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AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR (IN THE STUDIO!)

WE ARE THE BULL,YOU ARE THE CHINA SHOP

About Me

CONTACT:

BOOKING/INFO: roryfriers[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]uk OR michaelanthonywright[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]ukBUY YOUR COPY OF "THIS IS OUR MACHINE AND NOTHING CAN STOP IT" ON THE LINK BELOW.
KKKK
KERRANG!ALBUM OF THE WEEK
HUW STEPHENS BBC RADIO 18/10
VICE MAG7/10.
ROCKSOUND7/10.
METAL HAMMER MAG£7.00 INC P&P
(£5.50 per copy plus £1.50 post and package)More spots to get a copy of ASIWYFA, click on the links and find us.....ASIWYFA NEWS
UK RELEASE IN MARCH 10TH!!
We're happy to announce that we're releasing "This is Our Machine and Nothing Can Stop It" in the UK and Europe throughFORTE DISTRIBUTION (www.fortedistribution.co.uk/) . The Mini album will be available to buy online and in store, and will be available to download through our myspace and on all major platforms. We'll be releasing it in Europe later in April 08. We'll keep you posted on where and how to get your copy.
AU PIECE AND PODCAST ON "TONIGHT THE CITY BURNS"
Have a nosey at the link below to see our peice in AU on "Tonight the City Burns". There is also an exclusive podcast taken from the night which you can have a listen to.CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO AU MAGS EXCLUSIVE PODCAST AND READ THE REVIEWCLICK HERE TO READ OUR DROP-D INTERVIEW
ASIWYFA FEATURES AND FREE STUFFCLICK HERE TO READ OUR FIRST DANISH REVIEW ON ROCKFREAKS.NETCLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO OUR QUEENS RADIO INTERVIEWCLICK HERE TO READ OUR LATESET REVIEW ON LOSINGTODAY.COM
A SHORT FILM FOR CULTURE NI BY KIRAN FEAT. 'THE VOICELESS'
A SHORT FILM BY SLAINE BROWN FEAT. 'WPB, 6AM'
CLICKHERE HERE FOR TO SEE A NEW REVIEW FROM ONLINE FANZINE BUTTERFLY CRUSH
CLICKHERE HERE SEE FOR DROWNED IN SOUND LIVE REVIEW
CLICKHERE HERE SEE OUR CULTURE NI INTERVIEW
CLICKHERE HERE SEE OUR PIECE IN THE IRISH NEWS
CLICK HERE FOR ASIWYFA PODCAST AND HERE NEW TRACKS AND GENERAL SILLY BANTER
CLICKHERE TO DOWNLOAD ANY OF OUR OLD MYSPACE TRACKS FOR FREE!!!
CLICKHERE TO DOWNLOAD OUR LIVE SET FROM THE EMPIRE OVER CHRISTMAS FOR FREE!!!CHECK OUT OUR NVTV SESSION BELOW. THREE TRACKS IN TOTAL, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS AN EXCLUSIVE TO NVTV, SO LISTEN WHILE YOU CAN. THE OTHERS ARE DRUMLESS VERIONS OF "THE VOICLESS" AND "PILOT LIGHT". ENJOY.
Thanks to Julian Friers for the EP artwork on "This is Our Machine and Nothing Can Stop It". To see more of Julians work go to
www.julianfriers.com
THANKS FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, BIG LOVE...AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/6/2005
Band Members:

GUITAR 1 - RORY BONE CRUSHER
GUITAR 2 - TONY FACE EATER
BASS - JOHNNY GUT SLURPPER
DRUMS - CHRIS BLOOD GARGLER
TROOPS
BIG JULES - ARTWORK, LIGHTING AND ADULT SUPERVISION
SLAINE BROWNE - VIDS, FILMING, EDITING AND FIRE LIGHTER
PANAMA NIALL - LIVE AID
BO SHEP - NOISE BRINGER
ANTARD - VISUALSCONTACTS
BOOKING - [email protected]
PRESS - [email protected]
TV & RADIO - [email protected] Join the Army!!
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Influences: CHECK OUT OUR FRIENDS
Panama Kings, Fighting With Wire, La Faro, We Are Knives, Team Fresh, Driving By Night, Axis Of, Kowalski, Public Relations Exercise, Adebisi Shank...............
Sounds Like:
10/10
BBC RADIO 1
KKKK
KERRANG!
KKKK
KERRANG! (live review)
ALBUM OF THE WEEK
HUW STEPHENS SHOWS - BBC RADIO 1
"..really rather special....it is rare for a body of work to be so dreamy and elegiac yet conversely monstrously heavy....sounds like the end of the world!!
KERRANG!

...they are considered to be one of the most hotly tipped British bands around at the moment.
BIG CHEESE MAG
"Imagine Mogwai were from Belfast and had massive balls"
VICE MAG
"The sound of someone crashing an oil tanker through Sigur Ros’ ice float"
NME9/10
DROWNED IN SOUND (LIVE REVIEW)
8/10
VICE MAG
7/10.
ROCKSOUND7/10.
METAL HAMMER MAG
8.5/10
ROCKFREAKS (DENMARK)
"Stunning".
Rory McConnell BBC RADIO 1 "CLENCH FISTS, GRIT TEETH... GO!!" - LIVE FROM "TONIGHT THE CITY BURNS" IN BELFAST

"I CAPTURE CASTLES" - LIVE FROM "TONIGHT THE CITY BURNS" IN BELFAST
NVTV SESSION AND INTERVIEWS

"HOLYLANDS, 4AM" NEW VIDEO
NEW ARTWORK FOR THE RE RELEASE OF "THIS IS OUR MACHINE AND NOTHING CAN STOP IT"

