Yo Ladies & Gents,

So we hope this update finds you well and you are gearing yourselves up nicely for the silly season!!??

Its been a very busy time for us of late, every weekend being locked away in our rehearsal space writing, writing, writing!!!! And we now find ourselves in the great position to be able to start demoing the new album. Nice! This is gonna continue over the next month and we should have a wee few snippets before Christmas to whack up on the player (to wet your whistle.....so to speak!). We are hoping to start recording the beast for real in early 2010.

We want to thank you all for your patience and we promise you that this record will be very special.

More updates as we have them and big love to you all.

Team BrigadeX

Hi Ladies & Gents,

It is with huge grins that we can announce that our 6 year anniversary show, at The Bull & Gate on the 29th September, is SOLD OUT!
Thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts and we promise to make it a night to remember! Cheers one and all!!!! X

So now we can announce a few details about the night.....

Firstly, as you all know, our bass player, Mr Naoto Hori, has just under gone major surgery for a problem with his back. Now while he is ok and walking we all feel that the lenghthy set we are gonna play will be detrimental to his recovery. So as a band we have decided that he will play the majority of the set but that we will have a guest bassist to do the rest. We know you as fans will understand this decision. After all, we don't want poor ol' Naoto san to fuck his back beyond all repair!! So we are pleased to say that our good friend, Mr Jesse Quin, will be filling in for a part of the set. This will give Naoto the perfect rest and he can have himself a nice cup of tea.

So this brings us to the supports. We are delighted to announce that the wonderful Fightstar we our very special guests. They will be thrashing your ear drums with a magic acoustic set! Very nice and we can't wait!

First on are the wonderful Nixa. Please check em' out and have a listen! Its a pleasure to play with these boys so brace yourselves! Go see...www.myspace.com/nixaspace

Ok thats it for now. Once again, thank you. It means so much to us and as a thank you for buying a ticket we are gonna give ya a little freebee! But details of that are to follow in the next few days, so keep ya eye on our page..........he he!!!!!

Big love,

Team BrigadeX



 

Greetings Ladies & Gents,

We hope this blog finds you well and that you are all protecting yourself against this lovely lovely sun!! Get ya factor 50 out!

So first of all abit of bad news. Our bass player, Mr Naoto Hori, has fucked his back! The poor boy, after months of doing removal work, is now on crutches and is finding it increasingly difficult to walk. So he got himself off to see doctors and the like at our wonderful NHS and they put him on a massive waiting list to have an operation. That said the wait was gonna be way too long so he is now over in Japan having it done as we speak. He will be out of action for a month or so but at least he will be fixed and ready to rock on his return.....and in very little time too! So we send our love to him for a speedy and happy recovery! We will keep you posted on how he is getting on and may even include some photos if ya lucky!!!

So what have the rest of us been doing while this is all going on i hear you ask...well we have been busy bees continuing to write our 3rd album and i can tell you right here, right now people.....its gonna be a belter! We have had a frustrating time over the last year, what with Wills voice and that, so we have channeled our frustrations into this brand new batch of tunes. I am very proud of us coming through these dark days and i think you will  find that this new album is gonna be our best yet! We want to thank each and everyone of you for your patience, understanding and loyalty to this band. It means soooo much! We have completed 9 tracks thus far. Bear in mind that some of these are working titles which we have no intention of keeping:

1. Tiny Pieces
2. Eden
3. There At Last
4. Adieu
5. Coat in Bruise
6. 200 Scratches
7. It's a mess if it ain't it'll do till a mess gets here
8. SOHK
9. New Year

We are looking to demo the whole lot, and more, very soon with the view of recording the beast properly towards the end of the year. More news on that as we have it! Also as soon as we have something to play you we shall bung some snippets on the myspace player for your listening pleasure. MMMmmmm!

Lastly, we have been able to get our mits on some old stock from our first record "Lights". These bits include the album itself and all the singles (7" records and cds).
Andrew has started selling them on ebay so if you are missing some of these items from your Brigade collection then please have a look.

Right so thats my rant over. I just wanted you all to know that we are not dead and are still very much alive and kicking and cant wait to start with a new record, a new singer's voice and a new bass player's back!

Once again thank you for your patience and big love to you all.

JamesX

 
Hi everyone.
 
After being a great and reliable mode of transport, and having taken us on quite a few tours of the British Iles, we've decided to put our cherished splitter van up for sale. In the hope that another band can take it under their wing and have as many great times in it that we have!
We feel its time to get a shiny new van....
The van is a long wheel base Ford Transit (Diesel) 15 seater mini bus. Which has been converted into a 9 seater splitter van with tinted windows and storage space for lots of instruments and other equipment. It also has a mounted t.v ready to take a playstation, x box etc or dvd player.
 
So, anyone/bands who are interested please email us and we can discuss the finer details etc
 
Love Brigade

Hey guys n gals,

Just thought you might like to follow this link to read a lovely review from our Luminaire gig in London a couple of weeks back. A massive thank you to Helen for her kind words. Nice!

http://mymusos.com/brigade-London-kilburn-luminaire/4500


Big love,

Team BrigadeX

Hey,

Our very own tub thumper, Mr Androd Kearton, has just been endorsed by the lovely people at Paiste! We are chuffed to bits as the lad breaks quite a few with his shimmering biceps! We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone at Paiste!

See what all the fuss is about @ http://www.paiste.com/e/artists_default.php?menuid=2

Nice.

Big love,

Team BrigadeX

Hey guys n gals,

So many of you have already worked out the infomation about our "secret" gig coming up this week......but for those of you that haven't we are delighted to announce that we will be supporting our very good chums and lovers Sucioperro at The Luminaire in London next Sunday 10th May!!!

We cannot wait so grab your tickets here........

 https://fan.musicglue.com/sale/saleproducts.aspx?productid=6ceb28bf-895b-4a40-a687-d55fa5bf02d8

Its gonna be a great night and you will most certainly be hearing some brand new tracks from us as well as being able to see the amazing Sucio do their thing!!!

Grab em now and we look forward to seeing you on Sunday people.

Big love,

Team BrigadeX