Midas Fall News

Midas Fall Confirmed for Lodestar Festival

Wed, 08 May 2013 22:06:00 GMT

Folks of Cambridge and beyond - we are delighted to let you know we'll be performing at this year's LodeStar Festival! The festival runs from Friday 30th August until Sunday September 1st and headliners the wonderful Joy Formidable, Dragonette and Ryan Keen. LodeStar takes place approximately three weeks after we'll have completed our autumn / winter EP release, so there might well be one or two brand-spanking-new tracks debuting at the festival. Our slot is currently scheduled for the Saturday afternoon, alongside acts including El Perro Del Mar, Rubylux and headliners the Joy Formidable. LodeStar is our second festival of the year; we'll be making our first 2013 festival appearance later this month at Leicester's Hand Made Festival. Headliners at Hand Made include the outstanding Dutch Uncles, Rolo Tomassi and Nine Black Alps as well as the awesome Her Name Is Calla, whose front-man, T E Morris, we'll be touring with throughout May. Current dates are as follows: May 15 13th Note, GlasgowMay 16 Cafe Drummond, AberdeenMay 17 Cabaret Voltaire, EdinburghMay 23 Mad Ferret, PrestonMay 25 Hand Made Festival, LeicesterMay 26 The Castle, Manchester - TicketsMay 28 Power Lunches, London - TicketsMay 30 Mother's Ruin, BristolAug 31 LodeStar Festival, Cambridge

New EP and Festival Shows

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:42:00 GMT

'Wilderness', our second album was officially released through Monotreme Records on April 2nd and we are delighted to let you all know a second EP is also in the pipeline for release later this year. Our as yet untitled EP will most likely feature three or four tracks, possibly including a cover, and is set for release in October or November 2013 to coincide with another tour. Hand Made Festival in Leicester will be our first festival show of the year, with further festival appearances to be announced in the coming weeks. Hurrah! There are still a limited number of bonus pack copies of 'Wilderness' available for purchase through the Monotreme Records webstore. Each CD copy special order comes with a digital download, sticker, badges and a Monotreme Records sampler CD and will be hand delivered to you by the magical Monotreme fairy*. You can order from here: http://monotremerecords.limitedrun.com/categories/midas-fallOur next show is the first date of our May tour with T E Morris (Her Name Is Calla) at Ivory Blacks in Glasgow, tickets are available on the door and our full May schedule is as follows: May 15 13th Note, Glasgow May 16 Cafe Drummond, Aberdeen May 17 Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh May 23 Mad Ferret, Preston May 25 Hand Made Festival, Leicester - TicketsMay 26 The Castle, Manchester - TicketsMay 28 Power Lunches, London - TicketsMay 30 Mother's Ruin, Bristol * Not really, it'll be sent standard post.

New UK Dates Announced

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:16:00 GMT

Through the month of May we will be embarking our first UK tour in almost three years, with dates spanning from Aberdeen to London - hurrah! We also have the pleasure of embarking on this little adventure with the remarkably talented Tom Morris, front-man of one of our favourite bands Her Name Is Calla.

On each of the dates we will be playing a mix of material from our forthcoming 'Wilderness' album and older material from 'As Our Blood Separates' and our debut 'Eleven. Return and Revert'. If there are any songs you'd like to hear on this tour, tweet us about it or tell us on Facebook and we'll see if we can't pop it in the setlist. We may also play a track that's so new it's not even on our new album, that's really rather new.

There are currently nine shows on our calendar, with another two or possibly three for the month of May to come - new dates will be announced here on our website and on our Facebook and Twitter pages.

