We're currently taking a wee break from recording while Wes and Adam go off and do their thang in Canada for a few weeks. We've done almost everything now - the drums and bass were recorded in one afternoon, the guitars are taking a while to complete though. It sounds very different to everything we've done before, but that's good. There's some nice surprises in store :)
We have a couple of shows lined up for September and October that we'll have some info about soon. Hopefully we'll have a record available for the October shows.
Thanks for being patient while we get this record finished. Woot!
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Cheers,
DFA
xxx
Our records!
SECRET WHALE - 2005
Four tracks of nice, melodic "post-rocky" indie recorded up in the hills of Littleborough.
Sadly we have no copies left. Maybe we'll have some in the future? But maybe not.
WIDOWS - 2006
Five tracks of darker, heavier rock music without vocals. Written over the course of a year that included fires, deaths, evictions, thefts and upsetting gangsters, as well as making new friends, traveling the country in the back of a smelly van with no windows and various other events that have slipped from the memory banks. Now available from many online resources, such as:
Roadkill Records and Piccadilly Records along with these online retailers:
The first of our new nights FUCKED UP THURSDAY is occuring at Dry Bar this week on the 10th July. If you interested in going to nights we're all the bands are important to the vibe of the evening, there's no shitty fillers, prices are reasonable and the music is imaginitive then you are in luck.
Our 4 bands this week are-
ADVANCES IN MATHEMATICS
Flowing tuneful instrumental spacepop and a fine mixture of old school shoegaze and post-rock.
ARFICEDEN
Sexy 3 piece , awesome drumming, big dirty dub bass lines and plenty of noise coming from 1 guitar.
Giving jazz a good name!!
IYE
Stoke 7 piece guitar orchestra making big swoooshing soundscapes and still managing to find room for some 3 piece harmonies. Holly shit balls!
A MIDDLE SEX
I'll be buggered if I can describe it- basically a lot of noises- electronics and other stuff going through distorted amplification. Improvisation and some rather sweet rhythmic stuff occuring.
You can check out all these bands in my top friends, doors are at 8pm, entry is £4 or £3 if you come down before the bands have started We're going to whip out some jossticks for the night and play some quality tunes by Mogwai, Battles, Melt Banana, 65 Days of Static, Vessels, Clinic, Boards of Canada, Kraftwerk, Vengaboys and much more.
Gig At The Red House Sheffield - Next Satuday!!!. get involed. £4 squids in late licence - 6pm till sometime in the early hours...
PARTY GARBAGE (alcohol drinking, burrito eating punx from texas) COP OUT (steel city skate or die pissed up youth crew, comin' thru) OFFSHORE RADIO (leeds supergroup, super good old school punk rock clash styley! ) THE AMISTAD (socially aware melodic gruff from 'suburbs) THE COST OF LIVING (female fronted discount/fifth hour hero esque, top tunes and good backing beards) THE 255'S (manc dudes, ex for old times sake,)
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cant wait for yer gig with the longcut, gonna be a massive party.
Saturday May 31st at Cafe Saki
goFASTER>>
Like fellow Liverpudlians Hot Club De Paris...with bouncy, choppy riffs and a very much danceable rhythm, synths swirl like a demented fairground ride while the boys perform fantastic, sing along harmonies. MAKE NOISE AND DANCE
Elks
Jerky post hardcore pop complete with rousing manic vocals. FOOTBALL
Rotary Ten
Latest signings to Xtra Mile (home of Dartz!) "'If The Smiths had gone to college in the US this might have been their sound. Complex, melodic guitar entwines with an 'anthemic' chorus. Possible classic.' The Observer
Beat The Radar
"catchy vocal melodies with precise backing vocals on top of angst guitar and clever drums create a package for success" SANDMAN MAGAZINE
Gig At The Red House Sheffield - Next Satuday!!!. get involed. £4 squids in late licence - 6pm till sometime in the early hours...
PARTY GARBAGE (alcohol drinking, burrito eating punx from texas) COP OUT (steel city skate or die pissed up youth crew, comin' thru) OFFSHORE RADIO (leeds supergroup, super good old school punk rock clash styley! ) THE AMISTAD (socially aware melodic gruff from 'suburbs) THE COST OF LIVING (female fronted discount/fifth hour hero esque, top tunes and good backing beards) THE 255'S (manc dudes, ex for old times sake,)
Gig At The Red House Sheffield - Next Satuday!!!. get involed. £4 squids in late licence - 6pm till sometime in the early hours...
PARTY GARBAGE (alcohol drinking, burrito eating punx from texas) COP OUT (steel city skate or die pissed up youth crew, comin' thru) OFFSHORE RADIO (leeds supergroup, super good old school punk rock clash styley! ) THE AMISTAD (socially aware melodic gruff from 'suburbs) THE COST OF LIVING (female fronted discount/fifth hour hero esque, top tunes and good backing beards) THE 255'S (manc dudes, ex for old times sake,)
Honey Ride Me A Goat (Kitchen Dweller Records) - "The fine proposition of skittering hella-drums, incredibly loud, fragmental sludge-riffing and outlandish onstage headwear; all born from a strict diet of curry, drugs and weather report" www.myspace.com/hrmag
Action Beat (Fortissimo) - "The Noise Band from Bletchley! Comprising of at least 4 guitarists, a bassist and up to and including 4 drummers, the Action Beat live experience is one of religious proportions!" www.myspace.com/actionbeat
Hot Bone - Just off their national tour with GNOD + Arficeden the lords of spastic torn metal grace us with their tribute to all things loud and beautiful. www.myspace.com/hotbonedisco
Go Lebanon - They say "Five pairs of eyes adjusting to multicoloured fractals of light in a dimly lit room. Circus punk, Plato doom and Ketamine lounge. Eurovision song contest hopefuls. " www.myspace.com/golebanon
Pulled Apart By Horses - ‘These guys make an interesting, manic racket that, on this evidence, certainly deserves fur
