http://www.escapeact.com Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:48:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since we started recording 'Loosely Based On Fiction' we've been discussing the various options and ideas open to us for actually releasing it. Now its decision time and we thought we'd share our experience of the process as we go along! This scrawl is my initial 'mind map' designed to ... http://www.escapeact.com/index.php/2008/08/25/mapping-the-album-release-project/ Hey folks, Plans are well advanced for the release of our 10-song album 'Loosely Based on Fiction'. Alan has been busy putting the finishing touches to the artwork and we're finalising production and distribution details for a release in early October! This will be followed by a series of gigs in ... http://www.escapeact.com/index.php/2008/08/20/autumn-album-release-and-gig-plans/ A nice review of God Says from 'The Devil Has the Best Tuna' "...a blistering burst of Undertones punk guitar and Morrisseyesque vocal that'll have you jumping round the room like a kangeroo on a pogo stick." read it in full at: http://besttuna.blogspot.com/2008/08/break-down-walls-its.html http://www.escapeact.com/index.php/2008/08/20/devil-loves-god-says/ Losing Today review of God Says 'A thumping pop rocket that demands the hitting of the replay button' ' crystalline power chords and dashed with a fuzzing west coast glow' an.. 'irresistibly razor sharp anthem' visit the site for the full review! http://www.escapeact.com/index.php/2008/08/08/losing-today-review-of-god-says/ Kinds words for God Says from the BoxSetGo blog: '"God Says" is a 2.5 minute powerhouse of a record ... as infectious as an STD and as much fun as getting it…Top Class.' read the full review, and check out some more great tunes at http://boxsetgo.blogspot.com/2008/08/four-to-floor-boxsetgo-ep.html cheers Garrett :-) http://www.escapeact.com/index.php/2008/08/01/go-boxsetgo/ Better than the average banana.... On entering the Indie Takeaway you will be presented with a menu which will represent the gig you are about to see. You will then be played each of the songs on the menu allowing you to select your musical meal. Finally as part of admission ... http://www.escapeact.com/index.php/2008/07/30/indie-takeaway-the-black-box-sunday-3rd-august/ Subba-Cultcha.com (http://www.subba-cultcha.com/singles.php) had these kinds words to say about God Says - "Dreamy Indie pop, with moments of Guided By Voices catchiness and The LA’s classicalism…" and of the flipside, Tom McShane's Fighter: "Slow burning lament, touched with melancholy and exploding into falsetto when the emotion calls for it, a ... http://www.escapeact.com/index.php/2008/07/30/subba-cultchacom-reviews-god-says/ we've added some pics of the session we did on Phantom's I:Con show to our facebook page. We'd like to thank Lynn and Cathal for having us! you may need to be a facebook 'fan' to view them... we've also confirmed another Dublin gig, September 18th at McGrudders, Thomas Street, promoted ... http://www.escapeact.com/index.php/2008/07/30/pics-from-the-phantom-fm-session/ As part of an upcoming promotional event, highlighting UK music over in Japan, we've been included as 'Undiscovered' artists on the website-of-the-campaign. Users can see our profile and hear our tunes via myspace, and if they like us, they can vote to show their appreciation! The voting page is at http://www.ukjapan2008.jp/campaign/enq/index.html ... http://www.escapeact.com/index.php/2008/07/18/vote-for-escape-act-to-hit-japan-electronically/ Unfortunately the Stendhal Festival 2008 has been canceled due to poor advance ticket sales. We're really gutted that this has happened as playing the festival would have been the highlight of the summer for us. We wish the guys all the best in planning for next year. What to expect next ... http://www.escapeact.com/index.php/2008/07/16/stendhal-festival-announced-for-august-15-17/