Well after a few months (weeks ;)) of work the new website has gone live. Please take the time to go visit www.corditemusic.com and lavish praise on the designer!!! As an incentive there are two previously unheard tracks up on the music page there so come visit and listen! Oh and then post what you think in the forum. Talk to you soon, Cordite

How true is that statement?!??!?! We spent the last week doing.....well doing nothing really. I think all the stress and work to get things finished took a lot out of us but we are back working this week, you'll be glad to know  ;)

So what did we do with our week off? Alan worked.....nights.....from 7pm to 8 am and nearly died as a result. Eoin and Rory spent most of the week discussing in some great detail how shit Tiger Woods '07 is....while playing Tiger Woods '07 (yes we got slightly addicted even if it is shite) and Ronan played drums (ah! a redeeming member at last!!!).

Sat night was time to let the hair down (well me at least, sniff, sniff) and we ended up on the piss. How to sum up the night? Eoin was told his hair is lovely (seriously pictures will follow), Alan fell asleep in a toilet, Rory was drunkenly proclaimed Pro Evo Champion and Ronan behaved himself and kindly drove Eoin home. This all happened in the Everyman by the way - cracking night. There are some pics that I will put up but only when I find the energy.

Work is crap.

I say 25 hour working week with better pay!! Who's with me??

PS:

Why isn't hungover an option for your mood??? Well Mr. Myspace!?!?!

We have spent the past week in that horrible limbo place between finishing the album and actually getting the nitty gritty details done. Registering names, getting IRSC numbers, printing, artwork, PR etc...it all takes it's toll. To boot, we have also had the question of our own ability - is this as good as it can be? Could we maybe have played that a bit better? Could we have saved some money here or could we have spent more there and ended up happier? All these questions have been floating through the minds of the band members in the past week or so and as a result we are all mentally knackered! Gigs are still on the horizon but we can't confirm anything as of yet.

 We have also been thinking about the future and what does it really mean to have a debut album finally finished? It's funny how you will always forget about what you have done and always start to think about what you  have to do. We have managed to get so far and yet it feels like we are only beginning. There is no doubt in my mind that every band goes through this limbo phase at some stage - and the self questioning that accompanies it. I get the impression that once we get a few gigs together we will all be much happier! So for now we have to settle with doing the boring, mind bending and frankly awful administration stuff and concentrate less on the music. And who said the life of a rock band is entertaining?!?!? They should be shot! ;)

Its done!!! We have actually fully completed an album and it is now ready for print. After recording with Ross O'Donovan for 10 days and spending this afternoon in the company of Richard Dowling of wavmastering, the album is finished. You obvioulsly went through the main page to get here so you can see the new tracks up. All that is left to do is print the damn thing and well over a years work will finally be finished. Big thanks to Ross and Richard for the help and the time and effort and of course to all the band. This is a milestone for Cordite and a day that most of us at some point have thought would never come. CORDITE - DEBUT ALBUM - LIVE WITHIN THE LIE - IN SHOPS SOON! But before all that comes the single - Cheat - which you can listen to on the homepage and stay here for news in the next two weeks as to its availability.

CORDITE