Back into it on Oz Day

After taking it easy for a few weeks to see in the New Year we finally got back into the swing of things last night when we played our first show for the year on Australia day.  It was a whole lot of fun and the crowd was certainly celebrating being Australian.  

For whatever reason playing a show on a special occasion has a really different feel to it.  I'm not sure how to describe it but the show last night had such a great atmosphere that it was a massive shame to have to walk off stage.  We felt like we could have played another whole set!!

A massive thanks to everyone who came out to the show for making Australia Day 2008 one to remember.  It certainly is great to live in Oz.

WFF0708

After spending 7 days camping in the mud at the 2007/08 Woodford Folk Festival we returned home today. And while we don't miss having to wade through mud to get to the showers it was sad to leave because we had an absolute blast. A massive thanks to everyone who braved the rain and came to our shows at the festival. We hope you all had a fantastic time.

And our most sincere thanks ever go to Bill Hauritz and Katie James for putting an unknown band like us on the bill of one of the greatest festivals in the country and giving us a fantastic opportunity. You're our heroes!!

We can't wait to go back next year!

How Cool Are Operator Please

Last night we had an awesome time opening for Operator Please at Maroochydore. After hanging out with them for most of late Saturday afternoon we all decided that they are one incredibly cool band. And they're sooo young but doing so well. And they put on a sweet live show. So we were stoked to be the opener. How cool.

4ZzZfm - We Love You!!

Just yesterday we found out that we were number 1 on local Brisbane radio station 4ZzZfm's top 20 in the first week of releasing our EP. That's our first no. 1!

People have told me they've heard our record being played on air but I am still yet to have that 'first time hearing your song on radio' moment. Songs sound so different on radio so I'm hanging out for it.

Anyway, 4ZzZ thanks heaps. We love you to bits. Local radio forever!!!

iTunes... How Good

The Quills are now on iTunes!!! Yeah!! I know pretty much every band in the world has their stuff up on iTunes but it's sooooo cool to have a record out and having it available for download was a reminder of just how cool it is. I hope someone out there can empathise with my excitement. So cool!!

EP Launch

I'll try not to back-blog too much but this one's important. Last Thursday we launched our debut EP at The Globe. We are incredibly excited to finally have a record out and we wanted to say a massive thanks to everyone who came along to help celebrate. It was a sweet night and I hope everyone in the crowd had a blast. We certainly did on stage. I'll post photos later.

At Last... An Official Blog

It's been a long time coming but we have finally got our online stuff together. And by 'stuff' I mean blog, website... yeah. Our official site at thequills.com.au is now live. So visit often for the latest news etc etc. Visit us here at our blog as well to hear from all the guys in the band. We'll post as often as we can, or whenever something blogworthy happens. See you soon.

Dave