We are continuing to work on our sets for the forthcoming gigs/tour today. We have recently prioritised learning three of the recent EP songs to include those in future sets. Our next gig is at the Music Room, Ipswich (see details below).
The Patreon CD templates are close to being finalised and set off to the printers, as are the shirts/patches for 2022. We are sorry for the delay, which has been caused by keeping an eye on the budget as well as the band being very busy in other areas, however, they will be with you soon!
April 15th, 2023 – The Music Room, Ipswich (Buy Tickets) **
May 19th, 2023 – Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester (Buy Tickets)
June 16th, 2023 – The Patriot, Crumlin (Buy Tickets) *
June 17th, 2013 – The Tivoli Venue, Buckley (Buy Tickets) *
June 18th, 2023 – Bannermans, Edinburgh (Buy Tickets) *
June 22nd, 2023 – Trillian’s, Newcastle (Buy Tickets) *
June 23rd, 2023 – The Black Prince, Northampton (Buy Tickets) (Buy VIP) *
June 24th, 2023 – Boston Arms Music Room, London (Buy Tickets) *
June 25th, 2023 – The Waterloo, Blackpool (Buy Tickets) *
We have a big few months ahead of us, so we are focussing on getting ready for the forthcoming gigs/UK Tour. We are also working on adding our Extinction After EP songs into the sets. Our next show is in April, supporting the excellent Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake/Cher) and Brandon Gibbs in Ipswich at the Music Room. Tickets are selling fast for this gig so book now to avoid disappointment.
You can see us live here:
April 15th, 2023 – The Music Room, Ipswich (Buy Tickets) **
May 19th, 2023 – Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester (Buy Tickets)
June 16th, 2023 – The Patriot, Crumlin (Buy Tickets) *
June 17th, 2013 – The Tivoli Venue, Buckley (Buy Tickets) *
June 18th, 2023 – Bannermans, Edinburgh (Buy Tickets) *
June 22nd, 2023 – Trillian’s, Newcastle (Buy Tickets) *
June 23rd, 2023 – The Black Prince, Northampton (Buy Tickets) (Buy VIP) *
June 24th, 2023 – Boston Arms Music Room, London (Buy Tickets) *
June 25th, 2023 – The Waterloo, Blackpool (Buy Tickets) *
We are back at Unit One, Colchester today for more rehearsal sessions. We are currently focusing on our sets for the upcoming gigs/tour. We have also started to learn the tracks from the Extinction After EP for their live debut later this year.
April 15th, 2023 – The Music Room, Ipswich (Buy Tickets) **
May 19th, 2023 – Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester (Buy Tickets)
June 16th, 2023 – The Patriot, Crumlin (Buy Tickets) *
June 17th, 2013 – The Tivoli Venue, Buckley (Buy Tickets) *
June 18th, 2023 – Bannermans, Edinburgh (Buy Tickets) *
June 22nd, 2023 – Trillian’s, Newcastle (Buy Tickets) *
June 23rd, 2023 – The Black Prince, Northampton (Buy Tickets) (Buy VIP) *
June 24th, 2023 – Boston Arms Music Room, London (Buy Tickets) *
June 25th, 2023 – The Waterloo, Blackpool (Buy Tickets) *
We will be back in rehearsals today at Unit One, Colchester. We are again looking to keep things tight and perfect our set for our gigs later this year. We will continue to put more expansive footage of these sessions up onto YouTube for 2023.
We will be back at Unit One Studios in Colchester today for our regular rehearsal sessions. As seen from last week’s video (play above) we will be doing more extensive videos from our sessions going forward into 2023 as part of our strategy to help grow the band’s reach and improve the content going into 2023.
This will include more of the travel, the band working, and the creative process than we have included in previous years’ videos.
We are back at Unit One today for our usual rehearsal sessions. We will be looking to tighten the set up and continue to add to it following our gig at the Hot Box on Thursday night.
We will be working at Gallow Wood Media with Talon Payne this morning for our first music video for the new album After Extinction. This will be the second music video the band has done, the last being in 2018 for the A Crisis of Faith album. Joining us will be Heidi Crowell who will be performing her keys/vocals from the album.
