Back in the cold, dark depths of winter Rory McConnell from BBC Radio 1 – Introducing asked us to come in to record a session for his show. We recorded three tunes which were broadcast at the time, one of which was ‘Burning Sand’. We also shot some video footage, and our good friend Will McConnell has edited it into the opus you see before you…

Youtube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goHEXNXauwc

as you can see, this was recorded before Ross joined the band, but we love the live version, and the edit, so we wanted to share it with you. the song itself is Burning Sand, a new tune we’ve been developing in recent months, among the others that are being recorded. we’re really pleased with how it’s turning out and can’t wait to share the recordings too… more news on that as it develops…

please leave a comment and let us know what you think!

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As previously advised, we spent some time with Will McConnell down at Belfast’s smallest bar The Spaniard, recording an acoustic version of a brand new song called Salt In Your Eye….

Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l86kQVK8_LI

Will plans to record a series of songs under the ‘In Stores Now’ banner, so keep an eye on bandwidthfilms.com/instoresnow for more.

Enjoy!

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Hey all,

After an extremely relaxing Christmas holiday, followed by various colds, flus and back to work blues…. things are getting back to normal for us. We’ve been busy in the rehearsal room, readying songs for new recording sessions starting in February, so it’s back to Chem19 for some more good times. We’ve also be honing three tracks for a live session for Rory McConnell’s Radio 1 show, taking place next week… stay tuned for details of broadcast dates!

We’re also fitting some gigs in around this, so look out for shows in Dundalk (Jan 31st), Belfast (6th & 18th Feb) and a Whelan’s show Dublin on 28th Feb, supporting the excellent Cashier No.9.

The first Belfast show mentioned above, on Friday 6th February, is actually an acoustic set at UnConvention Belfast. This is an ‘unconference’ that i’m helping to organise. For anyone interested in the development of the music industry, or making new contacts or seeking inspiration for their own music career development, UnConvention is the place to be. Check out the website at unconventionbelfast.com for details and registration! Thanks to the generosity and vision of our key sponsors at Belfast City Council Creative Industry unit, and NIMIC its free to attend too, tho places are quickly running out.

Finally, check out this video, shot by Barry Cullen of us performing ‘Burning Sand’ at our recent show at the Menagerie. cheers to Barry for putting it up there

All in all, we’re looking forward to a fun, productive and creative 2009. Thanks for listening so far!

Rich

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myself and Chris (and Pauline) braved the elements the other night to play a jolly acoustic version of our song ‘Green’ on a balcony of an apartment in Dame St, Dublin the other night… the results are as follows!

don’t forget, we’re playing the Menagerie with Panda Kopanda and Barry’s Electric Workshop this Friday 2nd Jan

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Hey folks,

We shot a lot of video whilst recording the album at Chem19 last year. This included the hard work of recording, singing, percussing, mixing the tunes, the two hour drive from Stranraer to Hamilton, the daily Evian/Picnic acquisition, cooking, eating, erm…, sitting. So we asked Steven Quinn to help us condense this down to the best bits and cut it along to Cabin Fever. We’re pretty pleased with the results!

Check it out on our Muzu channel:

Escape Act TV on MUZU.

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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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after a successful, enlightening and entertaining day at the HWCH festival yesterday we’ve set up our channel at MUZU.tv

for now we’ve popped the groovy God Says promo up there, but expect more soon!

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Plans are now well in motion for the release of ‘God Says’ as a digital single and special split 7″ vinyl. Released on June 23rd, the vinyl features ‘fighter’ by Tom McShane on the flipside. Please pre-order it on this page! escapeact.com/store

We’ve also just uploaded the new video for God Says as produced by Mr Tim Newell… check it out!

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check out this video of us playing Laid Open at the Spring & Airbrake, Belfast a few weeks ago:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AKGjv3S1lRY

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recorded for the Kick Out The Jams Christmas show on NVTV

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