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2009

January - August

The new year begins with the band's music soundtracking two nature documentaries and a headline show at the Cross Kings, KX on Friday 13th February.

A less intensive schedule throughout much of the year sees the band playing and recording more selectively. Long-time comrades and swedish pop heroes Penny Century end their UK tour as special guests of the Bride, on 19th April at the Three Crowns in Stoke Newington.

Another memorable headline show at one of the bands favourite venues - St. Mary's Old Church, Hackney - follows on 14th May. Several low-key, semi-acoustic shows are played during the late spring and summer, usually involving Mark and Amity and other menmbers when available.

Recording in Walthamstow completes the two songs which were initially begun in West London last year, followed by mixing sessions in the mid-summer; the songs are released exclusively online in the late autumn.

The Bride bid a fond and warm farewell to their long-serving and wonderful cellist Alexa, appropriately on the 4th of July at a specially arranged show in Cambridge. Alexa returns to her native Washington DC soon after this last emotional show with the band.

For the annual N16 music festival in mid-August, the band are once again invited to play in the cavernous St. Mary's New Church, as guests of Martin and Eliza Carthy. A stripped-down, semi-acoustic show to a sold-out congregation proves to be one of their finest ever.

September - December

After the band reconvene post-travelling / post-summertime, the autumn represents the beginning of an exciting new phase in the Bride's cycle. The addition of their exceptional new violinist Christine signifies a welcome corner turned, and after just an hour's acoustic house rehearsal on 23rd October, Christine debuts with the band - the following night......

Celebrating the fifth birthday of long-term Bride supporters Beaucatcher, the band perform a low-fi, semi-acoustic set (again minus Jim) at The Others, Stoke Newington, with their new member slotting in perfectly.