{"id":1384,"date":"2024-11-21T09:01:14","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T09:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/?p=1384"},"modified":"2024-11-21T10:02:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T10:02:33","slug":"time-travel-the-loft-and-sebadoh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/2024\/11\/21\/time-travel-the-loft-and-sebadoh\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Travel: The Loft and Sebadoh"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My friends The Loft have their first LP released soon as Pete stated on facebook
\nIt\u2019s been a long time coming, but, 38 years after we split , we have finally recorded our debut album! 10 new songs with a limited Flexi single with a cover of Sebadoh\u2019s Brand New Love.<\/p>\n

You can pre-order limited edition here: https:\/\/orcd.co\/the-lof<\/a><\/span>t<\/p>\n

Now the mention of Sebadoh triggered some time travel of my own.<\/p>\n

Back in 1993 I was in a ramshackle band and I and the other two members went to the gig when Sebadoh came to town. I vividly remembered it being at T&C 2 or the Garage on Holloway Road near Highbury tube it changed names a few times. I looked out my ticket and weirdly it stated it at ULU but I wasn’t wrong as the images below show.<\/p>\n

The image of change of venue ticket I found on web and Linus were friends of friends through a band called Cat’s Paw who almost had a single on Homestead ( Sebadoh’s US label) I designed sleeve for but it never came out if can find image will post below.<\/p>\n

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The gig was great I remember the drummer being very intense. Royal Trux I didn’t like too much junkie posing a la Keith Richards and found out later not a pose and surprised they both still alive.<\/p>\n

On a more positive note I remember Noddy Holder standing next to me in audience which made me laugh.<\/p>\n

How does this relate to The Loft playing a sebadoh song?<\/p>\n

Well back before The Loft imploded I went to the exact same location although then it was supposed to be an anarchist squat venture.<\/p>\n

The Loft and the PA guy set up and pretty soon we realised that not only was there no audience but the promoter had done a runner. I think there is an image of the event but not sure and I don’t remember more than two people watching as The Loft went through their set as a useful rehearsal.<\/p>\n

So there you go everything connects. Everything changes everything stays the same….<\/p>\n

I went and bought Sebadoh III still have it in shrinkwrap…going to play it later.<\/p>\n

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As for that cover not heard the flexi yet but here a version by Sebadoh from 1995<\/p>\n