Fang Present New Album 'Swim Up Stream'

Arch Hill Recordings have released Fang's third album 'Swim Up Stream', and Fang also have a brand new website: www.fang.co.nz  where you can watch a few videos and also listen to the album on low-fi streamed audio.  The website was made by Mr Hayden Sinclair. You may have caught Hugh Sundae interviewing two of the band (and the new video for Yellow) on TV1's late news Tonight...which was on, er, last night (Monday).

The next gig Fang will be playing is in support of the underground dark alt-country legends The Renderers , at the Kings Arms in Auckland on Friday August the 6th. The Renderers are perhaps better known by those in the know in indie circles from North America, having had releases on US label Siltbreeze as well as touring over there. Some will remember the time they supported and provided the backing band for Will Oldham last time he was in NZ (Bonnie Prince Billy, Palace Brothers, Palace Music, Palace...he also happens to be playing again in Auckland and Wellington on 10th and 12th of September)

Upcoming album release gigs including one at the Kings Arms on 27th of August with Arch Hill's Wellington friends Ghostplane, other release gigs will be announced shortly.

Since the last Fang album ('Somewhere Out There'­ 2002), the band has transformed with three new members and their unusual musical perspectives. First on board was Bronwen Robertson on violin, guitar, percussion and reluctant keyboards. Trained and tortured at high-ranking classical music schools since before she could walk, she now works hard at unlearning her learned musicality. Tom Clark was next recruit on guitar - forging ahead with evil electrotrash 80s tendencies (he is also in the Fanatics).  Finally there was dynamo drummer Brignall Wood - philosopher, father and beat minimalist.

And like most stories of musicians at work, the recording process was hell. The easy part was recording the instruments ­ the hard part was finishing. Tracked and mixed by Ben at Arch Hill Studios, he was almost driven crazy in his freezing bedroom above the cluttered studio control room.  The album is called 'Swim Up Stream' because making quality music is never easy. The struggle to try and find something new is a hard but necessary road.