ASIWYFA PRESS GIG OF THE WEEK ATL BBC RADIO
"And So I Watch You From Afar effortlessly deliver, bringing a brain-annihilating barrage of rhythms and rottweiler, what’s just been kicked in the knackers, fury".
DROWNED IN SOUND
"And So I Watch You From Afar..march over introspective horizons....(they) can do nothing wrong "
KERRANG MAGAZINE.
"Plucked from the very heavens!....Colossal!"
LOSINGTODAY.COM"The most talked about band in the country over the past 12 months"
BBC RADIO Across The Line"What And So I Watch You From Afar has managed to craft is simply awesome/it’s won me over outright and it’s going to be the first of it’s genre to make it into my regular playlist from now on. Fantastic debut!! [8½]"
LOSINGTODAY.COMATL 5 NI BAND 07
BBC ATL"Our new favourite band, keep a hold of them"
YOURCODENAMEIS:MILO"If the apocalypse is televised, these guys will provide the soundtrack.".
BBC RADIO/ ACROSS THE LINE
"I pity the fool that misses them!".
THE IRISH NEWS

"One of Northern Irelands hottest properties".
ALTERNATIVE ULSTER MAGAZINE
"One of the most hotly tipped acts around right now".
BELFAST TELEGRAPH"These lads dont so much so much tread the well worn path of instrumental rock as slam-dance all over it in size-20 DMs. Its a thrilling spectacle"
ALTERNATIVE ULSTER MAGAZINE (Lee Gorman)
"This is a band that immediately let their presence be felt as their sound fills the room and captivates the mesmerized watchers"
NOCLARITY.CO.UK
“The increasing complexity of their latest recorded material is coupled with a remarkably intense live show… the band’s profile continues to rise at a startling rate”
BBC Northern Ireland"And So I Watch You From Afar have created something very special indeed"
RADAR MAGAZINE.
"They seguey effortlessly through highly complex dynamic shifts, towards that punctuating, crucial climax at the end of each song".
Ros Blar BelFEST"Their hernia enducing live energy, combined with a delicate to cacophonous musical dynamic create a startling aural experience"
NIs THE BIG LIST
Record Label: DIY baby
Type of Label: None

My Blog

ASIWYFA UK Tour Reviews!!

THRASHHITS.COM Future Hits 002: And So I Watch You From Afar Every so often Thrash Hits .com stumbles upon a band totally by accident and falls in love a bit. Ruby Q introduces the unwieldily moni...
Posted by AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR (IN THE STUDIO!) on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:26:00 PST

The Album Dos Cometh!!!

So then, a debut album you say!Well we've been writting solidly since October, we have some of the best material we've ever written and have decided it time for an ould album. We head to the studio as...
Posted by AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR (IN THE STUDIO!) on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:13:00 PST

KERRANG! LIVE REVIEW, BIG CHEESE MAG, MORE ROCK SOUND AND DROWNED IN SOUND REVIEW!!

We've been really lucky again to scoop and ther KKKK review in KERRANG! this month for our live show in February. Theres a scan coming soon for you to all read, but for now go buy the mag!!KERRANG! Li...
Posted by AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR (IN THE STUDIO!) on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:26:00 PST

READ OUR KERRANG,NME,ROCKSOUND,METAL HAMMER,VICE MAG AND DROP-D INTERVIEW.

Have a read below at some of the UK press that your boys ASIWYFA have got representing NI this month.KERRANG - KKKKROCKSOUND NEW BANDS FEATURENMEVICE MAGROCKSOUND COVER MOUNT CD (spot the band with th...
Posted by AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR (IN THE STUDIO!) on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:30:00 PST

ASIWYFA STUDIO DIARY plus NVTV iTUNES PODCAST!!

Go to the link bellow for your free podcast of our NVTV session.ITS FREE!!!http://www.apple.com/search/ipoditunes/?q=NVTVThanks to Tristan and Dave @NVTV for this.ASIWYFAWED 30TH/31ST JAN 2008We all a...
Posted by AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR (IN THE STUDIO!) on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST

OH YEAH/FATE MAG COMPILATION AND BBC ATL VID

Hey all we just wanted to let you guys know about some bits and peices coming up in the ASIWYFA calander. We've just finished recording a brand new track with Rocky (Oppenheimer) and the guys at ...
Posted by AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR (IN THE STUDIO!) on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:58:00 PST

ROCKSOUND, METAL HAMMER, VICE MAG, THE FLY, BIG CHEESE AND MORE!!!!

ROCKSOUND MAG are featuring ASIWYFA in their next couple of issues, theres a review of the record, an exposure on the band and we'll be featuring "Machine" on thier FREE CD!! so if you ...
Posted by AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR (IN THE STUDIO!) on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:53:00 PST

LIVE REVIEW - XMAS TWO STEP

Two Step Club started way back in September 2005, the brainchild of local DJ Joe Dougan. Since then, the monthly night has gone from strength to strength, playing host to over 100 bands as diverse as ...
Posted by AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR (IN THE STUDIO!) on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:17:00 PST

Silent Ballet NY!! Base Mag London!! ATL N Top 5 07I!!!

WE'VE RECENTLY BEEN ADDED TO NEW YORKS "THE SILENT BALLET" HONOURABLE MENTIONS LIST FOR OUR EP IN 07http://www.thesilentballet.com/tsbt/2007/honorable_mention s.html And So I Watch You From...
Posted by AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR (IN THE STUDIO!) on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:14:00 PST

DANISH REVIEW [8.5/10]

And So I Watch You From Afar - This Is Our Machine And Nothing Can Stop ItWritten by: DY on 8/12-07 at 05:00:10..>..>I can't say I'm an avid listener of progressive instrumental music in general, but ...
Posted by AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR (IN THE STUDIO!) on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:10:00 PST