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2008

The year begins quietly with Amity and Mark stateside for January and Pete and Rowan (occasional Bride accordian guest star) becoming parents in February. However, a semi-acoustic show in Whitechapel (minus Pete on paternity leave) in mid-February, with Southern Tenant Folk Union, provides an ideal way to get back into the saddle for the new year.

The full line-up are back together by the beginning of March, for a whirlwind trip out west, incorporating two memorable shows at The Wild Hare Club in Hereford and headlining the Hot Burrito club's first birthday bash at Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff.

With the semi-acoustic mini-album 'Greetings From Abney Park, N16' mixed, mastered and on sale exclusively from Good Friday at shows and Hackney Gazelle events, Morning Bride launch the new recording at Walthamstow Folk Club, north-east London, mid-March. Their first fully-electric show in London so far this year, and another over-attended success in a hidden enclave of musical activity. Despite being an unofficial release, rave reviews of the mini-album crop up in several places, including Plan B magazine.

Spring
Much of April is spent rehearsing and fine-tuning new material for upcoming shows, the first of which - another Hackney Gazelle 'international exchange' special - sees the band return to The Lion in Stoke Newington, north London for an early May show with Sean Riley & the Slow Riders, Portugese purveyors of dark blues / americana. Filled beyond capacity, the band unveil several new songs and kick-start a busy late spring / summer schedule. The show receives a rave review in The Independent, labelling the performance 'astonishing'.

May continues with two recording sessions in Ealing, west London, with Morning Bride working through the night of the 15th, followed by the band's first open-air show of the year at The Butterfield Green Fair on Sunday 18th; the second recording session is completed on the 25th, with much of the work completed for a new single in the near future.

Summer
June sees Morning Bride playing five shows, at home and abroad. A headline slot at Barden's Boudoir on the 5th is followed by the band's appearance at this year's Stokefest on the 8th, playing to a home crowd in warm sunshine. Back to Barden's in Dalston on the 19th, for a 'Tripping In The Country' clubnight performance, before flying to Denmark at the end of the month for two shows with Homesick Hank, Denmark's americana legends; the first in Copenhagen, the second at the Kildemose Festival on the beautiful island Fyn.

The band play their fourth outdoor festival in July, this time heading west for the 2000 Trees Festival in Gloucestershire, playing to an overflowing Leaf Lounge and taking the stage by storm. A busy summer continues with two consecutive and equally memorable shows, back in their home home neighbourhood, in mid-August. The N16 Fringe Festival sees Morning Bride playing a fully-electric show in the beautiful 12th century St. Mary's Old Church on the 15th, followed by a semi-acoustic performance in the cathedral-like St. Mary's New Church on the 16th, in support of folk legend Martin Carthy.