Guest CraigTT Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 :( not got mines yet:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friday Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 Wow Dan, love the photos! :D Thanks to both you and Phil for the kind words....just genuinely glad you like 'em! :D Craig - Just replied via PM mate...I know the postal strikes are playing merry hell with things at the moment so maybe that's a factor? Am now wracking my brains to think of reviewers/DJ's/people in the know to send either a full copy or a 2/3 track promo to. So far I've got: Huw Stephens - Radio 1 Unsigned Steve Lamacq - BBC 6 Music Marc Riley - BBC Manchester Jools Holland - BBC Radio 2 Emma Scott (Ex Kerrang Radio who supported us and gave us airplay) - Heart FM Kerrang Unsigned Show Kerrang Magazine NME Magazine Q Magazine er...that's it so far! Any thoughts/suggestions would be greatly appreciated chaps and chapesses! :D ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CraigTT Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Send a copy to clyde 1 mate. 102.5FM west coast. Also Try TAY FM the are a central radio station about 102.5 or 103fm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonce Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Just sent money Craig. Looking forward to it!!!!! Quote [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Got my signed copy today Leigh- looks great! :duffer: Don't know wether to actually play it as that may damage the collectable value in years to come?? :rofl: Regards Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friday Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 Got my signed copy today Leigh- looks great! :duffer: Don't know wether to actually play it as that may damage the collectable value in years to come?? :rofl: Regards Dave Cheers man! Well...if you fancy mothballing the Limited Edition...there's always the standard album available for everyday use! And a snip at £7+P&P!! I'll get me coat... :p :D ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bantambunny Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Got my copy yesterday buddy, you've done a cracking job - you must be proud of yourself getting to this point :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stricker Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Got mine yesterday... Top class! Listened to it in the car on the way to Norfolk and really enjoyed it so listened to it again!!! Excellant!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friday Posted September 20, 2009 Author Share Posted September 20, 2009 Thanks guys....seriously...really glad you like both the look of it all and the tune-age. It's been a long road to get to this point and it's weird to think they're actually "out there"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipone Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 got mine today thanks. will listen to it today, if it sounds anything like busted your on to a winner:nono::rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Played it and loved it! ...particularly liked the covers of 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon round the Old Oak Tree', 'Uptown Girl' and 'D I V O R C E'! :rofl: Regards Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek_g2001 Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 I wont have the pleasure of listening to mine for another 4 months. Now in Kuwait, so I hope mine survive their time in my mailbox. But the pictures do look fantastic. Ar5e!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friday Posted September 22, 2009 Author Share Posted September 22, 2009 Lol@Dave's "review"! :D Thanks guys :) Just sorry you've got to wait so long Derek! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtl Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Hey Friday, may be a daft Q, but where can i buy your album from? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friday Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share Posted September 23, 2009 Hey Friday, may be a daft Q, but where can i buy your album from? lol For those that aren't sure you can buy it direct from: http://thisburningage.bigcartel.com/ :) However, Matt, before you go any further I need to send you an email! Would you mind sending me your email address to in-formation@thisburningage.com ? :D ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friday Posted November 16, 2009 Author Share Posted November 16, 2009 (edited) The first official review of "A Muzzle for the Masses" courtesy of uber-cool German webzine "Reflections of Darkness" has been published. We're going global baby. lol ;) The review can be viewed in situ here: http://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6266&Itemid=44 and I've also reproduced it below. Luckily, it's REALLY good! :) Written by Sebastian Huhn Wednesday, 11 November 2009 Title: A Muzzle for the Masses Artist: This Burning Age Genre: Alternative / Electronic / Rock Release Date: 28th August 2009 Label: 5th Day Records Album Review THIS BURNING AGE was founded as solo project in summer 2007 by creative head Friday after deciding to start something new with own material, rather than getting involved in another collaborative project. In winter 2007, he set about recording10 tracks for an album we know now as ‘A Muzzle for the Masses’ that would still undergo changes until being released on CD eventually. The album was close to being completed recording, when the wish came up to turn THIS BURNING AGE into more than a mere solo ride and to present the material live. By the end of 2008, following meticulous auditioning and several changes, the final line-up was set and THIS BURNING AGE had grown to a group of experienced musicians turning it into a creative force. The mentioned debut ‘A Muzzle for the Masses’ has been finally made available at the end of August 2009. It’s the way these kind of maimed electronic signals break against clear-cut drum cascades and eventually, a wide key