Looking Forward to 2011, pt 2

2011 looks to be as busy a year (if not more so) for us than 2010. As well as all the great things other people are releasing (see our previous post) we’ve got plenty in the pipeline for the coming year. As if we couldn’t plug them enough, here are a few of the releases will be keeping ourselves busy with over the next 12 months: Among Brothers – ‘Homes’ Technically copies of the debut Among Brothers EP are already in circulation (thanks again to everyone that bought a copy at the pre-launch party back in December), but the official release date is January 24th, and we’re never ones to turn down an opportunity for a shameless plug so this seemed as good an opportunity as any to mention it. 'Homes' will be available from our bigcartel, as well as digitally on itunes, amazon and spotify. Strange News From Another Star Vs Samoans Boundless enthusiasm and limited vocabulary are a dangerous combination when it comes to talking about our own releases, usually manifesting as over-use of the word ‘exciting’. Discussing the SNFAS Vs Samoans split single will be no exception to this rule, especially considering it’s going to be a matter of weeks now before we have the vinyl back from the pressing plant. Both bands are two of our favourites at the moment, so it’s an honour to be able to put out something which combines them both in a single piece of 180 gram vinyl. We'll be posting more news on this VERY soon here and on the release's own blog: http://snfasvssamoans.tumblr.com/. Alexander Comana Another release where the use of our favourite word beginning with 'E' is unavoidable, we'll be releasing good friend, bandmate and ex-housemate Alex Comana's solo EP sometime over the next couple of months. While we can't mention too many details about this right now (mostly because we haven't actually talked about them yet), rest assured that Alex has a lot of interesting ideas for the release, and I'm sure anyone who was lucky enough to catch him live last year will be as intrigued as we are to see how his new songs transfer to recorded versions. Alex blogs a lot himself, posting photos, lyrics and even full songs from time to time, so follow http://alexandercomana.tumblr.com/ if you're interested in hearing snippets of the EP and more news ahead of its release. Releases aside, this blog will be getting a much needed makeover as well for 2011 in the hope that eventually it will start resembling a real website. If we’re lucky, our writing will have improved by that point so as these posts will start resembling real information too. 3 days of 2011 down thus far and we've already managed 3 posts...not bad eh? Especially considering we managed a grand total of 0 posts several months of last year. Here's to a productive 2011...