I recently found an old draft EP I had uploaded to Bandcamp but never published. It contained two iPhone (other phones are available) recordings of live ROTZ shows pre covid. One is an open mic at the Gladstone and the other is a ‘proper’ gig at The Admiral. 
I didn't have much of a recollection of these shows at first, but slowly details have started coming back to me. From the host going awol in the Gladstone, to the Pizza Me pizza and hecklers at the Admiral. (I wish my phone captured more of this! Apparently I start playing 3 Lions, which really winds them up.)

Anyway, this release is more for me. To have an archive of live material from my phone recordings, GoPro cameras, and some of the gigs my friend Dan has been filming over the years. Its nice to look back and be reminded of some of the things we have done, especially in this time before covid and after releasing my EP' The Old Guard. Which was inspired primarily by the 4 year demise of my sanity. Erm, lol. 

More shows will be added here and there.

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Also just another quick note - I finally got around to editing some of the footage I took in 2019, to make a little video for my song Lets Get You Well. Its been added to the ROTZ video section on the website should you want to have a butch! 

It was recorded on an iPhone SE and edited in Capcut, so my details deffo been stolen now. 

As it says in the title, you can now stream these two EP's on your favourite service. They shall be coming to Bandcamp over the weekend, I'm a bit behind on my admin. 

TQONV consists of demos mostly written in the covid times. I revisited them again recently and liked how they sounded, so I spruced them up as best I could and opted to release them. No fanfare or advertising, just nice to have them out there in the world, mainly for me to listen to. 

Wednesday I took to the stage at the Park Crescent for my first proper acoustic gig in over 5 years! Torrid; A Love Affair's Sarah joined me on vocals for 4 or maybe 5 tracks too. It was great to get back out there, despite being a little rusty and the two of us have decided to push forward with more of this sort of thing! 

I aso attempted to join the awesome Intoxicated Pigeon for a song and ended up trying to faff what should have been a dead easy solo, in the wrong key. Go me. 

Happy Friday. x

Next Friday ROTZ will be releasing two EPs. The first is a collection of songs recorded over the Covid period, that never saw the light of day. I felt they deserved a proper release over another addition to the Orphans collection, despite this being an excuse to draw the line and move on. 
It will be called The Queen Of New Vegas and mixes the electronic, bedroom recording aesthetic ROTZ was built on.The second is an ep of acoustic takes I recorded as part of a rehearsal for a gig in 2018. 

Going through a lot of my old files, I forgot how active I was as a solo musician before covid. Playing many gigs, open mics and local radio stations. I’m hoping to get back to doing this and to start, I have a gig as a featured artist at the Park Crescent next Wednesday. Supporting will be other open mics acts and my dear friend Intoxicated Pigeon. Date - 25th June.

The second gig will be in support of Matt Bonners new EP release at the Brunswick Cellar bar. I plan to pull out all the stops for this but will talk more about it closer to the time. The date is 28th August, a Thursday before bank holiday weekend. https://www.brunswickpub.co.uk/event-details/matt-bonner-no-longer-young-ep-launch

Catch you soon!
 

Our new single Nemesis is released on the 28th March. 

Bandcamp link - https://riseoftheziggurat.bandcamp.com/track/nemesis

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4xGISWvQm1TCLAQycggG7Y?si=6wwO7a5FTNuQWSEcQgxGvw 

It is also available to listen to from our own website - https://theziggurat.co.uk/album/3357927/nemesis

Thanks for listening. 

Mike