Maida Vale

Facebook Event - 11/13 at The Warehouse with Matt Long

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:51:41 -0500

Facebook Event - 11/13 at The Warehouse with Matt Long

Just So Everyone Knows....

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:39:23 -0400

There is a scene from Thornton Wilder’s play, The Angel That Troubled the Water. A doctor comes to a healing pool every day wanting to be healed of his melancholy and his gloom and his sadness. Finally the angel appears. The doctor goes to step into the water but the angel blocks his path, saying, “No, step back, the healing is not for you.” The doctor pleads, “But I’ve got to get into the water. I can’t live this way.” The angel says, “No, this moment is not for you.” And he says, “But how can I live this way?”

The angel says to him, “Doctor, without your wounds where would your power be? It is your melancholy that makes your low voice tremble into the hearts of men and women. The very angels themselves cannot persuade the wretched and blundering children of this earth as can one human being broken on the wheels of living. In love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve.”

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“Broken on the Wheels of Love”
Lyrics by Case
Music by Maida Vale

I don’t know why
The angel follows you from so far behind
You say it’s a surprise
Keeps you guessing all of the time

You made a mistake
I can see it written over you face
Tears sketching out the truth of your pain
But I say, it’s alright

You were so good to me
Even angels long to be
Broken on the wheels of love
Broken on the wheels of love
Broken on the wheels of love

I saw your dress
Saw it hanging on the back of a chair
Oh baby, yeah, I was there
And I guess your virtue ain’t all that it was

You had a good time
Gave your heart to all the valentines
And now I know you might be disinclined to admit
But it felt pretty good

You were so good to me
Even angels long to be
Broken on the wheels of love
Broken on the wheels of love
Broken on the wheels of love

All the stories in the lonely places
All the songs in the silences
We’re all strong in the broken places
Everybody’s broken on the wheels of love

Broken on the wheels of love
Broken on the wheels of love
Broken on the wheels of love

Live from The Exchange in Gainesville

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:55:41 -0400

Live from The Exchange in Gainesville

Photo

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:48:15 -0400

Where does inspiration come from? Sometimes,it’s the...

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:27:44 -0400

Where does inspiration come from?

Sometimes,it’s the in-ceiling sound system at a strip mall

and you decide to record a snippet of audio that grabs you in a certain way.

and later that night, at the studio, when your bandmate says,

“I’m hearing french horns for this song”

YOU LIGHT UP AND EXCLAIM

“It just so happens that I heard some french horns today at lunch.”

And then you re-work the song you have been recording for 5 months

and are left with a new, fresh, interesting and unexpected 3rd version of the song

albeit without drums.

But this is Maida Vale.

Just wait a week.

A little light amongst the studio shadows. And in between...

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:56:00 -0400

A little light amongst the studio shadows. And in between talking trash and romanticizing french horns. You’re with us even when you’re not.

Free Show

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:48:16 -0400

Hey everyone…

Eric will be playing a free show at Tallahassee RedEye coffee shop (1122 Thomasville Rd) on Saturday night with a very special guest.

New songs; great coffee; good times.

A Haiku From the Warehouse Show

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:35:30 -0400

It was a sweatbox;

And rock music poured out loud -

Westway, transcendent

Pics from the Warehouse, 28 Aug

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:20:00 -0400

Pics from the Warehouse, 28 Aug:

From our dear friend Sean Cook (seancookphotography.com)

For those who couldn’t be with us last week. If rock and roll is measured by the amount of sweat, there was a lot of rock and roll going on.

Sound-check is going… well?

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:53:09 -0400

Sound-check is going… well?

Hop in your car. Pick up a friend. Drive. And meet us at the...

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:08:34 -0400

Hop in your car. Pick up a friend. Drive. And meet us at the warehouse. We will play a show for you.

WIN 2 FREE TICKETS TO OUR 8/28 SHOW. DETAILS ON FACEBOOK:

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:51:00 -0400

WIN 2 FREE TICKETS TO OUR 8/28 SHOW. DETAILS ON FACEBOOK:

Facebook Event for our 8/28 show in Tallahassee

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:40:12 -0400

Facebook Event for our 8/28 show in Tallahassee

Update from the forest...

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:35:29 -0400

Thought I’d give you all an update as to what we’ve been up to. In a sense, it’s been a quiet few months since April: Birmingham, Gainesville, Warehouse, etc.

But just because it’s been quiet doesn’t mean that it hasn’t been productive…

We’ve been laughing a lot.

Exploring space.

Throwing off some creative shackles.

Revisiting old friends.

Not only that, but we’ve been graduating, preparing for weddings, building houses, shipping off our children to other states, shipping off our parents(?) to other states, and in general trying to stay as cool as possible.

These activities — along with the requisite existential meltdowns — have comprised our spring and early summer.

We’ve been using this time to do as much creating as possible given the state of our collective lives. We’re enjoying the process, going down trails that prove to be rabbit holes, following our noses into the deep, preternatural forest then retreating, glad for the bread crumbs we’ve dropped along the way.

New | old colors and tools are beginning to find their way onto our pallet. Names like Marvin and T-Bone, Motown and Jagger/Richards are being referenced. Words and phrases like, “Use the 57”; “Neve”; “Warmer” and “Spirit” are finding their way into our lexicon.

I daresay, we’re making the most exciting music of our lives.

Who knows what will emerge from this cocoon, but I think we’re learning about each other, and we’re becoming better friends, artists, and pilgrims. Right now our plan is to release some of this music in the near future, but we’re not putting deadlines on this process; it’s too precious for that.

We are planning some live shows in August and September, and we think that we’ll all enjoy getting to know each other again.

In the meantime, feel free to continue to spread the word, hook folks up to MySpace and Twitter.

We promise to let you know when the cocoon opens…

Sometimes you just need old stuff to make it sound right

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:11:35 -0400

Sometimes you just need old stuff to make it sound right

Sometimes you have to go backwards to go forwards

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:12:10 -0400

Sometimes you have to go backwards to go forwards

Back off me when I’m on the mic!

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:09:35 -0400

Back off me when I’m on the mic!

MIDI means working two keyboards at once

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:25:26 -0400

MIDI means working two keyboards at once

In the studio, inspiration can come from anywhere.

Wed, 20 May 2009 00:08:08 -0400

In the studio, inspiration can come from anywhere.

We learned that it’s never going to be easy…

Sat, 16 May 2009 22:59:06 -0400

We learned that it’s never going to be easy…