24.11.08 (jim)

+ Phase 2 of recording has been completed. We have laid down vocals, backing vocals and keyboards for half of the album now. Phase 3 begins first week of January. The wait will be worth it methinks.....

22.10.08 (jim)

+ Website news - New live photos are up in the pics section as well as some snaps of our current recording effort in the link above. Enjoy our beautiful faces.

19.10.80 (jim)

+ The Hardcore Halloween show on October 31 has been relocated. The show is the same lineup but is now at The Troubadour in the Valley mall. Intimate. You might get close enough to touch us!

13.10.08 (jim)

+ Phase 1 of recording has finished! All guitars, bass and drums have been completed. The next session (staring in a few weeks) will be mainly vocals and some tasty trimmings. Then we hit the mixing. Its sounding pretty good at the moment and we are very keen to see how it will tie together in the end.

+ The Quickening have been announced as local support for US punk rock lads - Lagwagon when they play the Gold Coast on November the 19th. See shows for details.

+ In the meantime - we are playing the Hardcore Halloween fest coming up at the end of this month at the Step Inn. checkit->>>>

+ See you there.

04.10.08 (jim)

+ So we are into day 4 of our latest venture into the studio. Dave has laid all of the drums tracks down and has done a pretty sweet job. We have been very picky with the drums (debating things you probably will not be able to hear) but its all been for the best. We have been doing the drums edits as we go, so there is not much to do later on drum wise. The songs are finally taking a bit of shape. Next is bass and guitar. The pressure is on but we feel good about the whole thing.

+ We have a show this week during recording...(talk about pushing ourselves!) The Ringpull CD launch party at the Zoo. Check out shows for details....

18.09.08 (jim)

+ Sorry to anyonne who went to the Blackout show on the Gold Coast expecting to see us. We had to cancel the show for troublesome medical reasons. Were OK for now though. Gotta keep on a rockin'.

+ So only 2 more weeks till recording is upon us. Things are coming together slowly but surely. There will be 9 or 10 songs (still will clock in a bout a hour!) depends what we kull off. We'll take some of those generic 'here's us in the studio' snaps and put them up on the site. (Thats what you do right?) hahaha.

26.08.08 (jim)

+ Bad news I'm afraid. We have had to cancel the Sydney shows dated for September. Sorry if your life has been massively affected by this horrible news....as I'm sure you have been.
We do have a few Brisbane and Gold Coast shows in the next fortnight though. See 'shows' 'for details.

+ On the upside...... Recording looms ever closer and the new stuff is turning out very nice. I'm listening to it right now trying to think where my mad eurosynth parts will go..... Sounds a bit like Maiden cross between Boys of Summer..... hahahaha.

+ Fazz needs to change his name by Depol. Please email any suggestions you have for Fazz's new name to info at thequickeningonline.net.
I will post any good names that are sent in on the website...famous!

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26.07.08 (jim)

+ Well well well. We have been busy. During Daves nice little holiday to the States, the rest of us have been sussing some hot new tracks for our next album booked in to be recorded first half of October. We have some grand plans. Be prepared!!

+ The Quickening have a load of local and interstate shows coming up in the next couple months, including Sydney and Gold Coast.
Check the shows section for details........

+ Mailing list is back up. Sign your life away!
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08.07.08 (jim)

+ For all you Sydneysiders who have been hassling us to play in your town... your in luck.... The Quickening have a couple shows booked in Sydney in September (19th [ALL AGES] and 20th) See shows section for more details.

+ We have been working on some new material whist Dave has been on holidays to the US. When he returns we will have almost a albums worth of new stuff to work on for our recording later this year - possibly October. First local show back is August 1st @ Rosies.......

see you then.
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18.06.08 (jim)

+ New sections of the website have been updated. Afterhours, members etc. Check it out. Mailing list is next on the list.

+ Thanks to all you cats who came to the ZZZ Brain Banana show. It turned out to be a great show. Dave is off overseas for a well deserved holiday from exams. He'll be back in a month. Stay tuned for shows and new material on myspace in July / August.
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+ Welcome to the new look website. Been a while coming. There are a bunch of new sections that will come online in the next few weeks.
The mailing list form is inoperational right now. if you wanna subscribe, shoot us an email in the contacts section. We have it sorted asap

+ This site will not indulge in blatant advertising, urging you to buy things that you probably dont need. If you are interested - you will look and we will be happy - if not, great we will also be happy.
There are a some links above that we will be updating intermittenetly for you to have a gander at to see the softerside of the band, or if you like - the chink in our armour where you can drive your broadsword through for victory.

+ The Quickening have a show this weekend at The Jubilee hotel for ZZZ Brain Banana. Should be huge. See shows section for details......

+ A tour to Sydney is on the cards for September. Keep an eye on the site for exact dates. We'll post them as they come.

+ If you dont like Belinda Carlisle - some things in this world are too cool and complicated for your little brain to understand.