New Jazz Butcher album

Somehow I missed this but Pat Fish and Max Eider (no David J sadly) crowd funded a new record last year and an album of new material was released last December under ye old "Jazz Butcher" moniker. The LP is called "Last of the Gentlemen Adventurers" and the previews on iTunes sound very well produced and mature. I caught this from one of my periodic visits to their web site Jazzbutcher.com. They are looking for gigs in America if any of you promoter types are interested in bringing them across the pond.

off to download post haste...

it's not much joe momma,
but i remember listening to a few jazzbutcher lp's @ a record store in ft lauderdale. the bands mid eighties stuff. but i was hearing it for the first time in the early oughts (curse of the late bloomer).

pleasant enough songs, strongly remenecent of postcard era scotland. simply put, not exactly the bay city rollers.



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or these guys

ac/dc sure would be proud

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not exactly the bay city rollers.

Exactly. Better trousers. At least.

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Viva Butchie!

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Exactly. Better trousers. At least.

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Better Trousers.

I expected an okay record, but they delivered a very good record. So glad to have them back.

A photo of the Bay City Rollers. Holding hands with one another, no less.

Well, my day's got to get better from here.

as per the website BrooklynVegan :

n addition to the four-day extravaganza happening May 30 - June 2, the good folks at NYC Popfest are also putting on a Northside Fest showcase at Spike Hill on June 15. The night is headlined by someone I am personally super-excited about: The Jazz Butcher. Pat Fish has put out records under variations of the name since the mid-'80s, making droll, often heartfelt VU-inspired guitar pop with a rotating cast of friends, including Bauhaus/Love & Rockets bassist David J and Spacemen 3's Sonic Boom, and many his records came out on legendary UK indie label, Creation.

The bandmate that most JBC fans care about is guitarist Max Eider who really put the Jazz in the Jazz Butcher. Max Will be accompanying Pat for this NYC visit and they'll play as a duo. Pat and Max released a new Jazz Butcher album, The Last of the Gentleman Adventurers, last year and you can stream the whole thing below, along with some classic JBC material. To say that I am a Jazz Butcher superfan is to put it midly. Pretty sure they haven't played NYC since 2000 (anybody at that Mercury Lounge show?) so this exciting news. If you can't make the Northside show, Pat and Max will play Cake Shop on Monday, June 17 as well. Some people (me) will go to both. These are their only North American shows.

These are their only North American shows.

In my alternate reality, they should be playing to sold out theaters across the country with breathless fans in pursuit...

Fish always sounded like David Byrne to me