Valid on Sundays

Hey guys.

It’s been a while since we’ve used tumblr but we thought we should finally dust it off and give you handful of dedicated tumblr fans some information on the band.

We have recently been very very busy preparing for our super important gig at the Attic which is now coming up in FIVE DAYS. We’ll be playing some older classics, and we’ll even throw in our BRAND NEW SONG and a couple of new covers (such as Levels by Avicii and What You Know by Two Door Cinema Club)

Of course we’ve made a brilliant start at selling out our tickets, with only a fifth of them gone, so if you’re still to buy one you can get them from Ben :)

We had a very eventful rehearsal at Riverside on Friday night, and we’ll be sharing some nice wee surprises with you within the next week on our new sound that we’re working on.

So stay tuned to our tumblr, as chances are we’ll be using it a lot more now to tell you all about what’s going on in the Valid on Sundays world.

PS - remember to get voting at http://www.redbullbedroomjam.com/band/valid-on-sundays/ - give us a wee 5 star and a comment and we’ll love you forever :)

Hey guyz, we’re just back from our very first gig. It was free entry, and we played from 5 till about half 5. Surprisingly we had a great turn out, we were expecting playing to a near-empty bar, full of drunks, bar staff and lost squirrels.

But we were happy to see the bar full, rather lively and predominantly sober :D And not a squirrel in sight, although they’re height may have been a major disadvantage here.

But we went on and set up, and we opened with a little Pink Floyd cover - Happiest Days of our Lives. Crowd was silent, but we sort of expected this - that’s why we’d put it first in the set. Then straight into another Pink Floyd number: Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 (“I DON’T NEED NO EDUCATION!”). This was my (Ben’s) first solo of the gig, and covering a David Gilmour solo can only go badly wrong. But it went average - from what I heard - and the audience didn’t seem to annoyed at any mistakes.

“Okay we’re going to do some of our own songs now. This is called ‘Caffeine and Sleep Devrivation.’” The first words spoken by the band. These words were spoken by our Jolly Farmer Josh.

So straight into Caffeine and Sleep Devritation, a song written a couple of months ago by myself, Josh and our old bassist King. It was actually written through, as the name suggests, not much sleep and far too much caffeine. I think it was written in about an hour, from around 1am till 2am? And our energy drink intake was dangerously high. It seems to make a good combination.

Then after that, into She Should Have Bought A MAX GRIP. This song was written about a personal issue of somebody just having to let go and stop being so controlling. The term MAX GRIP is the type of pick Josh uses, and seems to drop rather frequently during the performances of this song.

This actually went down really really well with the crowd, which is a big difference to whenever small bands play their own songs (especially if they’ve never been played before). Lots of cheering, and some drunk shouts - best reception you’ll get at a bar to be honest.

After that we played A Whole Child Ago by Biffy Clyro. Josh’s guitar went all weird, and mine cut off completely halfway through the song. Apart from that, it went great! :D

After that we played Another Brick in the Wall Part 3, which is basically Part 2, but easier and much more shouty.

We finished with that continuous D note, which Josh played, as I spoke my famous homosexuality speech over it.

“This is going to be our last song guys. Now we’re going to find that inner key inside your heart, and unlock that closet you’ve been hiding away in all your lives. So sit back, relax, and let us take you on a trip… to the Gay Bar!”

Josh started with that famous riff, and we just went mental on stage. We gave it our all, and probably put far too much passion into it.

Then it all went silent.

Josh stepped up to the microphone and said…

“You out the closet yet?”

“Nah?”

“Well let’s start again then…”

Then straight back into it, Josh screaming into the mic “I’VE GOT SOMETHING TO PUT IN YOU!!!!”. Crazy guitar solo at the end, it all stops…

“superstar.”

BANG.

I then told the audience to add us on Facebook, Myspace, Soundcloud, Tumblr, Youtube, Twitter and Gmail. A shout from Kelsey: “GET A BEBO!!”

Me: “Ehh… Yeah good shout. We’ll set up a Bebo tonight, you’s all need to send us luv, yeah? Cool. Thanks guys.”

What a day. I love you guys. Peace out, dude.