News : Toehider endorsements, gigs and new releases

Mike Mills, the main man behind the quirky, insanely varied project known as Toehider has posted a rather lengthy updated over at http://www.toehider.com/, announcing an upcoming triple EP, a stack of live shows and a whole bunch of other rad information. So, read on:

“Everything’s happening and I don’t really know where to start…

I’m figuring the best place would be to tell you that the new Toehider release will be called “To Hide Her”. The best way to describe it would be to call it a triple EP. The first EP will be heavy rock, the third will be more of an acoustic-type affair.
The second will be what’s best described as the “1in1” project. The idea here is that Salty and I will lock ourselves away for a week and create music and artwork around the clock until we fall on the ground. We’ll try our best to film it all, and at the end of every day, we’ll upload footage from the day’s work.

So the entire 15 track offering will be available through Sydney’s “Bird’s Robe Records“, a company doing some AMAZING work for the progressive music scene here in Australia.
The whole thing will be available ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 22.

The single from the album, “The Most Popular Girl in School” will be launched at the mighty PROGFEST at the Espy on September 3. From there we’ll be launching the album in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney (Brisbane TBA!!) as we support Unitopia on their first Australian tour. See the gig guide at the bottom of this blog for the full list of dates!!
On top of those, our sinnessjuk drummer Ricky Evensand will be doing some clinic masterclasses around the country, playing his indestructible Mapex kit. We’ll also be playing at the massive “Australian Ultimate Drummer’s Weekend” in August here in Melbourne showcasing Ricky’s incredible talent.

Additionally, I’m super-proud to tell you that I’m now using PRS guitars and Marshall amplifiers! My tone has changed so dramatically since getting on this Custom 22 by PRS, I’ve had to go back and re-do all of what I already had recorded for the new album. It’s also one of only 250 guitars built, so suffice to say I feel incredibly excited and honoured to have this guitar in my hands (yes, I’m holding it as I’m typing, and I may or may not sleep with it tonight,WHAT OF IT, HUH?!?)

Anyway, hope to see you at some of the shows!!”

Aug 12th @ The Dancing Dog, Melbourne (acoustic show)
w/ Zikora
Tickets at the door 8pm, $10

Sept 3rd @ The Espy, Melbourne (Progfest Melbourne)
w/ Sydonia, 12 Ft. Ninja, Branch Arterial, Arcane, Mushroom Giant, Xenograft, Tangled Thoughts of Leaving, A Million Dead Birds Laughing, Sadhana, Elysian, Anna Salen, Ennis Tola, These Hands Could Seperate the Sky, Quiet Child, Okera, Deligma, Anarion, Geamala, Lunaire, Paint Me A Phoenix, Vincent, Pirate + more TBA
Tickets on sale from www.espy.com.au and all Oztix outlets, $20+bf.

Sept 22nd @ The Gov, Adelaide
w/ Unitopia
Tickets at the door 8pm.

Sept 23rd @ The Hifi, Melbourne
w/ Unitopia and Anubis
Tickets at the door 8pm.

Oct 1st @ The Factory Theatre, Sydney
w/ Unitopia, Anubis and sleepmakeswaves
Tickets at the door 8pm.