NEWS
Saturday 2nd August 2008
Hello!
Two bits of exciting news for you all! Firstly, as of Monday 18th August we will be making Concrete (When We Were Invincible) available for free download from this (our official) website. The track will be available for approximately two months, so be sure to get in quick!
Our second piece of news is that we have started pre-production on album 2! We are all extremely excited about this and have been very busy listening through to the plethora of new material thats been written since 'Box Of A Billion Lights' in order to decide which songs will be in the running for the album. There will be regular updates on the albums progress as well as studio footage and sneak previews of the recording process appearing over the coming months, so look sharp and keep your eyes peeled! ;p
Hope you are all enjoying the summer!
Take Care
Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
The October Game
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ARCHIVE NEWS
- Friday 11th July 2008
- Hello everyone!
- Unfortunately tonight's acoustic gig at the Rosemary Branch has been cancelled, due to a switch in management and other circumstances beyond our control regrettably this gig will not be going ahead, we are sorry for any inconvenience caused!!
- On the more brilliant side of things though we've been allocated a guestlist for our gig at the Hoxton Square Bar that will allow you lovely lot to get in half price, for £3 instead of £6, bargain!! Click here to add your names to the list. Promises to be a great night this one, playing with some quality bands! We'll be onstage at approximately 8.30pm.
- That's all for now folks, we look forward to seeing many of you at Rhythms Of The World!
- Take it easy
- Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Saturday 5th July 2008
- Hello!
- Well, we have been very busy gearing up for this weekends Rhythms Of The World Festival in Hitchin that will see us playing alongside some of the biggest names in world music as well as some fantastic homegrown talent. The festival is always a blast and tickets are flying! CrowdSurge.com appear to have no more tickets onsale and so if you haven't got your ticket/s yet then make sure you do so very soon! Tickets are still onsale from local vendors, a list of which can be found here. We will be playing on the Willow Stage on Saturday 12th July at approximately 9.15pm.
- In other news, the recordings with our good friend Jordan Fish are almost complete and we are delighted with how its all sounding! We hope to share the fruits of these sessions with you in the very near future!
- Look forward to seeing many of you next weekend!
- Cheers!
- Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Sunday 15th June 2008
- Hello!
- A big thank you to all of you that have been out to our last few gigs culminating in an amazing night for Trepan Records at the stunning Paradise By Way Of Kensal Green. As I'm sure you'll agree these guys really know how to put on quality nights and we hope to be back there with them very soon!
- We are excited to announce that we will be doing a live session for BBC Introducing which will go out on Friday 27th June via BBC 3 Counties Radio. Set the wireless to 95.5, 104.5 or 103.8 FM at approximately 7pm to hear us playing lovely music for you!
- Check the gigs page for all the latest additions to our schedule and we hope to see many of you very soon!
- Over and out.
- The October Game
- Wednesday 28th May 2008
- Hello Everyone.
- Well, the wait is finally over! We have uploaded two brand new recordings to our myspace page along with a new page design and a new set of photos taken by our good friend Amy Knowles some of which have been added to the gallery.
- The tracks we have put up are called 'Concrete (When We Were Invincible)' and 'Cast These Waves'. Both tracks were recorded, mixed and produced by ourselves at home. Since being uploaded little over 24 hours ago the plays have been sky rocketing on these tracks and the response has been phenomenal!! A new audio player for this site is currently in the works and upon completion these new tracks along with other exclusive audio will be available here for your listening pleasure!
- This weekend sees us taking to the stage at opposite ends of the country. We return to the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town, London on Friday night (30th May) and then travel up north for Manchesters Hide and Seek Festival where we will be performing at Alter Ego on Saturday night (31st May).
- As if this wasn't enough! over the weekend we were with our good friend Jordan Fish in his beautiful new Studio 91 recording facility, laying down some more new tracks which we are really excited about! More news to follow very soon!
- Take care and many thanks as always for your support.
- Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Saturday 10th May 2008
- Hello again one and all. Firstly, a big thank you to all who made it to our gig at the Portland Arms last night, as many of you know we put it on ourselves and are really grateful to have had so many of you turn up, thanks again.
- It's quite a while until our next gig (at the Bull and Gate on Friday 30th May), this should be another really good one, it'd be great to see many of you there. Meanwhile though we have some good things on the way....Over the last few weeks we have been putting the finishing touches on our recordings of 2 new songs: "Concrete" and "Cast These Waves", they are off being mastered now but in a few days they'll be up on the myspace along with new photos and artwork, we can't wait to share them with you, the suspense is unbearable!
- But that's not all, no-way-jose, we're off in a couple of weeks to do yet more recording of yet more new songs, so in a couple of months' time there will be even more exciting multimedia upheaval! Until then, hope you're all well, keep your eyes on this page and we'll give you the details as they reveal themselves.
- Thanks for your support. Take care. Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Monday 7th April 2008
- Hi All
- This Sunday (13th April) is the 5th International Day For Darfur. Across the globe, protests and events are being organised to raise awareness and support to resolve the crisis in Darfur. There is an event being held in London outside the Sudanese embassy from 12:30pm. There are lots of guest speakers and music throughout the afternoon including yours truly. It’ll be a great event which we are honoured to be a part of, so if you’re around make sure you get down for this very worthy cause.
