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The weekend was fun... Everyone rags on about there not being many places to play on the Gold Coast, but I actually think the Shark Bar is one of the better places to play. For a start, its kinda in the middle of the coast, so you are not trying to drag people either up to Sufferers Paradise, or down to Coolangatta. More importantly, the venue itself is a pretty good band room - we've always managed to get a decent thumping sound up there, and it doesn't take many bodies to fill the room and therefore get a little bit of "vibe" happening. Pool tables too, beach across the road, whats not to like..?

We have been doing some shows around Sth East Queensland with our good mates HELM (www.myspace.com/ghostatthehelm) and these have been great fun. HELM are at the start of a national tour to support their album release "Vol 1 Keelhaul" and we are very thankful to have been invited along. Whilst the "genre pig" (Lucas from Helm's term) could ignorantly lump these boys into the metal category, HELM are offering something which is more than a little different to that. Their music takes in all sorts of influences and spits out a noise which seems to defy easy categorisation - yes you hear metal, but also post rock, I hear some blues in there, and some damn strong hooks too.

For us, it's been a good opportunity to gig test some new material too. 3 new songs in various states of development made their way into the set on Saturday night. In fact, "Popdrone" was only birthed on Wednesday night at rehearsal.

Setlist went like this:
Fluid
Theme From An Airless Room
Sophie And The Spaceman (new version)
Since When?
From Far Away
Popdrone
Second To Last
Stormsong
(with various segueways in between etc)

We have another show in early March, and then some quiet time. Mat has plenty of things on his plate in the coming months, including the birth of his first baby. So its exciting times for him... We are going to use this time to develop new material with a view towards an album later in the year. And there are other plans in the pipeline too...

Stay tuned,
Curt