VINTAGE Limrockers The Hitchers are “delighted to announce” that up and coming Limerick punk-rockers 50 Foot Woman will be their special guests at Dolans on Friday October 28. Tickets from www.dolans.ie
With little over a week to go to their Dolans Warehouse show marking the vinyl re-launch of their 1997 debut album It’s All Fun and Games Til Someone Loses an Eye The Hitchers have announced their intention to run another Fund:it campaign to similarly re-issue their second album For The Want Of Some Better TV as well as their lost BBC sessions on 12” vinyl.
For The Want of Some Better TV was released to widespread critical acclaim in 1999 and spawned the singles I Can’t Breathe In Outer Space and Liver. In some ways it was a considerable departure from their debut Fun and Games as it featured no guest musicians, few overdubs and was recorded in a fraction of the time as their debut by a band who’d been honing their skills on the live circuits of Ireland and Britain.
Drummer Niall told Limerick Post, “In one final bit of news for October 28 we intend re-installing our pop-up exhibition Pencil Drawn Punk at the gig itself.”
The Hitchers BBC sessions were long thought to be lost but were recently unearthed in pristine condition.
These include the bands John Peel Session recorded at BBC Maida Vale in July 1997 and their Lamacq Live In Concert Session recorded at Mandela Hall, Belfast a month earlier with both recordings capturing the band at the peak of their powers.
