launched into space like a giant joy-filled aural rocket.

The day will be split into two halves like a game of Association Football. Part 1 will involve an in-store acoustic performance in Probe Records, Liverpool at 5pm.  The performance of pop will be accompanied by fine wine, canapés and cans of peas. This is free and is completely open to Joe and his Public friends. Dogging will not be appropriate.

Part 2. Involves an evening of cocktails, dancing animals, glitter, party-poppers, the famous magical energy fruit, love, 1920's, streamers, balloons, pie, Live Music from your hosts for the evening 28 Costumes and some special guests, dancing, big-gay-fun and sin. Dogging will be appropriate.

Part 2 of the day takes place at The Vines Ballroom, 81-89 Lime Street, Liverpool and will start with Cocktails and Pie at 8.30pm.  Please note, black tie - very much the done thing, but we'll let you off if you can't be arsed.

We would absolutely love you to be there.  It won't cost you a penny.  All you have to do is visit our home page and see it that you download an invite a.s.a.p.

For now, go about your week as normal but remember the Album is released for you on Monday 1st November so head down to your local purveyor of musical muscle rubbing and tease his stocktaker to have your copy ready.

all our love, 28 Costumes x.

>From Reuters...
'According to sources close to Jordan, tonight on the day of the egg, the gigantic-breasted mother-of-a-blind-midget-child-to-a-premiership-footballer, took copius amounts of cod-liver oil capsules in a bid to overcome the excrutiating pain she suffered as a result of trying to make an omellette out of her left breast.

The Stutterer-shagging virginity-theif claims she was overcome whilst listening to 28 Costumes on Radio 1 on the Steve Lamacq show because Steve Lamacq played '21 Years' on 'the radio' and had an uncontrollable urge to fry her tit in the eggy, high in protein meal. She was taken into Hospital and Doctors said of the woman 'We were very worried once we had stopped laughing maniacally but, thank the heavens, she is now in a stable...'.

Other sources close to slag, claim it wasn't listening to 28 Costumes on the Radio that triggered the urge off at all, but the shock caused by seeing that the Daily Star saw it fit to print a HUGE picture of her with only footballs covering her mammoth norks on the front cover, and only underneath her vagina was there a small mention of 200 kids being masacred in Russia, or something like that? Coincidentally, it was in this very same issue of the said tabloid newspaper that your favourite band with the numbers 28 and the letters c,o,s,t,u,m,e,s, had their single '21 years' reviewed! They called it '...a raging tempest of a song, with the epic level cranked to 11...' and gave it four stars out of five.

When questioned on the matter, 28 Costumes declined to answer any questions regarding the state of Chris' middle toe, and said of the Jordan story, (Nick)'I would like to apologise profusely to Miss. Price and to Mr. Andre, it was never our intention as a band to send listeners into a breast-frying hullabaloo, we just wanted to make records that perhaps made you laugh, or cry, or made you happy...' Tony added...'What has happened here is a terrible, terrible affair of hulking proportion. We will all be considering our positions as members of the band.' Paul added...'Look, if that troublsome woman wants to stick her monstrous mungos into a fryin pan whilst listening to us thats her decision, it's silly to say that we caused her to do this - I listen to the radio in the kitchen everyday and have indeed cooked omellettes whilst listening to our songs and not once have I had to fight an urge to stick me cock in the fryin pan!! I mean, the whole story is as genuine as the boob in question.' Christopher had only one word to say, 'We will see that Jordan is fully compensated for her trauma and will pay for any damage caused to the tit.', before he broke down and cried into Tony's lap for 6 hours, clearly tortured by the event.

28 Costumes are now officially on tour! It kicked off the other night in The Club Fandango night at the Metro Club, London. The 'Big Gay Unstoppable Love-machine tour 2004' travels many miles and will trouble such cities as Bath, Chester, Glasgow, Cardiff, Sheffield, Berlin, London, Liverpool, Birmingham and Newcastle to name a few.

