~The Stumps~ are playing live at Happy on Friday night, May 28.

We're supporting Pumice on his nationwide tour to launch his new CD, Raft. Also appearing will be The Mysterious Tapeman, New Zealand, and Mongol Horde.

~The Stumps~ feature James Kirk on drums and ionosphere-guitar, Antony Milton on guitar and ethnomusicological field-recordings, and moi, Stephen, on bass and vintage synthesizer.

Here's what some people said about ~The Stumps~ earlier:

1] like a miniture Fushitsusha. Kinda pocket-sized, might and swagger. -- Campbell Kneale, Birchville Cat Motel and Celebrate/Psi/Phenomenon czar.
2] what great gtr-ing, yes. i saw them live the other night & they were way more tense & noise rock than on their cd, i can hardly believe this is the same band, on the cd they are so relaxed & groovy. -- clayton no-one, CJA/Armpit and Root Don Lonie rajah.
3] shambling blissed out huge spacey rock swell and sprawl - deep space exploration . -- Antony Milton, PseudoArcana potentate.
4] three new zealanders indulge in some echoing/dark rock improv. reminds me of the more krautrock inspired Savage Republic, & there's a bit of moody drone-y stuff, a Tago Mago type-thing, space synths & more abstracts swirls. great roadtrip music. -- Glenn Donaldson, Jewelled Antler Collective and Pink Skulls label plutocrat.
5] ..."sounds bit like that Japanese band Acid Mothers Temple" -- Mark Williams, local rock legend and musical archivist.

Will you please come along?

Love from ~The Stumps~