What have we been up to recently?
-- January 2008 - We are currently in the studio recording and mixing new material which should be ready soon!
-- December 2007 - Final 10 of an emusic.tv competition to record at Abbey Road studios! The winner will be announced 31st of January
-- November 2007 - Headlined London’s Cafe De Paris
-- August - September 2007 - Recorded City with Sean Genockey . Listen to the player!
- July 2007 - Performed at Second Fest - the first ever online festival, sponsored by Intel and The Guardian
-- June 2007 - Played at O2 Wireless Festival in Hyde Park on Friday 15th June!
-- April 2007 - Winners! Capital 95.8/Intel Competition to support Ghosts at Sound on 26th April
-- April 2007 - Finalists of O2 Undiscovered 2007 - Our song City beat over 3000 others to make it to the grand final of this nationwide search for unsigned talent. The final was held in the ICA on April 17th. We narrowly escaped winning...
-- March 2007 - Aired on XFM as an unsigned pick of the week
-- Since Dec 19th 2006 - We have have raised over $27000 (at time of writing, June 2007) towards recording a first album with SellaBand.Com
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Biography
Once upon a time....in a cramped attic just off the north circular, singer/songwriter Charlie Afif and guitarist/keyboard/ player Alex Mattey spent the best part of a year writing, recording and searching for a sound they could call their own. Drawing on their wildly varied influences they produced a handful of demos that set the template for the Trail sound. Tragically, this period also saw their undignified decline into Subway addiction.
Deciding that it was time to take the songs to the masses, Alex drafted in two of his old partners in crime; Eireann Kelly on guitar and Simon Glynn on bass. Drummers came and went as the band continued to develop their songs and stage craft and as the first album’s material became finalised so did the rhythmic backbone of the band. Without a doubt the hardest hitting drummer to come out of the Westcountry, Chris Wood ensures that Trail can never be accused of lacking musical power.
2007 saw the band start to make a big impact; Winning Capital 95.8’s unsigned competition, making the final 10 of O2 undiscovered, and a string of impressive gigs including Hyde Park’s O2 wireless festival all ensured Trail started to attract attention. So much so in fact, that in order to retain some degree of public annonymity, Alex has now resorted to wearing a hat on stage. 2008 is shaping up to be even bigger for Trail. Gigs are already lined up at Monto Water Rats (supporting Fiction Plane in their only UK tour date), Carling Academy Islington, LA2 and 93 Feet East, as well as plans to record their debut album with SliceThePie.com .
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