Excitement is bubbling like a big fuck-off Volcano here too as details of the Album launch party come in...it's completely top-secret though for now, although we can let you know it will be in Liverpool and will more than likely be free with an invite, so, to recieve your rather beautiful invitation, please send an e-mail to mail@28costumes.co.uk with 'BIG GAY PARTY' in the subject bar and be sure to include your name and address and the amount of invites necessary for us to send out to you using dogs. Please act with haste though, because there is one of those 'first come, first served' systems being operated with this electronic egg. All the details will be confirmed next week, as will full track-listing for 'The Fake Death Experience' album and sneeky peeks at the art-work.

Thats enough for now, I think... Yip.
28 Costumes x

Good August. Many things happen in August, like heat, wasps, rain, confrontation, confusion, Simply Red, coco powder, Widstock, 'Christ! Where's it gone?', and football. This is why August is the third best month out of all 12 months in the year.

We're very excited back here in the family home because our debut album, which as you may already know is entitled 'The Fake Death Experience' is not only going to include 11 unconventional popular music compositions, for your cash-money, you get a DVD free with it, in the same case and everything!! Oh! it's just going to be super, really!! This will include 4 live tracks from the pop-concert we played at the Inner City Sumo back in May 04. We've been very very busy this week making sure all of the artwork for the album is ready in time for pressing and that all the editing for the DVD is complete, which it is, and credit to Tony for doing all that on his todd and doing it quite majestically. Well done Mr. Tony.

Beside searching for things, we DID play SOME music before a LIVE audience - we played Widstock for example. Widstock is held in a park in Widnes and Tramp Attack and Lovecraft played also. It was a fun day out for the whole of a family, for example. Nicholas has made a brave and bold move in up-rooting his family and transporting them in cars (cars!!!) all the way across the Penines, over the M62, past that place where the man lives in a house right in the middle of the motorway (nods) and into another house in Liverpool L1!! This is where he lives now permanently...Thanks Nick and Rosie and co. for that, thats' really good! Nick moved here because soon 28 Costumes will be doing lots of gigs consecutively across the country to promote the album that we've already touched upon, I'm led to believe that such an activity is called a tore? So we'll let you know the dates as soon as possible.

We've also started to plan the Launch Party for 'The Fake Death Experience'. Can we please urge everybody to be present at this event, for it will blow the minge off the '21 Years' launch AND the 'Hurricane' launch combined. It's going to be in the middle of October so we'll let you know more later this month. Well I'm exhausted so I'm leaving you, you cow.

20 July 2004
Gee! Gosh! My! You are SO Alternative

Since May loads of stuff has happened. I know there is lots and lots and lots and lots to tell, I know there is. It's definitely happened, I know it has.

Right then, because I'm a lazy fuck-sucker who doesn't write the news regularly enough and doesn't keep a diary and can't remember everything, I'm going to just write everything I can remember in no particular.

It's not going to make much sense, but it will look like some words. Ok. Dublin Castle on Friday 16th July, very nice, lots of people, John, Kev, Gary et all there, played a set of songs, stayed over on a whim, stuck in London, borrowed money, regret, played an electric set without the beats in masque, with casio and custard, new records, nice e-mails, went to Bath, very cream, Tramp Attack, Zombina, beautiful night, both of those bands were and are magical, got accepted onto official pop com bill so we're off to Germany in September to play some pop, playing in the Magnet on Thursday 22nd July, playing London again on 23rd July, playing WIDSTOCK on 7TH AUGUST in Widnes, prepared for tomatoes and the bitter, really sorry but we're not practising at the moment which is bad but we will be from August and we have 5 new songs to start practising and then playing for you, got record of the day on record of the day dot com, John Peel mentioned us the other night because somebody requested the song I'm not going to get along with him and he said he hadn't heard of it/us but he'd like to so we did it, thanks from the botttom of it to the ones who always come down South - the ones mentioned and their friends and students alike, can't wait to go to Germany, gonna record some b-sides and stuff this summer, gonna release the record in October and you will be able to buy it in the shop on your street that sells such music stuff as cds and records, I'm really struggling and if you're still reading this then well done. cheerio x

29th May 2004
Corpses Rotting on the Slimy Thoroughfare

Topodemornin!

