Dearest Internet

I guess you thought it was all over… New album ‘Brillant! Tragic!’ drops in your face, the Brut party the fuck out for a full, sold out week at The Lexington and, to top it all, a melt-your-face-off awesome AB comic fists its way through your letterbox. Now there you sit, naked from the shirt tails down, puffing on your fifth cigarette, half hoping / half dreading these guys don’t have it in them for one last go around the block. Well, Barnaby hates to be the bearer of bad news but you better crank up Radio 4, shut the windows and get ready for one last AB onslaught.

In anticipation of the release of new single ‘Clever Clever Jazz’ on August 15th, unspecified parties have been nice enough to put together a little video featuring exclusive footage from Art Brut’s infamous Black Francis sessions in Salem, OR., plus some personal pics from the past five years of tour destruction.

And what does Autumn bring? Our power gang are back on the road in the US, Europe and the much anticipated UK, climaxing in a final London date at The Islington Garage on November 4th. Check out dates over on the right or go over to the toff smart FB page for full listings.

Want some more? Message me your address and I’ll come round to finish the job.

Kindest regards

Barnaby Fudge

Dearest Internet

After weeks of speculation, the baby has finally crawled its way from birthplace to marketplace. I am delighted to confirm that Art Brut’s much chatted about comic, showcasing artwork from the likes of Jamie Mckelvie, Bryan Lee O’Malley, Hope Larson and Akira the Don, is now available through Townsend Records.

Thirteen of the Brut’s favourite comic book art masters were each given the task of illustrating a track off brand new masterwork ‘Brilliant! Tragic!’. After months of begging, bribing and unsavoury favours, I was permitted to see one of the very first physical formats. I can guarantee that the results are nothing short of mind blowing.

This is the very first time this comic extravaganza has ever been available to order so I would get in quick. Don’t look down as it may be gone. CLICK HERE INTERBASTARDS!!!

yours comically

Barnaby Fudge

Dearest Internet

The day is finally upon us. The reckoning. It appears that The Rapture was anticipated two days early as today has seen the release of Art Brut’s brand new album ‘Brilliant! Tragic!’. Get behind it. The severity of my beatings are inversely proportional to how many records they sell.

Yours fearfully

Barnaby Fudge

Dearest Internet

In glorious celebration of the imminent release of Art Brut’s ‘Brilliant! Tragic!’, a rag tag group of comic book magicians have come together for an exclusive project. Each one of the shining ten album tracks has been given to ten artists to interpret as they see fit. The result? Comic book masterwork. Plus, no comic would be complete without a letters’ page. Fancy submitting a question to me, your editor in chief, Barnaby Fudge? It can be a letter about anything Art Brut related. I will answer your every whim and desire. Get it in either through Chez Argos or direct to source at delightfullyfudge@gmail.com. You can find the complete list of artists here, including Bryan Lee O’Malley, Hope Larson, Jamie McKelvie and Jeffrey Lewis. Going to print soon, for all you geeks out there, this is a pretty exciting one.

Don’t forget to get your letters into me. Forcible or otherwise.

Your editorialy

Barnaby Fudge

Dearest Internet

Do you enjoy the dark? After the years of solitude sat in this damp cave, the lack of light has become like a second mother to me. The first few months of blindly mashing the keyboard was a test of will, but I soon learnt the feel and texture of the finger sticks which I now use to slowly construct my digital missives. Now I shift around down here in the blackness, using low murmurs and grunts as a primitive sonar. This ensures I stay more or less upright when hunting the various rodents and amphibians that also find themselves cursed to eternity in this pit.

I find my natural sight eroding; my eyelids have fused into one bulbous mass covering the now cloudy eyeball. A useless knot of flesh and sack. So, as a final insult form above, Art Brut had informed that their new song blast ‘Lost Weekend’, like a painted whore, needs dressing up in ‘visuals’ to appeal to the general public’s base idiocy.

So. Thank you Alex De Campi for this onslaught on the eyes.

Yours blindly

Barnaby Fudge