The debut single from The Climbers, “The Good Ship”, is out digitally today. You can buy it on iTunes here.

The single features the titular track from the debut album, out a week today, as well as the exclusive B-side “Listening Boy”.

In February the Willkommen Collective embark on a special project. We’ve assembled a twenty piece band and called it The Willkommen Orchestra. We will be playing songs from the Shoreline, Sons of Noel and Adrian, The Miserable Rich and The Climbers repertoires all arranged especially for the occasion. It’ll be the first time any of The Climbers songs have been played live, ahead of the debut album release this Spring.

This is a one off project and we’ll be performing just twice:

Friday 19th February at Brighton Unitarian Church
Saturday 27th February at London Kings Place

The London show is part of the Arctic Circle’s The Bubbly Blue and Green - a four-day festival of eclectic ‘water music’ influenced by shipwrecks, rivers, waves and lighthouses.

Housed in the halls of Kings Place, the festival runs from the 24th to 27th February 2010 and features Philip Jeck, Janek Schaefer, Hauschka, Hildur Gudnadottir, ISAN, Samphire Band, The Sleeping Years, Iarla O’Lionaird, The London Snorkelling Team, Paper Cinema and The Willkommen Orchestra.

Tickets are on sale with very limited SAVER SEATS available online at £9.50 for all concerts. Prices (unless stated otherwise): £24.50, £19.50, £15.50 Premium seats available.

Tickets & more information available here.

The core Climbers: Christian Hardy, Tim West and Nick Hemming

We are incredibly proud to be releasing the debut album from The Climbers early next year. The album, The Good Ship, is a Willkommen studio project featuring members of The Leisure Society, Sons Of Noel & Adrian, The Miserable Rich, Shoreline, Christian Silva, Absentee and many more.

There is a free mp3 available here. Further details and release dates to follow.

Lovingly compiled and packaged, Willkommen Collective: Volume 1 is a broad cross section of the many faces of the Willkommen Collective. The fourteen tracks include exclusives from our more well known acts (The Leisure Society, Sons of Noel and Adrian etc.) as well as the wonderful selections from our lesser known bands, all in beautiful silkscreened card digipacks for a very low price. The CD is available in shops now as well as directly from us.