Midnight Eyes - new album preview

Finally, the new album, Midnight Eyes, is available for your auditory pleasure!

Check out our LastFM page to hear a few tracks in-full, and samples of the rest.

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Head on out to our Website to check out the new artwork, images, and sample clips of the album.


It will be available in stores very soon...

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For the latest news... http://twitter.com/thesilkdemise

Our site will be redesigned in preparation for the new album, which is due out in late June, mid July. Track titles include:

01 Wildfire
02 Heroin Chic
03 Smoke and Mirrors
04 Floodlights
05 Atalik
06 Stargazer
07 Lo-Fi
08 Midnight Eyes
09 Mystic
10 Renegade
11 Black Majik
12 Sioux
13 The Greys

Bound music video... for those that haven't seen it...

the silk demise on STREAM, new Whoopi Goldberg movie

Check out The Silk Demise in the new movie Stream, starring Whoopi Goldberg and William Sadler!


Stream will premiere on January 15 on FEARnet in a series of six webisodes as Video On Demand, and is produced by Jun Group Productions and Whoopi Goldberg. Fearnet.com is a joint venture of Comcast (CMCSA), Sony (SNE), and Lionsgate Entertainment.


The Silk Demise has contributed 4 tracks to the movie: Bound (theme music, end credits), Pincushion, Stargazer, and Morealis.

Bound and Morealis are tracks from the self-titled debut, while Pincushion remains a free download from the Unlocked album. Stargazer is a preview of the new album, due out in the Spring of 2009.


More details to follow!

"Seduisante" a b-side/unreleased track is free to download.

The Silk Demise offers up a free download of the track "Seduisante". Recorded in 2005, shortly after the release of the self-titled debut, this track features Olivia Zielinski on vocals, alongside a track that is both dark and brooding...

Download it here: http://www.thesilkdemise.com/mp3s/Bsides/the%20silk%20demise%20-%20Seduisante.mp3

//bill

25,000 downloads of "Unlocked"

Wow - last year around this time, "Unlocked", a collection of previously unreleased material, was released. We gave it away for free, and now, we are very happy to say we've had over 25,000 downloads of the album!

Thank you all so much for taking the time to listen to our work. Your comments and kind words are an inspiration to us, and we truly appreciate them.

I can't wait to share with you the new material - it's a different sound, but I think it overall it's a more polished piece of work. I still can't give a release date, but at least 6 tracks are set and ready to go.

I'll be adding some new samples to our website soon at http://www.thesilkdemise.com/.

Until the next...

Terrapass

Whether you believe that global warming exists or not, it seems ridiculous to think that we aren't, in some way, harming our planet. I am a skeptic at heart (as you may have seen in my previous posts), but when it comes to this, I can't help but think that the stuff we are pumping into the air isn't hurting our cause.

So I try to do my part, one small step at a time.

A green friend of mine had a bumper sticker on his car, labelled "Terrapass". Basically, you sign up with them and pay an annual fee (which is based on the amount of carbon your car emits), and they offset your carbon by investing in green alternatives. I'm not one to spend my money foolishly, but I couldn't resist this opportunity.

I encourage you to visit their site at http://www.terrapass.com/ and see what they have to offer. It's one really simple way to help fight global warming.

Think of it this way: you pay some $$$, and they do the work for you. That's it.

Distribution deal signed!

Our album is now available in over 250 retailers, including Amazon.ca and HMV.ca! You can now walk into almost any Canadian retail store and order the album - more updates coming soon...

Skeptical

I consider myself to be a skeptic at heart. Logical, methodical, and ever curious. When someone tells me a new idea, I always try to figure out if "that" makes sense, or whether the claim is impossible. There are so many myths out there, that I find myself frustrated when I hear that a large population really believes in them.

For example, taste buds in the human tongue. We've all been taught that "sweet is at the tip, bitter at the back, etc", however this is completely false. Bring that up with someone, and you'll be in for a heck of an arguement. Here's a link to the story: http://www.livescience.com/health/060829_bad_tongue.html

I recently picked up a magazine that was designed for us skeptics... called "Skeptic". The current issue has dozens of articles regarding Faith vs Science (a rather mainstream topic these days). I'll write on this sometime later. In the mean time, check out http://www.skeptic.com to read more.

Who's to say

This blog was originally intented for band news only. However, band news is rare, especially with the continuous delay of the new album. Yes, it is coming, it's just taking longer than expected, and will take even longer than I now expect. I have come to that realization.

I will occasionally post other "stuff". I don't like that word, but in this case, it seems fitting.

"Stuff" may consist of: interesting links, commentary, reviews, rants, raves, or random thoughts.

So stay tuned - I hope to post more frequently (more frequent than, say, once every 3 months, which is roughly the current pace).

Till the next...