Crikey, time gets away from you. Been far too long since we updated this blog and despite all the goings on, I'm finding it hard to articulate everything that's happened and what is in the pipeline for Ironside. Where to start...?
Well, we're staying true to our word regarding the tour to Melbourne and Geelong in late October and by criminy gosh golly darn it are we excited about it. Friday 26th sees us in Geelong at Barwon Club with The Dukes of Deliciousness and Cold Harbour. Rumour has it there will also be a BBQ, strippers and pyrotechnics, possibly even a combination of all three! One thing's for certain, there will be a hell of a lot of drunken craziness as we catch up with our good pals, the Dukes. On Saturday 27th we'll be strutting our stuff up and down Sydney Road in Brunswick as we try to find the Cornish Arms. When we find it, we'll play a show in it, alongside Pony Girl and Sierra Leone. Depending on just how drunk and messy the Geelong show gets, we might have to up the ante to outdo ourselves at this one.
We haven't forgotten about that album we promised either. In fact, we've booked ourselves in to finish the recording in November/December and hope to have it getting mastered and pressed early in the new year. We've also organised a guest singer for a duet/ballad that we've only performed live twice. After 3.5 years of existence, it will be good to finally have something to show for our efforts.
One track from the recordings we did at the start of the year is going to be mixed this weekend and will be submitted to a compilation promoting the works of all the bands playing at 2013's Devil's Kitchen Festival, which we have been asked to play. So it's kind of become a surprise single release that we didn't plan. In fact, whilst typing this I've come to the realisation that the other guys in the band probably don't even know about it yet... unless they do actually read our emails occasionally.
So, long story short, lots of shit is happening, even though we don't have any local shows between now and January.
