Beans On Toast - live in March 2013

BEANS ON TOAST

Live In March

Beans On Toast is back on the road in the UK this March and will be playing plenty of songs from fourth album 'Fishing For A Thank You'.

This is just a small stint of shows, but will be followed by a full UK headline tour in May before Beans takes to the fields fro another Summer packed with festival slots. Expect laughs, tears, and plenty of melodic banter.

Beans On Toast's  fourth studio album 'Fishing For A Thank You', came out to high acclaim at the end of last year, Beans has written a career defining record that, in his own amiable style, deals with such matters as protests, love, drugs, religion, Wetherspoons pubs and angry birds with his perfected, witty social commentary. Bolstered by an accordion and a backing brass section, this is Beans' most complete and mature sounding record.

MARCH
Mar 07 The Horn St Albans,
Mar 09 Threshold Festival Liverpool,
Mar 10 The Cookie Jar Leicester,
Mar 11 Kraak Gallery Manchester,
Mar 12 The Monarch London

2012 was a very busy year for Beans On Toast:
•    Supported Frank Turner at his sold out Wembley Arena show back in April.
•    Spent the summer packing out tents at a string of summer festivals, including Blissfields, Secret Garden Party, Kendall Calling, Bestival and more.
•    Headlined his own incredible show at London’s Scala in September which was recorded for a live album to be released next year.

“4/5 Sunday Times for Standing On A Chair
“His songs are spiky and rough at the edges but are blessed with spice-of-life meaning, winning spirit and warm humour” The Mirror

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Beans On Toast - New album - ‘Trying To Tell The Truth’

Keeping with tradition between artist and label Xtra Mile Recordings will be releasing the new album by Beans On Toast on his birthday Thursday 1st December 2011.

‘Trying To Tell The Truth’ – his third studio album - is a no holds barred account of the world as Beans on Toast sees it. Painting pictures of everyday things and events with sharp observations and witty one-liner’s the album offers words of wisdom that are delivered with a mischievous smile.

Wearing his heart and his beliefs on his sleeve Beans unashamedly writes of love, on the banjo-ed powered love letter ‘My New Number One’; of his childhood in Southend-on-Sea on the heart-warming ‘Peter Pan’s Playground’ (which has already been played on Radio 2); and provides beautifully articulate social commentary on ‘Free Night Of Riots’ and ‘Can’t Take Another Earthquake’. All backed by the stripped down arrangement of acoustic guitar, harmonica, banjo and piano. Recruiting friends Frank Turner for production duties and poet Kate Tempest for a spot of guest vocals adds to the home-spun down to earth feel of the album.

Fans will be able to hear these new tracks for the first time when he takes to the stage at the Xtra Mile ‘Rock Against The Riots’ gig at the Borderline in London on 19th October. A label night of fun and folk which is part of the F**k The Fire campaign.

He celebrates the album’s release with a launch party held at The Yard in Hackney Wick, a temporary theatre space, converted from a dormant warehouse in the shadow of the of the olympic village, and then takes to the road in his first headline tour since the Spring.
All dates are:

DECEMBER
1 Album Launch - The Yard - London
2 The Croft - Bristol
4 The Hope - Brighton
5 Moles - Bath

7 Gwdihw Cafe - Cardiff
10 The Swan - Kidderminster
12 Rescue Rooms - Nottingham
13 Royal Cellers - Leeds
14 The Basement - York
15 Hooga – Essex

“4/5 Sunday Times for Standing On A Chair
“His songs are spikey and rough at the edges but are blessed with spice-of-life meaning, winning spirit and warm humour” The Mirror

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Beans on Toast - 'Writing on the Wall'

Second album 'Writing On The Wall' to be released on Wednesday 1st December through Xtra Mile Recordings

Never one to pay attention to rules or tradition, Beans On Toast will release the follow-up to his two disc 50 track debut 'Standing On A Chair' on his birthday, 1st December, eschewing the industry standard of records being released every Monday. It's called 'Writing on the Wall' and it's 30 minutes of music to celebrate his 30th year on the planet.

This time his distinctive vocals and battered, half size acoustic guitar is joined by a full band, bringing new dimensions to his core oeuvre of direct, poignant, hilarious tales and observations. Rooted in the confessional and anecdotal, Jay's (Bean’s On Toast) direct, three-chord approach is this time bolstered by a full array of instruments. They complement the already colourful wordplay and bring a new dimension to the melody of his songs, making his honest yarns of drugs, love and friendship larger-than-life.

After a summer in the fields going between the countries major and minor festivals, he's just completed the very first Strummerville tour 'Westway Around The UK' with a headline tour promised for early next year. Beans On Toast's grimy, scaly voice – lined with razor wire and sandpaper – continues to croak apace in its rather comforting, miscreant Jackanory way. And long may it do so.

‘Writing On The Wall’ tracklisting:
1. artmoneyart
2. Oil
3. Foolish, Wild + Forgetful
4. Old Grunge
5. Bon Voyage
6. Methadrone
7. Left My Heart On The M25
8. New Can Of Tuna
9. Travel Back In Time Dance
10. A Real Life Country Song

To celebrate the release of ‘Writing on the Wall’ Beans on Toast will be holding a special Album Launch Party at The Nest in London on the 2nd December.

Album Launch Party @ The Nest
36 Stoke Newington Road
Dalston
London
N16 7XJ
8pm - 4am / £6

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Beans On Toast - 50 Track Debut Album

50 Track Debut Album On 30th November 2009 underground hero Beans On Toast will release his debut album ‘Standing On A Chair’ – a 50 track double album incorporating all his songs to date – through Xtra Mile Recordings.

The gravel-voiced singer/songwriter from Braintree has been busy penning songs on his child-sized guitar for the past couple of years. His Bragg-esque odes take in themes of sex (‘Junkfood Sex’), drugs (‘M.D.M.Amazing’), sex whilst on drugs (‘Eggs Benadict’) and wry social, political commentary that is both poignant and funny (‘Fuck The Smoking Ban’, ‘London At War’). Occasionally he has made them available online. Occasionally he has stood on a chair and sung them out in pubs and clubs up and down the country. Finally, now, he’s collected them all together and presented them in an old-skool double disc album.

Produced by Ben Lovett from Mumford & Sons and featuring an array of guest vocalists, ‘Standing On A Chair’ is the perfect antidote to the glossy, cheesy, manufactured Christmas dross that is currently clogging up the charts. An anti-Christmas, Christmas album best enjoyed post-pub with good friends, cheap booze and in high spirits.
He will be celebrating the release of the album with a free gig and launch party on Sunday 29th November at London’s coolest venue, The Flowerpot.

A charismatic figure on the music scene Beans On Toast is a regular feature at Glastonbury Festival – playing the last four years. He has also performed at Secret Garden Party, been a part of Billy Bragg’s Jail Guitar Doors (an organisation that provides instruments to anyone using music as part of prisoner rehabilitation) and is Musical Director at Strummerville – the inspirational foundation dedicated to nurturing new music. However, Beans On Toast doesn’t take himself too seriously, and neither should you. Having just played to around 16,000 people whilst supporting friend Frank Turner on his huge UK sold out tour, he will be heading out, with his guitar and wooden chair to play his own shows in January 2010. Further details to come.
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