Flagship Audio Recordings

We would like to invite you to...

2007-08-14T17:17:00.001-07:00

Hello.

We would like to invite you to see Avast! and Jacobs Stories at the City Function Suite, in Dundee. The venue is right next to the Seagate Bus Station in Dundee city centre.

You can hear music by Avast! and Jacobs Stories by clicking on the names in this sentence.

The night will begin at 8:30pm and will feature great music being played all night. First band should be about quarter to ten or so.

The gig will cost £3, or just £2 if you have a flyer.

August!

2007-08-01T14:52:00.000-07:00

So, it seems I missed a month. My apoligies! Truth is, things have been busy, what with 'Faultlines' being officially released in July. For those of you who still don't have a copy, you can now purchase it via PayPal from Avast!'s myspace page, or via digital download on iTunes, eMusic, Napster and a whole load of other people. The response has been terrific and we thank you all!

On Monday the 30th, Avast! drove along the road to Glasgow to the BBC Radio Scotland studios and performed a session live on air with Vic Galloway. It was a great experience, and the session is available to listen to for the remainder of this week at the 'Vic Galloway on Radio Scotland' website here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/musicscotland/vicgalloway/

Faultlines also received a lovely review in the July/August issue of Alternative Ulster who said (among other things) - "...they’re playing intricate indie rock; the quieter moments are reminiscent of American Football, and Bear vs. Shark in parts, but what makes this release impressive is whenever they let out some proper aggressive screams, like on ‘Ahab’. They don’t over-do the screaming and it’s thanks to this that it’s so effective."

This may be the last update here for a while. While we work on some plans for new releases, Avast! will continue to play shows around the country and are currently working on lots of new material to hopefully unveil over the months. August 18th will see the band play a show in Glasgow at O'Henrys, a lovely little venue, and there should be some live action in Dundee in early September for you to check out, so keep an eye on the MySpace page for dates!

Thank you all.

June 2007

2007-06-02T15:30:00.000-07:00

Welcome. As you can see, we've made a transition from a poorly designed, difficult to update website, to this blog page. Less content, for now, but easier to keep updated and more to the point! So what does June have in store for us? We're preparing for the 'launch' of Faultlines on July 2nd, so lots of preparation to be done, including looking out for reviews of the album. One particularly pleasant review so far has come from Big Cheese Magazine, who gave it 4.5 out of 5 and say:

"This is beautiful, powerful and heartfelt music. Whether you call it angular rock, emo or indie rock, it’s a mesmerising debut album. You’ll be hard pushed to find faultlines on this beauty. "

Avast! are also preparing for their BBC Radio Scotland session with Vic Galloway, on July 2nd. They'll be playing a few songs live in the studio, so make sure you tune in for that. If you want to catch them live yourself, they'll be playing at Drouthy Neebors in Dundee on June the 27th, alongside the fantastic Household.

We have also started the ball rolling on our 2nd release, which is very exciting indeed. More news on this will be revealed over the next few months so check back!

Finally, we have set up a mailing list to keep you up to date with news of releases, tours and other band related stuff, so please subscribe using the box at the bottom of this page!

May 2007

2007-05-29T17:38:00.000-07:00

Hello. Summer is approaching and it certainly feels like it. Hot, sunny days mixed with wet showers. Can't help but love Scotland! The next few months have a lot of exciting things in store for us. 'Faultlines' sees its 'official' release on the 2nd of July, with UK wide distribution by the fantastic people at Forte Music Distribution, and the whole album will be available for the first time as a digital download too. To coincide with the release, Avast! will be at BBC Radio Scotland on the 2nd of July to perform a live session for Vic Galloway's Air show. The band have also recently received play on Huw Stephen's BBC Radio 1 show, and are currently planning a tour in August.

So enjoy the summer, and if you haven't already, you can get hold of a copy of 'Faultlines' on the 2nd of July somewhere near you! Thanks, as always, for the support, and see you at a show soon.