[ToR] - official Thousands of Reflections site

Lost and Found (with vocals)

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:15:00 +0000

Yo,

Sometime last week our website disappeared, now it's back. Not sure what happened and we've lost some images, but thanks to the generous assistance of the folk at Alight we're back online and back in action!

We've got some news to tell at some point soon.

Cheers all,

Aidan ToR x

Live Videos

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:49:00 +0000

Hi there,

Winter has come to Nottingham, we're preparing for hibernation by writing some warming songs so there's not a great deal to report. In the meantime, here are a couple of videos of us playing live on our recent tour. Enjoy!

These videos were filmed live at the Snooty Fox in Wakefield, a thoroughly ace venue.

Cheers,

Aidan ToR

Last minute awesomeness

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:48:00 +0000

Sup yo!

We're playing at Rock City tomorrow night with our buddies in Swound!. It's their single launch night so should be good so if you're in Nottingham and have nothing to do then come on down. If you do have something to do then cancel it and come to this instead! We're a last minute addition to the bill, hence the short notice.

Woop!

x

Cancelled Gig // Photos // Review

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:44:00 +0000

Hi Dudes,

Been a hectic couple of weeks playing gigs - thanks to everyone who's come out to see us, we've had a wicked time. Unfortunately our gig in Nottingham this Thursday has been cancelled but will hopefully be rescheduled at a later date. Sorry if you were planning on coming along, we were really looking forward to playing but hey ho, we'll be back! We're hoping to line up another series of gigs as soon as we can so look out for news on those. Also, check out the photos below of us on our October adventures.

We're hoping to get a video of us playing live in Wakefield at the Snooty Fox online at some point this week, so look out for that.

Another good review of our new single (available to download for free here) came in from Roomthirteen. "A great single from an obviously talented home grown band" was the verdict, but check out the full review by clicking here.

Hope is well with you all!

Mini-tour Starts Tonight // More Gigs // Another Review

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:01:00 +0000

Hi dudes,

We're playing the first in our small series of gigs tonight in Wycombe, our first visit to said town. Should be wicked fun, practice has sounded good. Here's a picture of the rhythm section hard at work:

We've also got two new gigs to tell you about: The first is this Sunday (11th Oct) at The Royal in Derby supporting This City. The second is next Tuesday (13th Oct) at Nottingham University. Click on the various links to find out more.

Finally, our new single has had another good review from Tasty Fanzine - but don't just take our word for it read it here!

Cheerio! x

Minor Changes to the New Single

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:05:00 +0000

Hi,

First off, thanks to everyone who's downloaded the new single so far - hope you're enjoying it. Some people have had a few issues downloading the single and as a result we've made a few changes to the way it is available - here they are:

1. The single is now available for free from our bandcamp page as 320kbps mp3 files including a pdf artwork. There are also various other high quality formats available from the bandcamp page, all of which are also free. The previously available 128kbps mp3 option has been removed due to changes to the services offered by bandcamp.

2. Due to there being no charge for any of the versions of the single available from our bandcamp page you will no longer be prompted to pay for the single. You will simply be asked for your email address to which a download link will be sent.

3. Your email address will be added to our mailing list from which you can unsubscribe at any time by emailing thousandsofreflections@hotmail.co.uk with the subject 'unsubscribe'. If you choose to stay on the mailing list you'll get occasional missives from us about ToR related stuff!

4. If you downloaded the 128kbps version feel free to download the new high quality version. You'll be asked for your email address again but won't be added to our mailing list multiple times.

5. If you're desperate to pay for a copy of the single, you can do this via the iTunes Store.

6. If you have a question that hasn't been addressed here then please contact us at thousandsofreflections@hotmail.co.uk and we'll do our best to help. Like the Teenage Mutant Hero/Ninja Turtles would've done.

Cheers,

ToR

T-shirts! Free Singles! Good Reviews!

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:41:00 +0000

Hi everyone, hope all is well.

We've got some t-shirts - only one design at the moment - which are on sale in our new shop. Hopefully you'll like it and avail yourself of one! There's also an amazing bundle where you can get our 2008 EP 'Drones & Sharp Teeth' and a t-shirt and save yourself £2 in the process.

The other big news is the release of our new download only double-A single 'Sawhooks and Chains | Call Me Ishmael'. You can download both tracks for free as 320kbps mp3 files (and in various other high quality formats) at our bandcamp page. The download also includes a sweet pdf artwork file to accompany the release. The songs should are also available from the iTunes store.

