Is it a little redundant to say thank you for all the support we've had over the last year?
There are a few people that really made things happen for us. Paul & Claire, from "A Badge of Friendship", did our PR for the album. It is because of them that we appear to be more famous than we really are (we really aren't). It is because of them that our the sudden rise in attention has almost been a blur. We owe them much and they've become real good friends - and that's the point really, isn't it?
It is a strange thing to have people we don't know talking about our music and giving it marks out of 10. Even more of a surprise is that the response was majority positive, ending with an average of 8 out of 10 in the end of year polls from major publications. We were played on radio, podcasts and features, both nationally and internationally, and we have a now infamous Hounslow Chronicle article. It is a strange thing.
By far, one of the strangest thing was having the album leaked before the release. I thought this only happened to BIG bands. Because of that 'leak', however, our music was picked up in eastern Europe and has taken our music into the ears of people from Ukraine and Russia. A young lady called Tanya (from Ukraine) took it upon herself to translate our Last.fm page into Russian and put it up on the Russian Last.fm page for other non-english speaking people - a real HERO. It is a strange thing.
The gigs have been wonderful - some ok, some REALLY bad, but mostly good ;) - yet we haven't even reached 20. This is something to rectify for next year, and we're starting hardcore. We start the year with a couple of small tours, a couple of London shows - they'll be big ones though! - and we're trying to get some festival dates... Cannabis Cup would be aces!
The acoustic shows were great, and our album launch was fantastic. Nothing quite as scary as playing to family. From the success of this we've decided to record the acoustic stuff and maybe do a small series of acoustic shows? The journey is only just beginning...
So, perhaps it is redundant to say thanks, but we'll say it anyway. We've released our first album and we met some friendly, interesting, sexy, funny and genuinely cool people. I say we do it all again next year, and because of your support, it seems like a good idea. Thankyou all. I say well done.
SETLISTS:
11-NOV/2009 @ The Lexington (aka - the gig where the samples failed)
Sum Numbers
Leap Of Faith
Radar
Audio Video Disco
Underachiever
30-NOV/2009 @ Ram Jam (album launch)
01-DEC/2009 @ Fighting Cocks (aka - the acoustic shows)
Issue/Underachiever medley
Sum Numbers
Phat Knickers
Radar
... the above 3 taken by Joanna Rabadi
... the above 1 taken by David Brown
The 405 filmed our launch night so video's up when they finally post them. Until then - MERRY XMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
3LX
