The Album Is Out + Tour Update

"A Random Quiet" is now out on CD and download. Bandcamp's the best place to go, although iTunes and Amazon are also selling the record.

Readers of Rock & Reel-R2 magazine should keep an eye out for the next edition which is set to feature a track from the album on the monthly cd.

The tour, supporting Albert Lee, is going well. It's been great meeting people after the shows too.

Here is what's coming up for Hall of Ghosts into the summer, tour-wise :

April
22 Eastbourne, College Theatre  England
23 Bognor, The Regis Centre  England
27 Musselburgh, Brunton Theatre  Scotland
28 Kinross, Live At The Green  Scotland
29 Aberdeen, The Lemon Tree  Scotland

May
1 Glasgow, The Ferry   Scotland
3 Castle Douglas, Lochside Theatre Scotland
5 Mickleton, Mickelton R&B Club  England
11 Ravenshead, The Stetson   England
13 Shrewsbury, Theatre Severn  England
15 Coleraine, Riverside Theatre  N. Ireland
16 Letterkenny, An Grianan   Ireland
17 Armagh, Market Place   N. Ireland
19 Omagh, Strule Arts Centre  N. Ireland
24 Listowel, St. John's   Ireland
26 Bray, Mermaid Arts Centre  Ireland
27 Caernarfon, Galeri   Wales

June
1 Hereford, The Courtyard Theatre  England
2 Wavendon, The Stables   England
7 Haverhill, Arts Centre   England
9 Pontypridd, Muni Arts Centre  Wales

For booking, contact the venue directly.

The Album Is Ready !

"A Random Quiet", the debut album from Hall of Ghosts, is ready to go ! It will be immense.

Acclaimed mastering engineer Bob Katz put the finishing touches to the 8 song album which will be released in Spring 2012.

The track list is :

1 Bye Bye, Big Blue
2 Giant Water
3 We Are Finally Happy For Standing Still
4 Volunteers
5 Tonight, It's Over
6 Hall of Ghosts
7 The Wandering
8 A Random Quiet

Look out for a single coming soon from the album. The entire release will also be streamed in advance on Bandcamp with the chance to pre-order the CD at a discount.

Tour dates for 2012 are now being worked on.

Album artwork

Here's a preview of the album cover :

I'm currently mixing the opening track "Bye Bye, Big Blue" which is my favourite of the songs at the moment. Coming soon - a video previewing the songs as they were recorded & mixed.

Album Update

Looks like a rethink is on the cards. I already mixed a track called "Old Computer Instrumental" for the album but its sibling "I Remember Old Computer" (no musical relation) will just not hang together right and one song won't work without the other on the album.

I think I'm going to save that pairing for a future single or EP and write and record a new song specifically for the album. Sonically, it might work better as the Computer songs have that great 8 bit synth sound on them but they might no sit well next to the guitar-based songs.

That means the album will most likely be 8 songs which is great because a) I can think of plenty of classic albums I enjoy that have only 8 songs and b) some of the songs are longer than the usual 3-4 minutes so the running time will still clock in at about 35-40 mins which is good for the old attention span.

The artwork for the album has been photographed too (Sample coming soon) and now I'm deciding on what to call this recording.

ProTools Interruptus

Well, at least I managed to get one new track out before my ProTools rig bit the dust!

Currently waiting on a new PC before recommencing mixing. My poor Dell was suffering from some Thermal Meltdown issues or some such.

Meantime, at least it's sunny - I can go cycling.