The dates are as follows:

Mar 7 Wahl Bar, Manchester

Mar 8 Mad Ferret, Preston

May 15 13th Note, Glasgow

May 16 Cafe Drummond, Aberdeen

May 17 Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh

May 23 Mad Ferret, Preston

May 25 Hand Made Festival, Leicester

May 26 The Castle, Manchester

May 28 Power Lunches, London Tickets

May 30 Mother's Ruin, Bristol

There are still a few special 'Wilderness' pre-order packages left on the Monotreme Records webshop - with the pre-order you get an exclusive unreleased track, badge, sticker as well as a CD and download copy of the album. Pre-orders are available here: http://monotremerecords.limitedrun.com/products/508618-midas-fall-wilderness-cd-and-digital-album-pre-order

Below we've posted track seven from 'Wilderness', 'Your Heart, Your Words, Your Nerves' and a track from Tom Morris' Soundcloud that we reckon is rather stunning.

'Wilderness' Released April 2nd 2013

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:12:00 GMT

We are delighted to finally let you all know our second album, 'Wilderness', will be released worldwide on the wonderful Monotreme Records April 2nd 2013. Woop!

On the SoundCloud player below you can stream one of the new tracks 'Your Heart, Your Words, Your Nerves'.

In the coming days we'll be posting the lyrics for the entire album and running a competition to get your hands on a CD copy before the official release date. You can keep up with us on Facebook and Twitter for more info on that as well as our upcoming tour dates.

Thanks for listening!

Midas Fall supporting Her Name Is Calla on December mini-tour

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:33:00 GMT

We are very happy to announce that we will be supporting the beautiful Her Name Is Calla on their UK mini-tour in December. Cities we will be visiting are York, London and Leicester, with further support coming from Richard Parker and The Microdance. For tickets and further information please keep up with the event page on Facebook.

This Saturday we will be supporting We Were Promised Jetpacks at the Mad Ferret in Preston with further support coming from Manchester's Rook and the Ravens.

These shows will be our last of 2012 as we take a little time off to prepare for our 2013 European tour and forthcoming second album release.

In other Midas Fall news, we're very sad to say that Simon will no longer be playing with the band due to personal commitments. As such, we're currently hunting for a replacement to join us on our 2013 tour and beyond. Details of the full touring line-up will be announced early next year.

Live dates:

October 13th - Mad Ferret, Preston w/ We Were Promised Jetpacks and Rook and the Ravens

December 11th - 93 Feet East, London

December 12th - Stereo, York

December 16th - White Noise Festival, Leicester

September Show in Budapest and Second Album Update

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:32:00 GMT

We are excited to announce we will be coming to Budapest on Tuesday September 25th for a one-off show opening the Soundkitchen Music Is My Blanket night at Akv�rium Klub!

Advance tickets are 1,500HUF and 2,000HUF on the door. Full information, including details of the support acts and show times are available on the Sound Kitchen event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/330040100423766/

It's been almost a year since we last played Budapest and we've been itching to come back. Our last trip was over all too quickly as our tour schedule didn't allow us any time to really absorb the city, so we're really looking forward to having a couple of days over there.

In other news, our second album is now at the mixing stage, with only a couple of minor parts left to record. Woohoo! More info, including the title and track-listings will be posted here and on our social networking accounts over the coming weeks and months and we'll get an official release date out there asap.

To promote the new album we are planning to tour Europe again next March / April time - look out for new live shows over the coming weeks and months. Some places we can say with certainty we will play again are Greece, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria with a few UK dates in there as well.

In the meantime you can listen to and download tracks for free from our Soundcloud page at: http://www.soundcloud.com/midasfall

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Midas Fall Second Album Update

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:11:00 GMT

There'll be none of this on our next album

Once again we've been a little lax with our blog updates, but this is only because we've been so busy making our second, as yet untitled album.

Before delving any deeper into the writing and recording progress, we'd like to extend a massive thank you to everyone who came to our show at the Hoxton Underbelly last month and to all the other bands. We had a wonderful time and are very much looking forward to playing in London again, but this is unlikely to be for some time, which brings us to....