Sorry we've not updated the news recently, we've been very busy capturing bread and slicing it so thin that you can just about see through it. Little bread windows.

Besides this, we've played concerts throughout the country that we live in (England) including concerts in Jaffa, Londonium, Bagel, Steel, Manc, Londonium, Dublin, Castles, Loose-woman, Shaving, Brian, Lupin, Wurlitzer, Starship and Train. Thanks to all that came to say 'Word-up' and show your love for the 'stumes with your physical presence.

Special heart-felt warm to everybody who came to see us play at the Masque Theatre at the Inner City Sumo night when we filmed the footage for the DVD... it was so special, I've not been able to move any other way but sideways ever since.

Please if you can have a look in The Fly Magazine (May issue) because there is a rather flattering review of our pop-concert in The Dublin Castle not so long ago.

We also found out last week that our debut album which looks set to be called 'The Fake Death Experience', will be being released in the month of October this year, and will be preceded by a 7" single in September (unsure as to what the single will be but we'll let you know a.s.a.p.). Of course, to celebrate this, we'll be having the biggest party you could ever imagine....keep your ears to the ground!!!

So, on that bombshell, we'll fuck off back to the bread window factory to make some more bread-windows.
Always sell-up. x.

31 March 2004
Retention of Title and Risk

9 February 2004
First, Last, and Everything

Shitting Monkeys! We had a blast on Saturday night at The Fake Death Experience! You all looked like you had as much fun as us too! We had Pie (Strawberry and Champagne from Lime Tree Pantry and sweet tastin' they were too), Glitter, Party Poppers, Balloons, Love Galore, Tramps, Girls, Boys, Boy-Girls and Sex Dances all night long.

It was also a night of firsts and lasts - it was the first time that Tramp Attack had used their new double-bass and it was the last EVER Cordettes gig (booo). Many thanks to everyone who battled the torrid rain and howling, dark winds and made it down to make the first Fake Death Experience night both a triumph and a delight.

Thanks also to everyone who was involved in helping us put on the night (especially the Voo brothers, who rocked the fuckin joint with a quite marvellous DJ set).

The pop performances in Manchester,Liverpool Carling Academy and London were just lovely too. Thanks to everyone who was present, especially the lads in Manchester who wanted to fight us. Stick this in your diary - The Fake Death Experience, 1st Saturday of every month, at The Heebie Jeebies, Seel Street, Liverpool.

I'm a celebrity, get me out of here.....

26 January 2004
The Year of the Monkey

Ooh ooh ooh ooh. That was irrelevant. But what is relevant? Are you? Are we? Is gravy? Is pie? It keeps me satisfied. On the 7th of February 2004, the year of the monkey, we are releasing our second single "21 Years", into the world. If you buy it, you will be eternally hard, on a number of levels. You should buy it, you know. On the 7th of Febuary 2004, the year of the monkey, we're having another big party. It's gonna be the bestest childrens party you've ever been to, including those you attended as a child so, bring all of your friends and come visit us at the Heebie Jeebies again because not only are we playing some songs live on a stage, The Cordettes are too! It's going to be so magical that we may pack it all in and become sports fanatics when it's over. Please view the link that will educate you in the ways of the Fake Death Experience.

Stephen climbs ladders and Tony speaks like a trapped boy RIGHT NOW. What are you doing RIGHT NOW? Answers on a postcard. Please e-mail us with some nonsense because sometimes we are bored. If you have had a nice holiday, please write down EVERYTHING that you done and e-mail it to us.

