SUMMER SPECIAL

NEWS

• 23/5/13

  As you probably have gathered, most of the images on this site have disappeared. The site should be back to it’s usual self very soon!

• 18/5/13

  The release date for Short & Curlies LP has now been moved to the 3rd June, a week later than originally planned. This is due to problems with the vinyl pressing plant. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

• 17/5/13

  

  You can listen to an interview I did with Georgia Ruth on her Radio Cymru show (in welsh) click HERE

• 13/5/13

  The debut album by Short & Curlies can now be pre-ordered just a little to your left and down a bit.

• 3/4/13

  
  Above: A bit of a test pressing

  The next National Elf release will be the album ‘At The Dance’ by Short & Curlies. Short & Curlies consists of myself, Stephen Black (Sweet Baboo), Laura J Martin, Robin Edwards (R.Seiliog) with Megan Childs and Huw Evans (H.Hawkline). The album will be available on vinyl and download and released sometime in May. Watch this space kids!

• 1/4/13

  
  

  The compilation Record Las is availbable to listen to and purchase HERE Ymarfer Corff (myself and Peter Richardson) contribute two tracks to the compilation, ‘Hi Yw’r Haul’ and ‘Mewn a Mas’.

• 12/3/13

  
  An example

  In the last few weeks I’ve been taking photos and posting them up on Instagram in the name of National Elf (someone’s got to do it). A selection of the worst/best have been added to the Audio/Visual section.

• 6/2/13

  A selection of doodles and photos I’ve been posting up on Twitter over the last few months have been added to the Audio/Visual section.

• 14/12/12

  A collection of 2012 gig posters has been added to the Audio/Visual section.

• 7/11/12

  An interview with the Liverpool music magazine Bido Lito

• 20/9/12

  Read a write up of the London gig at The Lexington: Here

• 12/9/12

  Read a nice Summer Special related article in The Belfast Telegraph HERE

• 11/9/12

  

  3 Summer Special Tour gig reviews: Salford : King’s Arms // Brighton : Sticky Mike’s // York : The Basement

• 25/8/12

  Summer Special reviewed by the BBC

• 21/8/12

  A Summer Special album biography penned by the journalist and author Ben Thompson can be read in the Audio/Visual section accompanied by promotional photos taken by Kirsten McTernan.

• 1/8/12

  An interesting Euros Childs related article

• 15/07/12

  

• 9/7/12

  

• 08/06/12

  

  A snippet of Beyond The Wizard Sleeve Door To Tomorrow featurin Euros Childs can be heard here: SNIPPET! The release is now sold out.

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• 12/04/12

  I’ll be a releasing a new single Spin That Girl Around on the 28th May. It’s a re-recording of the Ends album track. It’ll be backed by the previously unreleased Just a Dream and available to download from this site with the usual donate option.

• 24/03/12

  

  Cousins is available to purchase from Spillers Records in Cardiff, Awen Meirion in Bala (see above) and Tangled Parrot in Carmarthen.

• 09/03/12

  Cousins: 2 album reviews JENNPOPS & A Musical Priority

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• 02/03/12

  An Euros Childs interview with the Cardiff publication Minotaur Music Press

• 17/02/12

  If you’d like to listen to a live radio session I recorded for Marc Riley back in December you can HERE

• What is The National Elf Library?

  The National Elf Library is home of  The National Elf record label, which is a record label run by me (Euros Childs). 

  You can download all the music posted on the site for free or donate something if you so wish. Physical releases are also available to purchase from this site, although many releases are download only.

  The National Elf  roster so far includes myself and Croydon based poet Graham Thompson. New acts will be  signed to the label as time passes.

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  p.s DD stands for digital download.

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• JONNY ALBUM STILL OUT NOW!