And So I Watch You From Afar
The Letters EP

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Sound clips for The Letters EP

S Is For Salamander Play

D Is For Django The Bastard Play

B Is For B-Side Play

K Is For Killing Spree Play

What their label says...

ASIWYFA are a four guys that practice what they preach and live by their epiphanic song title 'Don't Waste Time Doing Things You Hate'. Their hometown Belfast shows have become legendary, from the 1,000 capacity headline Christmas homecoming gig in the Ulster Hall right down to a small secret basement party which was shut down by the police late in the night for being too insane. The band have become inspiration and flag bearers for Belfast’s burgeoning arts scene. Everything about ASIWYFA is gargantuan. Their critically acclaimed, self-titled debut album released in 2009 is Exhibit A. From the iron-clad riffs to the pummelling crash of the cymbals to the palpable positivity of the music, it's everything great rock (never mind just instrumental rock) music should be. And songs which take titles such as 'Set Guitars To Kill' and 'Clench Fists, Grit Teeth... GO!' are suitably epic in scale. Filled with monstrous guitars, bulging rock histrionics and genuinely breathtaking moments, And So I Watch You from Afar was hailed by certain journalists as one of the best records of 2009. Respected music publications like The Quietus ('Quite some distance ahead of the rest of '09's guitar albums so far'), NME ('The sound of someone crashing an oil tanker through Sigur Ros' ice floe'), Kerrang! (' It's rare for a body of work to be so dreamy and elegiac yet conversely monstrously heavy') and Vice ('rescuing the instrumetal ship from the deepest depths of irrevocable mediocrity') all chime together in praise of this awe inspiring new band. ASIWYFA are a band that are only going to get bigger, more inspiring and push the boundaries of music and genres as far as they push themselves. New EP The Letter EP is out in February 2010 and a second album is due in Spring. Meanwhile, they are relentlessly touring so catch the band's incendiary live show at a venue near you. Press quotes - “right now there are a gaggle of great acts in NI. Leading the charge are And So I Watch You From Afar” NME RADAR / “If the apocalypse is televised, these guys will provide the soundtrack” 10/10 BBC RADIO ONE / “As emotively atmospheric as it is devastatingly overpowering” ROCK SOUND / “the sound of someone crashing an oil tanker through Sigur Ros’ ice flow” NME/ “really rather special. It’s rare for a body of work to be so dreamy and elegiac yet conversely monstrously heavy…sounds like the end of the world” KKKK - KERRANG! / "And So I Watch You From Afar effortlessly deliver, bringing a brain-annihilating barrage of rhythms and Rottweiler, what’s just been kicked in the knackers, fury" 9/10 DROWNED IN SOUND / "Top Ten Northern Irish Songs Of Our Lifetime” ALTERNATIVE ULSTER MAGAZINE/ “Imagine if Mogwai were from Belfast and had massive balls, or if Pelican still meant it” 8/10 VICE / "One of the most hotly tipped British bands around at the moment" BIG CHEESE / “for all the ambition and complexity displayed, they're anything but afraid to rock - quite some distance ahead of the rest of '09's guitar albums so far” Iain Moffat – THE QUIETUS.

The Tracklisting: 1. S Is For Salamander, 2. D Is For Django The Bastard, 3. B Is For B-Side, 4. K Is For Killing Spree

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