...album progress! It feels like a very long time since we recorded 'Eleven. Return and Revert' and almost equally long since 'As Our Blood Separates', so we're very excited about the completion of our second album edging ever closer. The next album will most likely have nine tracks, of which we are now two thirds of the way through recording. In order to avoid entering Fleetwood Mac 'Rumours' territory (as we may have veered into shortly after finishing 'Eleven...') we've decided to record in batches of three songs at a time. To date this method has proved considerably less stressful; so far we're on schedule, 87% less tantrums have been thrown and so far not a single alarm clock has been annihilated!

The second album will not be released until early 2013, so until then we will try our level best to keep you entertained, perhaps in the form of the odd cover or remix - is there a song you'd like to hear our take on? If so, let us know - comment, tweet and email us (info [@] midasfall [.] com) your suggestions!

Once we have completed the second album we may do a couple of shows in the UK to showcase some (or maybe a lot) of the new songs, for news on this you can join our mailing list (and get a free tune!) or keep up with us on Facebook and Twitter.

In the meantime please enjoy some free downloads from our Soundcloud page here: http://soundcloud.com/midasfall/sets/downloads-39/

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Symptomatic Presents: Midas Fall May 31st London

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:55:00 GMT

After a brilliant show with 65daysofstatic and Reigns at the Monotreme Records 10th Birthday bash, we're very much looking forward to playing in London again in May.

The lovely folks at Symptomatic Presents will be putting on our next show at Hoxton Underbelly on May 31st, with support from local alternative outfit Joyride Neon. It's �5 in advance and �7 on the door - tickets and merch deals are available from here: http://goo.gl/6oSsr

Prior to the show we'll be continuing work on our second album, which we're aiming to release in March 2013. We'll be showcasing a handful of new songs at our show in London as well as tracks from our 2010 debut 'Eleven. Return and Revert' and 2012 EP 'As Our Blood Separates'. This is likely to be one of our last shows until September or October, when we might do a little mini-tour.

In other news; label chums Nedry have remixed EP track 'As Our Blood Separates', which will be posted online in the coming days. You can keep up with new tracks and tour dates on our website, Facebook, Twitter and Soundcloud pages and there's even a Midas Fall app available free from the Android Market.

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Live showcase with 65daysofstatic, Reigns and Midas Fall?

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:07:00 GMT

We're over the moon to announce that we'll be playing at the Monotreme Records 10th Birthday party in London on April 10th with 65daysofstatic and Reigns.

This year Monotreme Records celebrate their 10th year of releasing great music! There will be a free compilation CD and mp3 album and a very special live event in London at The Garage on the 10th of April:

Monotreme Records Presents: A 10th Birthday Celebration Showcase with live performances from:

65daysofstatic
Reigns
Midas Fall
Mike Diver (DJ)

Date: Tuesday, April 10th 2012
Venue: The Garage, 20-22 Highbury Corner N5 1RD
Doors: 7:00 pm
Advance tickets: �11.00 from We Got Tickets, Ticketweb and HMV.

Free compilation CDs, stickers and badges. Come along and help us celebrate! Please pass on the flyer to anyone you think may be interested.

For those of you who can't make it and still want a CD, there will some available from the Monotreme Records webshop for free.

London show

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:01:00 GMT

Happy touristy faces

Twelve hours of post-hardcore music + sitting drinking in a train station like bums + being stuck in Balsberg for what felt like a lifetime + a hairdryer and some broken biscuits = one proper smelly band.

After a rather drunken and exhausting weekend in Switzerland, we're back in the UK and straight back to work on songs for our second album. We'd like to thank everyone who stayed until the rather ungodly hour of 2am to watch our set at Deadline Festival and to the gaggle of drunken girls who provided some much needed laughter!

Now, for those of you down London way, we may have a one-off show coming up on Tuesday April 10th - this show is not confirmed, but we wanted to give you the heads up to keep the date free just in case! We'll post more info as soon as we can...

