our fave bands include flying saucer attack, mogwai, sigur ros, my bloody valentine, galaxie 500, bailter space....
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our songs and albums are available on i-tunes!
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=255169020&s=143460
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=255165514&s=143460
video for 'a new sun' off the 2005 album 'slumber'. shot on super 8mm film in 2007. enjoy!
The Longest Day is a two-piece space rock/post-rock/shoegaze music collaboration, half of which lives in Sydney, the other in Canberra. The band formed under the same inner western sydney roof in 1997, initially inspired by the noisy lo-fi creations of Flying Saucer Attack, and influenced by the dreamy wall of guitars produced by bands like Ride and My Bloody Valentine.
Songs were written and played for a select few, but jay and brad never recorded their output. The move to Canberra by jay in 2002, and the separate forays into the world of electronic music by both members, seemed to indicate a natural death of the band.
An idea floated in a drunken conversation in 2005 was followed through, and jay and brad spent a week recording and mixing a collection of songs resurrected from the band's past, utilising the original 4 track tapes used at the time to record drums and loops for live performances. The result was 2005's Slumber, an album awash with guitar and reverb and sweet noise. The album was distributed gratis to anyone who showed an interest in hearing it.
In the winter of 2006, brad travelled to Canberra for the band's next project - Sounds of Jupiter. Written and recorded in a week, Jupiter illustrated the band's progression in sound from that represented by Slumber (which of course represented a sound derived 8 years earlier), and is characterised by a more atmospheric and measured sound, achieved through expanded instrumentation and again through their love of reverb.
In early 2007, the band hooked up with Sydney label Feral Media, who arranged for the distribution of the remaining copies of both previous albums. The relationship strengthened as the year progressed, the band playing in the October PowWow show to a strong reception.
Jay and Brad again came together in September 2007 in Canberra to begin writing their next album. A collection of songs were written in collaboration with Boston (USA) artist/musician Christy Romanick, whose sublime, ethereal guitar drones underpin several tracks. Jay and Brad spent the rest of the year writing and refining songs, and came together in Sydney to record their third album - Night Falls, in January of 2008. The album was released on 1 May 2008.
Hope you alright and everything is great!
Preview for all tracks of my debut album Symbiosis of Contradictions are now available on my myspace page through zimbalam player. Mp3 release is now available in all the major stores worldwide.
Greetings from the snowy Moscow/Russia
/Ivan
Hello The longest day. I uploaded another track from the album «Symbiosis of Contradictions». That small ambient song called “Weather in Numbers” is the soundtrack for the today’s sky outside my window. Just a weak sunshine behind the grey clouds. Hope you will like it! /Ivan
