Strangers
It's been a while, children, but an update is finally here. Now, first useful and useless bit of news is The Band Name Change, aka the worst career move ever; aka totally necessary given circumstances. We're not GSH anymore, thank fucking Satan, and the new name is Strangers. STRANGERS. (rearrange and remove an "r" and you can get "St Angers"; our tribute to The Best Album This Decade). Some sort of statement put it this way:
“With a new line-up and set of songs, we no longer feel that the name GSH (Guest Stabs Host) represents the band in its current form; and the name now only embodies an era of songs and lyrics that have run their course musically and conceptually. Therefore the next logical step is to end that era with a change of the band name. Our new name is: STRANGERS. We hope that this won’t confuse you too much.”
Now: a new demo is almost finished - some info:
1. Meursault Blues
2. Holding
3. Howl
4. Teenagers
This little thing should be ready by Christmas, and an mp3 is available to download here:
Strangers - 'Teenagers' MP3
It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Otis Chamberlain of the awesome Gomorrah fame. The demo will come packaged as three cardboard inserts with cd attached packaged in a plastic sleeve - should be around $5 or $7. It's being released as an Action Man Records demo.
The site has also been updated with some pictures from our NZ tour with Dial that happened in September/October. It was fucking great; and despite the lows (people forgetting PA bookings, ridiculous inner-city dwelling noise complainers, Nelson, 3am drives from Nelson to Christchurch, closed record shops) there were some great moments (seeing Dial 6 times, millions of bagels, sleepy-chin photos, SEALS, buying records). We will be doing a more comprehensive NZ tour in the first half of 2007, that's a promise.
“With a new line-up and set of songs, we no longer feel that the name GSH (Guest Stabs Host) represents the band in its current form; and the name now only embodies an era of songs and lyrics that have run their course musically and conceptually. Therefore the next logical step is to end that era with a change of the band name. Our new name is: STRANGERS. We hope that this won’t confuse you too much.”
Now: a new demo is almost finished - some info:
1. Meursault Blues
2. Holding
3. Howl
4. Teenagers
This little thing should be ready by Christmas, and an mp3 is available to download here:
Strangers - 'Teenagers' MP3
It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Otis Chamberlain of the awesome Gomorrah fame. The demo will come packaged as three cardboard inserts with cd attached packaged in a plastic sleeve - should be around $5 or $7. It's being released as an Action Man Records demo.
The site has also been updated with some pictures from our NZ tour with Dial that happened in September/October. It was fucking great; and despite the lows (people forgetting PA bookings, ridiculous inner-city dwelling noise complainers, Nelson, 3am drives from Nelson to Christchurch, closed record shops) there were some great moments (seeing Dial 6 times, millions of bagels, sleepy-chin photos, SEALS, buying records). We will be doing a more comprehensive NZ tour in the first half of 2007, that's a promise.
Lastly, we have a new website for the new name: http://www.strangersknow.com.
We will resume playing in 2007, much love.
posted by Acres of Shit at 7:01 PM
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