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Finally, I am home.  It has been a year and a half since I have been back to Tokyo and it feels like I have never left.  I must say that the smell of home is unbeatable!  I have been in London, Paris, and Tokyo all in one day which is also quite a trip.  I can't wait till tomorrow when I get to go out into the city that I have such fond memories of.  Where to start?  Shall I go to my favourtie guitar shop in Shibuya or go down to Shitamachi (literally means downtown) and stuff my face with food....hmmmmm so many choices and so little time! 

Check it! 2 new little ones! First of all we are now on itunes so you can pick up a copy of the fabulous Moss EP for perusal at any time on your mp3 player of choice. Please let us know what you think (constructive criticism only pls) So there we have a MossBaby out for the world to see (hear), and here is another... The Fabulous Finnur, and the Wonderful Gulla have had a beautiful Baby Daughter! Saga Finnsdottir was born last Thursday, and we're hoping that Fin is already teaching her some serious percussion. Congratulations Guys! We can't wait to come over to the Land of Ice and see the new addition to the fold. Much Love and best wishes from all MossFans X.X.X.X

Hello all on the interwebs!  I am sitting in front of my laptop listening to "Those Thieving Birds...." by Silverchair (great tune). It is a really shitty day outside so I decided to take it easy and write some songs and scoure the interwebs for weird and wonderful articles/videos/music.  And I am also feeling a little rough....

So yesterday I had my first acoustic gig in about a year a half.  It was quite nice to go back to playing the songs how they were originally written, but I did miss the chemistry on stage (and of course the noise!).  It reminded of 2007 when I decided to play as much as much possible with a "do or die" attitude.  I couldn't just sit around in my room playing anymore, I needed to play play play! 

So now with the same attitude, Alex and I are going to be playing all gig offers we get! Of course within reason, we can't get up and go to Russia tomorrow, although that would be great (Russia if you are reading this, INVITE US!).  We have also started working on a new ep which we are going to start recording in the middle of May with Scotty.  I am really looking forward to putting down some new tracks and also adding some programmed bits to the songs.  I will update you with how it is all going.

So that is what we are up to at the moment.  I am not used to writing blogs so I am going to leave it at that before I start rambling!  Hope you are all well wherever you are and hope to see you at one of our gigs soon! x

So after months of sweating/rocking/screaming/rocking we have finally completed our first EP called.....ep!  And guess what, we are also having a launch party as well.  To the right of this blog should be a flyer for the event.  There has been some confusion about the date so I would just like to clarify IT IS THE 9TH OF APRIL! We will be joined by The Knowledge, Cheka, Rott and Scandall, and Emeson. 

WWJD? He would come to the Moss and Friends EP Launch Party! (if that doesn't convince you I don't know what will)

Special thanks to Rootside for this spectacular cover

The songs from the ep are up on our myspace and will be up on this site soon.

See you on the 9th!

Eroks xx

My last Moss gig from gommit on Vimeo

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Right, we had a pretty productive weekend in the studio and as we like to be out there interwebs kinda tweeps we'd really like to get your feedback on the rough cut.

This is all straight from the mixer with out any fiddly bits to speak off. The drums and base are one takes and we have some guitar tracks and voice layovers. Again, no mixing has taken place so this is like eating the pie before it has had any time to rest. But hey we just wanted to get it out there and into your ears....

 

As some of you may know, our beloved Icelandic drummer is leaving toward the end of this month to start a family.  Although we are very sad to see him go, we (in the Moss camp) would like to thnk him for his great drumming and Icelandic charm and wish him the best in the future!

If anybody out there knows of any drummers, let us know!

E x

is a big force. It affects people in ways you would not imagine. I was laid low with a stomach bug last week, and Erik is suffering similar this week. I would assume it's the Fin's turn next week, but those Icelanders are made of hardy stuff.

I'm not talking of a change in the weather though. That might give you a sniffle, but we're going bigger than that.

Soon you will have the chance of hearing the 3 of us at your leisure. At home on your Bang and Olufsen stereo. In all our glory.

Yes it's true, the Moss boys are going to record and we're almost letting a little bit of wee out with excitement.

Our next gig at the Haverstock Arms is gonna set us up for a weekend in the Studio letting our creative juices run wild and the next Moss and Friends is gonna be a total Moss extravagana!

Enough prattling, I need another Manhatten.

Big green fuzzy Kisses

 

A.x

 

Hello all!

Just cos it's snowing don't mean we gonna stop rocking! 

Moss and Friends is back this Thursday with a bang after what has felt like an outrageously long break and as usual we bring you a line up of shockingly good taste.

First up Marinda & Solari.  This soulful couple have just come across the pond from Canada and we are lucky enough to be hosting their first London gig - not to be missed!  Marinda's gorgeous jazzy vocals floating effortlessly over Solari's Spanish guitar are sure to fill you with a nice warm feeling that you'll want to take home with you.  And you can in the form of their aptly titled album "Cup of Tea"!

Then, after your very own Moss boys, have injected you with your regular dose of fuzzy green (acoustic) rock, it will be time to get shaking to the sunny sounds of The Cracked.  They promise to bring with them 'oooodles of Baleric sunshine with bananas and oranges' (despite the fact that they like to give their songs disturbingly dark titles like 'Lets Kill Ourselves') so you might even want to get your flip flops out.

So, all in all, it looks like it's going to be a night of hot, hot fun and the perfect antidote to the freezing cold weather outside.

Public Service Announcements

Thanks to everyone who came out to rock at the Monto Water Rats.  Check out these photos of the gig taken by the brilliant Andrew Harvey on Flickr.

Stay tuned for the next Mosscast.  Part One featuring an interview and live performance from Marinda & Solari will be released within the next few days followed by Part Two in a couple of weeks time.  And don't forget you can still download old episodes of the Mosscast from iTunes.

See you all on Thursday!

Check out the videos from our acoustic set for Moss & Friends at The Good Ship in December on YouTube and Vimeo.

Thanks to Jonas Marczy for his nifty work!