“A New International released a new double album of dramatic torch songs aching to be watched played and sung in an ancient velvet draped theatre to a haunted lost audience. Beautiful.” 2022 – The Writer Sums Up – Fighting Boredom (fighting-boredom.co.uk) Our thanks to Adrian Bloxham for his time and kind words. Band seeking audience, haunted, lost or otherwise, for… Read more →

“We must make for the audience a box of delights. Or at least fail entertainingly in the attempt” Full blog and ticket links for the first live shows of the year are here: https://linktr.ee/anewinternational Cumbernauld, Friday January 27th Edinburgh, Saturday January 28th Read more →

Dear Folks, Our whistle-stop tour of the Scottish central belt continues with a weekender double header. Live shows on – Friday January 27th – Lanternhouse Theatre, Cumbernauld (hey, that’s my hometown!) Saturday January 28th – the Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh. All welcome, bring yer pals. bx Tickets here – Cumbernauld – https://lanternhousearts.org/choose-seats/… Edinburgh – skiddle.com/e/36244725 Read more →

“From a gig of ridiculous energy, a quiet little mid-song capture of Biff Smith of A New International from their album launch gig at Room 2.” – Ryan McGoverne You can see more of Ryan’s work here – https://m.facebook.com/100063042258948/ Read more →

Thank you very much to everyone who came to the show last night. Thank you, David and all at Room 2 for having us. It was a lovely atmosphere and a pleasure to play our songs for you. The twins’ heads are now wet. Drookit actually. I feel like Lost and Later Songs is now properly out there. May it… Read more →

Doors at 7pm. We’ll be on stage around 8pm. See you doon the front ani x Read more →

For those who may appreciate some background detail, I offer below my workings. #20 Lost and Later Theme (5/3/19) A street musician duets with a synthesiser. Written on accordion, this early recording is more bum notes than tune but you can hear the melody gradually emerging – https://on.soundcloud.com/BrFXcIt was partly influenced by a barrel organ street musician I once heard… Read more →

For those who may appreciate some background detail, I offer below my workings. #19 The Night Will Take You Original demo dated 9/11/10 – https://tinyurl.com/222x8nva It’s the last song of the night folks. If you don’t ask that beautiful stranger to dance now, the moment will be gone forever.We impersonate that which we admire, try it on for size in… Read more →

For those who may appreciate some background detail, I offer below my workings. #18 Those First Impressions For Billy Mackenzie (photo copyright unknown) Read more →

For those who may appreciate some background detail, I offer below my workings. #17Freediving  1/3/12 (1906h) https://on.soundcloud.com/smeMD – 22/12/12 (0020h) https://on.soundcloud.com/EPgi6   Another late developer, more lost than later, “Freediving” took 10 years to record.   Mark and I occasionally get together to work on the guitar arrangements, an activity which has come to be known as “The Biscuit Sessions” (these would… Read more →