So much news!! 21st May 2008
Hi everyone, and let me first and foremost apologise profusely for the inexcusable lateness of this website update. Things have been manic at TK towers since we released 'The Water Road' at the end of March and the album has met with rave reviews and critical acclaim the like of which we could never have imagined when we first set pen to paper, plectrum to string, clicking-finger to mouse, all those many months ago. You can read some of the wonderful things people have said about 'The Water Road' on the album's reviews page.
I'm proud to announce that we are going to be playing a few select dates in the UK and Europe later this year! These will be our first live gigs for nearly four years, and will be TK's first with keyboard player Thomas Johnson. On Sunday 28th September, Thieves' Kitchen will be playing the Summer's End Festival in Lydney, Gloucestershire. Summer's End has rapidly become the UK's finest progressive rock festival and runs for three days. This is a great festival to experience and having attended in previous years, we can say that the vibe is relaxed and welcoming, and they have a great line-up this year too, including Threshold, IQ, The Tangent, Magenta, Quidam, Frost* and Abel Ganz. Visit our gigs page for more information.
Another date I can confirm, and one that we are very excited about, is Monday 3rd November, when Thieves' Kitchen will be supporting the mighty 'Musical Box', the world's most prominent, meticulous and officially sanctioned tribute to Genesis, when they will be performing 'A Trick Of The Tail' at the legendary Olympia concert hall in Paris. I will be putting a link up for that on our gigs page shortly.
Final news is that Thieves' Kitchen have officially released a number one record! 'The Water Road' held top spot at the peak of the Global Progressive Rock Network Charts for three weeks, before finally being toppled by Magenta's new release at the beginning of May. If you too would like to know what has whipped up the critics, reviewers and listeners into such a frenzy, have a listen to a few samples from 'The Water Road' on our home page, and get yourself a copy of this groundbreaking album that ZNR Records call "the finest album made by any symphonic progressive band in the last 30 years. Period.". You can buy it from the Thieves' Kitchen Online Shop and get free worldwide shipping - and don't forget you can download it from iTunes too!
Tell us what you think... click the 'contact' link at the top of this page, and let us know your thoughts on everything TK. We look forward to hearing from you!
All the best,
Amy. xx
New album available! 17th March 2008
Thieves' Kitchen's fourth album, 'The Water Road' will be officially released on 31st March, but is now available for pre-ordering in our online shop. We're all thrilled and incredibly excited with the results. Have a listen to the samples in the player on our homepage - we can't wait to see what you all think!
The album was mastered at Aubitt Studios, Southampton, in February by the wonderful Rob Aubrey. Meticulous attention to detail has been evident at all stages of the making of this album, and the mixing and mastering processes were no different. In particular, listeners will find that the album has been mastered to preserve the dynamics in the performances and compositions, something that we're seeing shamefully less and less of in these days of 'brickwall limiting'. We'd urge you to check out the TurnMeUp! organisation, a movement advocating bringing dynamics back to music, to find out more about not only why 'loud' does not equal 'better', but why it may be progressively diluting the quality of recorded music, and thus providing you, the listener, with a product that is the sonic equivalent of fast food, and for no seemingly good reason!
This album breaks new ground sonically, creatively and compositionally - and we are immensely proud of it. We hope you enjoy it as much as we've enjoyed writing, recording and playing it!
Useful links: TurnMeUp! - Bringing Dynamics Back To Music.
New year, new album... 13th Jan 2008
Well, Happy New Year everyone. Again, apologies for the infrequent website updates. Things move apace and we're very near the point where all things that have to be recorded have been recorded. We hope to be able to have a first formal listen through to the album as a band down at Aubitt later this month, and a March release date is looking very likely.
So what's taking the time? Well, in summary I'd say it was attention to detail. We've been honing in on all aspects of the compositions and refining everything until we're happy. Thomas particularly has been really fine tuning his parts. The piano, organ, and especially his Mellotron work sound exquisite to my ears. We've shared some provisional mixes with close friends and, well let's just say there's been a lot of smiling going on.
So, I want to thank you all for your patience, it's not long now. I can't wait to stop talking about all this and just let 'The Water Road' speak for itself.
More later - Phil.
PREVIOUS NEWS STORIES
What's the latest? 13th Oct 2007
At last. Work and social schedules have been rigidly synchronised... More
iTunes, Napster, CD Baby... 20th July 2007
It may be raining cats and dogs here in the 'glorious' British summer... More
A brand new look! 21st June 2007
Thieves' Kitchen are proud to unveil their brand new website... More
|
