Interesting Silent Lapse facts added to the "News" page!
If you want to know more about the creation of Birthright, or just random facts about the band, check it out! If there's anything else you've wondered, ask us at silentlapse@silentlapse.com. We'll be happy to respond and may put it up for the world to see!
Silent Lapse to Play the OSB Community Bank Battle of the Bands. Ionia Free Fair Gig - Cancelled.
Some good news and some bad news here.
We're a positive bunch, so I'll give you the good first: We were picked from multiple entries to play at the OSB Community Bank Battle of the Bands on July 24th in Brooklyn, MI! We are looking forward to having a good time with the fine people in Brooklyn and hopefully taking home first place!
Next, the Ionia Free Fair show on July 21st has been cancelled due to the sound system not being available for our scheduled time. We were quite dissappointed with this since it's one of our favorite gigs all year, and it's a great place to play as well as see a show. We were, however, told that we would have a guaranteed spot next year (with a sound system... ha ha), so mark it on your calendars and be ready for a good time apporoximately one year from now.
The Wake Music Video "Making Of" Documentary, Part 1
As you know, we're making a music video and documenting the process. There will be more of these to come as we get closer to the release of the official video. Enjoy!
Katatonia Tickets for Sale!
Tickets for the September 15th show with Katatonia at Blondies in Detroit are now for sale on our Shows page.
This is a big show with a lot of great bands, and it's one of Katatonia's few stops in the States ever. Tickets are being sold for $20 plus $1.50 for Paypal fee and shipping, so they'll be about as cheap as you can find them since we won't be charging a convenience fee. Thanks a lot for your support, and we look forward to rocking with you on September 15th!
Music Video - The Wake
We've started the process of making a music video for "The Wake"! We're extremely excited about this, and we'll be posting updates on this site on the progress so you can keep up with it.
We're in pre-production as of now, so a lot of details are up in the air at this point. We do know that it's going to have both band performance video as well as clips of the story that The Wake is telling. The next month or so will be spent developing ideas and a storyboard for the parts that are not live performance.
We couldn't be more enthusiastic about this project and the great people we'll be working with to complete it. We know it's going to be an awesome experience and amazing final product!
T-Shirts Now Available!
If you'd like a Silent Lapse shirt to wear around all your friends, you can get them on the Merch page. The "Seed of Hope" design is available in most men's t-shirt and women's fitted sizes. Thanks in advance for your support!
Silent Lapse supporting Katatonia in Detroit, and thanks!
First of all, the gig with Pop Evil on 4/16 was a lot of fun and a huge success for the band! We know it was because of our loyal fans and the great turnout in general for the show. The other bands did awesome, and we thank them as well for sharing their fans with us! We played well and only had only a minor technical difficulty: my (Mitchell's) guitar went out for the last 3rd of Seed of Hope, which just allowed me to "rock out" a bit more since I didn't have to worry about playing! The others in the band covered it nicely. Someday we'll have the perfect gig where nothing goes wrong equipment-wise, but until then...
Now for the big news: we're going to be opening for Katatonia in Detroit on September 15th at Blondies! We couldn't be more excited for this show, since Katatonia has become one of our favorite bands in the last two years, and their recent releases are some of the best music I've heard in a long time. It will be an amazing show! If you don't know who Katatonia is, check them out here: Katatonia on Myspace. We'll post more details as we get them and let you know when tickets are available. When they are, you'll be able to buy them direct from our site.
Promo photos available soon!
We had some photos taken for the website and promotion. We'll be posting the rest as we get them on the media page. Check back soon!
Free Album
Our album is now FREE and can be downloaded instantly here, shipped to you by clicking here, or by visiting the Discography and Merch pages! There will be a $2.63 charge to cover shipping and shipping materials if you choose to have a CD sent to you.
We love this album and really believe in it. We don't want a $10 charge to stand in the way of you hearing an album that we think is one of the best!
Need more convincing? Please read our 9/10 review on The Metal Observer here: Birthright Review.
