The Long Drive Home

Here's yet another episode, and this time we have our second Mercury Music Prize nominee! It's Gordon Moakes off of that Bloc Party lot, you know the ones. He also plays/has played with with the rather excellent Young Legionnaire and The None too. I (Ben) got to nerd off about Bloc Party and his bass playing, before he went into some hilarious and harrowing tales of touring the globe, including a support run with Panic! at the Disco and playing the MTV Awards in Brazil. It's a fun one!Gordon's website - https://moakesy.com/Contact the show: [email protected] live shows, music and merch: https://alphamaleteaparty.bandcamp.com/

DEAR LISTENER, we are here for episode 14 with Joe Branton from Poly-Math and the Guitar Nerds podcast, who tells us just how many Northern towns he hates in startling detail. Join us for a conversation with a dear friend and touring compadre. Poly-Math music: https://www.poly-math.net/Contact the show: [email protected] live shows, music and merch: https://alphamaleteaparty.bandcamp.com/

Episode 13 is here, and features a chat with the creator of this very podcast's name, Ash Tubb off of Sugar Horse! He talks exploding amps, bribery, the perils of touring Europe post Brexit and...wardrobe malfunctions.Sugar Horse - https://sugarhorse.bandcamp.com/Contact the show: [email protected] live shows, music and merch: https://alphamaleteaparty.bandcamp.com/

Episode 12 of Series 2 is with the alt-pop genderqueer pioneer Paige Kennedy, who tells us about signing NDA's to play festivals, playing 3 gigs across 5 countries in 26 hours stuffed into the back of a Kia Ceed and contracting laryngitis on the day of the biggest gig of their life!Paige Kennedy - https://www.instagram.com/paigekennedymusic/Contact the show: [email protected] live shows, music and merch: https://alphamaleteaparty.bandcamp.com/

Here's episode 11 of series 2, and it's a real doozy as we speak with solo artist and hired gun Carol Hodge (The Wildhearts, Steve Ignorant). She talks of encounters with gangs, vomit, cabins in the woods and many more miserable tales of woe!Carol's shows and music: https://www.carolhodge.co.uk/Contact the show: [email protected] live shows, music and merch: https://alphamaleteaparty.bandcamp.com/

Episode 10 of Series 2 is here, and this time we talk to Maebe's benevolent dictator Michael Astley-Brown, who is also the editor in chief at GuitarWorld.com! He takes us through his formative years playing in (say it quietly) function bands, inter band arguments and popping the musical cherries of an entire (limited) audience!MAEBE's new album Brain Paint is out May 22nd on Ripcord Records, link here - https://maebe.bandcamp.com/Contact the show: [email protected] live shows, music and merch: https://alphamaleteaparty.bandcamp.com/

Episode nine is upon us, and this time we welcome Mike and Chris from the utterly brutal Party Cannon! They regale us with tales of hot sauce related injuries, grim European hotels and hearing the words "you inspired me not to do that...", amongst many, many others. Strap in!Party Cannon music: https://party-cannon.com/Contact the show: [email protected] live shows, music and merch: https://alphamaleteaparty.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to episode eight in this series of The Long Drive Home podcast with Alpha Male Tea Party. On this episode we speak to Stevie and Vinny from the cinematic post-rock wizards Overhead, the Albatross. They do not disappoint as they cover blown up equipment, complete power outages and self sabotage through the medium of many cans. Overhead, the Albatross music: https://overheadthealbatross.bandcamp.com/Contact the show: [email protected] live shows, music and merch: https://alphamaleteaparty.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to episode seven in this series of The Long Drive Home podcast. This episode features a wonderful chat with real favourites of ours, Field Music. They're such an interesting band and they've got some fascinating stories to tell, including opening for Maximo Park before anyone entered the venue and doomed Scandinavian tours where getting home was a genuine concern! Field Music website: https://field-music.co.uk/Contact the show: [email protected] live shows, music and merch: https://alphamaleteaparty.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to episode six of The Long Drive Home podcast, where this time we speak to electro punk juggernaut Straight Girl. This is a WILD ride as Remy talks openly and honestly about the perils of being a solo artist and how badly they've been treated on the road. TW: sexual assault.Straight Girl music: https://straightgirluk.bandcamp.com/Contact the show: [email protected] live shows, music and merch: https://alphamaleteaparty.bandcamp.com/