Tin Anniversary
What a ride… It’s been ten years since the band started gigging properly! In fact this very web domain was registered in August 2008! So we’d love to treat you with a few anniversary releases like a limited run 12″ vinyl with the original mastering done by the guerrilla fighter against the Loudness War Stergios Kokoltsis at his Plectron Studio and an alternative cover based on the seminal original art done by Aris Liapis, a box set and a photo book with the journey so far, and more Phase related paraphernalia to be announced soon! Stay in tune!
Another Point of You
While we are being busy writing and recording material a release of an EP of remixes on Point of You is scheduled for this April, When our first gig of the year will happen on April, Friday the 13th, to be immediately followed by a new single, forerunner of the new album.More dates to be confirmed so stay tuned!
Exile on Lime Street
Just a few words to let you know how we are… We are doing the Cluny 2 in September the first since the footage we gathered for the Live in Exile DVD wasn’t enough… And we are going to have with us some of the celebratory 7 year anniversary In Consequence tapes with us before their actual release date ( October 14th, cassette store day off this year). Happy days!
TOY SOLDIERS
As our boys are back in Greece, being busy serving that beautiful but really troubled country, doing what they’re worst at, firing guns and all that, they happened to have some lreally long hours of introspection and they rediscovered how important it is, and how much they miss creating music and and performing it live. So they’ve started their own revolution by pushing the band to do things and not remain stagnant, so we’ve planned some beautiful things along with our upcoming O2 Academy headline show
for which we have secured the first 100 tickets on the price of a pint because we simply can afford doing it. The thing is, I am sure the Rolling Stones can afford a logical price for their die-hard fans but they are still charging 1000 pounds for the first rows… How rock is that? Well, we are a way bigger band than them anyway… I mean have you seen how much Mick Jagger weights?
Just drop us a line if you are interested in those early-bird tickets!
The Ghost of Future Perfect Continuous
2016 C.E. has been an interesting year for us… We made some new friends, grew more mature and started making better sense on what’s happening to us and around us. Being an independent act means that we do everything on our own unique rhythm. For instance, planning an album is much more difficult when you are not just sponsored to make music and you have to make your relationship with the rest of the members work and make time for each other, and the band itself. It’s a very elaborate project and it dies the day it’s released… and then you have to start over again.
We started off in a little city in Greece somewhat 8 years ago, with no scene to support us, as we were too soft for the metalheads, too aggressive for the rockers, too polished for the punks… the audience for guitar driven rock with english lyrics is at most 150 people in that town that along with the crisis it couldn’t really fit us in. So we transferred our base to the motherland of post punk somewhat 3 – 4 years ago, hence the gaps between releases! Digressing as always…
The point is, all of our years were slow, but we can say loads bout the last one… We’ve done a few nice gigs here and there, got involved to a few amazing charities, released some sneak peek of a Video EP we are about to release, accumulated the material for our third full length (the recordings of which are going to be really challenging with both Damos and the Saint fulfilling their national service), and the most important of all- We’ve made a rough 5 year plan… Something we always sucked at!
A few releases are in line for the coming year, and please don’t forget about the bracelets for the world vision charity! Getting fulfilment from bettering someone’s life is the most beautiful expression of capitalistic guilt to me.
A big, warm welcoming hug to Konstantinos, Marco and Dimitris!
A big thanks to all of our friends and families for the support all the way, and last but not least, you for reading this!
Happy New Year!