To entice you further, here's what the critics have to say about the single:

"...just perfect for the current summer-to-autumn transition we're in the throes of...guitar rock at its finest, grabbing you at the first note" LeftLion issue 31 (Kristi Genovese)

"Awesome riffing gives way to angelic vocals, full of post-hardcore juxtapositions and some inspired melodies - give this Nottingham band your attention and you’ll be bowled over by their invention and potency!" subba-cultcha.com (Jeremy Chick)

"TOR have pedigree – and an intriguing approach to alt-rock. Sawhooks And Chains recalls Tool and the Smashing Pumpkins, and it's a thought-provoking melody. Call Me Ishmael is equally fluent, with tinges of indie and metal that demonstrates exceptional flair." Nottingham Evening Post (Matthew Smith)

We've got some new gigs coming up this month to promote the single, so hope to see at one of those. We should be adding a London date to the mini-tour in due course so keep checking back to see when that will be.

Take care,

Aidan x

4 stars for ToR - New single details

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:32:00 +0000

Hi dudes,

We're releasing a download only double-A sided single on 1st October called 'Sawhooks and Chains | Call Me Ishmael' featuring two songs recorded recently with Guy Elderfield at Random Recordings in Nottingham.

The single is reviewed in today's Nottingham Evening Post and got 4 stars out of 5. You can check out the review online here or buy the paper and take a look at page 9 Essential Guide.

More details of the release itself are to follow, but in the meantime you can stream the tracks at our myspace page.

Cheers then!

Ello!

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Hi there dudes,

We're still working away in our practice room and flats around Nottingham trying to write as many awesome songs as possible. It's going well, plenty of harmonies and important discussions about how to play the perfect two beat silence. Just thought I'd check in here to upload some (non) action packed pictures of the practice room which I thought were pretty cool. You'll notice that Bruce Willis takes pride of place in the room, he's been a big influence on our music. Expect the next album to be dubbed Yippe-Ki-Yay or somesuch!

Videophone Adventure #03

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:49:00 +0000

Hi dudes,

The latest in our videophone adventure series is now up on YouTube. Check us out demoing a new song at a flat in Nottingham. We did three songs, but for some reason I only had footage of one of them, and only one part of that one. Anyway, it was fun and hopefully there'll be more little videos popping up soon. Check it out!

Have a good weekend! Good bybe!

Serious Looking Young Men

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:14:00 +0000

Hello everyone! There we are above, concentrating hard. We were probably playing a new song! Cheers to Karen Wintle for taking some sweet photos of us at our last gig. You can see some more photos of the gig on Karen's flickr page.

It was a fun night, so thanks for everyone who came to see us. You can re-live the experience by checking out this video of us playing another new song which is known as 'Ishmael'. It's actually called 'Call Me Ishmael' but we can never be bothered to introduce it properly live.

Progress on new songs continues apace and things will probably be pretty quiet until later in the year when we've emerged from the practice room with a load of new material. In the meantime I'll be trying to upload as much interesting stuff up here as I can get away with, and we'll also be playing the odd gig here and there!

Take care,

Aidan ToR

Spring Cleaning

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:57:00 +0000

Hey dudes and dudettes.

Not a great deal to tell you at the moment - ToR are currently working hard writing some songs and recording some demos as we plan our next move. Here's a picture of James hard at work at a recent demo session we had:

We've got a gig coming up this week to keep ourselves fresh, and will hopefully be confirming a few other things shortly.

In other news we're now back in business on iTunes.

Hope all is well!

Aidan ToR x

Lions, Pods and Bottoms.

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:55:00 +0000

Hello webchums!

ToR have been featured in the latest stupod podcast. The podcast is produced in association with LeftLion, which is a fine publication available freely in our fair home city of Nottingham.

You'll notice that (our new drummer) James' other band Ocean Bottom Nightmare have two songs on the thing and thus James' presence dominates the 'cast. A scary thought.

You can download or stream the podcast from here should you so wish!

In other news, our good friends and practice room-mates Swound! seem to swiftly be becoming the biggest band in the world. Make sure you check out the latest issue of Rock Sound for a sweet feature on them. Also, the technical difficulties re: iTunes should be sorted soon.

Take care,

Aidan ToR x

gig_glitch_ggggggggg

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:44:00 +0000

Yo,

We've got our first (sort of warm-up) gig of 2009 sorted at the reborn Seven in Nottingham on 18th February. Having played at the previous incarnation of Seven about a million times it'll be interesting to see how different, if at all, the new venue is. It should be fun, and at least one new ToR song will be played so I'd thoroughly recommend attendance. Full details are on the new Seven website.

We're planning on lining up some more gigs in the next few months but for the moment we're concentrating on writing new stuff, something we didn't manage to do much of last year. Embryonic plans for 2009 have been formed, and hopefully some of those will come to fruition before the end of February. As ever, expect updates as and when these plans unfold!

In other news, I've been told that ToR seem to have disappeared from iTunes. I'm not entirely sure what's happened there, but hopefully it'll be a temporary.

That's all for now chums! x

Two Thousand and Nine

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:46:00 +0000

We're back, writing new songs and rehearsing old ones.

