Jason Belcher - Guitar/Vocals
Matt Burrowes - Guitar/Vocals
Janell Belcher - Piano/Vocals
Tim Peters - Bass Guitar
Joel Bremner - Drums/Percussion
Management for U.S.A. - Greg Carnes (see top friends)
Our Album "Your Eyes Light Up" is available in store at The CD & DVD Store and Manna Christian stores. Also available for digital download at itunes.com, amplifier.co.nz and digirama.co.nz
The past year has certainly been busy for The Ember Days. From releasing their debut album with on a New Zealand tour, to an extensive three month tour of the United States, playing alongside Showbread & The Glorious Unseen as well as six music festivals. They sure have come a long way from writing songs on acoustic guitars in the lounge.
When The Ember Days released their debut album “Your Eyes Light Up”, it was as if they had come out of nowhere. Their approach was to craft their sound and vision before thinking about playing shows or building a fan base. With three lead singers, four songwriters and a huge range of influences ranging from Sigur Rós to Thrice, their aim to create a cohesive, ambient, heavy, pop/rock band seemed to be a near impossible task.
The band was first a vision for Jason Belcher (Vocals/Guitar). He and his wife Janell Belcher (Vocals/Keyboard) moved from Chicago, USA to Auckland, New Zealand to begin assembling the rest of the group. Tim Peters (Bass) was first to join, followed by Elliot Norton (Vocals/Guitar). Without an official drummer, they began writing and recording songs for their first album. It wasn’t until after the album was completed that Joel Bremner finally joined the band on drums.
One year later, now with a full line up and a new album, The Ember Days were ready to share their music with the world. “Your Eyes Light Up” is a captivating album that moves effortlessly between epic ambient sounds, driving guitars and melodic piano pieces. At the center of it all, you can really hear the heart of the band through each song. “We are five people that passionately love God, we love people, we want to speak the truth and see the body of Christ united. We play songs that reflect that and we try to bring inspiration, hope and love to anyone who listens”.
Their name itself came as a winning result in a “paper scissors rock” game at their first ever show together. They then went on to tour New Zealand, playing at pubs, churches, a ferry, an airplane hanger and an old movie theatre. They have since played at music festivals such as The Show ’07, Samstock ‘07, In His Honour ‘07, Parachute ‘08, Cornerstone ‘08 (US) and Spirit west Coast ‘08 US).
It doesn’t look like The Ember Days will be slowing down anytime soon. They already have plans to record a second album, future NZ & US tours and mission trips to India, South Africa and China. Who knows what this next year will hold for The Ember Days.
you guys must have had an awesome time on tour, i'm glad your back though!! Can't wait to come and see you guys play (In His HONor)- thanks for the add!! Come check out a song i wrote for my dad who just got released from prison. hope you enjoy it,
I hope you guys rememeber meeting me and my band before there was rosalyn. I just wanted to say i love the music. " A drop of blood" is my favorite song. I can worship to it. :)!!
man that sucks,we just had church and the word was the whole life and death is in the power of your tounge(?) and what you speak into the atmosphere and stuff. i guess its coz they dont have much else to say. man you should come back to the states then! and bring the band haha :P
ahhh man i wrote a thing back to you and it didnt go up. so i just found the olympics on tv. lots of usa and china people. where are my kiwis? are they doing ok?
ohhhhh, i see. hmmm well transport here is good as, just buy you and nelly a weekly train ticket, then u can use it for the week train or bus and its cheaper. im not sure on here to stay yet. but ill come down and see u guys :) be sure to come for dinner. gona be so good to catch up with u guys. will your phon work here? yeeeeooowwww
Yeah Jesus is good like that aye, ya hang with him and its AH MAH ZING!!!! lol said with a pretend American accent. I get back in March next year! And I think you guys should make space in your busy lives to hang with me coz I will be on the hunt for you all! Haha I want to see you guys play again, your a bit of alright arnt ya. We had a crazy tornado last week! I kinda thought it was cool. But shhhh. And the worship band from CCC Oxford Falls arrived today, they are playing Sunday. Should be pretty cool. They sell timtams at the world market and i spent 25 bucks on them in the weekend. was craving a bit of new zealand haha. good to be home? where was the best place in the us of a?
ohhhh neat thats a sunday. do u want me to pick u guys up from the airport? we could go to my church later that night. do u guys have a place to stay yet, you could prob spend sunday night at my house and then head down to goldie on monday.. im not sure wht your plans are.
hey guys. i saw your band play at spirit west coast in monterey california. it was a really good show. ill probably be buying your guys cd soon. cuz i ran outa oney at the event so i couldnt buy any merch from u guys. well God Bless JP ps i think its awesome you guys came to the states. i didnt even know u guys where from new zealand till i got on your myspace because i only saw the last hlaf of you concert
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hello guys and girl haha guess who we saw in the L.A. airport drum roll please.. link from prison break.. kylie said hey that's link so we kinda followed him to make sure and when he set his carry on down the tag read :dominic purcell yup that's link michael skofields brother hahha wish we were all there together..:(
you guys were awesome.. i didn't get to meet all of you, but it was a blessing and a privilege to have you guys come down and lead worship for burning bush. Hope to see you guys again here in san diego so i can meet all of you... oh and jordan it was cool talking to you. God bless....