This week, the week of the weak, the boys in the band are travelling to Manchester (wed 28th), Liverpool (Thur 29th) and Lon Don (30th). (Stephen just said 'balls'!) We would be loving and wet if you were to visit us at any of these places. For all of these gigs, the boys in the band will be sporting their usual black and white attire completely covered in dried mud-clay after a successful evenings tree-clambering which took place in Kings Cross after the 93 Feet East concert we played a couple of weeks ago. If you have any dirty clothes (Tony just said 'Poo'!) please wear them to these concerts, and we'll start a 'trend'. Grow a moustache too, even if your a girl. In fact, especially if you're a girl.

Hururmph.

And they told me pa-ram-pam-pam-pam
A new-born king to see pa-ram-pam-pam-pam
Our finest gifts we bring pa-ram-pam-pam-pam
Ra-pam-pam-pam, ra-pam-pam-pam

Bowie, David:

Peace on Earth, can it be
Years from now, perhaps we'll see
See the day of glory
See the day, when men of good will
Live in peace, live in peace again

Peace on Earth, can it be

Every child must be made aware
Every child must be made to care
Care enough for his fellow man
To give all the love that he can

I pray my wish will come true
For my child and your child too
He'll see the day of glory
See the day when men of good will
Live in peace, live in peace again

Peace on Earth, can it be

7 November 2003
Hello Boys, Girls, and Badgers!

It's about time we say thank-you to all the people that have subscribed to receive transmissions from us, we are really very grateful.  Thanks also, maybe more importantly, to those who have supported us with physical presence at our shows, we are really very grateful.

It has now been decided that there will be a limited edition single out in November, it will be called 'Hurricane' and will feature the pop songs 'Hurricane', 'Fraudulent' and 'Stability'.  You will be able to purchase this in various independent record shops in the North-West.  If you're not from these 'ere parts, you can grab one by sending an e-mail to mail@28costumes.co.uk and we'll take it from there.

The interview on www.tastemusic.co.uk is now up, have a look.  The one on www.notjam.com should be on soon.

Plans for the Launch Party are well under way too and it looks like its gonna be a scream.  Loadsa you people have requested invites, and that's just great - keep checking back for more details.  If you haven't yet requested your invites and would like to, drop us an e-mail with your home postal address on it, as well as the number of invites you would like - it's free and you can have as many as you want.

Well, ta ra x

Hiya.  We done the London gig, which was boss except for some theiving Jimmy stealing 40 of our fags and some cans of our beer during the soundcheck.  But we're not bitter.  We then done the 'In The City' thing on Sunday and played in a community centre with no bar and a makeshift P.A., but again, we're not bitter. Over all then, it's been a really enjoyable week.  

Went to see Voo last night, they supported The A.M. at Barfly, and played a blinder!  You can't watch Voo too many times, I tell ya!  Steve Lamacq gave us a mention on his show the other day too, that brightened up our day bit, but what really made us smile, was the thought that someone, somewhere was looking after and caring for an unwanted wild animal, such as a badger.  Now, lets make love.

Updated on-time! What d'yer make of that eh?  Your new and super efficient 28 Costumes.  This week, we have been mostly writing new stuff for EP No.2, buying tickets to London for next Wednesday and watching Emmerdale.

Done a few interviews for a few things too this week, there's one on www.tastemusic.co.uk which is up there now, and one for www.notjam.com.  There is also a review of the 28's on http://www.gigwise.com/inter_re_views/18_aug2003/28_barfly_280803.htm 

FAREWELL LIAM, HELLO NICK.

As you probably might know by now, we said farewell to Liam last month - he has left to pursue his dream of being dresser to Elton John.  We want to say 'thank you' to Liam for helping us to get the proverbial ball rolling, you done a great job and it was great to have worked with you.  Although Liam has left his playing days behind him, he will still be very much involved with the band from his post in the Capital. We now say 'hello' to his replacement, Nick, who will now be the 28s' full-time violent beater. We hope you take Nick into your hearts, and love him like a brother.  Welcome, Nick.

For now, goodbye x