During iLiKETRAiNS' session for BBC Raw Talent, they debuted a brand new song, A Father's Son. Dave explained that this performance was "the first time outside our rehearsal room" that they played the song. Fortunately, BBC's wonderful iPlayer makes it easy to find and rip these performances. The 128 kbps mp3's can be downloaded using the following links:

1) Intro
2) Sirens
3) A Father's Son
4) Interview
5) Sea of Regrets

In addition, I created this smoking album cover for the mp3's.

This week is a big one for iLiKETRAiNS. To start things off, iLiKETRAiNS are playing a new studio gig for BBC's Raw Talent tonight from 8-10 local time. On the message board, Simon promised that a new song would be played during this broadcast. I hope to record the broadcast and offer it for download here once it is archived on the BBC website. More details will follow in the coming days.

On Monday, Sea of Regrets is officially released, although many people have already received the single with the beautiful new b-side, The Spark. Additionally, Sea of Regrets will be used to soundtrack the season premier of CSI: Miami. Folks in the UK will not be able to see this broadcast. Check the message board as I will try to get a clip of iLiKETRAiNS' work up soon.

And if that wasn't enough, iLiKETRAiNS will be playing new shows on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. They begin their tour with a show in Liverpool, then off to Manchester, followed by a homecoming gig in Leeds and then Glasgow to cap off the week. More shows follow in the coming weeks. It's likely that new songs will be played during these gigs, so hopefully a few recordings will surface.

Enjoy all of the exciting iLT action this week!

Early this morning, iLiKETRAiNS went live with the Sea of Regrets preorder. The single will feature both Sea of Regrets and The Spark and is set to be released on 12 October 2009. According to an email sent by the band, the new direction and sound of the band promises to be lighter and future-oriented.

From the email:

"I Like Trains are no longer in mourning. Though they still remember the past, gone are the black threads which adorned their funeral waltz along with songs of tragedy, despair, insanity and loss. Whilst the Leeds quartet made their name charting history’s forgotten heroes and injustices, there is only so long you can look backwards before you have to start looking to the future."

Soon enough we will have our first taste of this new sound.

iLiKETRAiNS have announced the release of the Sea of Regrets single. It will be released in the UK on 12 October 2009. As of yet, there has been no announcement on when or where it can be preordered. Additionally, there has been no announcement of label or b-sides. Hopefully, this information will be released in the coming weeks.

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