Monday, May 2, 2011

Winter Song.

Hey guys,

so it has been a while since we have last blogged. Seems we are bad at keeping things up to date.
I will try to tell you all what has been going on the past few months, and what we all experienced!

We launched our debut album "We Now Dream In Colour" on the 5th of March, and it was a great success! We felt really privileged and blessed to have so many of the people we love around us. We played with now "glam" band, Pity The Fool, and noise-makers The City Is The Desert ( In Disguise), the latter who has now taken a break since they moved to the US. It was great!

So, since our launch we have played a few shows, but not nearly as much as we want to. I spoke about this on our interview on TuksFM, and I will say it again; the little 'clicks' in the South African music industry is sickening, and that includes the little hipster circles. But, enough of that!

We played at Tings an' Times on Thursday with two great new bands from Cape Town; Holiday Murray and La Vi. Be sure to check them out!

We are doing a show at !Arcade Empire now on Friday, the 6th of May, and we can't be more excited! We decided to strip this particular show of drums and guitars, so you can expect some fat beats and Dubstep-mockery. Whop-whop-whop-whop.

Totally unrelated, if you haven't got a hold of the new Radiohead album "King of Limbs" you should. It probably won't change you, and most Radiohead-purists will probably write this album off as bullshit, but in my totally unimportant opinion, it is the best release 2011 will see.

We are kind of floating between managements at the moment, not always too sure what is happening, so I have taken most of the responsibilities regarding that on myself. Dipping my toes into a big icy pool I really don't want to get into. We'll see how it plays out. From what I can gather, this business is all about tight pants, moustaches and buying each other drinks. I'm halfway there anyway.

We are also using Twitter on a more regular basis now, exploring all kinds of new forums for social networking, y'know.

That's about it. We did cool radio interviews, played acoustic sets, sold albums, and we are looking forward to the weeks that lie ahead! We will keep you updated, and remember to show each other love this winter!

Laters.

-Louis-

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Thank YOU.

Howdy.

So, I have been trying to write all the thank you's for the album tonight. Not easy. It's not because I have so many people to thank and I'm scared I might forget some, no, it's because I can hardly think of enough people to thank to make it look cool on the inside of a booklet. At the moment I'm leaning more towards a plain and simple "Thank You". I feel like such a dork.

Now that the recording for the album is done, I'm sure I speak (blog) for all the band members when I say we are sad. Sure, we are sad that the whole creative process of being in the studio is done for now, but I think what I am more sad about, is that now our days of lazing around are over. No more hanging out on the couch while my brother or Louwrens record, no more Sega in studio, no more braais for lunch. Now we actually have to start pulling ourselves together to get everything done for the album launch shows!

Yes, it's all actually pretty exciting, I know.

If you haven't yet, go listen to the two songs from the album, which we are calling "We Now Dream In Colour", up on our soundcloud! http://soundcloud.com/user7345402

Let us know what you think!

Talk soon.

-Louis-

Monday, January 3, 2011

So... Blogging.

Hey kids!

So, starting this year, Alan! Let's move on will keep a blog. We will share some rad little things with you, like videos, photos, ideas, etc. We will try to not be lazy with the updates on the blog. Or the posts. Whatever. Check on it regularly, if you don't want to miss any of the action!

Also, since each member will blog, I am sure that most of what happens on this blog will end up being unrelated to the band. We don't care.

So, hope you guys will have a rad 2011, see y'all at the shows!

-LOUIS-