Toyah gives a sneak peek at the first ever vinyl release of the Toyah & The Humans album Strange Tales. Pressed on translucent red vinyl, the album was released yesterday. Click below to watch. (Screenshots from a video that is © Toyah Willcox)
The 2014 edition of The Acoustic Album and last year’s third album by The Humans, Strange Tales, are both now available to order/buy online on CD. Further info at toyahwillcox.com. Click below to go directly to the Burning Shed store.
It’s April – Almost time for The Humans Live!
Six live UK dates, the Telling Strange Tales tour, for The Humans. Taking place between the 11th and 19th April.
11 APRIL: UCKFIELD | TRADING BOUNDARIES
14 APRIL: GLOUCESTER | GUILDHALL
16 APRIL: SOUTHAMPTON | THE TALKING HEADS
17 APRIL: SWANSEA | THE GARAGE (WHITEZ)
18 APRIL: LONDON | 100 CLUB
19 APRIL: CHATHAM | BRITANNIA THEATRE
In 2015, The Humans will not only begin work recording their fourth album but embark on a UK tour of five confirmed dates. Telling Strange Tales will kick off on 11 April 2015 at Trading Boundaries, Uckfield and close at The Britannia Theatre, Chatham on 19 April.
• View more details on the tour and links to book tickets here. View the news announcement on the tour here. (A CD of the Strange Tales album will be available exclusively at the gigs).
Get your hands on Strange Tales on CD at the Telling Strange Tales UK tour.
As previously mentioned late last year, a physical CD version of The Humans’ third Album Strange Tales will be on sale at the forthcoming Telling Strange Tales UK Tour next month. The CD is currently in production.
Tracklist: 1. Slow Descent, 2. She’s Fast, 3. Get In Your Car, 4. Amnesia, 5. Bedhead, 6. Improbable Thing, 7. Sleep Tight
Recorded in Seattle, seven tracks make up the third album created by the transatlantic band comprising Toyah Willcox, Chris Wong and Bill Rieflin. Rieflin once again helmed production of the album. As previously stated, this third instalment in the musical adventures of The Humans adds more instrumentation into the mix with saxophone and violin featuring for the first time.
• View more info on this at toyahwillcox.com.
A previously unreleased live track has been made available by toyahwillcox.com.
Get In Your Car [Live at Triple Door Club, Seattle] by The Humans is now playing on Toyah’s Official Gigs page. A great taster for the forthcoming UK live dates by The Humans.
Toyah & The Humans kick off a special six-date tour Telling Strange Tales on 11th April.
• See the dates, buy tickets & hear the exclusive unreleased live track at toyahwillcox.com. Browse Dreamscape’s Strange Tales and Telling Strange Tales UK Tour news feeds.
Toyah Willcox and The Humans Hit The Road on 2015 UK Tour
Toyah Willcox & The Humans is a transatlantic contemporary three piece rock band, which comprises Toyah Willcox, Bill Rieflin of REM fame and Chris Wong. They are embarking upon a UK tour of six intimate concert dates to promote their album, Strange Tales.
The band is the brainchild of renowned singer, actress and household name Toyah Wilcox and brings together three lifetimes of musical experience, experimentation and craftsmanship. She needs very little introduction having been a household name since the early 80s.
… They will be aided and abetted in these live concerts by returning guest Igor Abuladze and for this tour by Tim Rose. Alongside Wong, Tim Rose has played in Toyah’s live touring band since 2005. The tour will see the first UK live performances of material from 2014’s Strange Tales album which was met with much praise from fans old and new. Get In Your Car and Amnesia have already become firm favourites.
• Continue reading at UK Music Reviews.
Toyah Willcox has announced details of two rare club show with her band, The Humans.
The new wave star, with R.E.M drummer Bill Rieflin and Chris Wong, will head to London’s 100 Club on April 18, before a show at Chatham Dockyard’s Britannia Theatre the following day. Tickets are on sale now, priced at £22.00 in London and £16.50 in Chatham, plus fees.
Having formed in 2007, the trio released their most recent album, ‘Strange Tales’, in spring last year.
Toyah And The Humans Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows:
Sat April 18 2015 – LONDON 100 Club
Sun April 19 2015 – CHATHAM The Britannia Theatre
• Continue reading at Stereoboard.com. View the complete Telling Strange Tales UK Tour schedule by clicking below.
Exciting!! – The Humans’ acclaimed third album, Strange Tales, which was released digitally in April will be available on CD in 2015 on the Telling Strange Tales UK Tour. Great news for those who, like me, still prefer to have their music piled on a shelf (old fashioned or what?).
Toyah and The Humans tell Strange Tales
Two live UK dates for The Humans, in April of 2015, were confirmed yesterday by toyahwillcox.com. Tickets for both dates will go on sale soon.
They will play at The Talking Heads, Southampton (Thursday 16th April) and The Garage Music Venue, Swansea (Friday 17th April).
