‘Slow Pulse Boys’, the story of And Also The Trees

Description

‘Slow Pulse Boys’ is the story of the band And Also The Trees, formed at the end of the 70’s, in Worcesterhire, by the Jones brothers, Simon & Justin, and the Havas brothers, Nick & Graham. 45 years after their first gig in january 1980, the Trees are greener than ever. This film tries to understand the career of one of the most underrated bands in the UK from their teenage years, the early support of the Cure’s Robert Smith & Lol Tolhurst, their hopes and doubts, and their longevity throughout almost 5 decades, while they continue to produce beautiful albums and to tour all over Europe.

A story told by Simon Huw Jones, Justin Jones, Nick Havas, Steven Burrows, Paul Hill, Emer Brizzolora, Ian Jenkins, Grant Gordon & Colin Ozanne and close band crew members. Featuring interviews with: Lol Tolhurst (co-founder of The Cure), John Robb & Push (UK music journalists), Christophe Labussière & Christophe Basterra (French music journalists), William Faith (musician & producer), and many more…

A film directed and written by Sébastien Faits-Divers & Alexandre François.

NOTE : A few copies will be available at Gibert Musique Saint Michel (Paris) and on the And Also The Trees fall tour (25th october – 16 novembre)

DVD features :

• ‘Slow pulse Boys’ (2h36 min) (subtitles : EN /FR)
  
• BONUS : A live experience (1983-2024) :

‘There were no bounds’ (Night Moves, Glasgow, august 25 1983)

‘The headless clay woman’ (Opera Night, Paris, october 20 1986)

‘Maps in her wrists and arms’ / ‘Gone… like the swallows’ (La Dolce Vita, Lausanne, october 24 1986)

‘Vincent Craine’ (Bataclan, Paris, november 13 1989)

‘Prince Rupert’ (The Limelight, New York, February 26 1991)

‘Jacob fleet’ (L’Olympic, Nantes, April 11 1992)

‘Red Valentino’ (Markthalle, Hamburg, February 13 1994)

‘Sea Changes’ (Divan du monde, Paris, may 8 1996)

‘Talk without words’ (Batofar, Paris, november 18 2005)

‘Dialogue’ (Session, Dijon, april 16 2012)

‘Slow Pulse Boy’ (La Cave à musique, Macon, september 28 2013)

‘Lives in Lucy’ (Les Abattoirs, Cognac, november 23 2019)

‘Seven Skies’ (La Vapeur, Dijon, february 24 2023)

‘Visions of a stray’ (La Laiterie, Strasbourg, April 3 2024)

The DVD gives access to online material :

• the HD version of ‘Slow Pulse Boys’
• ‘An extended live experience : 1983-2024’ (3h30 of bonus – work in progress) :

1983 : Night Moves, Glasgow, Scotland : There were no bounds / The Secret sea / So this is silence

1986 : La Dolce Vita, Lausanne, Switzerland : Gone… like the swallows / Maps in her wrists and arms.

1986 : Opera Night, Paris, France : The headless clay woman / Wallpaper Dying

1987 : Rex club, Paris, France : Impulse of man

1989 : Le Bataclan, Paris, France : A room lives in lucy / Macbeth’s head / Vincent Craine

1989 : Marquee Club , London, UK : There was a man of double deed

1991 : Saint Andrew’s hall, Detroit, USA : Belief of the rose / Scarlet Arch

1991 : The Limelight, New York, USA : Prince Rupert

1992 : L’Olympic, Nantes, France : The Pear Tree / Jacob Fleet

1994 : Markhtalle, Hamburg, Germany : Sickness divine / Red Valentino

1996 : Le Divan Du Monde, Paris, France : Sea Changes / Missing / 6th Floor Elevator Blues

1998 : La Locomotive, Paris, France : Rose-Marie’s leaving / ill omen.

2004 : Germany : Slow Pulse Boy

2005 : Le Batofar, Paris, France : Talk without words

2012 : La Vapeur, Dijon, France : Angel devil man & Beast

2016 : Le Café de la Danse, Paris, France :

2019 : Les Abattoirs, Cognac, France : Gone… like the swallows / A room lives in lucy

2021 : Nox Orae Festival, Vevey, Switzerland : My Face is here in the wild fire / Vincent Craine / Domed / Hawkswoor & the Savage

2021 : La Maroquinerie, Paris, France : Wallpaper Dying / Virus Meadow / Brother Fear

2022 : Le Botanique, Bruxelles, Belgium : Mermen of the lea

2022 : Caves du Manoir, Martigny, Switzerland : Scarlet Arch

2022 : Cave12, Geneva, Switzerland : Dialogue / Shantell

2022 : The Lexington, London, UK : Whisky Bride

2023 : La Vapeur, Dijon, France : Seven Skies / A room lives in Lucy / Slow Pulse Boy

2023 : RCA Club, Lisbon, Portugal : Bridges / The Legend of Mucklow

2024 : La Laiterie Club, Strasbourg, France : Mother-Of-Pearl-Moon / Visions of a Stray / A room lives in Lucy

And more…