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Frogfest Review
As the night draws to a close I am eagerly anticipating the band with such an enchantingly cool name – Heretics and Lovers. All of sudden the lights go low and a black and white film is projected on the back wall behind the band, you can tell these guys mean business and that their music will not be for the faint hearted; it’s time for some real noise.
As soon as this band begins with their awesomely atmospheric beautiful blur of post rock/hardcore I am totally enchanted. Their film and their stage presence is just beautiful and their music – sublime.
It is so rare to find a band of such calibre and when you get to see them live, well you better count yourself lucky. Their sound is much like that of 65 Days Of Static, Set Fire to Flames and to a certain extent Mogwai; but it’s heavy – really heavy in parts. Passion oozes from this band at every interval, the drumming really sings out and the vocals cut through the stunningly atmospheric building of guitars to deliver a sound that is truly mind blowing. It is so great to see a band that clearly live for what they are doing, for me it just adds to the whole experience; live performances are all about setting a scene and captivating an audience by giving them a unique experience which this band do very well.
Everything just blends together so seamlessly – the vocal harmonies set against this back ground of soft post rocky guitar layering then cut through with loud brash drumming is just well, I hate to say it, but for lack of a better word – perfect.
My favourite moment of the whole gig was something personal, I am not even sure if anyone else noticed, but I did. Elliot stepped up to the mic and as he did all the lettering from the film projected across him, as though he was something out of the Matrix. I know it sounds strange but it was a really emotive moment for me, all the lighting was just perfect and the music was at the precise point in the break down.
I love this band and I loved this gig, for me this is a band that you must see, end of. - Lotte Lawerance - Simatik Promotions
nice x
As soon as this band begins with their awesomely atmospheric beautiful blur of post rock/hardcore I am totally enchanted. Their film and their stage presence is just beautiful and their music – sublime.
It is so rare to find a band of such calibre and when you get to see them live, well you better count yourself lucky. Their sound is much like that of 65 Days Of Static, Set Fire to Flames and to a certain extent Mogwai; but it’s heavy – really heavy in parts. Passion oozes from this band at every interval, the drumming really sings out and the vocals cut through the stunningly atmospheric building of guitars to deliver a sound that is truly mind blowing. It is so great to see a band that clearly live for what they are doing, for me it just adds to the whole experience; live performances are all about setting a scene and captivating an audience by giving them a unique experience which this band do very well.
Everything just blends together so seamlessly – the vocal harmonies set against this back ground of soft post rocky guitar layering then cut through with loud brash drumming is just well, I hate to say it, but for lack of a better word – perfect.
My favourite moment of the whole gig was something personal, I am not even sure if anyone else noticed, but I did. Elliot stepped up to the mic and as he did all the lettering from the film projected across him, as though he was something out of the Matrix. I know it sounds strange but it was a really emotive moment for me, all the lighting was just perfect and the music was at the precise point in the break down.
I love this band and I loved this gig, for me this is a band that you must see, end of. - Lotte Lawerance - Simatik Promotions
nice x
Sunday, 27 September 2009
Recording - Day 2
We have been killing all it day in the studio, Guitars and Bass done! These songs are shaping up into the best songs/recordings we have ever written/done! Each song sounds massive, I can't wait for everyone to hear them! We are currently setting up the drums and playing around with the EQ and get everything sounding nice before Chris can knock out all of his parts tomorrow. We then have a few extra parts for each of the tracks that we are going to play around with. We are on track to have all the music done by the end of our three day sessions leaving only the vocals to be done for our next session. We are still figuring out how we will distribute these tracks when there are ready but we will be releasing them as part of an EP. We were hoping to have these tracks contribute towards our next full length, maybe they still will? But as some of you may know we have gone through some major changes which have prompted us to release them as an EP so we can start the next stage of our life in Heretics and Lovers.
Oh yeah the EP is going to be called Lungfish!
Oh yeah the EP is going to be called Lungfish!
Saturday, 26 September 2009
Recording - Day 1
We are coming to a close on day 1 of recording, everything is coming along better than we imagined! We went all out crazy and decided to record guitar's first and they are sounding sexy and huge! Only a couple more guitar tracks left to record which we will finish up tomorrow!
now let's go eat Pizza!
now let's go eat Pizza!
