Icarus have finished their debut EP!!

It contains six tracks, all written by Icarus - Hands Made For Arms, Touch, Sunday, Tides, Carpe Diem and Midnight.

It hasn't got a name - we'd like YOU to name it individually, whatever you feel works.

It hasn't got a set price - we'd like to pay as much or as little as you like, whatever you feel it's worth. (Thank you, Radiohead...)

You can get your hands on a copy of the EP as soon as we start producing them. Start shotgunning now!

love to all

Tom

x x x

Well according to bebo it's been 47 days since we posted a blog entry, so here's the latest news from the Ic camp.

As you probably know from our constant spamming and advertising, we've been working on an EP. Our debut release, we want to make it as damn sexy as we can, and working on a very tight schedule it has taken, admittedly, a little longer than we hoped. HOWEVER, it's so close to release now! Just got to record/rerecord some vocals, then have a fat day of mixing, then mastering and its ready We've had to do all the work ourselves, due to having limited cash to chuck at a studio, but have spent literally days getting all the songs sounding as great as we can, and we think the results are pretty awesome. Expect it to go for about a quid (to cover our costs), some time during Xmas.

Cos we've been focusing all our efforts on the EP, we haven't had a chance to pluck a single note in the sesh house since our last band practice which was.........................fookin
 g ages ago (before the latest forum show :S). But that won't be for long, since alongside these final stages of EP-creation we hope to get together at least twice before the end of the year. There are so many (too many?!) great new ideas flying around now, and as soon as we can get working on them together you will start hearing new, hopefully even better, things from Icarus.

Speaking of hearing Icarus, who's coming to 'Sexy Action New Year' on the 5th of January? You are? Good! It'll be our one year anniversary don't ya know, and we can guarantee our support set is gonna be a treat for you all It should be full of surprises, as we're in the process of planning our half hour to represent the evolution of the band over its first year, which means we will be playing some new stuff you have NEVER heard before. Yeh that's right, it's so new it's not even appearing on the EP.Then after that we've got the Judd Band Showcase in early 08 (january maybe?) which promises to be our biggest gig yet, and the Judd Stars In Their Eyes competition, which should be a laugh. Oh yeh, and a little thing called The Stable 7 second round, which we should be getting a place in after your awesome support in round one. Cheers!

So basically, get our EP (constantly hassle the band members over the next few weeks and we'll put one aside especially for you), come to our gigs next year, and prepare for a final 8 months of sweet as, dance-till-you-vomit, rave-like-a-spastic, energy-filled audio jizz from your friends at the Ic You heard me right: 8 months, then we're finished. Uni will call, we will part ways, and Icarus will be no more.....

But holy sex-monkeys are those 8 months gonna be INSANE!

Plates!

Icarus

x x x x x

All!

TWO MASSIVE UPDATES:

As you may have noticed, the band picture has changed to the winning picture of the New Band Photo Competition!! The winner was MISS KATHRYN FRANKS, hard-core Ic fan and aspiring photographer. As promised, she wins herself a refund of her ticket to the gig, a copy of the upcoming EP, and (naturally) undying love from the Ic lads!! Well done her. High fives all round!

The "old" year 13 bands that we so sadly said goodbye to in October time, as they all went their separate ways, are planning to keep Christmas spirits high with huge reunion gigs! Confirmed so far is Sexy Christmas News, with Sexy Action News headlining, Matt Bishop as support and.. Icarus! Yes, you'eard. We at Ic are honoured to be asked to play with the lads, and we hope you'll come show your apprecation for a night of sweet music. To be fair, anyone that hasn't heard SAN's EP should die. Now. Also being murmured about is a big Afflicted Quarter headlining gig around Xmas time - we'll keep y'all posted on that one.

Hope that satisfies ya!

x x x