"Irritating as hell or absolutely brilliant"

So, finally someone has realised our true potential and wrote some rad things about us on their blog. They are actually quite kind and indicate that 'Man-Moth' may be perfect for the ringtone market place, as, like our froggy friend above, we satisfy both the irritating and utter brilliance needed to make it in ringtones at the same time. Just like all the songs on the Crazy Frog's first album, Crazy Hits, I'd have you know! This is what the folks over at Another Form of Relief had to say:

"Holy shit. This is either irritating as hell or absolutely brilliant. It’s loud, aggressive and incredibly shouty. The repeated cries of “man-moth” (god knows) is pushing it a bit, but there’s something in the majority of it that recalls something along the lines of The Young Knives before they went all dull. Whether or not that’s a good thing is obviously down to your own taste, but as someone who enjoyed that bands early stuff quite a bit, this is a nice little throwback. Far from perfect, but there’s certainly enough here that I’d be curious to hear some more."

Just in case you, like us, can't believe it, you can read the article in it's natural habitat here. Or, alternatively, you could go check out the rest of the blog here. It's up to you folks!

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Hold the front page

via Alex Perciville via Plenty of Ants

Thanks to those who came out to watch us last night with Lady Fortune at the Haygate. Much fun was had by all. Tonight I'm recovering from the week that has been by listening to a lot of XTC and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. May even watch a DVD. Watch out, I'm reckless!

Facts of Life

Thank you to everyone who came to watch us play in Aberystwyth on Monday, we all had a fantastic time and really enjoyed playing in the cramped setting of The Angel. Big cheers goes out to Bay Radio for putting us on, as well as doing a fantastic job with lighting, sound, and putting on an eclectic mix of bands. Also, must thank my sister Gill for putting me up for the night and dragging all of her friends along to watch. Nice one!

It's a bit short notice, but we have been asked to step in for Spindle & Wit tomorrow night at Lady Fortune's EP launch show at the Haygate. Of course, when asked by such lovely boys to support them at such an exciting event we couldn't refuse. It also happens to be their monthly indie night, dubbed 'Thursday Night Facts of Life', which we have been asked to play the last couple of months but have had to decline due to shows booked elsewhere, so it's great we are going to finally get to play and with Lady Fortune. Good times. As an added bonus they said some nice things about us on Facebook, like:

"Team Facts of Life are very pleased to announce that the brilliant Decadence in Berlin have offered to step in. What a gang! This local post-punk band are drawing lots of very positive buzz about the area and you're lucky to have 'em so come on down!"

How very kind, eh? So there's no excuses, it's £2 in and there are three bands (Lady Fortune, us, and new kids on the block Arcade Parade). And remember, it's the launch of the new Fortune EP, It Ends and It Starts in a Dark Room, which showcases long-awaited new material!

In other news we have also confirmed that we will be playing at Norbury Fields Forever this summer alongside a host of other awesome local acts as well as some from further, ahem, afield. Headline act has been confirmed as they noisy boys of Your Biggest Fanclub. It's gonna be full of win, but more on that in the future.

He awoke on a beach in Aberystwyth

Tonight we are plying our musical wares across the border in Wales, in Aberystwyth to be exact. We are on with a host of other acts in the Angel (near the castle ruins) at the top of the high street as part of a show put on by Bay Radio, which is the student station. As a matter of fact back in my uni days I used to do quite a bit for Bay, including design the current logo. Really looking forward to this, and if you're in Aber you should come down. It's a pound in and theres 5 or so bands so you can't really lose.

We will also be handing out some special commemorative pamphlets which I've thrown together which are quite exciting and fold out into a very diy poster. That's a poster that I made myself with bits of paper, not a poster about diy. Sorry for the confusion.

Kicks off tonight at around 7.30pm.

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Captured in a photograph

A very kind gent by the name of Adrian took some photos of us playing at Free Rock & Roll the other night. Take a look at them over on our facebook page here or, alternatively, visit his myspace page and look at some of his other shots whilst you're at it.