Update 26|09|2009
where to start..
we havent really been updating this as much as we planned to.
over the last few months a hell of a lot of alterations have taken place, due to jobs/family/situations ect, and its a strange thing to take time out amongst all the 'change' to write it down, so as i sit here in the control room, Saturday morning, recording our new record lungfish, I'm going to attempt a bit of an update.
so as most know, a few moths back robin (guitar) decided to leave heretics, mainly due to "musical differences", we were then joined by elliot withers of rookie error (temporarily), who has been just amazing, adding a new life to the band.
so heretics continued as rob(me), chris, Jow, tinny and elliot, we continued gigging and writing new material.
every artist works differently, and Jow is a perfect example, every lyric every melody was thought-out days, weeks or even months before he even made a sound. this shaped the way we write our music as a band. our average songwriting/jam session, would usually be we(me,chris,tinny,elliot) write the music while jow absorbs what we play and writes his lyrics and melodies around it, it worked beautifully.
eventually three songs/ideas we're born, with the working titles: viking song, chris's house, and happy doomsday.
with little contributions from jow, the songs we're all instrumental, with some vocal ideas but no solid vocal material.
the four of us progressed, the songs evolved, we grew tighter stronger, our children we're growing up!
gigging continuously, so eager to get the new material heard, despite the fact of no definite vocals we booked studio time.
11 Sep 2009, we had a local gig set, pretty last minute but all totally up for it, Jow calls us to say he's not going to be able to do it.
usually we would give it a miss, but at the practice previous, we somehow come up with the idea of doing an instrumental gig.
no reason, just an experiment. some fun.
the gig went down fucking amazing, with amazing feedback from people who have seen us play many of times before, not just oh "good set guys" people were actually totally stoked but what they heard/saw.
this gave us a massive buzz about the new material, it felt natural, it felt 'us'
next practice, no Jow, we start to get really concerned, i get a message saying he needs to talk.
the reason for Jow leaving is purely down to him being torn between his home life/ work and the band, its such a hard thing for anyone to be in a band, its one of those things where its 'all or nothing', there is no compromise, and Jow feels he is holding us back by not giving paying enough attention, not having enough time.
its made us realize how important this is to us, its cliche, but what doesn't kill us will only make us stronger.
three songs. four dedicated friends. and a love for making music.... LUNGFISH is born.
tbc...
we havent really been updating this as much as we planned to.
over the last few months a hell of a lot of alterations have taken place, due to jobs/family/situations ect, and its a strange thing to take time out amongst all the 'change' to write it down, so as i sit here in the control room, Saturday morning, recording our new record lungfish, I'm going to attempt a bit of an update.
so as most know, a few moths back robin (guitar) decided to leave heretics, mainly due to "musical differences", we were then joined by elliot withers of rookie error (temporarily), who has been just amazing, adding a new life to the band.
so heretics continued as rob(me), chris, Jow, tinny and elliot, we continued gigging and writing new material.
every artist works differently, and Jow is a perfect example, every lyric every melody was thought-out days, weeks or even months before he even made a sound. this shaped the way we write our music as a band. our average songwriting/jam session, would usually be we(me,chris,tinny,elliot) write the music while jow absorbs what we play and writes his lyrics and melodies around it, it worked beautifully.
eventually three songs/ideas we're born, with the working titles: viking song, chris's house, and happy doomsday.
with little contributions from jow, the songs we're all instrumental, with some vocal ideas but no solid vocal material.
the four of us progressed, the songs evolved, we grew tighter stronger, our children we're growing up!
gigging continuously, so eager to get the new material heard, despite the fact of no definite vocals we booked studio time.
11 Sep 2009, we had a local gig set, pretty last minute but all totally up for it, Jow calls us to say he's not going to be able to do it.
usually we would give it a miss, but at the practice previous, we somehow come up with the idea of doing an instrumental gig.
no reason, just an experiment. some fun.
the gig went down fucking amazing, with amazing feedback from people who have seen us play many of times before, not just oh "good set guys" people were actually totally stoked but what they heard/saw.
this gave us a massive buzz about the new material, it felt natural, it felt 'us'
next practice, no Jow, we start to get really concerned, i get a message saying he needs to talk.
the reason for Jow leaving is purely down to him being torn between his home life/ work and the band, its such a hard thing for anyone to be in a band, its one of those things where its 'all or nothing', there is no compromise, and Jow feels he is holding us back by not giving paying enough attention, not having enough time.
its made us realize how important this is to us, its cliche, but what doesn't kill us will only make us stronger.
three songs. four dedicated friends. and a love for making music.... LUNGFISH is born.
tbc...
Thursday, 6 August 2009
Role on September...
We will be recording Three new songs in September. Pretty much all of the music has been written, Just vocals and the odd bit here and there left!
The tracks are:
Where Chris Lives.
Viking Song.
Happy Doomsday.
We are super excited. Eliot from Rookie/Error will be filling in on guitar duties for the time being.
Here is a live video of 'Half Hour Of Silence..' from our show last Thursday which was Robins last show with us. Keep watching to the end to see Jow take a guitar shot to the head. Epic.
The tracks are:
Where Chris Lives.
Viking Song.
Happy Doomsday.
We are super excited. Eliot from Rookie/Error will be filling in on guitar duties for the time being.
Here is a live video of 'Half Hour Of Silence..' from our show last Thursday which was Robins last show with us. Keep watching to the end to see Jow take a guitar shot to the head. Epic.
Saturday, 1 August 2009
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