News
June 2nd
Another progress report...
I'm working in a different way with the new album. Previously when I have the beginnings of a track I decide what it sounds like, what it means, what it should express, a time, a place or feeling ect. Then each track is shaped into something that hopefully makes sense and placed in order on the album.
With 'The Safety Of The North' I wrote the story first, detailing the events that unfold and the characters. I have divided the story up into about 15 'scenes' and specifically written a track for each as if it were a movie soundtrack. This approach I hope is producing something I think has continuity and is focused but It's also a time cosuming challenge!
So, there will be about 15 tracks on the new album and 13 are finished or close to being finished. Very soon I'll be recording vocals for one track and cello for another two thanks to the contribution of some nice people. I'm aiming to be finished in August sometime, usually there's not too long to wait after that for it to be released.
enjoy the sun :)
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February 27th
Apologies for the lack of recent updates with this being the first of the year. Things have been very busy in recent months with the third album taking shape.
I'm working with singers, spoken work and other musicians so it's a more complicated process than the previous albums.
70% of the album is done with most tracks under way and some complete.
As with 'Sea' there is a story to the album about a young girl called Alice and her family, the album will be called 'The Safety Of The North' It will be finished by the summer.
August 29th
I'm pleased to say that the new album 'these places are now ruins' is confirmed for release on october 9th. There are more details at n5MD along with clips of all the tracks.
May 4th
There's 2 new tracks just been uploaded to the last days myspace 'Points Bridge' and 'Reasons To Go' will both feature on the next record 'These Places Are Now Ruins' which examines feelings, good and bad when visting home after many years away.
April 9th
Ok, over 2 months without an update isn't great but there's little info to share. At the last count i had 49 minutes of new music worth hearing, most of it is finished and a couple of tracks are still in demo form. At this time i would predict that it will be complete by the end of June at the latest but I'm aiming for the end of May. Artwork is being produced as I type.
In about 4 weeks, or when i'm clearer about the final tracklisting I'll put 1 or 2 new tracks up on the last days myspace.
One of the new tracks called 'Points Bridge' will appear on a forthcoming compilation, more about that when I get the go ahead to talk about it!
On the last days myspace blog and the n5MD website is a transcription of the feature that was in Foggy Notions magazine.
january 26th foggy notions magazine
This months Foggy Notions magazine (issue 96) includes an interview i did a while back. I've not actually seen it yet and have forgotten what i said, hopefully nothing embarrassing.
It's a great mag and always comes with a free cd, you can buy one directly from foggy notions here or boomkat here
january 20th
A couple of people have asked about record #2, so i though i'd fill in anyone who's interested. It's only been 5 months since 'sea' was released but about 8 since it was completed, so yes i've been working on new stuff and have track titles and the album title finalised.
I have about half an album done which is pretty much the same stage as i was at this time last year. So far it's sounding slightly louder than 'sea' but i realise that's not too difficult. I'm hoping it'll be out this year.
january 19th 'sea' in the uk
Norman Records in the U.K. is now stocking 'sea', get it here.
november 3rd Future Music magazine
People in the uk can see the first review of Sea in print in this month's Future Music magazine, thankfully they liked it. I should have some more nice magazine related news in the next couple of weeks.
october 15th interview
If you head over to the excellent boring machines disturb sleep music blog you can read an interview in which i talk about the album and what inspired it.
september 12th sea released
The last days debut album 'sea' was released today, in a below post is a pretty comprehensive list of places to buy it around the world.
You can also now download it directly from n5MD as a high quality mp3 format for only $9.99
august 25th sea wallpaper
click on 'escape' and you'll find some new last days wallpaper
august 4th where to buy sea
i'll update this list over the next 5 weeks when 'sea' will be released...
amazon (uk)darla (us)
ear rational (us)july 30th where to buy
next month i'll make sure to list all the places i know of that'll be stocking 'sea', 2 places you can be sure to get your hands on it are n5md and darla
july 10th n5radio
n5radioHave a look at the n5MD site and launch n5radio, full tracks from 'sea' can now be heard along with all n5 artists.
Tonight i have my first interview with a magazine which is truly scary. More news about that later.
june 15th release details
Details of the last days debut 'sea' are now up on the n5MD website with release date and clips of all 14 tracks.
june 8th new website
The folks at n5MD have kindly let me have a bit of their bandwith and made these pages which i hope will be of some interest to you. I'll be aiming to keep you up to date with any news on anything last days related. The only news at this moment is that the last days debut 'sea' is just about complete and due for release on n5MD in the autumn later this year.
