There you go - forgot I had this blog. And thought now would be a good time to give it an update.
A couple of shows recently - one at the Shark Bar a couple of Fridays ago. Nice and loud, just the way we like it...
We then played what I think will be our last show promoting the "Traces" ep last week at Rics in Brisbane. Rics is a funny venue to play for a band like us, in that we rely on a roaring foldback system to hear ourselves with the sequencing that goes on. With Rics, you have a PA system thats tucked away above the front doors facing into the venue, essentially to contain the sound because they have a db limit that they continually police. Then you factor in a drummer like Mat, who belts the shit out of his kit, and in the end, I am more or less playing off him whilst you can faintly here the sequencing tracks somewhere up in the air. Makes for an interesting time. But we like playing there, and talked about doing alternate versions of some of the songs when we play there again. Maybe...
It was a great night to catch up with a few people too. We haven't seen Emerson Bavinton, who engineered and mixed the "Traces" sessions, since we finished the ep. So it was cool to catch up with him and talk future recording stuff. Some of my favourite Brisbane bands, Aheadphonehome & Restream, were playing across the street at The Troubadour, which was a bummer as I would have loved to have caught both sets. But guys like Andrew from Restream and Phil from Aheadphonehome were there at various times during our set, which was very nice of them. Great guys. And Tom and Ian from Axxonn (www.axxonnband.com), one of my favourite Brisbane acts at the moment were there too.
Headed back to Bris on Saturday night to catch the Church in all their underappreciated glory at The Zoo, only to find out they had cancelled due to band illness (I hadn't checked my emails for a few days). Bummer, as I'd heard their Vic shows were pretty special.
Ah well... Drifted over to the glorious Hangar, which was celebrated its 2nd birthday. Caught awesome sets by Axxonn and the re-constructed Aheadphonehome (once a solo act, now a five piece). I'm a big fan of the Hangar - its a great space, and the line ups are very diverse on any given night. Good crew there too.
So... no gigs coming up. Writing new stuff, make a start on the next lot of recordings...
Curt
