Hello, this is our last newsletter for 2008.

We would like to say a quick thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout this year.
Thanks so much for coming along to the shows, buying the CDs or just getting in touch to say hello.
Thank you also to everyone who has worked with us - booking shows, etc, or just helping out when we need a hand.
Have a great time over the holiday period! We hope to see you again in the new year with some new music!

TSY
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Here are a few events happening throughout the month of December and beyond.

In this newsletter:

Kick the Plug Xmas special
Arctic Circle Xmas EP and concert
New photos added from Vienna
They shoot music don't they session
Breakthru Radio interview
Shows for January and beyond
Setting fire to sleepy towns EP back in stock

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Kick the plug Xmas Special 3 Dec

We will play our last show of 2008 at Kick The Plug's Xmas Concert at The Wilmington Arms this Wed 3rd Dec. Also appearing will be Kat Flint and Catriona Irving, with the Neednowater DJs playing songs in between the acts.
TSY will be appearing as a full four piece band with acoustic, cello, piano and drums.

Doors are at 8pm. Tickets are £4.

THE WILMINGTON ARMS
69 Rosebery Ave,
London
EC1R 4RL

There is a Facebook event page here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=46382849112

And a Last FM event page here: http://www.last.fm/event/826089

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Arctic Circle Xmas EP and concert

Dale will feature on the forthcoming EP from the Arctic Circle. Following on from last year's Xmas album, the Arctic Circle will release the 5 song 'That Fuzzy Feeling' EP featuring original Xmas music. Dale collaborated last year with Mark Beazley from Rothko on the song 'While December turns'. This time he has worked with Ted Barnes. Ted has previously worked with Beth Orton, Francoiz Breut, Kathryn Williams, etc and recently released his third album 'Portal Nou'. Ted and Dale's track is called 'This old world grown quiet'. You can listen to the song on the TSY myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/thesleepingyears
All the songs on the EP have been arranged by Harry Escott and feature a small orchestra and choir.

The EP will be released on 1 Dec through Static Caravan and will also be available at the Xmas concert. Artwork is by Pika Pika.

All information will appear on the Arctic Circle website: http://jointhecircle.net/

The Arctic Circle Xmas Concert on 5 Dec will feature the artists involved performing the EP live at the Union Chapel in London, along with many other acts appearing during the evening.

Tickets: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/37898

From the Arctic Circle:

'Arctic Circle Christmas Concert

More Christmassy than a partridge in a pear tree or a half-cut elf in a holly bush; this xmas extravaganza returns for a third successful year. Featuring such festive delights as:
Josh Weller, Paloma Faith, Ted Barnes, Dale Grundle (The Sleeping Years) & Harry Escott & introducing the Arctic Circle Ensemble & Puffin Voices
The event will feature a one off live performance of their sparkling new Orchestra & Choir epic 'That Fuzzy Feeling EP', available from early December on Static Caravan records.
Also featuring Will Dutta and Non Peters performing Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel.
And no Arctic Circle xmas doo would be complete without these special guests, our cheeky winter visitors - The Peskimos.'

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New photos added from Vienna

We have added new photos to our myspace and facebook pages from our recent appearance at the Bluebird Festival in Vienna. You can find them here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Sleeping-Years/10322702476 and here: http://www.myspace.com/thesleepingyears

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They shoot music don't they session

While we were in Vienna we filmed a video session for They shoot music don't they. One of the songs we filmed was 'You and me against the world' played live and acoustically in our hotel as the snow began to fall. The session should appear on their site soon. You can visit them here: http://theyshootmusic.at/

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Breakthru Radio interview

Dale has recorded an interview with Jezz Harkin today (1st Dec) for his show on Breakthru Radio, based in New York. Jezz used to manage the Yeahs Yeah Yeahs and TV on the Radio and now DJs on BTR. He has been playing songs by The Sleeping Years recently on his show 'Get in the van'. Dale talks about 'We're becoming islands one by one' and Jezz plays several tracks from the album.
The show will be broadcast tomorrow and will remain online. You will be able listen to the interview on this site from 5pm GMT Tues 2nd Dec: http://www.breakthruradio.com/

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Shows for January and beyond

We have some shows confirmed already for next year.
We will be returning to Belgium to play with Finn. ( http://www.myspace.com/finndot )at the Vooruit in Ghent on the 15th January. There are more Belgian dates around this time that we hope to confirm soon.
We then play our first London date of 2009 at the Luminaire on the 27th Jan supporting Gregor Samsa. This is a Club AC30 night. Tickets are already on sale for this and you can get yours at: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/39105

Details for these shows and more can be found either on our myspace page or in the 'shows' section on our main site at: http://www.sleepingyears.com

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EP2 back in stock

We have a few copies of our 'Setting fire to sleepy towns' EP back in stock. These EPs are the last copies that exist anywhere. If you would like to get a copy of this very collectible CD you can order it through our myspace page or from our shop on the main website.

Design by Pika Pika.
Each cd is held in a wrap-around paper sleeve featuring printed lyrics.
The paper sleeve is contained in stitched grey and gold card which is burnt on the front with the name of the EP and contains a smoke pattern
silkscreened on the inside.

1 'Setting fire to sleepy towns' (EP version)
2 'The sleeping years'
3 'Macosquin, Coleraine' (EP version)
4 'Withonlythestarstoguideus'
5 'Kerscaven'
Limited to 750 copies, all signed and numbered.

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Forthcoming shows:

3rd Dec Kick the Plug Xmas show, Wilmington Arms, London (w/ Catriona Irving and Kat Flint)
5th Dec Arctic Circle Xmas show, Union Chapel, London (Dale is performing a song from the Arctic Circle Xmas EP live)
15th Jan 2009 Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium (w/ Finn. )
27th Jan Luminaire, London (w/ Gregor Samsa)
17th Mar Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich (w/ Emily Barker)

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