So, still no Soft Riot material if that’s what you’re here looking for — all two of you that is. Not to say that there hasn’t been a lot going on. In fact, quite a bit has been going on. A lot of this activity has been going on with Savage Furs, who have finished another demo containing a set of four songs. For the limited distribution we’ve been handing out in this preliminary stage of the band, the tracks have been getting a lot of good feedback. I’ve provided a few links at the bottom of this little update should you be interested in reading.

Moving forward, the main priority is getting the band onto the stage! This is coming along rather nicely as we’ve been in midst of rehearsals. There will be more news on this soon as shows are coming right around the corner when that moment is right. You can check out the band’s various online guises in the near future for updates but there will likely be updates here as well.

I have also lent some of my time to helping out my friends in the London synth duo called A Terrible Splendour, who play “darkly luxurious synthesized pop”. We have been recording, re-recording, and working on a few tracks that are about to go into the mixing stage and I can assume they will have tracks posted from these sessions soon. It’s been been fun and interesting working on music that I’m not entirely involved in, and trying to suggest approaches to elements within the context of music other people have written. And having a chance to brush up any production skills I think I may have is always a plus.

Oh yes, and here’s those links:

SAVAGE FURS : An Interview with YouIndie.com (June 2010)
SAVAGE FURS : “The Throne of Satyricon” (Goldkicks, May 2010)
SAVAGE FURS : Review on mickmercer.com (February 2010)