It has begun...

And so, finally the spectre of Doomsday Afternoon is upon us. The new
album by Phideaux is out and now at your favourite music distributor or
mail order consortium.

You may definitely find the album at cdbaby
http://cdbaby.com/cd/phideaux6
and Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Doomsday-Afternoon-Phideaux/dp/B000SKLKTM/ref=sr_1_2/102-8\
302784-9368908?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1183484685&sr=8-2

And in celebration of this black day, we have uploaded two tracks from
the album on www.myspace.com/phideaux. Of course, because the songs are
so damn long we had to compress them into nasty tiny MP3s that are
somewhat like tinfoil.

However:

First up: MICRODEATH SOFTSTAR (edit and truncated) - this is the
finale of the album and was written as the instrumental "freakout". Of
course, later on Formaldehyde took that honour. On this most devilish
track you can hear the fantastic guitar work of Joel Weinstein (from
Time As Wine) as well as Myspace's very own Johnny Unicorn on super
keyboards. The ultimate wizard Matthew Parmenter has doused us with
terrifying violin and voice as well. You might even hear Arjen Lucassen
saying seven secret words at 7:50 into the track... I promise you the
sound quality is better when listened to at greater than MP3 VBR 96/128!

Second Track: FORMALDEHYDE (complete) -- This is the track that Martin
Orford kindly contributed a synthesizer solo. I am a great fan of his
solo work as well as his keyboard stylings with IQ. This is a bit of a
duet between Valerie Gracious and myself (although Matthew Parmenter can
be heard on violin and voice as well). The second half of this song is
a keyboard extravaganza. Listen also to the faaantastic flute of Steve
Dindin (or is that dumdum?). Oh, no it's Steve Dundon of Molly Bloom
(Spright Night anyone?)

Please spread the word if you like the tracks. Flame us, praise us.
Tell the world we have made either the greatest music ever or that we
are complete charlatans. Just talk us up and remember only Bloodfish
brings you Doomsday Afternoon, the new album from Phideaux.


Meanwhile, there are a few live shows this summer:

See Phideaux in Virginia on August 11 and in France on August 18. Just
a hop skip and a puddle jump away. We'll be performing our super hits,
"Chupacabras" "Tempest Of Mutiny" and radical tracks from thee latest
issue.

Come on and feel the noise!
phideaux xavier I