more studio stuff and annies gig

Thursday 12th August

… looks like things are finally wrapped up in the studio, with all the preliminary recording put down. All that’s left to do now is let the tracks mellow for a little while while we jam them into shape, before returning to the desk to dot the is and cross the ts, as it were.

Elsewise we’ve been brainstorming ideas for visuals to go with the new sounds, and have settled on a lovely Paul Fox original which combines lyrical elements from the new songs with his own perennial obsessions (woodland critters, cityscapes and bad architecture- his journals are full of ‘em). In his own words:

“it’s the first time I’ve created a piece of ’serious’ art solely on computer. I slipped in some secret stuff, hidden shapes, etc. as well as some tenuous Kite, Golden Triangle and Pentagram compositional allusions, for those with time on their hands. I love a good bit of mysticism in artwork, I do.”

We’re so pleased with the new visuals that we will be rebooting the whole shebang, myspace, site etc. the better to express where we feel we’re at at the moment. To top things off we’ll be setting up our own record label (as yet unnamed, your suggestions welcome!) to tie everything together.

We will also be making a brief return to the Belfast stage this week on Tuesday August 17th in Auntie Annies, on the invitation of Katie and the Carnival, and that’ll cost ye a more than reasonable £5 in. The lovely Niamh O’Hagan will be playing too, and you’ll get a sneak peak of the new stuff for your trouble.

In the meantime we’re trying to get a photoshoot organised for this weekend, and giving Paul’s English friend Annie a guided tour of Aul Beal Feirste. Maybe we could combine the two… (funny how these ideas come about sometimes)

chat soon;)

KATCO.

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