The music video will be released alongside a new single, which will be a new version of the track from the album for which the video is for.
After shooting is completed, we will head over to Unit One Studios for our rehearsals to prepare for our gig at the Hotbox in Chelmsford next week. You can get tickets for the event here.
We have launched our new EP, Extinction After with two new songs today, Evil I and Evil II. These are two brand new tracks not featured on our album After Extinction. The CD release will be available to Patreons paying £3 and up, which will be sent outside our multi-disc Falling Through Freedom package, a new shirt, and a patch very soon. You can still grab all this merch for just £3 here.
We have further evolved our band’s sound to a darker, thrashier, and heavier tone than our previous releases. Please click the play icons above and below to hear the tracks. The EP will be coming to streaming services at a later date.
We are back at Unit One Studios for the first time in 2023 today. We will be having a refresh session as well as working on our set for our gig at the Hot Box in Chelmsford on January 19th. You can buy tickets in advance from here and Band Backer Patreon’s can attend the gig for free by clicking here. The footage of today’s session will be uploaded onto YouTube next week.
Mixing and editing has been completed for the Extinction After EP. This EP includes 5 brand new songs, not on our most recent album, and was recorded by Wayne Thompson at Unit One Studio’s last year.
Once the final tracks go back, both Patreon CD releases will go to the printers alongside the Falling Through Freedom 10th anniversary patch and t-shirt. We are sorry about the delay. Once this is completed an announcement for the 2023 Patreon pack will be made, and this will be a very special release.
I thought I would do a write-up on the year with the band given it’s been our busiest ever. In the early part of the year, we played a run of gigs put on by One Eye Toad Records which really helped us get back on the road again after the Covid-era restrictions were finally lifted in most cases. Most of these gigs were with Neverworld and Planet Fatale, two bands we have played with on a number of occasions over the years and with who we enjoy playing alongside. It’s worth mentioning that John Morter who organised these gigs and helped us get back to a regular gigging schedule sadly passed away last month. For all of his hard work and dedication to the scene, he will be greatly missed.
Coda – 9/3/2022
During that run of gigs, we had a one-night-only reunion with Anthony Murch on lead guitar. Ant was in the band from 2012-2015 and played on our first two albums. Anthony again played songs from both his time in the band and later albums since his departure. He’s currently playing alongside our former drummer Chris MacKinnon (who likewise joined in 2012, but after our debut album before leaving in 2018) in a band called It’s Not A Phase Mum, covering the 2000’s era classics which can be found here.
We made our return to two of our favourite venues this year too, both the Melbourn Rock Club and the Rock Den in Hatfield, both of which were fun nights.
A large portion of the year has been taken up with recording, editing, mixing, mastering, and so on. We worked extremely hard to get our new album After Extinction finished this year, as well as recording a further 10 tracks for two EPs, one of which has been released digitally and the other is currently being worked on. I have said previously that I cannot remember a time the band has been busier and 2022 certainly was a challenging year, but I feel a great relief to know everything on our end is now completed and there is very little remaining to do going into 2023.
It is worth mentioning that there will be a new Falling Through Freedom t-shirt and patch coming to all our Patreon’s soon, with two EPs (which include a multi-disc set) on CD heading out to everyone paying £3 or more ASAP. We have been slightly delayed in getting these out due to the Extinction After EP still being finalised! These will be with you soon, depending on Royal Mail strikes!
In August of course we joined the Lillian Axe/Riot Act (ex-Riot) tour as a replacement for Kim Melville. This is the first tour this line-up has done, and we had an amazing time on the road, and we are very thankful for the opportunity to play with two exceptional bands here in the U.K.
We aptly finished the year with two hometown shows in Colchester both at the Brewhouse on the 25th of November and Coda, on the 14th.
We also introduced a new Patreon tier, a band backer tier which was to help the band fund an opportunity we were recently offered. Without giving too much away at this stage, an official offer/contract has come through and we used some of the new Patreon funds to have the offer independently accessed by an expert, as well as general guidance on the best route forward for the band in 2023, with more the be revealed at a later date.
