Bad Romance Tour - 1

Some photos from the first leg of the Bad Romance Tour with I Exist and Phantoms.

Phantoms promo

Did some new promos for Phantoms in Queen Victoria Markets in Melbourne.

I Exist Phantoms Recording

I spent the day in the studio with I Exist and Phantoms as they recorded their split 7" 'Bad Romance' with Lachlan Mitchell.

Bad Romance

This is the back cover of a split 7" between I Exist and Phantoms, I took the photo. If I had known at the time that it would be used for anything more than a snapshot I would have put more effort into it. Design and layout by Patrick Galvin who also drew the front cover, which can be seen here: http://patrickgalvin.tumblr.com/post/1643087385/heres-something-i-drew-up-a-while-ago-that-ive


Just south of Brisbane is a lovely place where dreams come true - Wet 'n' Wild. While touring together in March 2010, Canberra sludge merchants I Exist and Sydney pseudo thugs Phantoms visited this magical place and decided to immortalise it in song. Recorded in one afternoon with Lachlan Mitchell between visits to Sizzler and a Soulfly concert, the result is Bad Romance, 2 songs from each act and all named after Wet 'n' Wild rides.

The 7" will be released January 14th 2011, with a pre order available from December 6th.

www.myspace.com/iexistmusic
www.myspace.com/phantomshc
www.resistrecords.com/catalog

A track from the I Exist side 'Mammoth Falls' is up now too on  www.myspace.com/iexistmusic

Here are the original blog posts from that trip to Queensland.
http://www.jhatphoto.com/2010/04/i-exist-queensland-day-1.html
http://www.jhatphoto.com/2010/04/i-exist-queensland-day-2.html
http://www.jhatphoto.com/2010/04/i-exist-queensland-day-3-part-1.html
http://www.jhatphoto.com/2010/04/i-exist-queensland-day-3-part-2.html
http://www.jhatphoto.com/2010/04/i-exist-queensland-day-3-part-3.html

Phantoms - As Above, So Below

Phantoms asked me to cut together some live footage of them, and make a trailer for their new album As Above, So Below.



Phantoms' debut album 'As Above, So Below' available September 20th 2010 through Trial and Error Records.

Pre order online at:
www.phantomshc.bigcartel.com
www.myspace.com/phantomshc
www.trailanderrorrecords.com.au

Phantoms - Newcastle

Phantoms played the Dropsaw album launch in Newcastle.
Photos of Dropsaw here and I Exist here. Video of the show in another previous post.

Phantoms at Hardcore 2010

Phantoms at the Saturday all ages show of Hardcore 2010.

Hardcore 2010

Just a few quick photos from the weekend.

I Exist played as a seven piece, with four guitarists.

 

I Exist - Basement show

I haven't gotten around to editing all the tour photos or video yet.
Here's some video of I Exist, Phantoms and Warbrain  playing a basement show yesterday.



Roots bloody roots intro, Inveiglement, Invert the son, One thousand hooves. Jake attempted an inverted cross head stand

I Exist Phantoms Queensland Video

Video from the the I Exist Phantoms Bad Bromance Queensland Weekender March 2010.


I Exist playing 'One Thousand Hooves' at Shed 5, and 'TheTemptress' at Snitch nightclub. Both off their debut album 'I: A Turn For The Worse' out now on Common Bond Records, available from http://www.capitalcitycartel.bigcartel.com/
Photos from these shows at http://www.jhatphoto.com/2010/04/i-exist-queensland-day-2.html and http://www.jhatphoto.com/2010/04/i-exist-queensland-day-1.html
Interview done by some kid in Brisbane who has a blog.
www.myspace.com/iexistmusic
www.facebook.com/iexistcbr



Phantoms playing Skeletons/ sort of covering 'Bad Romance' by Lady Gaga at Browning st reherasal studio. Video lit entirely by a desk lamp on the left side of the room.
Photos from this show at http://www.jhatphoto.com/2010/04/i-exist-queensland-day-3-part-2.html

www.myspace.com/phantomshc

I Exist Queensland Day 3 - Part 2

Sentiments are Jamo's new band, (Jamo was Hard Luck's last drummer.)

By the time Phantoms played, it was getting really hot in that room.

Video of this show will turn up one day

I Exist Queensland Day 2

Benny was up in Queensland on holidays while we were there. I don't think I'll ever get tired of taking photos of him, such a colourful guy. He used plays drums in Hard Luck, Pressures on and now Observer

He got his head tattooed that weekend, but wasn't really keen on me taking photos of it.

I Exist and Phantoms went to Wet N' Wild, here's the obligatory crew photo.

A large version of this photo is available here.
During the day both bands talked of doing a water slide themed split 7", I hope this happens.
These are two photos from the automated camera they have on Mammoth falls, this was the best ride of the day.


The show that day was at Shed 5 on the Gold Coast, basically a storage unit/warehouse that has been converted into a bar and venue, the stage is bit high for a venue of this size, so the bands opted to play on the floor instead. After getting dinner from a vegan restaurant, that we were told was "just down the road from the venue" but turned out to be a 20 minute drive away, we came back just in time for Phantoms to play. 430ex stage right back light, 430ex stage left a few meters in front of the stage area.

Marathon are from Brisbane, I hadn't really heard them before this show, I really liked them, they sound a bit like Converge. I ended up seeing these guys play a few times over the next week and hung out with them a fair bit between shows. They came to Canberra the next week and then played Melbourne while I was there the following weekend.

Apparently when I Exist played Jake fell over in his footy shorts revealing his 'spam javelin', although Aaron was the only one who witnessed this.

Aaron having an out of body experience.