Stray Light update, July 2008
"Off the beat, or not at all."
We've just finished the new Stray Light album, titled Waves Broken.
This one is our most diverse collection of songs yet - the loud bits seem louder, the quiet bits quieter, and the weird bits are, well, weirder... We've also branched out a bit instrumentally with the addition of flute, viola, balalaika, and some slightly unorthodox piano amongst other things, to the usual line-up.
We'll be replacing this temporary page with a full site with much more content soon - in the meantime have a listen to the sample MP3s over there ==> and keep an eye on the Myspace page where we'll be streaming a changing selection from the album, plus older things.
Next gigs:
16th July:
The Castle, Manchester
16th August:
Serpentine Pad charity gig at The Castle, Manchester - CANCELLED
6th September: Night & Day, Manchester
9th October: The Dry Bar, Manchester
18th October (TBC): The Rampant Lion, Manchester
21st November: Interkonnect, Bolton
Some bands we've played with:
Bardo
Pond - hypnogogic layered haze from Philly.
Do Make Say Think
- fine Canadian post-rock.
Stars of the Lid - tonal
drones from somewhere in the ether between Texas and Belgium.
B-Fab.U.K. - Mancunian
meta-rock at its best.
Shalabi Effect - Eastern-influenced
improv from Montreal.
Health - shamanistic noise from
LA.
Some sample MP3s from Waves Broken, feel free to download and share:
'And
Victor Turned' [4.3mb]
'Routine Rabbit' [2.7mb]
'Oubliette' [3.9mb]
And some from Careers:
'Hearing
Shapes' [6.3mb]
'Ckpunka'
[7.6mb]
You can email us and get added to our mailing list at:
Or find us on myspace:
http://profile.myspace.com/straylightuk
Please note that the old PO Box address is no longer active - if there's something you'd like to send please email.