SHOWS, RECORDS STUFF

> > well well well what an interesting few days we've had.> > has been some crazy times of late, organising everything for the EP.> > we've somehow managed to fit in 3 shows in a row as well.> > on wednesday night we played a show at oxford art factory with Telepathe from the states> > and one of our favorite sydney bands Naked On The Vague.> > we had some major technical difficulties during sound check, but managed to have> > one of the most enjoyable sets we've had in a while. we pulled off our new song 'icy cold'> > with only about 1 hour to learn it the night before, which was great.> > Fyi - we write all of our songs track by track on a computer, and THEN learn them once they're done.> > So we literally had never played it before, practiced for one hour then played it on stage.> > it worked out pretty well though.> > and then last night (thursday) we played Levity Nights at the Hollywood Hotel in Surry Hills.> > and what an event it was...> > to a packed and highly anticipated crowd, we started playing through a suprisingly decent sounding> > but pieced together PA (ie. the mixing desk was inside the kitchen of the pub, and our> > sound guy had to go through the kitchen door every time he wanted to make a change to the sound),> > but alas nobody could have imagined what happened next...amongst the great vibe, Doris the now retired (for 30 years or so?) Hollywood glamour girl> > and owner of the hotel decided to cut us off, by walking on stage in the middle of our third song> > and grabbing the mic and telling everyone to shut up and turn the music off and it was too loud, etc etc..> > and then what happened next was some sort of weird hostile riotous type standoff between the crowd and Doris,> > with the crowd chanting "let them play, let them play" and Doris screaming back at them "not in my hotel" etc etc. We then somehow sweet talked her into letting us do one more, and after 15 minutes or so of pandomnium, we managed> > to slip in 'Icy Cold' before the party was shut down for good. Too bad we always save our best songs> > for last ! oh well maybe next time.... after everything had died down, we made up with Doris and all was good.> > the end.

Recording the EP!!!

So we're up to day 3 in BJB studios with producer Scott Horscroft (The Presets, The Scare, Mess Hall, etc) mixing 5 new tracks for our EP to come out in August.
it's been very exciting so far, Scott has really taken the songs to a level previously unexperienced by us... the first day in the studio we finished producing the songs with Scott,
which involved re-tracking all the vocals, tracking some new guitar & synth parts, and coming up with other great ideas like handclaps & vocal melodies.
we also then went on to record live drums on all tracks to give them an extra push.
basically all that has to be done now is finish mixing the tracks, and then before you know it we'll have a brand new EP for you.

Being in the studio for the first time has been unexpectedly brilliant, the songs have developed more than we thought possible...much better than our $200 recording setup at home anyway and we are really looking forward to hearing them mixed and mastered.
speak soon

WOW

introducing....

Hello people, it's Matt and Bree from WOW here…we’d like to introduce ourselves…
We are a Sydney duo that started playing music together in November last year, and found ourselves doing our first gig three weeks after that. We did some shows with international touring acts Crystal Castles from Canada and El Guincho from Spain and locals Dardanelles, Young & Restless, The ELF and Theatre Of Disco amongst others.
Speaking of international…in April we went to Vietnam to headline the Hanoi International Music Festival to over 1000 people. It was riotous: the cops shut off the power halfway through our last song and made us pack up in the dark, despite the howling protests of the music-hungry Hanoian ex-pat community. Things were a bit more sedate but no less fun when we played Sydney festivals Field Day and Essential earlier this year, too.

Apart from lugging our gear to all these gigs, we also found time to release our debut 7" Common Species in March. It received some some sweet praise from local street press and loads of international blogs and we sold copies in places like the UK and Japan.

Not to be outdone on the fashion front, we also found time to create our personal greatest achievement ... the WOW gold chain bling t-shirts… Shiny and ghetto, it’s win win !! You really should get one before they disappear forever. (Limited to 50 shirts)

Enough of what we've done, let us tell you what’s coming up.
As you probably know, we are going to be releasing an EP through our new best friends Levity very soon, with a bunch of brand new tracks we’ve been working on lately. We can’t wait for you to hear our new stuff... It could probably be described as a little more synth-heavy, disco / rave influenced stuff than what's on our 7”.

We’ve got some shows coming up (check out www.myspace.com/wowsydney for details). When you come to see us play, please keep in mind that it’s essential that you PARTY, which may or may not include things such as dancing, on-stage tequila shots, strobe lights, screaming, jumping, jugs of sangria, boogie-ing-on-down, and whatever else you consider having a good time. Do it !!
Love you.

WOW