They call me Mello Mello

not our crowd, but it was a bit like this!

Had a really great time in Liverpool last night. I can honestly say out of everywhere we have played, Liverpool has been the best city to perform in. The crowd are always responsive and let you know what they thought. There were some familiar faces who had come down to watch which was nice too. Mello Mello is a small cafe/venue pretty much centre of the city and had a really good vibe. By looks of the menu and the range of drinks on offer the venue is proudly independent, serving organic food and drink, serving up homecooked vegetarian and vegan cuisine. Wish I had been able to get there a bit earlier to sample some of it.

We were on first, and went on stage just before 10pm. The place was pretty much packed which was fantastic and we played a very good set which we were all happy with. Everyone we spoke to seemed to be equally supportive, which was fab. One gent went as far as to describe our energy and sound as being like "XTC meets The Skids" which I rather liked... although I doubt it is an accurate description of us in reality!

I was very impressed by the bands we played with last night also, both of whom were Liverpool groups. It makes you realise how depressingly bland most of the music produced in the midlands is when you see these acts who are making interesting and fun music without worrying about falling into any percieved genre. After us was Lisa Locks & The Precious Boys (myspace), which featured Lisa of Bexy Sitch who I was reliably informed by one of the punters (who, coincidentaly, was at our last Liverpool gig) were an amazing group who have now split up into several high calibre groups. I was impressed by Lisa's distinctive guitar style, and musically was put in mind of both Altered Images and Sonic Youth with a hint of the Cocteau Twins for good measure, which I am sure you will agree is an unusual but arousing combination, and it certainly works.

Lovecraft (myspace), the headline act, were a 9 piece which meant the small stage was crammed to capacity. The Free Rock & Roll Pocket Philosophy pamphlet describes them as "Edwardian class English eccentric popsters stalked by the ghost of Vivian Stanshell." I think it's interesting that they mention Stanshall, as the group were eccentric in every sense. However, like Stanshall, there didn't seem to be anything forced about the group: they were just being themselves - and they were deliriously exciting. The had a rockabilly vibe, with a good shot of the macarbe, think Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster but a little more lighthearted - their frontman Craig reminded me a little of Art Brut's Eddie Argos. His general delivery and between song banter was amusing and engaging. All in all, it was a fantastic night of music, and the only downside was having the trek home afterwards and getting lost in Liverpool which seems to be a maze of redeveloped streets which sat-navs just don't know about.

Thanks goes out to Pete Bentham for inviting us to come down and play at Free Rock & Roll, it's a real honour that he gives us the opportunity to play to an interested crowd away from home turf. He has our continued support in all his future endevours and his ongoing mission to provide free rock and roll for all. If you want to find out more about it and Liverpool's great underground music scene check out myspace.com/freerockandroll

Free Rock and Roll

Denizens of Liverpool: Tonight the boys and girl of Decadence in Berlin will be performing a selection of electronically amplified tunes for your enjoyment at the Mello Mello in Liverpool as part of Free Rock & Roll #3, an exciting night of free live music put on by the super amazing Mr Pete Bentham and his Dinner Ladies. We will be playing with two other well-dressed groups who go by the names of Lovecraft and Lisa Locks. The fun kicks off sometime around 8pm, and remember - it's free so there is no excuse not to pop down if Liverpool is your locale.

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It's only a poster (and I like it)

After playing in this band for longer than any band I've played in before I can finally say we are going to be doing a show which actually has a decent poster to advertise it. So many promoters create crappy things that look like they've been knocked-out using word art. However, here we go, a pretty amazing poster for our show with La La Vasquez at Out of Step next month. Pretty flippin' cool, eh? It's been made by a guy called Christopher Wayne who is a graphic design student from London. Check out his work over on his blog, christopherwaynesandall.blogspot.com. I think it's rather special, and this one is my favourite: