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Rainblind

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RADIUS 1 SWIMMING IN CIRCLES (2:15) 2 SECOND GEAR (2:00) 3 ON REPETITION AND ROUTINE (3:07) 4 WINDOW FOR THE WILL (2:31) 5 AT LEAST IT HELPS ME SLEEP AT NIGHT (2:38) 6 MY CIRCLE OF FRIENDS (2:06) 7 THE GHOST IN THE CROWD (3:11) 8 ROMA (2:41) 9 LAST EXIT (2:46) 10 RUN AWAY WITH ME (4:48)

Available on CD for £6.50 including postage, or as a free download from: FileFactory Ziddu MediaFire (Problems with a link? email me . Cover artwork by Thomas "Privat3_Plum" Plumpton ).


THE SUBURBAN ANGEL EP (2007) 1) PEBBLES AT HER WINDOW 2) MAKE A MOVE 3) WHEN THE SUMMER ENDS 4) THE LOCAL NEWS 5) THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN 6) HER STORY 7) FIRESIDE

EP, 7 songs, £5 including postage.

(Art direction by Earth Design Studios )

THE CLOSING STATEMENTS EP (2007) 1) TALKIN' MAJOR-LEAGUE BAD BREAK-UP BLUES 2) A DIFFICULT TIME 3) SHE CHOSE WRONG 4) TRUTH IS NOT ENOUGH 5) BECAUSE OF YOU 6) YOU ASKED FOR IT 7) WHEN THE MORNING COMES

EP, 7 songs, £5 including postage (UK only) (Artwork by Mark Engley )


CHOICES AND MISTAKES (2006) 1 - SONG FOR THE LOSERS 2 - ROAD MOVIE 3 - I'LL TRY 4 - THAT OLD GAME 5 - STAY TONIGHT 6 - FALLING 7 - MOVING ON? 8 - STAND UP 9 - SUMMER SONG 10 - BAD DECISIONS 11 - UNDERTOW 12 - HOW TO SKIN A CAT 13 - TERMINUS
Debut album. £5 including postage. (Artwork by Marlene Ringel from Hazy Day Magazine )

To buy copies any of the above (UK only), please send a cheque made out to "Thomas Smith" for the amount shown to: Rainblind Music, 4 Mona Road, Crookesmoor, Sheffield S10 1NF, along with the title of the CD you want, plus the name and address of wherever the CD is going. Please don't send cash, that's just silly. Also, sorry, but I can't accept responsibility for cheques or CDs that don't make it to their destination.

Outside UK: Send me an email telling me who you are, where you are and what you want, and I'm sure we'll be able to sort something out.

STUFF WHAT PEOPLE SAID BOUT RAINBLIND

(Quote sources will remain anonymous for good reason. I'll add more if I hear them.)

"Thom offered us some food for thought, one of his songs being in another language."

"I almost creamed."

"I like it for how much effort you put into it."

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 27/02/2006
Band Website: twitter.com/rainblind
Band Members: Written, recorded, mixed, edited, produced, cut, pasted, armed and eventually decomissioned by Thom Smith. What he can't play, he fakes.
Influences: Life, the Universe and Everything. Artistically, we're all influenced by everything we see and hear. Alright, Radiohead then.
Sounds Like: Songs recorded by an electronic engineer in his bedroom.
Record Label: Rainblind
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Goodnight, Vienna!

Just uploaded a new version of an old song, again as part of my getting to grips with Cubase.  I've never re-recorded a song before, I'm generally one to get it done and move forward, but it was a nic...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:37:00 GMT

Cutting My Sabreteeth

Alright dudes?There's a new song on my profile, you may have spotted.  I've been busy getting to grips with Cubase now that I've got it, and frankly I still have a lot of learning to do, but having pr...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:23:00 GMT

Rainblind 2.0

... and more than half a year later, I'm back. *blows the dust off the mic*  How y'all doing?  Not all at once, I can't hear you.Anyway.  It's time to announce some new things.I decided a little while...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:10:00 GMT

Radius: FREE download!

Big news! Radius has been released today. Oh boy!To download all ten songs for FREE click on one of the links on my main profile screen. There's three, I'm sure at least one will be working. Surel...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:09:00 GMT

Io ho finito!

That's Italian for "I have finished!" - I think. Meh.Point is I just finished recording a new album. Radius. Yay.It's not too bad really, a few issues with noise plus inexpert use of compression an...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:50:00 GMT

Final mastering stages

Y'know what sucks? Post production. You've heard of pre-production hell but this is worse.Ok, so the good news is the new album is fully recorded, and w00t to that. The bad news is that now I need t...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:51:00 GMT

Turn on, tune up, [REC] out

I'm coming dangerously close to recording the next album.  This probably requires an appropriate vocal sound like "ooooh!" or "eeek!" or possibly "aaiiiakka!" if you're prone to bucking conventions.Th...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:05:00 GMT

Pipeline processing

I’ve decided the key component missing from my audio arsenal is a compressor. Unfortunately, I can’t afford to buy one yet.In the longer term I’m planning to record another album, U...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:55:00 GMT

Release Day

The Suburban Angel EP and The Closing Statements EP are out now! :DPlease see the main profile if you're interested in getting copies.
Posted by on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:40:00 GMT

Lyrics database

The CDs for the EPs were supposed to arrive today, and didn't. Boo. On a happier note, I've just adapted my DeviantArt page to act as a lyrics database. So, if you want to read any of the lyrics for&n...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:06:00 GMT