2009 promises big things for ToR, hopefully we'll have some updates for you soon. In the meantime, we've added some new live photos to our flickr page, and Videophone adventures #02 is now up at YouTube. Enjoy, and Happy New Year to you all!

Happy Christmas

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:20:00 +0000

A Video!

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:45:00 +0000

Hi there!

You may remember back in April that we filmed a video. Well, shortly after that Olly the drummer left the band, and the video went unfinished. It was 90% done though, so the decision has been taken at ToR HQ to share it with the world, and so here it is.

It was filmed at our practice room, and out and about in Adam's car driving round Nottingham on a Friday night. I hope you like it.

Have an ace weekend my friends!

'Auld Pals' featured on Chucks & PBR Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:48:00 +0000

Yo,

'Auld Pals' from our 'Drones & Sharp Teeth' EP has been featured on the latest edition of the Chucks & PBR podcast. You can download the podcast from the Chucks & PBR website our via iTunes. There's some really good stuff on there so it's worth checking out.

Take care,

Aidan ToR

for fans of who? or should that be whom...

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:15:00 +0000

Hello there! This is a review of our EP which is in this month's Rock Sound and has been expertly scanned by Joe from Swound! We're pretty pleased with it, though it is interesting to compare their version of our past with the real story.

I apologise to any fans of The Horrors, The Raconteurs or The White Stripes who have landed here expecting something similar and left angry and disappointed. I'm not that sorry though if I'm honest; your anger and disappointment amuses me!

We've had some other reviews for our EP (some of them for the original release so they only half count) and I thought I may as well link them up:

There is one total stinker somewhere out there, but conveniently I couldn't find it so if you'll have to do the googlin' yourselves if you want to find it!

I just discovered that Chi Cheng from deftones is in a coma after a car accident. All at ToR Towers wish him a speedy recovery.

Take care,

Aidan ToR

Drones & Sharp Teeth - Released Today!

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:23:00 +0000

Yo,

Drones & Sharp Teeth - our debut EP for Headroom Records - is officially released today in the UK and is now available in lots of proper shops and iTunes. Larger retailers like Zavvi and HMV are stocking the EP so will you will be able to get it through them or you can get the EP online from any of the following:

Zavvi
HMV
Play
Amazon
Townsend Records
iTunes

The EP is also available from a number of International retailers:

Fan (Poland)

Cosmox (Netherlands)

CDGO (Portugal)
iMusic (Denmark)
Tower (USA)

Cheerio!

Aidan ToR x

some stuff

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:38:00 +0000

Hello,

Adam ToR is currently cycling the length of Great Britain with his brother in order to raise money for Red Cross to aid the crisis in Darfur. If you want to check out what he's doing then click here to see his justgiving page.

In other news, unfortunately our gig in Hull is now cancelled but we believe it will be rescheduled.

Have a fun week

Aidan ToR x

This morning's farmer

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:24:00 +0000

Tonight's gig in Norwich is now disappointingly also cancelled. Not because of us this time. We don't seem to be having much luck at the moment...

As far as I know Sunday's gig in Sheffield is still set to go, and we are all looking forward to getting back into live action, albeit for one night only!

Take care,

Aidan ToR x

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noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:07:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

Unfortunately due to personal circumstances we've had to pull out of Sunday's gig in Nottingham. Sorry for anyone who was coming to see us, it is not something we like to do but in this instance there was no option.

If you were going to the gig to see us please please still go, it should be awesome as the mighty OBN are on the bill! We promise that our gig in Nottingham next month will be ace.

Take care,

Aidan ToR x

Drones & Sharp Teeth - Available Now!

noreply@blogger.com (Aidan Blenkinsopp) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:26:00 +0000

Hello everyone,

Just a quick update to let you know that our revamped EP 'Drones & Sharp Teeth' is now available from our shop - click here to get your copy!

As a special bonus for anyone who buys the EP, there is a secret web address concealed within the artwork which will give you access to exclusive free content such as video, music, photos and whatever else we can think of!

See you soon!

Aidan ToR x

[ToR] - official Thousands of Reflections site

Lost and Found (with vocals)

More Live Videos

Live Videos

Last minute awesomeness

Cancelled Gig // Photos // Review

Mini-tour Starts Tonight // More Gigs // Another Review

Minor Changes to the New Single

T-shirts! Free Singles! Good Reviews!

4 stars for ToR - New single details

Ello!

Videophone Adventure #03

Serious Looking Young Men

Spring Cleaning

Lions, Pods and Bottoms.

gig_glitch_ggggggggg

Two Thousand and Nine

Happy Christmas

A Video!

'Auld Pals' featured on Chucks & PBR Podcast

for fans of who? or should that be whom...

Drones & Sharp Teeth - Released Today!

some stuff

This morning's farmer

...

Drones & Sharp Teeth - Available Now!