Round up of 2010

As the first proper year of Below The Fall comes to an end, we just thought it’d be nice to reflect on what has been a great time for us and look forward to bigger, better things next year.

Once Dan returned from his New Year trip to New Zealand we got down to business and started writing and practising hard, ready for our first recordings in April. We recorded at Studio 91 with Jordan Fish and couldn’t have been more pleased with how the two tracks came out. Chris of Witch Hunter Records was kind enough to lend us his support to the release, which helped us to receive some great reviews and we were honoured to join his ever expanding and diverse roster of bands.

We may have been a bit slow off the mark with the gigs, but we finally got going in October with our first gig at The 12 Bar in Swindon. It was great to see so many familiar faces there to support us. We followed this up with more gigs including a BBC Introducing show at The Oakford Social Club in Reading with our new friends Everyone Needs A Nemesis.

Our last news of the year, was when the talented Drew Casson asked to use our track, Commissioner, for his show reel video showcasing some of his best work of the last few years which has led to some new exposure for us. This hopefully won’t be the last time we work with Drew, so keep an eye out next year.

So, what else does next year hold? We’re planning more recording with a new release planned for Spring 2011, and more gigs both closer to home and hopefully spread our wings a little further with talk of some London gigs.

Thanks to everyone who has helped to make this year such fun for us… Chris at Witch Hunter Records, Jordan and Sam at Studio 91, Hoover for the EP artwork, Ant and Si for some cool photos, Drew for using our music and anyone else who has come to the gigs, written reviews, bought the CD or listened to our music. See you next year!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Below The Fall

Drew Casson showreel featuring Commissioner

Check out this showreel by talented youngster Drew Casson featuring our track Commissioner. Very impressive stuff. We're honoured that he asked to use our song.

Can you call it a tour?

... probably not, but we do have two gigs in four days next week.

The first is at the BBC Introducing night at the Oakford Social Club in Reading on Wednesday 24th November with Everyone Needs A Nemesis. It's free and right by the train station so easy to get to, so no excuses!

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The second is a charity gig in Bath on Saturday 27th November with our friends (and Sam's other band), The After Affect. It's to raise money for a Kilimanjaro trek in aid of Air Ambulance, so a worthy cause if anyone is local to Bath or wants to make the effort to come down. Should be a good night.

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Big thank you!

Just wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone who made the trip to Swindon for our first gig and making it so memorable. It was great to see so many familiar faces there.

For those of you waiting for something a little more local, we have a couple of gigs in Reading lined up and we are hoping to arrange something in Newbury before the end of the year.

Gig news

We will be playing our first gig at The 12 Bar in Swindon on Wednesday 13th October supporting South Coast rockers, The Light Divided (myspace). We're excited to be playing and it'd be great to see some familiar faces there. Tickets will be £4 and will be available from us soon.

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We'll hopefully have some more gig news soon too.

Update - photos and reviews

We had a few promo photos taken last week and a handful of those are now up on the Gallery tab. Thanks to Ant for taking these and Nat for directing.

Last week also saw our first EP review published on ninehertz website. Thanks to Rob Himself for the kind words. We have set up a Press tab at the top of the page where we will post any reviews we get.

We're also in the process of trying to book some gigs, which will hopefully be in the not too distant future.

Now on Spotify

EP now available to listen to on Spotify (link).

EP now available on iTunes

After a short delay, our EP is now available on iTunes (link)

It should be on Spotify soon too.

CDs now available to purchase

Our EP is now available on CD from our stores at the links below...

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They will also be available at gigs in the future.

EP now available from some major download sites

Thanks to some hard work from Chris at Witch Hunter Records, our EP is now available to download/stream from a number of leading sites (see below). Unfortunately, there has been a delay with a couple of the big ones, but this should be rectified shortly.

Download sites
iTunes - coming soon
Amazon
Napster - coming soon
eMusic

Streaming sites
Spotify - coming soon
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In other news, the CD version should be shipping any day now and can be ordered from either our bandcamp or bigcartel sites.

EP available to download now!

Our debut 2-track EP is available to download or stream now from our bandcamp page here or the player below. It's available to download for as much as you wish to pay - even nothing!

You will also have the option to pre-order a limited edition CD version which we will be producing over the next few weeks, which also includes an immediate download.

Enjoy!

First recordings

We have just finished recording in the studio with Jordan Fish at Studio 91 in Newbury and are really happy with the results.

We are pleased to announce that these recordings will be released as an EP by Witch Hunter Records very soon. It will be available to download for as much as you wish to pay (even nothing!), or on limited edition CD at a very reasonable price. It will also be available to buy or stream at all major online outlets.