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| whiskas9 |
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Einstein
Joined: 25 Apr 2005
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Hello there,
How are you? Hope you are doing well
Sorry for not writing for so long, I think we've mostly been getting on with none-Forward Russia 'stuff.' We played the Moor Music Festival this weekend, and that was loads of fun and we had a great time apart from the mood, it was pretty rainy there. Now that's done, we can tell you about another gig we've been asked to play later in the year:
FRIDAY 17th OCTOBER
Brainwash Fesitval @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
More details:
http://forum.forwardrussia.com/viewtopic.php?t=6821
Now Some More News:
Unfortunately this will be our only gig for the rest of the year, and infact for the forseeable future.
Firstly, you may have seen tickets available for other ¡Forward, Russia! gigs around mid-October - unfortunately there has been constant miscommunication over these dates, and we are not playing them I'm afraid.
We have decided to take a break from doing ¡Forward, Russia! - for a lot of different reasons. The idea of doing another tour with nothing new to offer was something that enthused none of us, and the idea of re-booting on a productive strand is something we're not quite ready to face just yet
Added to which, the last few months of inactivity has led us all on paths away from the band. I know that sounds odd, having released an album only a few months ago, but I don't think any of us were connected to the mechanics of its release. I don't know how it happened, but I want to thank all our management, the guys and gals at Cooking Vinyl and all the other people who worked on the record for putting all their efforts into the release of 'Life Processes' and apologise for our complete failure to engage in the release of it.
So to reach the present. Katie is moving to Nottingham in a few weeks, having taken the opportunity to do an art course there (she's in need of a new 'posse' apparently, so get in touch if you can help) - so it's unlikely we'll do anything serious again till we're a bit more geographically centralised
Tom will be keeping busy producing some of the hottest young talent in the country, he's been doing a lot of work with a band called 'Minaars' - you can check him out at http://www.myspace.com/tomwoodhead - and you can get in touch with him at tdwoodhead<at>gmail.com if you want to get in touch with him about producing your next pop record
From now until October? We did talk about releasing a Gravity & Heat EP, which may or may not now go ahead - certainly not in a physical format unfortunately. As mentioned it wouldn't have anything new from us, but we did ask a few people to do some remixes.
Apart from that, we have been trying to get together as many live bootlegs, session tracks and 'rarities' as we can, with the thought of putting as many as possible on our website for people to enjoy. This depends on £ and webspace, but we'll work on it and let you know how we do - hopefully we can do something by the time of the gig in October
Ticket details for Brainwash Festival, will be available soon, keep checking the websites above, as well as our own website, forum and myspace - we'll be lurking on the forum for a while yet I suspect
Till later then, take care |
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| Onebrow |
| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:43 am |
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| dewdropmagic |
| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:48 am |
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Not too much of a surprise to be honest.
Should make the Brainwash gig all the more special though  |
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| Onebrow |
| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:57 am |
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Charred and Beguiled
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Yeah I know, I had the feeling something like this was going to happen for a while.
And yes, yes it should. |
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| bagpipesolo |
| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:27 am |
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| revans |
| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:32 am |
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Occupied Pharaoh
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I don't really know what to say. |
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| Durry Quill |
| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:00 pm |
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Jolly Roger
Joined: 15 Jun 2007
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Oh no.
This cannot be happening.
Will this year ever stop killing bands?
This Et Al
I Was A Cub Scout
The Toy Guns
Shut Your Eyes And You'll Burst Into Flames
Help She Can't Swim
Battle
and now ¡Forward, Russia!
I don't know what else to say.  |
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| justboy |
| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:10 pm |
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| all a bit sucky. but i'll do my best to make it to Brainwash, and we'll make it an awesome (temporary) send off! |
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| Fenton |
| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:12 pm |
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Drowned in sound have said you have "as good as split" but the tone of the message doesn't sound like that at all.
Split, Hiatus, Time Off? What, what is the story here.
Good luck to you guys, anyway. |
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| Tom Russia |
| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:21 pm |
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WHAT IS GAAAAS?!
Joined: 26 Apr 2005
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We HAVEN'T split up, the message was carefully worded not to give that impression but obviously it hasn't worked 100%. We also deliberately avoided the word "hiatus" because that has obvious splitting-up connotations but that has been shoehorned in there.
Anyway, basically we have no timetabled plans to do anything, but at some point in the future we do intend to write new songs. When that will be no-one knows.
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| revans |
| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:25 pm |
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I've found a posse for Katie to hook up with
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| whiskas9 |
| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:27 pm |
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Einstein
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| Durry Quill |
| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:29 pm |
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Tom Russia wrote: We HAVEN'T split up, the message was carefully worded not to give that impression but obviously it hasn't worked 100%. We also deliberately avoided the word "hiatus" because that has obvious splitting-up connotations but that has been shoehorned in there.
Anyway, basically we have no timetabled plans to do anything, but at some point in the future we do intend to write new songs. When that will be no-one knows.
Right.
Still, you've gone on indefinite hiatus. That doesn't sound good.
What's with all the random pics BTW? |
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| Tom Russia |
| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:32 pm |
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WHAT IS GAAAAS?!
Joined: 26 Apr 2005
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You see, "indefinite hiatus" is what these guys went on:
We're more in this vein:
So expect a tour of massive venues in about 10 years time. |
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| Onebrow |
| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:55 pm |
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Charred and Beguiled
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See you there in 2018. 
I think my initial reaction might have made some people think it was worse than the statement. I was just gutted at the lack of likely gigs and new material in the near future. |
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