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who soon realised that this was an impossible venture - "It costs money to get your music noticed -
In the end, I had to fork out & buy CDRs, stamps & envelopes!"
The "investment" paid off. Within days of sending out the demo, Steve Lamacq took the bait when
"Red Arc" featured as the "Session Unsgined Spotlight Track" on his BBC Radio 1 show.
"It just goes to show you that you don't necessarily have to go into a big, expensive 24 track studio
to make something that will grab people's attention... that's a real grower that track"
(Steve Lamacq)
From that, interest grew - Aligre FM in Paris requested Mike to record a session for their station.
It recieved heavy airplay & featured in the stations Top 30 playlisted tracks amongst the likes of
Interpol, Frank Black, Coldplay & David Bowie.
"I was happy when it got to No.22 - but pissed off I'd beaten Frank Black.. his songs are much better!"
(Mike Burrows)
The band came together in July 2005 & over 4 months they have written the basis of their debut album which they intend to record in 2006.
"It all came together really fast - the 1st rehearsal was electric & it just snowballed from there" (Paul McDonagh, drummer).
They are currently in negotiations with Red Factory records bashing out a publishing & distribution deal for Irealnd & the UK.
The future looks bright for this band.
Michael Burrows 13 December 2005 09:44