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My name is Andy, i am also new to Progarchives...

Just something to check out please!  This is my current band, and we are just about to release our 4th studio album Departure on the 1st July.  So i hope you guys can take a few minutes out to check this out!  Many thanks!!

www.spacehouse.tv
www.myspace.com/spacehouse, also Facebook fanpages.

Both sites have tracks from previous IT albums, and previews of the new release Departure!  There is something for everyone on there, so enjoy.  Here is some bits for you guys to chew on....

Artist: IT

Title: Departure

Format: Digital Download, USB Stick, Double CD/DVD Package

Release Date: June 1st, 2009

Label: Sonic Vista Music (SVRCD010)

Sonic Vista is delighted to welcome IT (pronounced ‘it’, not I.T.) to its roster for the release of IT’s new album, ‘Departure’.

Beginning life as a psychedelic, multi-media group, IT is a band with a
colossal sound that shakes the bones and, with a barrage of images,
feeds the mind. Based both in London England and Sault Ste. Marie
Canada, IT is part of a new movement in Progressive Rock that includes
such bands as Porcupine Tree and Nine Inch Nails, among others. IT’s
sound fuses the classic melodies of prog rock’s past with a passion and
intensity usually only found in punk or metal bands. Politics,
religion, war and sexuality all come under the Band’s lens for critical
examination. Lyrics are intelligent, challenging and occasionally
darkly humorous. The bottom line is that the IT experience will inform
your thinking, feelings and memory long after the last notes have ended.

In 2004 IT began to redefine itself as Band leader Nick Jackson
experimented with new images of sight and sound that would inspire and
challenge IT members and audiences alike. They defined generally and
conceptually what the Band members as a group have successfully
actualized in IT’s fourth album, Departure. Guitarist Andy Rowberry,
who joined the Band at the end of IT’s last album tour, Over and Out,
brings the power and strength of metal to IT. Drummer Alex Inglis, with
his rapid-fire high-energy double-kick drumming, pumps up the punk in
the Band and its roots. Keyboardist and technical guru Rob Archibald,
master of diverse genres and complexities made simple, provides the
fourth dimension to the Band. Individually, Nick, Andy, Alex and Rob
are four. Together, they’re IT -- a quantum leap in performance
dynamics and vision.

Many guests also joined the recording of Departure, coming from genres
ranging from metal to bluegrass. Although rooted in progressive music,
IT knows no boundaries in realizing ideas. For example, the track Burn
fuses country and metal into an unlikely yet unforgettable synthesis.
Stand Back is a melodic pop song, while the single Killing Me, with its
double-kick attack is hard rock all the way. The Album combines an
audio CD with each track, carefully crafted over the past 3 years,
along with IT’s first DVD including two music videos, a 30 minute
documentary and several live tracks capturing the Band’s high energy
live sound and multi-media show.

IT formed in 1994 when Nick Jackson recorded and produced the Band’s
first full-length album, The Stranger Inside the Self. This was also
when the Band first began using multimedia during live shows with the
inclusion of short films playing behind the group on stage. IT’s next
album, Two Worlds, was released in early January 1995, and that year
also saw IT appearing on the James Whale TV Show, a television program
highlighting new bands. Between 1996 and 1998, Nick built Spacehouse
Studios in London, a purpose built recording studio where the Band has
made every album since. January 2000 saw IT greet the 21st century with
its website, www.spacehouse.tv, which enabled communication with fans
and showcasing of material worldwide. The Band’s third album, Over
& Out, was released on June 21st 2002. It was created as a concept
with a story line and was performed by IT live in its entirety
accompanied by projected visual montages created by Nick Jackson using
the technique of ‘Video Sampling’. Live actors also played out one of
the album’s main themes, the ‘live talk show’, in the single, Good
Morning America. The Band toured Great Britain and Canada with Over and
Out sharing live creative performances with fans on both sides of the
Atlantic. This ended the first chapter of IT’s story as long time
friend and collaborator James Johnson left the Band for the joys of
marriage and family. Guitarist Andy Rowberry, drummer Alex Inglis and
keyboard player Rob Archibald thus came to help define the Band’s
future.

With the release of Departure and a European tour in the works, IT has
achieved a standard that will see the Band established as a major
exponent of fusing the best of brilliantly crafted classic rock with
much-needed meaningful social comment.