For anyone who hasn't heard, our new EP 'As Our Blood Separates' - is available to stream on the 'listen' page of the Midas Fall site. There are still a few limited CD copies of AOBS left available to buy only from ourwebshop! For those of you who prefer a digital copies the EP is also available through the usual outlets, iTunes, Amazon, Play.com etc.

As Our Blood Separates out today!

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:48:00 GMT

It's finally here! Our five track EP 'As Our Blood Separates' is out today on Monotreme Records! The EP consists of three brand new songs, a cover of Nine Inch Nail's 'Hurt' and the Bunkk Bed MovieScreens remix.

You can listen to some of the new tracks on the site and for a short while a limited number of CD copies will be available only from our webshop and theMonotreme Records webshop.

If you've not been on the site for a while you may have noticed that it's had an overhaul; as part of this revamp we've added a heap of full-length tracks to stream on the 'listen' page, videos to the, er, 'watch' page, an updated gallery (featuring pics from our recent European tour) and a simple, secure webshop. Hurrah! If there's anything you'd like to see on here please get in touch and let us know. We've had a lot of requests for the lyrics to go up and it's something we will do in the near future.

For our Swiss fans - we'll be playing at Deadline Festival in St Gallen this Saturday - tickets are available online and at the door.

Winter tour finished - EP out in nine days!

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:47:00 GMT

We're back from our European tour and a thoroughly awesome time was had by all. We'd like to say a massive thank you to everyone who came to our shows in Belgium, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Italy - it was a truly amazing experience and we can't wait to come back! We'd also like to extend a massive thank you to all the promoters for putting us on, putting us up and keeping us drunk!

We've had a little recovery time since the tour, but are now firmly focussed on putting together our second album, which we hope to release around the end of next year / beginning of 2013 with an accompanying tour. In the meantime our EP 'As Our Blood Separates' is set for release through Monotreme Records January 9th 2012. It is a strictly digital release aside from the limited number of physical copies we have for sale on our website.

You can still download a free copy of the EP's opening track 'BPD' from the Monotreme Records Soundcloud page. Oh, and we also did a cover of Nine Inch Nail's 'Hurt', and then so did Leona Lewis...er...
Our first show of the year is in St Gallen, Switzerland at Deadline Festival - skiis out!

For now we would like to wish everyone a wonderful New Year and best wishes for 2012. We'll be back with some new music very soon...

http://soundcloud.com/monotreme-records/midas-fall-bpd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Zd1-aKZGw

New song! Tour dates! EP release date!

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:34:00 GMT

Woop woop! Check us. We've actually managed to finish a new song.

Well, needless to say once again we've been pretty quiet since our last gig at GoGo Fesitval in June, but we're definitely back now and we've got the tunes and the tour dates to prove it!

For a short while you can download the song 'BPD' from the forthcoming EP 'As Our Blood Separates' from the lovely Monotreme Records Soundcloud page. The full EP is set for worldwide release on January 9th 2012 and is to be a strictly digital release...unless you make it to one of our European tour dates where we will have a very limited run of CD copies available - 2 months before the official release date!

The first date of our tour is at the wonderful Dunk! Festival in Belgium, where we will be using visuals in our performance (it is a cinematic festival, don't you know?) - these visuals are to be turned into little music videos, which will be made available on our YouTube channel in the coming weeks. To subscribe to our YouTube channel please clicketh here!

Here are all the dates we will be playing this November:

November 12th - Dunk!Cinema, Zottegem, Belgium - with visuals!
November 15th - Garabonczi�s, Szeged, Hungary
November 16th - Irish & Music Pub, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
November 17th - Iasi, Romania (venue TBA)
November 18th - Underwold Club, Bucharest, Romania
November 19th - The Box, Sofia, Bulgaria
November 20th - MKC, Skopje, Macedonia
November 21st - Gaia Live, Thesaloniki, Greece
November 22nd - Six Dogs, Athens, Greece
November 23rd - Artichoke Bar, Korinthos, Greece
November 24th - Estia Panepistimiou, Patras, Greece
November 26th - Cabala Nola, Nola, Italy (semi acoustic show)
November 27th - Mr Rolly's, Vitulazio, Italy
November 28th - Nola, Italy (Venue TBA)

See you soon!

