Fiction/Action <fictionaction>

The Last Update...hace 863 días
 
As per usual, it's been an extremely long time since the last update. This blog shall be the last one though as we break the news to you all that Fiction/Action are no more due to geographical reasons.

After much chat in an attempt to find a solution we realistically concluded that there is not one. The project has been a great experience having supported the likes of The Kooks and iForward Russia! along the way aswell as playing at this years TBreak. We attempted to arrange a 'final' gig but there were no suitable dates for us to work around. We'd like to thank everyone who supported us from the start or who showed us any kind of interest. To those news friends we made on our journey we hope to stay in touch.

We still have some copies of 'Fake Love Real Jazz' left so if you would like any then please get in touch. We've billions of demo recordings aswell so we may 'leak' these into public if you ask nicely... it all depends on your niceness to us though

Love from the former members of F/A x
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Fiction/Action featured in Playmusic's 'Pickup' Magazine!!hace 969 días
 
We were featured in playmusic's 'Pickup' Magazine which is a free fanzine type thing they print, it's available in most music shops. Here's what they had to say about us...

"Fiction/Action - As we all know, Scotland has brought us some of our best bands. F/A are next in line...

What manner of specimen are we dealing with here?
The kind of awkward, angular, screaming menaces that Idlewild started off as and that mclusky and Jetplane Landing continued. Yes, we're talking passionate, fierce and drastically the opposite of The View. Thank the lord.

So what's the deal?
Based in Aberdeen, they're a pretty young creation - having formed last year - but they already sound ready to set fire to all our faces. Yep, that impressive. The various members had, inevitably, been playing in other bands. Wanting to get away from the "crowd-pleasing punk songs" that they used to deal in, they've now hit upon a more challenging and intense sound. Pickup certainly appreciates the move.

What have they been up to?
Pretty much taking the hard-worn route of gigging, gigging and gigging. Sticking to the local area they've still managed to pick up some valuable support slots with the likes of iForward Russia! and The Kooks. They've been asked to record a session for Channel 4 Radio and have found time to record a three track EP - Fake Love Real Jazz. It's very good.

Where can i hear 'em?
Direct your eyes towards www.myspace.com/fictionaction where you can feast your ears upon the noise and fury of tracks like Missin Control (featured on Playmusic Issue 7's covermount CD, go get it!) and just generally check up on their progress

In their own words:
"Taking in a range of influences inculding bands such as Fugazi, Q and not U, Mclusky, Sonic Youth, Jetplane Landing, and early Idlewild, aswell as Niall's love of other art forms such as literature, art, and politics into the creative process, gave rise to many varied songs"

For:
People who feel like kicking lilly-livered indie bands in the face then dancing to raucous, energetic noise."
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Review in Playmusic Magazinehace 969 días
 
Here's what May's Playmusic Magazine had to say about our cd 'Fake Love Real Jazz' (available at most retailers)

"Fiction/Action - Fake Love Real Jazz (4 Stars out of 5)

A Strong accent in music is always, always brilliant. Fiction/Action’s EP, Fake Love Real Jazz, opens with ‘Missing Control’, which you can hear on this months cover mount, and a distinct Scottish accent. Brilliant. Taking on a secret agent theme tune for the intro, it turns into a brutal cross between Biffy Clyro and Fugazi, with a smattering of early Idlewild.

With a half-spoken verse, it soon turns into screaming bloody murder during the chorus, while the guitars complain noisily underneath. Clashing melody with outright fury makes this a brilliant opening track.

‘DCKNS’ is a lot slower and a lot more considered. Building up from a simple arpeggio idea with added guitar lines, it shows off a competent vocal prowess and comes across, again, as the calmer side of Biffy. With little twisted guitar parts springing out, it’s a melodic treat.

‘Red Read Red’ starts with the kind of echoey guitar part that leads to the roads U” tread as well as being en vogue right now, for whatever reasons. It’s soon backed by a driving distorted background. With the vocals breaking up authentically during the heavy chorus, it all sounds convincingly angry and atmospheric.

It’s always a good sign and a good idea to see a diverse set of tracks on an EP. It helps identify the band’s sound and allows them to stop themselves getting hemmed in by expectations.

As an EP it’s well worth a listen and really adds Fiction/Action to my ones to watch pile. Encouraging stuff."
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News news news!hace 969 días
 
Fiction/Action will be playing at King Tuts, Glasgow, on May 9th for the Tbreak heats. We've also been invited to play at the GoNorth showcase in Inverness which is happening on june 7th and 8th, they day we will be playing is yet to be decided. Also, there's a big write up about us in this months 'Playmusic Magazine' so go buy it! We are also going to be featured in the NME - tight!

