Great Weekend

We just had a really enjoyable weekend.

Firstly we played a hometown show in Barry with a number of local bands. A big thanks goes to Joe for organising this show, our first in Barry for three years. Alot of local people we knew and former band members, and friends, showed up. We played our usual set plus a debuted a new song called "Trials" and a cover of "My Hero", both of which had an awesome reaction.

After a short sleep we travelled to Davey and Karoline's wedding at Coventry Cathedral. We played for everyone then at a venue nearby as part of the wedding reception. Alot of Davey's friends are hardcore kids so it went down fine, including with parents as well! We played a number of our own songs and then "My Hero" again, and covers by Nine Inch Nails and Bon Jovi. It was a great day, although we were missing Rob who had to work. After the show was the drive home with a stop for coffee and some deep spiritual conversations which were awesome.

Then we got together after sleeping and did a songwriting session, finishing off another new song which will be ready to be played at our next show (if we choose), which is at Hobo's in Bridgend on April 3rd with Lost Souls and Polar, two awesome bands.

We've confirmed 3 European festival dates as well for the summer, and will be booking dates running up to all of them. One of my favourite bands is headlining one of these three fests so as soon as they allow us to say we are playing, that will be great. Should be cool, and we'll announce all that soon.

The Boss

I've been telling everyone I possibly know, and very few of them except my Dad agree that this is a pretty cool thing.

During our 2009 tour with It Prevails we got a drum kit to use from Dark Horse Percussion, because Sean is endorsed by them. After the tour we had to give the kit to The Gaslight Anthem (great band) who used it for their Reading and Leeds Festival dates. That's cool, but the thing i've been telling everyone is that Bruce Springsteen joined them on stage for a song, and that's "our" kit playing in the background! This is the most tenuous link I will ever be able to make to The Boss in my whole life, so i'm making the most of it.

Most people don't care. But I thought it was cool.

Luke Nicholas

Adversity

This is a blog more or less cross-posted from our myspace.

Adversity

After events over the past few weeks the last blog we posted 'On Our Way Back' reads as hopelessly optimistic.

As usual with this band our plans to mount a return to the touring circuit hit a brick wall due to events beyond our control. This time it was a death in the family which basically shut down the band for several weeks. Everything has ground to a halt and we cancelled both of our planned weekenders.

One thing from the last blog that continues is songwriting. We're working towards a follow-up to our debut album 'The World On Standby' which has done really well and garnered some nice reviews. We are talking to a great American band about a split and some vinyl, but an EP is also a possibility. We feel there's no point rushing into another full length while our own sound is still developing and maturing. Stay tuned for updates on that.

We have just started booking shows again and are lining up all kinds of dates. It's mostly looking like local shows but we are adding them virtually every day, so check our list for that. We are aiming to be back touring then at the end of May, when we're trying to reschedule with This Distance.

Think of it like a football player recovering from injury, that's us.

See you.