BURN THE WIRE. A 3-track EP recorded in Blueroom Studios encompasses pure energy, raw alternative rock, diverse female/male vocals and a bed of melodic riffs.
We have some copies of Burn The Wire left so please get in touch if you'd like a copy
CODA is a four-piece female fronted alternative rock outfit from Northern Ireland which included Julianne Shawe (vocals & guitar), Adam Shirlow (guitar & vocals), Gareth Scott (bass) and Matt Crothers (drums). We existed between 2004 and 2008 in which we gigged and recorded extensively carving out our alternative brand of urgent, driving rock and playing a load of explosive live shows.
White EP (2005) - 1. Not Enough 2. The Reason 3. Safety Automatic
RED EP (2006) - 1. End Of The Line 2. Not Enough
We were lucky enough to support alt-rock heroes Sleater Kinney, Sons and Daughters, You Say Party! We Say Die! and No Age along with gigs along side local heroes LaFaro, MojoFury, Fighting With Wire, Dangerfields, Stand Up Guy and Fight Like Apes.
Some Nice words that people had to say about us are below!
“a pummelling flurry of rhythms overlaid with razor-edged guitar and confrontational male/female vocals”
- Francis Jones / Culture Northern Ireland
“Blistering guitar licks, urgent, attention grabbing vocals and strong melodies”
- Patric Baird / The Belfast Telegraph
“Ms Shawe’s vocals and stage presence bare comparison with Brody Dalle and PJ Harvey. Musically, it's hit after hit of grungy alternative melodic rock-punk-pop, with highlights all over the place”
- William Johnston / BBC Ulster - Across the line
“Burn the Wire may only be three tracks long but those nine minutes of breathless guitar, bass and drum wrangling allow CODA to make their mark effectively”
- David Roy / The Irish News
“A fusion of Queens of The Stone Age and Garbage being torn to shreds by Sleater-Kinney. Its full-on, fast-paced, sometimes monolithically heavy and always kept right on the edge by singer Julianne Shaw's viciously powerful vocals. It's easy to imagine songs like 'They're Closing In' and 'Cold Sweat Tears' played live and loud creating something of a mini riot in the moshpit”
- Music Mart Magazine
In May 2008 We decided to call it a day and move on to try different things. Currently Matt is drumming for Comply Or Die and Adam is pursuing his solo singer/songwriter material. Both Julianne and Gareth also have new projects in the pipeline which hope to see them return to performing live before the end of 2008.
Our last EP which we recorded at Blueroom Studios in February of 2008 is available to download for free above. Please download, listen, add to your playlist and distribute as you see fit. Thanks.
hey, i didnt realise that you had broken up. Im sorry to hear that. Thanks for thanking me on the website (that really seems like a shit sentence...hmmm)whats the plans of the members now? jason
France isnt going too bad - miss the pubs at home desperately though :( I'm back for a week at the start of April, so I can make up for lost drinking time. How are you guys getting on?
El Capitan on - On TG4 TV tonight - Deis Roc Semi Finals! - PLEASE VOTE
TG4's battle of the bands programme Deis Roc featuring El Capitan is to be broadcast TONIGHT Tues 18th March @ 11pm and again on Thurs 20th March @ 6pm.
The band have progressed to the semi-final and need as many votes to progress to the final!!
(Please note that votes only count from tonight when the show ends until 2pm on Friday 21st March so vote early, vote often!!)
Voting for El Capitan on Deis Roc is very simple...
just text EL CAPITAN to 53500 (ROI) or 83222 (UK & NI).
make sure and vote after the show has aired at 11.30pm... and don't be afraid to vote more than once!!
Well, my degree is in Creative music technology (w/ Music), and even though that pretty much boils down to composition, we have to be laying down accurate incarnations of whatever we do. No idea how it's done mind - Artist(CMT), not Scientist(AMT). Anywho, if you want some assistance or whatever, gimmee a holla. Adam owes me a hug anyway..
A genuine thank you is in order, I really appreciate you having a listen. As far as recording goes it depends on the track. If you hop on msn (silverandsilent@hotmail.com)I'll send you some acousmatic stuff, which gets alot of care and attention. Pop stuff is mostly done at home on PC with a crappy dynamic mic into Nuendo3 (just to get it down to show josh and myk and so I don't forget it). Rudderless got a little more care in the recording - I use my new Cort Electro with fishman pickup/mic setup inside, so you can blend between the two and line the fucker in. I also micced the front of it with my akg dynamic. Just got my crazy m-audio luna (condenser) working though, so when I sit down to record these properly, we should be able to make it convincing. If you've got anything you need laid down, let me know, and I'd love to lend a hand ^^/ Jas
Hi Julianne ^^/ Thanks for the ad. Really enjoying everything I've heard. Linebacker is still in it's early stages. All tracks are just rough takes to have something solid to refer back to, but if you enjoy anything you hear and fancy contributing in any way you'd be massively welcome in all respects. In particular I need some female vox and a cellist if you happen to know anyone capable? Anyways, I'm sure I'll badger you for a support slot in the near future. In the meantime - keep churnin' out those hits! :p Jas
(again) - indeed, I am getting a band together and hitting the road so to speak! Look forward to hearing the new stuff. I was down with Pete the other night, the new studio looks great
