Hey there,

Over in America they're still going crazy over the release of our latest album ' Life Processes '

So crazy, Gravity & Heat has been included on the Dell Summer Mixtape - visit the link to enlighten your day:

http://www.delllounge.com/summerrocks/mixtape/

Sorry for not writing for so long, I think we've mostly been getting on with none-Forward Russia 'stuff.' We played the Moor Music Festival this weekend, and that was loads of fun and we had a great time apart from the mood, it was pretty rainy there. Now that's done, we can tell you about another gig we've been asked to play later in the year:


FRIDAY 17th OCTOBER
Brainwash Fesitval @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

More details:
http://forum.forwardrussia.com/viewtopic.php?t=6821



Now Some More News:

Unfortunately this will be our only gig for the rest of the year, and infact for the forseeable future.

Firstly, you may have seen tickets available for other ¡Forward, Russia! gigs around mid-October - unfortunately there has been constant miscommunication over these dates, and we are not playing them I'm afraid.

We have decided to take a break from doing ¡Forward, Russia! - for a lot of different reasons. The idea of doing another tour with nothing new to offer was something that enthused none of us, and the idea of re-booting on a productive strand is something we're not quite ready to face just yet
Added to which, the last few months of inactivity has led us all on paths away from the band. I know that sounds odd, having released an album only a few months ago, but I don't think any of us were connected to the mechanics of its release. I don't know how it happened, but I want to thank all our management, the guys and gals at Cooking Vinyl and all the other people who worked on the record for putting all their efforts into the release of 'Life Processes' and apologise for our complete failure to engage in the release of it.

So to reach the present. Katie is  moving to Nottingham in a few weeks, having taken the opportunity to do an art course there (she's in need of a new 'posse' apparently, so get in touch if you can help) - so it's unlikely we'll do anything serious again till we're a bit more geographically centralised

Tom will be keeping busy producing some of the hottest young talent in the country, he's been doing a lot of work with a band called 'Minaars' - you can check him out at http://www.myspace.com/tomwoodhead - and you can get in touch with him at tdwoodhead[at]gmail.com if you want to get in touch with him about producing your next pop record

From now until October? We did talk about releasing a Gravity & Heat EP, which may or may not now go ahead - certainly not in a physical format unfortunately. As mentioned it wouldn't have anything new from us, but we did ask a few people to do some remixes.

Apart from that, we have been trying to get together as many live bootlegs, session tracks and 'rarities' as we can, with the thought of putting as many as possible on our website for people to enjoy. This depends on £ and webspace, but we'll work on it and let you know how we do - hopefully we can do something by the time of the gig in October

Ticket details for Brainwash Festival, will be available soon, keep checking the websites above, as well as our own website, forum and myspace - we'll be lurking on the forum for a while yet I suspect


Till later then, take care

The Breaking Standing EP is available now on iTunes via this link:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=280917046&s=143441

It features Breaking Standing plus all the other UK B-sides:

*Reflection Symmetry
*Breaking Standing (Russell Bloc Party Remix)
*Breaking Standing (Minotaur Shock Remix)
*We Are Grey Matter (Live At Leeds)

The album, Life Processes, is released on July 22

Morning all,

Life Processes will be released in North America on July 22nd through Mute Records

There will also be a digital 'Breaking Standing' EP - more details on that to follow

I'm very sorry to announce that we've had to postpone the forthcoming European dates in Germany, Netherlands and France due to circumstances beyond our control. Those circumstances will work themselves out in the fullness of time, and we will hopefully let you know some new dates as soon as possible

The Brussels show is still on however

Thanks

After having to postpone the Newcastle gig on the tour due to Tom's poor throat, Forward Russia are pleased to announce that they will be playing the gig on May 8th at the Academy 2, Newcastle.

Original tickets are still valid and there are tickets still available for the show. Hope to see you there!

Hopefully, we'll also be announcing supports very soon as well. Stay tuned, as they say.

Buy Tickets here!

http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_northeast&query=detail&event=255935&interface=carlingnewcastle

Hello there,

Just wanted to say we're all feeling a lot better now, bar hangovers from the London show 

We're working on a rescheduled date for the Newcastle gig, but there aren't too many dates us or the venue can do. It will get sorted soon though, and we hope to put something on here in the next week

In the meantime, I've added some European dates to the live show that we should be doing

whiskasx

We are sorry to inform you that tonight's show in Newcastle is POSTPONED - due to Tom suffering from voice / throat problems.

He was able to complete the set yesterday in Dundee, but doctors have decided that it would be unwise to play tonight. Currently we plan to continue the shows from Sunday's date in Liverpool.

Once again, we send our apologies. Please hand on to tickets as we plan to reschedule the show shortly.

Evening all,

Last.FM are exclusively streaming Life Processes on their website

http://www.last.fm/music/¡Forward%2C+Russia%21/Life+Processes
or
http://www.last.fm/music/%C2%AForward%2C+Russia%21/Life+Processes

There is also a video of us talking through all the tracks for the album

From the same time, we have recorded a few acoustic performances of songs from the new album, you can view them on our You Tube page: http://www.youtube.com/user/ForwardRussiaBand

Also, we are pleased to announce that Cats & Cats & Cats are joining us in Newcastle, Liverpool, Leeds & Manchester on our tour

Hurrah

¡Forward, Russia!'s second album, Life Processes, is released today throughout the UK. Available on CD, you can get it in all good record stores and on line at the likes of HMV, Play.com and also through iTunes.

Additionally, the band's UK tour starts on 15th April in Glasgow - the first time to hear many of these songs peformed live. Hope to see you there.

Full tracklisting of Life Processes as follows:

1. Welcome To The Moment (The Rest Of Your Life)
2. We Are Grey Matter
3. A Prospector Can Dream
4. Spring Is A Condition
5. Don't Reinvent What You Don't Understand
6. Some Buildings
7. Breaking Standing
8. Gravity & Heat
9. Fosbury In Discontent
10. A Shadow Is A Shadow Is A Shadow
11. Spanish Triangles