✨✨NEW 2026 TOUR AND SINGLE✨✨
This album has so much to give. So much heart. So many songs that we really believe in. Seeing how much our audiences this year have believed in these new songs has inspired us to keep the NEVER ENDING SUNSET rolling....
2026 here we come! As ever, you know the drill, tag a mate you wanna go to a show with, share the news and if you're a Spotify user...
FATHER OF MINE - is out TODAY....
A special song for so many reasons. More news to come...
James and Joe
#uktour #bandlifetour #britishband #bristishbands #ᴍᴜsɪᴄʟᴏᴠᴇʀ
It's shows like this that make all the graft that goes on behind the scenes worth it!
If you're new here. hey! 👋 Give us a wave in the comments!
We've been playing in bands since we were 13 chasing the illusive rock n roll dream. And it's happening. Over the last seven years we have built a beautiful fan base, played with some incredible bands and artists and toured the UK and the EU. We are grateful 🙏
We are Joe and James, childhood friends who met at playgroup in the sandpit. We have real jobs to support ourselves while we do this music thing. James is a primary school teacher currently teaching Year Two 3 days a week whilst Joe is a roofer, out and about, keeping Bristol homes in ship shop shape.
We are just about to release our second album - NEVER ENDING SUNSET — a bold, heart-on-sleeve fusion of alt-Americana, blues rock, and neo-psychedelia. Raw, anthemic, and unapologetically honest, the Bristol-based duo deliver a sound that feels both retro and cinematic, with towering choruses, thunderous riffs, and harmonies built on decades of friendship.
@thelongroadfest was a real treat after driving thousands of miles to Holland and back the day before.
Thank you @shotbysass for capturing this magical crescendo with @jayshawdrummings
& @robbiemooremusic
We are on tour next month.
Joe and James
#bandlife
#bluesrockguitar #bluesrockmusic #livemusicrocks #rockandroll #foofighters #qotsa
@fvfestival what a fucking treat that was! The festival that we started in our back garden in 2006 and we got to headline it in 2024! Thank you everyone who made it happen and it was a joy to play with @jacksonwormmusic@holly_cartermusic@steviekeys72@gregwht and make the big time country band come to fruition! FVF 2025? #fieldview #bigtimecountryband #bandlife #music #livemusic
❤️ A week today these two love birds will be married in Spain! ❤️
Here are Marta and Joe enjoying the Joe Bonamassa cruise a few years back....
Join me in congratulating them and wishing them all the best for a beautiful life together. Our first True Stray wedding and Marta has been part of the TS family for a long long time by writing songs with Joey and designing all our artwork and tshirt designs. ❤️
Joe and Marta, you've had a big year, buying your first home together and now getting married. Can't wait to celebrate you next weekend.
James
#wedding #happycouple #marriage #truestrays #bandlife
For every song on the new record, Joe created a symbol.
Hear this song accompanying this reel? This is Joe getting it tattooed on his arm.
A song about growing up in the sheltered world the country and moving to the big bad city.
@demimarriner on bvs. Thank you! @jdtattoos 🙏
James and Joe
#sinner #sinners #tattoos #bandlife #ldtattoos
We survived Joseph James' stag doo. That's right, he's getting married very soon. So proud of the man he's become and it's gonna be such an honour to be his best man very soon.
We went fishing and we went surfing. Bad ass.
Love you Joey.
James
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#stag #wedding #bandlife #stagdoo
Which photo is your favourite?
Thank you to all the wonderful photographers at @thetuesdaynightmusicclub for supporting the scene.
Joe and James
#bandphotography #livemusic #photography #bandlife #livemusicphotography
📷 @tony.cole.792 Ken Jackson and Gordon White
Mother and son time ✨
In the past I used to forebode my joy, find faults or ways things weren't the way I wanted them to be. It was a protective shield to stop me feeling. As a man, I want to feel all of life. The highs and the lows. I am no longer ashamed of my feelings or how much I care.
After break ups, therapy, grief, a tonne of men's work, new love and a little patience now I am here in the blue bells with my mother. The woman who birthed me. Created me. Nurtured me. Fed me and cares a damn deal about me. What a blessing and I didn't miss this moment. Thank you life for humbling me. Thank you for all that I have.
James
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#bluebells #britishwoodland #joy #mother #healingjourney
I just wanna take a minute to celebrate my wonderful partner in crime @dmarrinermusic Demi Marriner who is in the USA right now kicking ass with the Elles Bailey band.
Today she's playing on the same bill as some of Americana's biggest names and I am super proud of you for following your heart, sharing the joy of song and making everything you touch sound incredible. You're a wonderful person and musician.
James
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#demimarriner #celebrate #love #kickingass
Lee met us when we supported @mrcamcole a few years back and he has been quietly encouraging us to come and get a tattoo since that day.
Give him a follow at @ldtattoos
So if you're ever near Newbury go grab a tattoo with this gentlemen. He runs the studio with his wife Dani.
We had a beautiful afternoon chewing the cud with Lee while he inked us some symbols from our latest album. It was a pretty rock n roll day. Park the electric van and get it charging and then grab a few tattoos.
Lee thank you for your support over the years, coming to gigs, displaying our artwork in your tattoo studio and for sharing your skills with our skin. You are a legend and if you need a tattoo in the Newbury region than Lee and Dani are your people. Check out LD Tattoos!
James and Joe
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#tattoos #newbury #ldtattoos #bandlife #albumart
The Never Ending Sunset Tour has ended and we have been blown away by how many people came out to see us night after night.
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To every venue, every ticket buyer, sound engineer and event staff, thank you. Without you, a band like us, couldn't get out and about and play and find a wider audience. It really is an honour to play our songs, crafted at home, in our studio, to you all and see the songs connecting and gaining new life.
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A big thank you to Jamie Shaw for joining us on this tour. A great man, drummer and father. He had to leave his young daughter to do the tour so a big thank you to Amanda for holding the fort while we borrowed your fella.
Thank you to every involved accept Europcar who suck.
📷 @tony.cole.792
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If you joined the mailing list on this tour, we will email you some musical treats ASAP.
If you're new here, welcome, check out our new music online.
James And Joe
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