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¡Forward, Russia! @forwardrussia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

'This is Fourteen' Recorded live at Amsterdam Paradiso, October 2005. Stream the studio version from the Give Me A Wall sessions now, download via Bandcamp or buy as part of our rarities compilation ‘A Fearless Guide To Communication’.

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Stewed Rat Ryder @stewedrat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'll say that without any doubt that both Thirteen and Fourteen are my favourite ¡Forward, Russia! tracks by far - I even listen to the demo versions often - and to see Tom go into some detail and depth behind their conception, the lyrics and recording is great. Roll on February

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¡Forward, Russia! @forwardrussia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Anyone who missed it, I wrote a comprehensive history of Thirteen/Fourteen/the White Heat clubnight and ¡Forward, Russia! below tomwoodhead.substack.com/p/too-excite...

tomwoodhead.substack.com

Too Excited by the Newness of Dreams: Thirteen/Fourteen

Part three of an occasional series to mark the 20th anniversary of Give Me a Wall.

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¡Forward, Russia! @forwardrussia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Read more, and the complete history of Thirteen/Fourteen, within: tomwoodhead.substack.com/p/too-excited-

tomwoodhead.substack.com

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¡Forward, Russia! @forwardrussia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

¡Forward, Russia! had our first rehearsal ahead of next February’s gigs a couple of weeks ago. We hadn’t played together for more than 12 years. It took everyone a while to believe we were actually playing together. As the hours sweatily dissolved…

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¡Forward, Russia! @forwardrussia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Fourteen!!! On DSPs / streaming from midnight Wednesday 23rd September (don't ask me whether that means tonight or Wednesday, because I ¡Don't Know! Follow ¡Forward, Russia! on your favourite streaming service to hear it first

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¡Forward, Russia! @forwardrussia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A Fearless Guide to Communication: announcing the tracklisting of our rarities compilation

A photo of the tracklisting (printed in replies)

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¡Forward, Russia! @forwardrussia.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Sneak preview of the new lyric sheet for the repress of Give Me a Wall:

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¡Forward, Russia! @forwardrussia.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Tickets for the Leeds gigs selling very quickly, by the way, so act quickly if you don't want to miss out

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¡Forward, Russia! @forwardrussia.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Ticket links for our gigs next year when we will be playing Give Me a Wall in its entirety (tickets on sale at 10am):

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¡Forward, Russia! @forwardrussia.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

ICYMI, we're performing Give Me a Wall in full in Glasgow, London and Leeds next year. Tickets on sale at 10am tomorrow.

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¡Forward, Russia! @forwardrussia.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Yep, we're repressing Give Me a Wall and playing some gigs. ¡Let's fucking go!

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¡Forward, Russia! @forwardrussia.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Just listening to Steve Lamacq's BBC 6Music show, no particular reason...

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¡Forward, Russia! @forwardrussia.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Tom wrote another piece on substak, this time about Nine: tomwoodhead.substack.com/p/the-failur...

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¡Forward, Russia! @forwardrussia.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Hello everyone. I (Tom) have started a substack (sorry) and will soon be publishing a little potted history of Twelve. There are 24 footnotes. If that sounds like your kind of thing, link to subscribe here tomwoodhead.substack.com

tomwoodhead.substack.com

Tom Woodhead | Substack

Writer, mastering engineer, former singer. Click to read Tom Woodhead, a Substack publication. Launched a year ago.

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¡Forward, Russia! @forwardrussia.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

20 years since the Twelve single was released! Here’s something Whiskas posted on the gram

The cover of the Twelve single - orange exclamation marks

forwardrussia This week is 20 years since we released 'Twelve' and reached the
UK Top 40 charts. It actually went in at number 19 on the midweeks!
We were actually in the studio recording in Leeds Give Me A Wall when we got the
news. It was the first release on Dance To The Radio distributed to UK-wide
record stores. Our previous single Thirteen / Fourteen had been released through
White Heat Records, the club night we loved down in London - and that had been
supported by the team at Drowned in Sound. Following that record, the
distributors behind it approached us that the next release could be on DTTR and
they would support, and they were a massive help in helping the record reach as
many people as it did.

We're really struggling to patch images, artwork and photos together from this
period. As we celebrate 20 years of Give Me A Wall, we'll try and post as much as
we can, and if anyone wants to share anything, our DMs are open (although
replies may be quite slow...!).

One thing I can't not mention... I'm deeply uncomfortable about our name
currently. It was seemingly relatively meaningless 20 year ago, and I worry that
someone affected by world events may see our name and be negatively affected
by that. We've talked about it and aren't sure how to address it, so for now I just
want to mention this discomfort and we'll continue to think about the best way to
approach this.

whiskasx

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¡Forward, Russia! @forwardrussia.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

T: Hearing Iron Man play shortly before we went on at Madame Jojo’s the first time we played there was one of the best feelings of my life

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¡Forward, Russia! @forwardrussia.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

This was really fun to do. Tried to give a little version of my own musical journey through the 00s:

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22 Grand Pod (Podcast) @22grandpod.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

New @islingtonradio.bsky.social show with @tomwoodhead.bsky.social of @forwardrussia.bsky.social as we navigate our way through 10 of his favourite songs of the 00s.. www.mixcloud.com/IslingtonRad...

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¡Forward, Russia! @forwardrussia.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

I sit astride your rough-fed cigarette burns Wondering just what you looked like so long ago I sit astride your rough-fed cigarette burns Begging with you, pleading you to know

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22 Grand Pod (Podcast) @22grandpod.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Any questions for @tomwoodhead.bsky.social of ¡Forward, Russia!?

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¡Forward, Russia! @forwardrussia.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

And as quick as lightning the ancient flesh was reconstructed, cigarette burns and all

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¡Forward, Russia! @forwardrussia.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

If you want to be something new, I'm coming

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