Just back from a nice wee trip to Dublin and the studios of Muzu.tv where we recorded two tracks. Hopefully these should appear on our channel (alongside God Says below) in the next 2-3 weeks. Thanks to Alex, Andy, Eoghan, and Marty for having us.

pic by Martin Kennedy

The trip also gave us some time to talk about our plans for recording again next year, with an initial session booked for March. We’re really excited about the chance to go back to Chem19 and record more music with Andy, this time armed with a lot more knowledge and even more preparation to make the most of it. Chris has been refining ideas for new songs which we began demoing in earnest this week. I’m personally planning an advance trip to check out the kitchen and assess the frying pan situation…

So stay tuned for more news on that front and maybe a few sneaks peeks of demos, plus t-shirt and badge news too.

Rich

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hey folks, we did a cool wee show last night at Charlies Coffee Shop in Bradbury Place. Expecting a stool in the corner whilst the punters munched on cakes and supped their lattes, i was surprised to find an eager and attentive audience in the dimly lit refuge away from the miserable weather outside.

A very entertaining Paul Corrigan was already on stage when i arrived, he has a great voice and in addition to his own tunes, gave us great versions of Grace and Stairway…

Chris kicked off our set with a few solo tunes, starting with ‘Flat Ocean’ – a plaintive, soulful tune that we’re working on for recording sessions next year. This was followed by ‘Silly Things’ and ‘Laid Open’. I joined Chris on stage and we got stuck into ‘Folded Arms’ – another new tune we’re working on, and have played live a couple of times. It was fun to play the stripped down acoustic version and the folks seemed to like it. Thereafter confusion reigned briefly as we started ‘Green’ – with me hilariously neglecting to start at the right point, however I got it together and it worked really well.

Afterwards, Chris enjoyed the warm atmosphere and some great covers from Niall Harden, including a really nice version of Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen.

It was great of Paul (Cutaways) and Gerry (Charlies) to ask us to play and i think we’ll come back again soon, but most of all the audience really made the evening special.

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We’re at the half-way point of the Loosely Based On Fiction release, today we’re really please to announce the release of Laid Open – kindly curated by Steven over at Key Notes on Cluas.ie.

Check it out here: www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Key_Notes/

Also, if you’re in Belfast this Wednesday 29th, head over to Charlies Coffee Shop at Bradbury Place – we’ll be doing a wee acoustic show at 7pm with Cutaways and Patio Sounds.

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Hey folks, another track is out there! This time its Jupiter Storms and it has been released by AU Magazine! Head on over to http://iheartau.com/blog/free-escape-act-track to check it out

In other news, yours truly took part in the Digital Circle Podcast on Friday and I chatted with Davy, Ruairi and Michelle about the album release, the music industry and digital content. It and previous episodes are well worth checking out.

Don’t forget, you can help us out by pointing your friends here, or joining up to and inviting friends to the Facebook group, and if you haven’t already, please join our mailing list!

All tracks released so far can also be found on our bandcamp page.

Finally, we’ve confirmed two Belfast shows, an All Ages show at the Bunker on November 22nd, followed by Club NING on Saturday December 13th at Lavery’s Attic – add ‘em to your diary!

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Next up on the Loosely Based on Fiction release rollercoaster is Green, kindly released by David over at Amuze.me. Head on over to get yer hands on it

Also, while we have your attention, there are a few things we’d like to bring to your… attention!

Facebook: We’ve created a Facebook Group for the release, please sign-up and share with some music-lovin’ friends

Bandcamp: This is a cool new service for bands that we’re using to release the album tracks in conjunction with the blogs. We’ve added the bandcamp player to our site (top right), which links through to the download options. All tracks can be found at escapeact.bandcamp.mu as they are released.

ShareThis. Finally, we’ve added a wee ShareThis widget on our escapeact.com posts which allows you to link up with the greatest of ease.

We really hope you like Green!

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Hey folks, the second installment of the Loosely Based On Fiction release is already upon us!

Please head on over to BoxSetGo where Garrett has today posted the Cabin Fever MP3

We hope you like it! Please help us reach more people with our music by forwarding this post to all yer music lovin’ friends and don’t forget, the mailing list gets to hear about all our release news and other gubbins first!

cheers

Rich

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