~ January 29, 2009
Upcdownc needs you! by Gary

KentTV.com and Invicta FM have teamed up to bring you Kent TV’s Sound Clash 09, the best and only online battle of the bands…

We’ve entered an online Battle of the bands video thingy.

You can watch our ”Not of the Fallen” tour footage video at this site.
Please vote for us here -
KentTV

Thanks
Upcdownc

~ January 26, 2009
The truth not a whinge by Gary

We thought that we would try to clear the air as to why our album took so long to release, and why we parted ways with Tap N Tin Records.

Basically, things just weren’t working out between us and the label. When we signed to the label they already had people on board just to run the label. Well, to be accurate, it was really just two.
Anyway, before long the label people ended up working at the Tap n Tin pub, and just occasionally helped out with the label. It had looked like the label was going somewhere at one point, but it soon became clear that it was just a part-time hobby.

We had the album ready and waiting around October/November 2007 but due to all manner of delays, changes of mind and ‘u-turns’ on the label’s part ‘Embers’ was finally released in October 2008.

We’ve now recorded a new album called ‘Firewolf’ that’s a lot more straight balls-out rock. ‘Firewolf’ is going to be mastered at Abbey Road Studios very soon and then we’ll be looking to release it through a NEW label.

We now have some free recording time coming up in February and we are hoping to record some brand new tracks and bang out some live tracks from ‘Embers’.
We’ll probably be selling these ourselves at gigs etc.

Hopefully fingers crossed 2009 should be good to us!

Thanks

Gary, Chris, JimE and Dale
Upcdownc

~ January 14, 2009
Giggage by Chris

Our first gig of the year is at the George 2nd Luton on Friday 23rd Jan. We are playing with Elements of refusal and Brontide. Doors 8pm.