texture that has one think of a mind in agony, fighting against its own decay. All is steering upwards to a rocking outcry, maybe a last rebel that in the end seems pointless. All this musical imagery is thoughtfully illustrated with lyrics ranging in tone from brittle over encouraging up to pugnacious on the album opener ‘Human Condition’. ‘Repeat to Fade’ starts by weaving a web of a seemingly Americana-inspired style of guitar plucking around an emerging cluster of rockier tones and pounding drumming. Going into the track a few seconds more reveals a thunderstorm of blistering drums and cutting riffs, while Friday’s voice sometimes seems to be close to breaking over the lyrical content he’s delivering. As driving and energizing as the beginnings of ‘End Game’ might be, as hopeless and deeply plaintive the track becomes later on. It’s spiralling downwards into a void, stripping down to acoustic strokes already bearing the tears you feel you soon will have to cry, allusions to a sun about to set in forlorn melodies and a breath of electronic drums. They’re all going to build up again to a strengthened arrangement to accompany the affecting tale told by Friday in a timbre, no barriers can hold up against. The character study of a scarred soul expects the listener on ‘Stronger, Faster, Fitter’. But where others scrape the surface at best, things being described here are painfully detailed and you can’t do any evasive manoeuvre and you can’t stop those pictures stop popping up in your mind anymore once the song’s started. It’s one of these songs leaving indelible marks in emotional souls. “A storm is looming overhead” The realization that everything’s fleeting is permeating part of the lyrics of ‘Everlasting’ and kind of contradicts its title, but it’s not utter hopelessness driving this song. Just because something’s ending doesn’t mean it couldn’t last. Maybe not forever but for a lifetime, which is what you may read out of other lines! ‘Everlasting’ only makes scarce use of electronics relying instead on a more traditional rock orchestration, accentuating the variety and dynamics in the compositions once more. A whole lot of passion, work, thoughts and emotions have been put into ‘A Muzzle for the Masses’. It’s audible in every note that’s being played and word that’s being sung. The record’s going to send you on a rollercoaster ride through various emotional states and by all means should be checked out by any fan of ambitious, electronic/rock music. I think this band’s got a bright future ahead of them. Tracklist 01. Human Condition - 4:26 02. No Surrender - 3:36 03. Repeat To Fade - 3:16 04. End Game - 4:42 05. The Last Day - 5:17 06. Stronger, Faster, Fitter - 6:01 07. Panic (Bring on the Bomb) - 3:52 08. Stay Forgotten - 5:33 09. Everlasting - 4:26 10. Honey - 6:49 Line-up Friday - Vocals, Guitar, Samples Anth - Guitar, Keys, Backing Vocals, Samples Russ Harris - Bass Guitar Jack “Penko” Josypenko - Drums, Percussion Website http://www.thisburningage.com http://www.myspace.com/thisburningage Rating Music: 9 Sound: 9 Extras: - Total: 9 / 10 Edited November 18, 2009 by friday Oops. Just realised I'd bVggered up the link to the review! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtl Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Well done mate :D and i agree its a Top album thats not left my CD player since i got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete shrimp Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Good news mate :cool: The CD has been in my player since I got it - love it! Cheers, Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friday Posted November 18, 2009 Author Share Posted November 18, 2009 Cheers guys! :D Just waiting on the cover artwork for the 3 track album samplers to be printed and the covers then assembled...once that's done the Press Packs are being sent of to those "in the know" (whatever the hell that means) so hopefully more reviews (preferably of the good variety) will follow in the next couple of months...fingers crossed! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipone Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 good album mate, well done on the good review Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virus.exe Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 whats the prices for your gig on the 28th bro. mite pop down there if there fair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 lookin to go myself............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friday Posted November 18, 2009 Author Share Posted November 18, 2009 The gig on the 28th is a bit of a weird one for us tbh! We're looking forward to it as it's just us on the bill doing an hour and a half split into two 45 min sets with a break in between, so it's giving us the opportunity to play every track on the album plus a few new ones that will be on the next one....however it's VERY different from the venues we usually play. We're normally in clubs or dedicated live music venues like the Academy, Barfly etc but this is essentially a pub (albeit a bloody big one! :D) where the landlord loves live music and is actively promoting new bands who write original material. He's either onto something and the pub is going to get a great reputation for hosting new live music, or it's going to be the most surreal night out you've ever had! :D ;) As far as ticket price goes....I'll find out! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friday Posted November 18, 2009 Author Share Posted November 18, 2009 lookin to go myself............ I imagine Stu's already mentioned it but he's booked his hotel and he's coming to the gig! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I imagine Stu's already mentioned it but he's booked his hotel and he's coming to the gig! :D Hotel booked, tickets sorted.........looking forward to this:nana2: It'll be good to meet at last:duffer: and to see Stu again:duffer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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