We’d like to thank everyone who’s helped us push this baby out! A special thank you goes out to Ben Mink for taking the time to listen to us and going on to produce this album that we are so very proud of.

Come along and celebrate with us tonight from 7.30pm at The Louisiana in Bristol at our official album launch show (£6 on the door) or alternatively if you’re planning a night in, tune in to BBC Introducing in Devon from 8pm to hear a session we recorded for James Santer who has said; ‘THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THE BEST SESSIONS WE’VE DONE, CERTAINLY THIS YEAR IF NOT EVER’
Listen live or for 30 days after here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02gwlgj

We have also just released a brand new video for one of the tracks, Heaven from our album, edited by Thom Ekers. Head to our youtube channel at eyesforgertrudeTV to have a look and a listen. Thank you to Charlie Pike for such a wealth of footage.

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We are pleased to announce that our debut album ‘Residential Bliss’ which was recorded and produced in Vancouver by the genius that is Ben Mink, will be released on the 24th of January 2015. Digital copies can be brought on iTunes and can also be pre-ordered. Physical CDs, complete with beautiful album artwork from Paul Samuel White will be available on our website.

We will be performing at our official album launch party on that very same night, 24.01.15 at the Louisiana Bristol with support from the fabulous Michelle Harris and London based outfit, Rafiki. We will be selling copies of our album, hot off the press at the gig so if you want to be one of the first to get your hands on one, and want to join us in celebrating it’s release then do come along. Tickets are £5 in advance and can be brought online and in-store at Bristol Ticket Shop, or from the Louisiana’s website or directly from Hannah if you live in the Bristol area. Tickets will be £6 on the door but are selling fast!

Our second launch date will be near Chantelle’s neck of the woods at Fordingbridge Town Hall with support from local talent – The Langfords. More information is avaible on the facebook event. Tickets £8 in advance.

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We are very pleased to be able to announce our first official radio play on BBC Radio 6 Music. Our song ‘Julian’ which happened to be the first song we wrote together back at Dartington College of Arts, has stuck the right chord with Tom Robinson. He picked it out to be amongst an eclectic mix of up and coming tracks on his BBC Introducing Mixtape show last night.

Tom Robinson is at the forefront of bringing up and coming musical acts to the public’s attention and we really appreciate him and the BBC 6 Music team for picking our track ‘Julian’; a song that is very close to our hearts. On our soundcloud page he simply comments ‘THIS IS GORGEOUS’.  Read what he had to say about us and the other acts that featured on the show here at Fresh On The Net Blog.

Fresh on the Net was broadcast in the early hours of Monday morning, you can listen again via the BBC iPlayer here.

Julian features at approximately 13:00

You can download the podcast here. It’s well worth tuning into this show ever week!

Julian features on our debut album – ‘Residential Bliss’  available to buy from 24.01.15.

Pre- order a digital copy here.

Hopefully see some of your faces there and we can only pray for less rain than Glasto!

And tomorrow…

Listen in, on Wednesday 16th July to BBC Radio Solent  from 13.00 when we will be having a chat with Katie Martin about all our recent antics and what we are up to next. You might even get to hear a track or two from our forthcoming album. You can listen live on BBC Iplayer Radio or catch up later!

We had a fantastic time playing at this years Glastonbury festival on the Mandala Stage – Green Futures. We played two gigs over Saturday and Sunday and we’d like to thank everyone who came to support us and to the tech men and Mandala staff who were all so helpful. There was an eclectic mix of acts and we were very honored to to be a part of such an iconic festival.

Top Music blogger Tony Hardy came along to have a listen and we are now featured as part of his top 30 Glastonbury Moments of the Consequence Of Sound website  along with major acts such as Jack White and Pixies. He commented “EFG offers quirky, observational songs, illuminated by delicious vocal flourishes”.

We’d  also like to thank Lucinda and the Strummerville crew for getting us such great digs and and  to all the staff at the Love Fields camp for making our stay so sublime.

Finally we must say a massive thank you to Alex Scrimgeour, for making this all possible

See you next year Glastonbury. We had a blast.

We had an amazing time playing live on BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends show on Friday. The BBC crew were great fun and eating prawn sandwiches with Clive Anderson in the pub round the corner afterwards was a bit of a surreal career moment! Guests included Paul Mcgann, Jo Whiley, Scarlet Page and Tony Law with conversation that touched on Canada, Brit Pop, Chekhov and ‘Viking comedy’….

We performed our first single, Rag and Bone live in the studio and you can catch it again on iPlayer or on Radio 4extra at 11.15 this morning, 9.15 tonight and 4.15 Tuesday morning.

…We are very excited to be playing a session on BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends show presented by Clive Anderson, this coming Friday. The show has an eclectic line-up of guests and we will be playing one of our single releases, Rag and Bone in the studio. The program is aired on Saturday the 5th of April at 6.15pm and then repeated on Radio 4 Extra at 11.15am and 9.15pm on Monday. Alternatively, for all you early risers (I don’t know any), the show has a final repeat at 4.15 Tuesday morning, on Radio 4 Extra. You can listen via FM, Digital or just click the lovely jo Whiley above to be taken directly to the Radio 4 website where you can stream live.

You can now get your hands on a digital copy of our current single, Messing Around on iTunes.

Tom Robinson has already commented on the ‘Tasty production’ on this track brought alive by Ben Mink’s sparkling string arrangements.

If you haven’t already seen the video for the song then visit our youtube channel to take a peek. Directed by Orban Wallace. Before you do though, it’s definitely worth having a look at the teaser video to get a bit of a back story into the predicament of these two characters….

We’d just like say a big CHEERS to everyone who has been involved in the process and made it happen!

We are very pleased to have made the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition shortlist. Blogger and Judge, Tony Hardy picked Eyes For Gertrude to make his top 3 acts out of 120 entries. Over 6,000 were submitted overall to the judging panel.

Tony writes for the highly popular music website, Consequence of Sound in which he has featured his top 3 list and written some very kind words about us;

“Eyes For Gertrude immediately stood out for how well the duo’s voices complement each other; the first pure, strong Nashville, and the second offering English Rose delicacy. “Rag and Bone” takes soundings from the routines of daily life and reaches determinedly for higher ground, illuminated by delicious vocal flourishes and rousing bluegrass accompaniment. Eyes for Gertrude has a great collection of songs and sufficient quirkiness to work a festival stage fruitfully.”

Take a look at the site to read the full feature.

The top 8 finalists will be announced in the near future.

You can read us chatting to Tom Phillips about our time in Vancouver, what we’re plotting for the future and our grans right HERE