In our previous post we mentioned our next show is on the 12th September playing at THE FLUX Presents Acoustic Showcase at The Louisiana, Bristol.
Well the good people at THE FLUX webzine who are putting on this show are going to be on the Jelli Records Bristol Music show on BCfm on Monday 18th August to talk about their webzine, their re-banding and the show on the 12th September at The Louisiana, Bristol.
The show starts at 8pm and you can listen in live on BCfm's website or using the listen again feature afterwards.
Plus anyone who comes to The Louisiana show also gets FREE entry to Bristol Live Magazine September Issue Party over at Start The Bus after our show featuring music from Liberto Wolf and BLM Djs till late - just show your stamps at the door once you arrive at Start The Bus. So two great shows for the price of one!
Firstly, we would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has pre-ordered the album and
bought an e-ticket to our launch on 11th December. We have been a bit overwhelmed to be honest. Your support and generosity really means a lot to us!
Don't forget you can still pre-order our album and buy an e-ticket for the launch show at our Bandcamp page.
We also really appreciate all the lovely comments we've received about our name change. It's really great that you like 'The Honeyfire' as much as we do.
The Honeyfire and Bashema at the Balloon Fiesta
On Saturday we played at the wonderful Bristol International Balloon Fiesta which was Anja's first time at the Fiesta. It was also our last festival this year. It was nice seeing some of you there, although you
were rather shy so next time please do come over and have a chat. Thank you to Bashema from Meet Your Feet who joined us on piano for a few songs and for Jelli Records for running the stage. After playing we stayed and enjoyed sets from Darren Hodge, Brockley Forest and Meet Your Feet.
We're now all on holiday which is nice but a bit sad to be apart. We'll be back in two weeks fully recharged and ready to work on an exciting new collaboration project involving Greek mythology the underworld and a trip to a London recording studio! We'll post more on that soon.
Really excited for our next show which has just been announced in basement of The Louisiana in Bristol for THE FLUX Presents playing alongside Ellie Makes Music and Demi Louise Music on Friday 12th September. This will be a stripped back acoustic (ish!) set from us which will be fun. Checkout the Facebook event for more information. Entry is £5 on the door. Doors open 7.30pm.
Can't believe it's been such a long time since our last post on
this blog. Well this is the end of the silence. We'll be posting on a regular basis from now on, I promise!
When Natalie last posted (Back in June 2012) we were a
totally different band. So many things have happened, it would be
impossible to mention everything in this one post. Although it's only
right that I fill you in on some of the highlights of the past year.
Anja on drums - The Thunderbolt 2013
Our first big piece of news is that we are now a three piece. The
lovely and incredibly talented Anja Quinn joined us on drums in
November time last year. It's totally amazing the kind of dynamic
that she has added to our music. That first day when the three of us
came together for a rehearsal it was like everything suddenly fell
into place. She totally understood what we were about and what we
wanted and we haven't looked back since. In more recent times Anja
has also escaped from behind the drum kit to take a large role in the
song writing, singing, and even bringing other instruments into our
sound such as the saw (Yes, a real saw!), bass and keyboards. More
importantly, she also keeps the sibling wars between me and Natalie to
a minimum.
Wolfhound and Bashema at The Bristol Acoustic Music Festival
The next good thing that happened to us was being offered a slot
at the Bristol Acoustic Music Festival at St George's. We were lucky enough to
collaborate with the brilliant singer, songwriter, and pianist
Bashema. It was by far the best gig we had done up until that point
and it pushed us to do better than we thought ourselves capable of.
In the summer we made a music video for 'Elements' in a local forest over a couple of hot, and midge infested, evenings. It was great fun but we all got loads of insect bites for our efforts.
Although we have mostly been gigging in and around Bristol, last
month we were lucky enough to do our first gig in London at a place
called The Islington. For the day we hired a mini bus and packed it
with some of our friends and fans, including fellow musician Tom Mitchell who was also playing that night. It was a really good night
and we hope it might be the first of many London shows.
Performing at Brisfest 2013 with Big Jeff at the front!
On the 21st September, after many months of hard work,
we finally released our second EP 'Tales Of Truth & Lies'. It was
released on the same day that we played Brisfest – Bristol's
biggest festival. The whole festival itself definitely made one of
this year's highlights. The whole two days gave us so much to do and
be part of. Releasing our EP, which we'd worked so hard on only made
it that much better.
The excitement doesn't stop there however. I saved the best news
till last. We are very excited to be working with Jelli Records - a
Bristol based record label, promotion and management company. We have
only been with them a short time but they have already got big plans
in mind for us. Only last week we were given the opportunity to
record a single, 'Starlight', in Factory Studios (release date to be
confirmed). We are currently writing new material for an album that
we will record with Jelli Records in 2014.
'Starlight' Cover Art by Anja (yes she paints too!)
If you want to catch us in Bristol soon, our next gig is in the
Colston Hall foyer on Saturday 2nd November. We will be
playing alongside the amazing Maxi Rai who is a must see! It's
free entry and starts at 5:30pm.