Thanks for Listening!!

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	Hi there My name is Andy, i am also new to Progarchives... Just something to check out please! This is my current band, and we are just about to release our 4th studio album Departure on the 1st July. So i hope you guys can take a few minutes out to check this out! Many thanks!! www.spacehouse.tv www.myspace.com/spacehouse, also Facebook fanpages. Both sites have tracks from previous IT albums, and previews of the new release Departure! There is something for everyone on there, so enjoy. Here is some bits for you guys to chew on.... Artist: IT Title: Departure Format: Digital Download, USB Stick, Double CD/DVD Package Release Date: June 1st, 2009 Label: Sonic Vista Music (SVRCD010) Sonic Vista is delighted to welcome IT (pronounced ‘it’, not I.T.) to its roster for the release of IT’s new album, ‘Departure’. Beginning life as a psychedelic, multi-media group, IT is a band with a colossal sound that shakes the bones and, with a barrage of images, feeds the mind. Based both in London England and Sault Ste. Marie Canada, IT is part of a new movement in Progressive Rock that includes such bands as Porcupine Tree and Nine Inch Nails, among others. IT’s sound fuses the classic melodies of prog rock’s past with a passion and intensity usually only found in punk or metal bands. Politics, religion, war and sexuality all come under the Band’s lens for critical examination. Lyrics are intelligent, challenging and occasionally darkly humorous. The bottom line is that the IT experience will inform your thinking, feelings and memory long after the last notes have ended. In 2004 IT began to redefine itself as Band leader Nick Jackson experimented with new images of sight and sound that would inspire and challenge IT members and audiences alike. They defined generally and conceptually what the Band members as a group have successfully actualized in IT’s fourth album, Departure. Guitarist Andy Rowberry, who joined the Band at the end of IT’s last album tour, Over and Out, brings the power and strength of metal to IT. Drummer Alex Inglis, with his rapid-fire high-energy double-kick drumming, pumps up the punk in the Band and its roots. Keyboardist and technical guru Rob Archibald, master of diverse genres and complexities made simple, provides the fourth dimension to the Band. Individually, Nick, Andy, Alex and Rob are four. Together, they’re IT -- a quantum leap in performance dynamics and vision. Many guests also joined the recording of Departure, coming from genres ranging from metal to bluegrass. Although rooted in progressive music, IT knows no boundaries in realizing ideas. For example, the track Burn fuses country and metal into an unlikely yet unforgettable synthesis. Stand Back is a melodic pop song, while the single Killing Me, with its double-kick attack is hard rock all the way. The Album combines an audio CD with each track, carefully crafted over the past 3 years, along with IT’s first DVD including two music videos, a 30 minute documentary and several live tracks capturing the Band’s high energy live sound and multi-media show. IT formed in 1994 when Nick Jackson recorded and produced the Band’s first full-length album, The Stranger Inside the Self. This was also when the Band first began using multimedia during live shows with the inclusion of short films playing behind the group on stage. IT’s next album, Two Worlds, was released in early January 1995, and that year also saw IT appearing on the James Whale TV Show, a television program highlighting new bands. Between 1996 and 1998, Nick built Spacehouse Studios in London, a purpose built recording studio where the Band has made every album since. January 2000 saw IT greet the 21st century with its website, www.spacehouse.tv, which enabled communication with fans and showcasing of material worldwide. The Band’s third album, Over & Out, was released on June 21st 2002. It was created as a concept with a story line and was performed by IT live in its entirety accompanied by projected visual montages created by Nick Jackson using the technique of ‘Video Sampling’. Live actors also played out one of the album’s main themes, the ‘live talk show’, in the single, Good Morning America. The Band toured Great Britain and Canada with Over and Out sharing live creative performances with fans on both sides of the Atlantic. This ended the first chapter of IT’s story as long time friend and collaborator James Johnson left the Band for the joys of marriage and family. Guitarist Andy Rowberry, drummer Alex Inglis and keyboard player Rob Archibald thus came to help define the Band’s future. With the release of Departure and a European tour in the works, IT has achieved a standard that will see the Band established as a major exponent of fusing the best of brilliantly crafted classic rock with much-needed meaningful social comment. Thanks for Listening!!