Hurrah, we’ve finally confirmed a third band called Arctic Circle for the Autumn Store Christmas Party, after several “I’m sorry buts” from My Sad Captains, Elle S’Appelle and Betika (they all had good reasons though and we’ll hopefully get some of them up here at an Autumn Store soon).

Though that fact that we asked these bands first is not to take anything at all away from Arctic Circle who we’re absolutely delighted to be putting on in Birmingham. They should sound excellent on the same line up as Pocketbooks.

This time last week, I’d not even heard of them – but got talking about my Bristol trip last weekend with Ian from How Does it Feel to be Loved at the Butcher Boy gig last Friday, who mentioned that Arctic Circle were a good band from Bristol. As their CD was on sale at Here, well, it didn’t make sense to not buy it. After listening to the first few tracks, a myspace message was winging its way over to Bristol.

Part of me (all of me) thinks that this is how bands should be booked, in a flourish of being excited by the music and impulsively asking them if they want a gig, sod all this “please fill out a form/send a demo, thank you for taking an interest in our night” formalisation of the music process which goes on, thank you.

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