EP and Tour Update

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:22:00 GMT

Well, it's been another lengthy break in between posts once again, but since May we've been a right busy bunch!

June saw us play at the Oxford o2 Academy and GoGo Festival in Kent - a splendid time was had by all!

July has so far had us in and out of various tiny little rooms recording drums, bass, guitars and er, chairs. We're making good progress and hope to have the EP completed in a couple of weeks from now. That said, you'll still have to wait til November to hear it...unless of course you're signed up to our mailing list - in which case you'll be privy to a sneak preview of a brand new song, very, very soon!

Our European tour is shaping up nicely - full date and location details will be revealed shortly - needless o say that we're very, very excited to be coming over to the mainland in just a few short months!

May set to be, er quiet...

Wed, 11 May 2011 05:25:00 GMT

After an absolutely wonderful (if somewhat excessive) time was had by all in Berlin Easter weekend a little time for recovery was definitely in order.

We've spent the last two weeks wisely, fixing up old amps, building pedals and most importantly, writing new songs. Through the month of May we'll mostly be finishing songs for the EP we now plan to release (through the wonderful Monotreme Records) in September / October, so expect a quieter than usual month...

We have a few shows planned for June, including GoGo Festival and Stuart Warwick - have a peek on the gig listings page at midasfall.com or do what everyone does and check out the Facebook events page.

Jeniferever / Berlin / Endorsements!

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:39:00 GMT

We will be playing with Jeniferever at the Mad Ferret in Preston this Tuesday ahead of our show at Berlin's Dark Spring Festival on the 23rd April. Our set in Preston begins at 8:55pm sharp...and for the first time as a full band we will be unveiling a new song - it's the first song in our set, so if you're late you'll have to wait til October to hear it on the upcoming EP (unless you come to another show) If you don't remember what some of our old songs sound like, there's a video aneath this post!

In other news, we've recently secured endorsements from DiPinto Guitars, Dava Control Picks and Lion Cajon Drums - woop! Pictures of us abusing all of the aforementioned branded instruments will be posted in the coming weeks!

GoGo Festival / Heather Peace

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:39:00 GMT

Right! It's here! Time for some news! First off, we are over the moon to announce that we will be playing GoGo Festival on Saturday 18th June alongside a host of awesome bands, including Uh Huh Her, Heather Peace, Jill Jackson and Terry Poison! Day and weekend camping tickets are still available, and there are limited VIP tickets available...

We are also playing Dark Spring Festival in Berlin Easter weekend, so if you're in Berlin, get your arses down!

Our next gig is with the lovely Heather Peace from Lip Service and Jill Jackson at Glasgow's Classic Grand on April 1st. There are only a few tickets left, so if you're coming snap them up now!

And, amid all the kerfuffle of relocating, booking shows and making an EP we've got ourselves some new band members, with Steve 'Pedro Pellat taking the drum stool, Chris Wood assigned to Bass and Simon Morgan on general bitch duties, mostly piano, guitar and samples. Photo's of the new lads will be posted soon.

In the meantime, spread the word about GoGo, forward this page, follow us on Twitter, Like on Facebook get your carrier pigeons at the ready!

New Shows and New Songs!

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 23:43:00 GMT

We have a couple of very special shows early next year, which will be announced shortly, so watch this space. We're also working (super hard) on completing a new EP release for next year, an announcement about this will be made in the coming weeks.

Our last show of the year is December 23rd at the Blue Room in Blackpool with Goonies Never Say Die and Makers of Venice.

All has been quiet in the Midas Fall camp once again for a few months, but that's not to say we've not been busy! A number of brand new songs are nearing completion and a few shows in England and Scotland are in the pipeline.