• More gig news soon at toyahwillcox.com. Browse all of Dreamscape’s recent news on The Humans here. Keep an eye on The Humans Official and Sugar Rush: The Humans Fansite to stay updated on the band.
• Strange Charts: The Humans’ third album, Strange Tales, placed well in various charts upon its release almost a fortnight ago. It charted in the Top 30 of Amazon’s Rock Chart and also entered iTunes Rock chart at No. 65 on just one day of sales.
• Strange Booklet: A digital booklet to accompany Strange Tales was made available at toyahwillcox.com. Usually these are only included with albums bought via iTunes – Get yours here…
• Strange Photos: The digital booklet includes exclusive photos (from the recording sessions for the album), lyrics to all seven songs and production credits.
• Strange Tell Tales: Six tracks (aside from the previously previewed Get In Your Car) were exclusively previewed across a number of websites including Sugar Rush: The Humans Fan Site, This Is Not Retro, Dreamscape, Discipline Global Mobile and toyahwillcox.com. You can listen to a playlist of those preview tracks here…
• Strange Links: Stay updated on all things Humans by visiting The Humans Official and Sugar Rush. (News Source for most of the above info: Breaking Through: The Official Toyah Newsletter)
The Humans’ third album Strange Tales has been becoming available worldwide as each timezone hits Midnight and the world enters March 2014.
Here in the UK it has just been released and is now available to buy at Amazon UK and iTunes. You can also get it at Amazon US and no doubt many other digital music stores very soon.
The much anticipated album has been previewed over the last week via a series of Tell Tales at a selection of Toyah/Humans-related websites.
View further information on the album and listen to previews of all seven songs here. There’s a new page for the album at Toyah’s Official Discography. There’s also a great page celebrating the release of ‘Strange Tales’ at The Humans fansite Sugar Rush.
Tracklist: 1. Slow Descent, 2. She’s Fast, 3. Get In Your Car, 4. Amnesia, 5. Bedhead, 6. Improbable Thing, 7. Sleep Tight
Recorded in Seattle, seven tracks make up the third album created by the transatlantic band comprising Toyah Willcox, Chris Wong and Bill Rieflin. Rieflin once again helmed production of the album. As previously stated, this third instalment in the musical adventures of The Humans adds more instrumentation into the mix with saxophone and violin featuring for the first time.
It’s the final “Tell Tale” today. The album will be available at Midnight tonight, in whichever timezone you are in: The final tell tale previews the album opening track Slow Descent at the album entry for Strange Tales at the Toyah Official Discography.
• Previews of each song are now available at The Humans’ Soundcloud. Visit/listen/follow.
Discipline Global Mobile is exclusively telling tale #6…. Click below to hear Sleep Tight.
It’s Tell Tale #5 and Dreamscape has the privilege of bringing you the preview of the beautiful ‘Amnesia’ from the forthcoming album Strange Tales by The Humans. This album is sounding sooo good! Roll on 1st March! (Thanks to Craig, toyahwillcox.com and The Humans)
She stays / She goes / She sways / She glows / She hums / She ahhs / She strums / She begs / She screams / She acts like a dream – This Is Not Retro are telling tale #4…
TOYAH ANNOUNCES NEW THE HUMANS ALBUM ‘STRANGE TALES’ + EXCLUSIVE AUDIO PREVIEW
TOYAH has announced that her collaborative project THE HUMANS will digitally release a new album on March 1st. ‘Strange Tales’ is the band’s third album… We are very proud to be able to bring you an exclusive audio preview from the album.
• Continue reading at This Is Not Retro.
The title, cover art, tracklist and release date for The Humans’ third album was revealed last night.
Strange Tales, featuring seven new songs, will be released digitally, worldwide, on Saturday 1st March 2014. The highly anticipated album was recorded in Seattle and is produced by Bill Rieflin. The tracklist is:
1. Slow Descent, 2. She’s Fast, 3. Get In Your Car, 4. Amnesia, 5. Bedhead, 6. Improbable Thing, 7. Sleep Tight
A selection of “Tell Tale” previews of songs from the album are being made available via Toyah related websites and social media. The first, the full version of Get In Your Car, was uploaded to Soundcloud last week, and the second, a preview of Improbable Thing, was released last night. The third “Tell Tale”, a preview of Bedhead is also now at Soundcloud , after premiering at The Humans’ Sugar Rush fansite.
The Humans are also playing live dates in Seattle in April, with further concerts expected to be announced.
• View further details on this release here. Stay updated on all things Humans by visiting thehumanofficial.com for news, gig details, videos, gallery, audio and biography information. Visit soundcloud.com/thehumansofficial for track previews. (News Source: Breaking Through: The Official Toyah Newsletter – Sign up here)
Sugar Rush: The Humans fansite is telling tale #3 today. Visit to hear an exclusive audio preview clip from the forthcoming new album by The Humans.
