CALL ME A MAN

SEARCHING FOR THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE ROAD

LISTENING CLOSELY

We like what we hear so far. Hope you will too.

RECORD COLLECTION - ALEX

Vienna is probably Ultravox's most important record. It was more refined than their previous releases during their more experimental period, and reflected a new direction for the band. Instrumentally, it's an interesting blend of guitar driven songs and more of what would expect from a contemporary of synth heavy acts like The Human League and Heaven 17. A lot of the rhythm guitar work is reminiscent of classic metal, albeit without all the wanking and showboating. The record goes from heavy (Private Lives)to synth based ballads (the title track Vienna) to experimental stuff that could almost be Kraftwerk (Mr. X), all without missing a beat. The super clean and consistent production helps a lot in this regard, and the record maintains a poppy feel even when the music is anything but. Vienna neatly encapsulates the whole '78-'82 period, which is, for me at least, the most interesting in modern music.

I'M IN THE MOOD FOR A MELODY

Aside from polishing his shoes, Russ' favourite pastime is watching Ry work.

SPOOKY LIGHTS - JAMS ARE TIGHT

Happy Halloween. Stay tuned for more recording updates.

LISTENING DOWN

Finishing up in the studio in the next week or so.. And feeling good.
New songs and our old favourite(s) will be featured on the EP. It's been a long road since our last release. Listening down, we don't have any regrets.

To our fans that have been following our progress.. Thank you and please keep your eyes on this blog. More videos and updates on the EP to follow.

Listening to the early stages of the recordings...

SO ALIVE

EMERSON, LAKE OR PALMER?

A DATE WITH THE NIGHT

some clips from the studio last night .

DROWNING WITH LAND IN SIGHT

Randomly heard Matthew Sweet yesterday for the first time in years. Got me thinking about 'intelligent pop music ' . Dug out this gem from the criminally overlooked
77's and thought I'd post a link to one of my top songs of all time.

Maybe the best 80's song to come out of the 90's.

Band - the 77's
Album - drowning with land in sight
Song - film at 11


Here's the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh3GQY3llsE


RK

ONE DOWN ONE TO GO

Vocals for 'island' . Done .

THE KEYS TO BEING VOCAL

Waiting rooms become familiar

BREAK OUT VIDEO

giving old demos a new life.

before heading into the studio over the past few months we wrote a ton of songs. due to a lack of public appetite for a triple record we had to cut some songs before we went in.

we feel like we chose wisely and that the very best of the best will be on our new record. that being said, we felt like there were some great tunes that just barely missed the cut.

lately we've been working on these 'demo videos' that use a live off the floor or demo version of a song that missed the cut for the record . we wanted to share these songs in some context and this seemed like a cool way to do it.

some of the demos are finished , others are not. some of them have 'scratch' lyrics in certain parts, some of them aren't as tightly arranged as we'd like them to be but these versions capture an immediacy and spark that is evident in the early writing stage .