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"6 February 2005
New song for download
Dan Treacy has sent in an mp3 of 'I Hope He's Everything You Wanted Me To Be', one of the newly-recorded TVP songs, to make it available for download on the site. Happy to oblige!"

http://www.btinternet.com/~birdpoo/mp3/ihopeheseverythingyouwantedmetobe.mp3

I quite like it. According to someone on another messageboard, "That crap sounds like Keane on heroin." What do you think?

― monia.l (monia.l), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 14:20 (twenty years ago)

How can it sound like Keane.. it's full of guitars..

I really like it... I only think Dan should get some proper production again, as the recording quality always lets down his songs..

― Jack Battery-Pack (Jack Battery-Pack), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 14:39 (twenty years ago)

that's awesome. time hasn't moved on at all in the Treacy household/houseboat/cell. it's tuneful and sounds vulnerable, and just a little bit shambolic, just like in the good ol' days. i suspect that better production would be a knife in the heart of the song.

this has brightened up an otherwise terrible day - thank you!

― fsharp (fsharp), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 15:57 (twenty years ago)

It's a good one! It cheered me up too. Regarding the production, "I Was A Mod Before You Were A Mod" (the most recent one I've got) was about 60% as good as it could've been because of the extreme lo-fi sound - this actually sounds like an improvement. The similarity to the pre-"Up For It" Pastels is pretty striking, however. Can sounding too much like your imitators blight a sparkling return to form?

― everything, Wednesday, 16 February 2005 19:26 (twenty years ago)

they (or Dan?) will be hitting the road soon from what i've heard.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 19:30 (twenty years ago)

playing scotland in april - can't wait!

― stirmonster, Wednesday, 16 February 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

I look forward to it. They were always a great band to see live.

― everything, Wednesday, 16 February 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

I saw them in London a couple of months ago. It felt like another night in the legend of the TVPs. I saw them in about 1992 and it was a bit sad, but this felt almost celebratory. Welcome back Dan.

― holojames (holojames), Friday, 18 February 2005 23:07 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

From http://www.televisionpersonalities.co.uk/news.htm

25 February 2005
Another new song for download
Dan Treacy has kindly provided an mp3 of another new song to be made available on this site. 'My Dark Places' is the title, and it's rather good.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 11 April 2005 13:40 (twenty years ago)

Well I like it.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 21:27 (twenty years ago)

five months pass...

Well I killed it so I may as well revive it...

'...and they all lived happily ever after' - a new TVP odds'n'sods album available here : http://www.damagedgoods.co.uk/televisionpersonalities/index.html
(includes a cover of Abba's 'The Visitors')

New studio album in January 06 on Domino Records.

London gig in Kilburn next month:
Television Personalities will play at the Luminaire, 311 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7JR on Tuesday 11th October. Doors open at 8pm. Support comes from the Pipettes and the Red Kites. Tickets are £6 in advance, or £8 if available on the door.
Advance tickets: http://www.wegottickets.com

I know where Syd Barrett lives.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 22 September 2005 15:14 (twenty years ago)

Is "...And They All Lived Happily Ever After" worth the import price?

― alex in montreal (alex in montreal), Thursday, 22 September 2005 15:45 (twenty years ago)

I don't know yet, I'm waiting until pay day to order it myself.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 22 September 2005 15:47 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

New TVP album 'My Dark Places' on 27th February - http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-12/14.shtml

I still haven't got round to getting that '...and they all lived happily ever after' album.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

oh god please tour

― alex in montreal (alex in montreal), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 20:19 (nineteen years ago)

I think I'll always have love for the TVPs. Someone recently linked to an online Swedish tv show which was about Dan. Quite sad, he seems kinda 'damaged'. It opens with him going "I don't give a fuck about music, I couldn't care less about it, I hate music."

― Affectian (Affectian), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 21:10 (nineteen years ago)

two months pass...

all the young children on crack could well be one of the most pathetic and wretched songs i've ever heard in my life

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Sunday, 26 February 2006 01:34 (nineteen years ago)

same as always? i know i'm supposed to love them but the tvps never appealed to me.

― keyth (keyth), Sunday, 26 February 2006 02:38 (nineteen years ago)

no, this one is.. oh god words can't describe how stupid and pointless it is.

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Sunday, 26 February 2006 04:39 (nineteen years ago)

Saw them play it live in Edinburgh last year: It was pathetic and wretched, but I thought that WAS the point.

― soukesian, Sunday, 26 February 2006 13:15 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

The new album starts off promisingly with "Special Chair" but yeah, "All The Young Children On Crack" sinks it almost immediately, with the subsequent tracks doing little to redeem it.

BUT, I'm listening on and it's pretty nice; just get past the initial weak tracks that seem to be frontloaded on My Dark Places.

― alex in montreal (alex in montreal), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 12:58 (nineteen years ago)

The chick from Reckless Records (not the Soul and Dance one) seems to be in the band.

― Mestema (davidcorp), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 15:43 (nineteen years ago)

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