We have arranged an extra Liquidman gig courtesy of our buddies, Kev & Symes. Their new band, Shut The Fuck Up, is putting on a gig in Deptford on Dec 17th and we’re lucky enough to be a late addition to the bill. Flyer below (we were too late to make it on). It’s a free gig which is good news. Will post more here when I find it out - i.e. what time we’ll be onstage.

Rich Matthews and I have started up a new band to play on a very intermittent basis in the interests of getting together every now and then to make a racket and have a good time. We’ll primarily be playing a collection of older songs (from Sink mainly, but also some Chocolate, the original Liquidman, You Disgust Me and possibly a couple of K-Line songs to which I wrote the lyrics…although the K-Line is doubtful because I can’t sing like Zac). Rich’s mate Tom (ex of Colour Code) and Damion Rice - my filmwasters.com buddy and ex-Killerest Expression - will be on drums and bass respectively.

The initial idea came about when DS kindly asked me to play an acoustic set as an opener for the ’secret’ Snuff gig in Cambridge back in August. I didn’t fancy doing an acoustic set, but asked if we could do a one-off band thing and play some old songs. DS was up for it so Rich and Tom & I had a couple of rehearsals and opened up the night. We enjoyed it so much and people were so positive about it that we decided to play a few more gigs.

The first one is back at The Portland Arms on Saturday December 19th with Damion joining on bass and Rich switching back to guitar. If you’re interested in seeing us play then get in touch…especially if you can put us on. We have gigs in Leamington Spa and Kingston in the works, but no dates confirmed yet.

[Liquidman history: A few years ago I got together with John Ruscoe and two good friends, Damion & Sid, from The Killerest Expression to knock out a one-off studio project. The new band needed a name so we resurrected Liquidman]

Liquid Man was together for 3 days in October 2004. Liquid Man was Damion Rice on bass, Sid on drums, Ed on vocals & guitars & John Ruscoe on lead guitar. The songs were written and rehearsed in one evening at Unit 9 in Balham and then recorded the next day by John Hannon at No Recording Studio in Rayleigh. They were mixed 2 weeks later. It doesn’t have to be more complicated than that.

Eat My FCUK - MP3 (3.4MB) download or play

December Grey  - MP3 (5.4MB) download or play

Everything We’ve Lost - MP3 (3.0MB) download or play

EAT MY FCUK

You’ve got us telling your cheap joke
You’ve got us doing your advertising
The filth and fury hits the high streets
You’ve even got us paying for it.
You always talk about profit
Always talk about driving demand
Never talk about the broken lives
Or the real cost of production

Eat my FCUK
Why don’t you eat my FCUK

I never felt this so clearly.
Never felt this fear before.
I never felt so stupid and ugly
Looking down on us from above
So be a good customer.
Get a shiny new upgrade
‘Cos nothing here is built to last
But it says a lot about you.

DECEMBER GREY

I’m tired again. I’m  writing bullshit down.
‘Cos it’s cheaper than therapy and I’m a cheapskate rich kid these days.
With no self-worth, but still an arrogant little fuck.
Work that one out for me.

No more stupidity. No more lying down for me.
I’ve got to start to try.
Pull the trigger. Fire the gun.
Kill off feeling bad for fun.
Kill off hating everyone & start to try.

This thing is physical. Maybe intellectual
But right now, it’s fuck all use to me.
Like I need some more confusion in my life.
What the fuck…”Hello, confusion.
Work this one out for me.”

Wake up soaked-through
And shaking tired again today.
Light inching through my window.
Some more December grey.

EVERYTHING WE’VE LOST

I feel it in the morning and in my bones all day
I taste it in the evening when the sun’s gone away.
I sleep on it at night and wake to find it next to me.
This sense of helplessness. This sense of loss

It’s sick you can’t deny it.
I’m scared but I’m still trying.
I’m sick and tired of missing everything we’ve lost.
So turn your backs and hide
Find comfort in lies
I hope you like it on the other side.
I’m scared but I’m still trying.

Maybe it’s too easy looking back from where we are.
But I swear we saw it coming; hard to miss a dying star.
So turn your backs for safety. Get used to never saying, “No”.
But don’t be surprised when there’s nowhere left to go.

So turn your backs.
Get used to never saying “No”.
But when you want to leave don’t be surprised when there’s nowhere left to go.

Slideshow of some photos that Damion took while we were recording the Liquid Man songs.