FREE CHRISTMAS EP

To help you get into the festive season we went and recorded a Christmas EP in the practise room and have loaded it online for you to listen to and download for FREE! Hope you enjoy.
http://softarrows.bandcamp.com/album/a-soft-arrows-christmas

Soft Arrows albums of 2011

Ah, the tricky task of remembering what has happened in the past 12 months. For those who are interested, here's our fav albums of 2011.

Russell:

1. Thundercat – The Golden Age of Apocalypse
2. Björk – Biophilia
3. Tune-Yards – Whokill
4. Radiohead – The King of Limbs
5. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
6. Atlas Sound – Parallax
7. Panda Bear – Tomboy
8. Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
9. Little Dragon – Ritual Union
10. Still Corners – Creatures of an Hour


Tom:

1. Future Islands - On The Water
2. John Maus - We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves
3. Death Grips - Exmilitary
4. Toro y Moi - Underneath The Pine
5. Tune-Yards - Whokill
6. The Weeknd - House Of Balloons
7. The Death Set - Michel Poiccard
8. Beyonce - 4
9. Hercules & Love Affair - Blue Songs
10. Serengeti - Family & Friends

It's Christmas!!

It's nearly Christmas and Soft Arrows are getting festive. We've recorded a special cover of Elvis classic 'Blue Christmas' which is being released as part of OIB Records "Krampus Is Coming vol 3" compilation, which comes in the form of a Christmas jumper with USB stick. No kidding. Order it HERE.

We're also playing the launch party for the comp at The Green Doors Store in Brigthon on December 22nd. The show is FREE and features our good buddies Rooks and Jimi Swells annd a bunch of other great bands and DJs. We're planning on throwing a Christmas covers section into our set to make it extra special.

stage time for green door store show

Hey people, our show with Bass Drum Of Death on Friday (Nov. 4th) at The Green Door Store is now starting later, so doors are now 9.30pm and we are on at 10pm. Just so you know. Peace.

Date with We Were Promised Jetpacks - Oct. 13th

two things:

1 - thanks everyone who came to our show last week with Negative Pegasus, Rooks and Jimi Swells & The Longrange Forecast. We had a great time playing lots of new stuff and all the bands on the bill were off the chain. Much love.xxx

2 - we will be supporting We Were Promised Jetpacks at Sticky Mike's Frog Bar in Brighton on Thursday 13th October so come down if you can make it. Email us for cheap list. Expect more noise and new jams! We are on at 8pm.

new songs new songs new songs

YEAH! We've posted some demos of some of our new tunes online. Listen to them.

The September Demos by Soft Arrows

RUFF STUFF

HEY!!! We've been away from the stage for a bit too long so, partly because Tom went and got married and partly because we have been concentrating on writing new songs, we've organised a little 'comeback' show. We will be playing alongside some really awesome bands and with some tip top DJs and it's all going to be FREE entry, so you should come and enjoy it.

Here's what you need to know:

SATURDAY 1st OCTOBER
RUFF STUFF - Upstairs at Fitzherberts, 25 New Road, Brighton.
BANDS - Soft Arrows, Negative Pegasus, Rooks, Jimi Swells & The Long Range Forecast
DJS - M.U.F.F.
8PM - 1AM
F R E E E N T R Y

After this our next show will be Nov. 4th at the Green Door Store, Brighton, with Bass Drum Of Death. WOOP!

the future

Hello the internet, we have a few things to tell you.

1) We just got out of practise, preping ourselves for two shows we are playing next week, which (unless something awesome pops up) will be our last shows until after the summer, so it'd be really nice if people came to them. The dates are:

Mon. 30th May -> The Prince Albert -> Brighton
w/ Die! Die! Die!, Negative Pegasus, Eager Teeth
WE ARE ON AT 8.45pm

Thur. 2nd June -> The Brixton Windmill -> London
w/ Ezra Furaman & The Harpoons, The Rifle Volunteer
WE ARE ON AT 8.30pm

2) We've been writting a LOT and are very excited about what is coming out. We'll be airing a bunch of new stuff at these shows and plan to put all these new tracks to good use some time soon in the furture.

3) We will be making our existing recordings available as a download EP soon, but first we will be making some nice artwork, extra downloadable bits, mastering it, etc... more news on that soon.

So that's it for now. See ya soon. x

did some gigs

Thanks to everyone who saw us play in London at The Victoria the other week, and to those who came down early and saw us play with Dum Dum Girls in Brighton. Both fun shows. Our next show's not until May 30th so we're gonna get down to some serious writing and hopefully some recording. We hope to show you what we've been getting up to very soon.

London debut is this Friday

We're looking forward to playing this! It's also nice a cheap.

new news

Hello folks, we are currently in the middle of writing new tunes and demoing songs and so far we are really excited with the results. We're planning to record some more stuff for everyone to hear after our upcoming April dates. News on that as and when it happens.

We also have a couple of bits of news you can put in your diary:

1) We've a new Brighton show confirmed for May 30th at The Prince Albert supporting Die! Die! Die!. Our great pals Negative Pegasus are also on the bill which is going to be extra fun as they are something special. Listen to them. Tickets are only £5 too!

2) Tom will be DJing in London at Dark Party at The Old Blue Last on Saturday 26th March. It's free in the bar downstairs. Expect him to spin some Ghostface Killah and Bruce Springsteen.

the loss of gig virginity

Last night we went and did it... our first show. It felt good.

Last night Soft Arrows played their first show at The Green Door Store with the fantastic Former Ghosts and we were buzzing with a lot of excitment and a lot of nerves. For both of us this was a big thing getting out on a stage and doing this stuff we do. It was new and scary but once it starts it's on and you keep going and hope for the best. The best thing is that it all went great, the fuck ups were few and we were both super stoked to finally have played a show! 9 songs - 25 minutes. Can't wait for the next one!!!!!

We will be working on new jams next week and hope to record new stuff very soon. Until then, thanks to everyone involved in last night and for all the support. See you soon.
luv tom and russ.xxx

Soft Arrows on NFR

Soft Arrows have had a shout out on top blog NFR. Thanks guys! Check it out:
http://nfrblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/soft-arrows.html

Not long until the show now...

April 1st = London debut

Our first show is less than a week away and we are both very excited about getting out of the practise space and onto a stage. If you are in Brighton please come and check the show out.

We are also super excited to have another new show lined up. On April 1st we are going to heading to the big smoke for our debut London show. The details shape up like this:

Friday 1st April
Art Is Hard Records presents:
Breathe Out (ep launch show) + Fanzine + Soft Arrows + DJs
at The Victoria, 451 Queensbridge Road, Dalston, London E8 3AS
£3 on the door

That is a cheap as hell show for a Friday in London. Come and hangout with us!
x

new show confirmed

We've just been confirmed to support Dum Dum Girls and Mazes at The Komedia in Brighton on April 6th. Exciting!

Tickets are on sale now.

the start:

We are Soft Arrows.
We are Tom Denney and Russell Eke and we come from Brighton (UK).

We have just completed a batch of recordings that you can hear over there --->
We will be recording more soon but until then we will be playing these songs live at this amazing show that you should come to:

Friday 4th March
One Inch Badge presents:
Former Ghosts + Soft Arrows + Fear Of Men + Nick Hudson
The Green Door Store, Brighton


Please contact us if you would like us to come and play a show for you, because we want to play them.
Email is over there --->

Thanks.xxx