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Fiction/Action announced by Vic Galloway to play Tbreak 2007! hace 970 días
 
For anyone who tuned into Vic Galloway's show tonight on Radio1 you'll have heard him announce 'Fiction/Action' in amongst the 48 bands to play the Tbreak heats at King Tut's (Glasgow) and The Liquid Rooms (Edinburgh) in May this year. For those who don't know, bands send demo submissions to tbreak who thin them down to what they feel is the best 48, from the 48 submitted tbreak invites the acts to perform live and they then choose 12 acts to play at T in the Park. I think there was over a thousand demo submissions this year so we're chuffed to be in the top 48! More details of when and where we'll be playing for the heats will be announced over the next week or so

There's a link on our blog in our myspace page which you can listen back to hear the announcements.

Deeeecent!
F/A x

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So apparantly we're Aberdeen's Best Rock Act 2007....hace 978 días
 
Well for those who are aware of Aberdeen's Fudge Awards (a local promotion company who put on local acts and celebrate them once a year in the form of a drunken ceremony with lots of banter), we won the FMA '07 award for BEST ROCK ACT! Tight!!

Unfortunately we were unable to make the show as we were busy touring in the usa and working on our new album, but thanks to everyone who voted for us. We are disappointed we missed the awards but we were celebrating Mr Corse turning a year older in his journey through life and we truely did not expect to win any awards.

So, come see Aberdeen's best rock act (FMA 07) play with Distophia and other local delights on May 11th at cafe drummonds. Attendence is compulsory.

Love your best mates, and fave rock band
F/A x

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Channel 4 and Playmusic Magazine!hace 1006 días
 
Fiction/Action will feature on Tom Ravenscroft's show on Channel 4 Radio all this week; the show can be heard at www.channel4radio.com and also via iTunes. We've also been asked to record a live session for the show at some point in the near future so we'll keep you up to date with that one. Also, our song "Missing Control" will feature on the cover CD of April's edition of PlayMusic Magazine; it'll be out in the second week of April and available in most retailers, so keep your eyes peeled. Check out the magazine at www.playmusic.tv 

To those of you in Aberdeen, we now have tickets for our gig at the Tunnels on March 17th with 'i was a cub scout' and 'edgar prais' so if youd like to purchase some, get in touch.

That's all for now,
F/A x
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Feb 17th - your is support needed!hace 1060 días
 
We recently won an online poll for 'Best Rock Act 2007' for Aberdeen's Fudge Music Awards 2007 (FMA07). However, this poll doesn't mean that we are dead cert winners as people are able to vote at Fudge gigs aswell, so it is for this reason that we ask you to come along to our show of Friday 17th Feb at The Moorings, Aberdeen, and to hassle Brian (he'll probably be dj-ing) for a Fudge voting slip and vote for your new favourite band! (Naturally we'd like you to come to all of our shows, but this one holds great importance to us)

It would also be greatly appreciated if you could also help us out by taking a few minutes out of your time and voting for us on the 'NME's Breaking Bands'. You'll be able to find a link straight to our page at www.fictionaction.com and click on the NME logo (it's on the left hand side of the page, a wee bitty down) enough votes means we'll get an NME feature, boost!

Your continued support is greatly appreciated.

Love always
F/A x
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Reviews of some sort or another!hace 1090 días
 
Fudge Fanzine (Demo CD Feb 2005)
'Oh man, how much do I like this fucking CD? There are only two tracks, but opener 'Do The Math' has almost anything I could ever want from a song. It's danceable, threatening, accomplished, takes you by surprise – and mixes distortion with crystal clear clean guitars and shoutable lyrics. We'll be booking these fuckers for some gigs, and nae mistake. Utterly wonderful, and recommended for fans of Fickle Public, The Rapture, At The Drive-In and old-skool Idlewild alike. Fuckin' A! 8/10'

Valid Sound Magazine (Aug 2006)
'Disco music for those that hate disco. Does that make sense? Meh, it does to me. They love the rock, Dave loves the c#ck. They love to dance, they love France...I'm guessing. My descriptions are getting worse and worse; but they remind me of Q and not U sharing a lovely scone with Fugazi.'

urbanlanguage.co.uk (Elgin show 25/11/06)
'...Once Niall from Fiction/Action had finished playing with the jigsaw puzzle (!), he stormed onto stage with the rest of his band and proceeded to rock! Guitarist Andrew Corse - despite fighting tech problems - threw the anger into a raviging guitar blast of heart and soul, and dare I say many were very very impressed. Like "Q and not U" meeting "Fugazi" and having a super night in a big hall in Elgin and giving the all. They have there debut Ep "Fake love, real jazz" ready for you to grab so go grab it! They finished off the night to big cheers and brought to close another really ace gig'
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