- For more information visit: www.globerfordarfur.org
- Hope to see you all soon. Take care. Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Thursday 20th March 2008
- Hello one and all, we hope you are all well!!
- This coming Monday (24th March) will see our first play on BBC Radio 1!!! Our good friends at CUR1350 (Cambridge Uni Radio) won Best Student Station at the Student Radio Awards last year and have been given some airtime on Radio 1. CUR1350 have always been massive supporters of the band they are going to be playing ’Heartlines’ as part of their broadcast. They’ve got the early morning breakfast show which goes out between 5am and 7am which you can listen to live through your wireless (97-99FM) or by logging onto the Radio 1 website and hitting the listen/podcast button.
- To coincide with ’Heartlines’ being aired on arguably the worlds most famous radio station, we have uploaded a video to our myspace page of us performing the track from our recent gig at The Bull and Gate. Keep your eyes peeled on the myspace page and on YouTube as more footage from this gig will follow shortly.
- The recordings of ’Cast These Waves’ and ’Concrete’ are coming along nicely and we look forward to sharing these new sounds with you soon. Well, thats about it folks, exciting times afoot!! Hope to see some of you at the forthcoming gigs and keep your eyes peeled for all the latest news and gig additions. Take care and thank you once again for your continued support, it really means the world to us!!
- Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Hello everyone. We will be hurtling across the airwaves tomorrow evening. Set the wireless to 95.5, 104.5 or 103.8 FM at 8.40pm for our interview on BBC Three Counties Radio. You can also listen online here.
- We have just had a great weekend in the studio laying down drum tracks for two new songs: ’Concrete’ and ’Cast These Waves’. We will keep you informed of their progress and look forward to sharing these sounds with you soon.
- Will we also be posting some video footage from our last gig at The Bull and Gate in London, keep your eyes peeled!
- Take Care. Luke, Nick Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Hello All! Thanks to everyone who came down to our gigs at The Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen on Wednesday and The Fat Surfer on Friday. Both nights were wicked and we really appreciate all the kind words you've been leaving for us since.
- Our next gig is another London one, at The Bull and Gate in Kentish Town this Friday 15th Feb, we're on at 10pm. It's £6 but you can get in for a fiver by printing off a flyer from our myspace page. It should be a good'un, XFM's weekend breakfast show DJ Marsha Shandur came to The Hoxton show last Wednesday and left with a CD, she kindly mentions it in her recent blog:
- "The October Game @ Bull and Gate - The October Game make big, rolling, dark indie. Lots of filled out with acoustic guitar and fiddle sounds, shuffly fast-drums and yearning vocals. I'd be gobsmacked if they weren't excellent live!"
- Well, that's all for now, hope to see you soon. Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Hello Everyone. As you can see, we are filling up the calendar with live dates, hopefully you're filling up your diaries too and we'll see you at some of these shows in the next few months. The first one is on Wednesday 6th Feb with our good friends Godwits, It's an acoustic show at the Hoxton Square Bar in London.
- If you can make it, you can sign up to this list here to get in for £3 instead of £6! That's all for now folks, hope to see you soon. Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Good afternoon one and all. Hope the New Year finds you well!
- You may well have noticed we have a new track up on the myspace site, "Threads". Our friends at the Box Office show on BBC Three Counties Radio noticed and played it on the Box office show last night (Thursday 3rd Jan) and also rang Luke up for a quick chat. If you missed it you can check it out at www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties , just select "listen again" and find The Box Office Show (We're on right near the end!)
- Hello there everyone. We hope you all had a good Christmas and are looking forward to a happy new year. Firstly we'd like to say a big thank you to everyone who has shown their love and support to us over this last year, especially if you've seen us at one of our gigs or have bought a copy of our album: "Box of a Billion Lights".
- But, what's happening in 2008? Well besides obviously the start of the UK's digital switch over and the centenary of the creation of Vimto, The October Game will be gigging a lot more, in more places, with more new material. We'll also be recording a lot more, and so there'll be a regular stream of new material on this very website for you to feast your greedy little ears on.
- And finally, you'll notice there's a new track on our myspace. "Threads" was recorded at our homes in the autumn just as a one off, hope you enjoy it.
- Well, that's all for now, have a happy new year and we look forward to seeing you in 2008. Take care. Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Hey all. Just a quick note to say thank you to everyone who came out for our last gig of 2007 on Thursday at The Arena Tavern in Letchworth. We had a blast and it was a brilliant way to round off what has been a very exciting year for us. Many thanks again for your continued support.
- Wishing you all a wonderful christmas. Take care. Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
- Hello everybody. We had a great gig last night at The Cellar in Oxford with our good friends The Carter Manoeuvre, many thanks to all of you that made it down!
- There are only a couple more opportunities to see us play live this year so get yourselves over to the gig page and get those dates in your diaries!! Also... on the way is a festive treat of sorts in the form of a new track we have recently finished recording. It is called 'Threads' and you will be the first to know when it is posted online so keep your eyes peeled and your ears to the floor.
- Well, that's all for now. Hope to see many of you at the forthcoming gigs. Take care. Luke, Nick, Ollie and Owen
- The October Game
