Truths, Lies & Half-Lies

Hi all, we are very pleased with ourselves lately, and with good reason too. The new album has been named 'Truths, Lies & Half-Lies', a damn fine title even if we do say so ourselves. The writing is going along incredibly well and there is a tangible enthusiasm within the band, it's getting harder to put a set list together (very nice problem to have). There will be an announcement in the next few days regarding how you can help the band, we are aware how good our audience has been with us so far and we do need your help.

The new material is exciting, not only because the songs are something that we are proud of, but the bands sound has progressed and is now weightier and bluesier, this in turn is leading us into new and interesting territory not only musically but visually too.

Speak to you very soon
Dave x

Hi all!

No doubt that most of you are aware that we will be supporting Marillion on a few dates of Marillion's upcoming tour. We can't tell you how excited we are by this, they are a great band who have a fantastic following and we're really looking forward to playing with them. So far the bands schedule for the year reads as follows; 


Monday 23rd July - Amsterdam Paradiso (With Marillion)* 
Tuesday 24th July - Amsterdam Paradiso (With Marillion)* 
Sunday 5th August - Cambridge Rock Festival 
Friday 14th September - Sheffield Corporation (With Marillion) 
Friday 21st September - St. Helens - The Citadel 
Sunday 23rd September - Wolverhampton - The Robin (With Also Eden & Crimson Sky)


*Unfortunately Stuey can't make the Amsterdam dates so we have Leon Parr, who played on the bands first three albums playing with the band again. 

There will be a few more dates added to this list before too long and we will keep you posted with them. Album number 5 is taking shape very nicely, we have a title for it that is really cool and we plan to start recording it sometime in January 2013. Some of the material that will be on the next album will be played at all this years gigs, some of you have already heard 'Apophis' and 'You're Coming Home' so you get an idea of how exciting this next album will be. There is a plan to capture the Citadel gig on film and release this at the end of the year. This will be the bands first DVD and will capture the spark and magic of a Mr. So & So performance on home soil as it where. It would be great to hear you all with your best singing voices on the DVD. Here is a little live taster....

As some of you are aware, I've been working with Steve Rothery and the British Guitar Academy, most recently Paris that was really special. There is another BGA event happening in Chester on the 20th May and if you are interested in hearing about guitar playing these events are really worth coming too. If you click here it will take you to the announcement page.

Dave x

Incoming....

Deep in the vaults of So & So manor the band have been putting together new tracks that will form part of the new album. We have tentative recording dates booked and we have some great ideas for album 5. There will also be an announcement soon regarding more live dates but trust me when I say that it's all VERY exciting. We'll let you all know when we know :))

Dave x

For those that were there from the beginning, you will remember the leap in songwriting that was evident after the experience of writing and recording the first album 'Paraphernalia', though the songs were really good on the first album, the experince catapulted the band onto the next level regarding writing and arranging. Not long after the Paraphernalia sessions the band started to write the beginnings of what would turn out to be 'Compendium', the album that many still regard as the most important Mr. So & So album from the poignant 'Closet Skeletons' to the crowd pleasing 'Tick-A-Box' through some very dark rocktracks including the big riff driven 'Missionary' through to one of the bands classics 'The Visitor'. If you haven't already obtained a copy of the now deleted album, you can download it as an MP3 or FLAC (Lossless audio, same quality as a CD) from the Bandcamp website. A classic '90's prog rock album for £7 that many people have been stunned by the playing and songwriting ability and the band are constantly asked to play tracks from the album.

Well the gig at The Peel was a great experience in every sense, great crowd, great performance, great guests....aww you know, I'm gushing now but it really was a fantastic night...then there was the journey home which was an adventure for everyone. Thankfully we have video footage of the gig at The Peel with footage of Steve Rothery and Rich Harding performing some classic Marillion tracks with the band as well as some new material to the So & So set. There are a couple of the videos tagged on the end of this post and if you like them, which of course you will, then please spread the word, re-post and re-tweet them. We are now holed up in our collective studios creating the material that will become the bands fifth album.

Dave x

This will be a great gig, this is a great way for us So & So's to start 2012. Have Steve and Rich with us promises some great set surprises, plus we will playing new material too......Blimey all in one gig!
We will also be running a couple of competitions to win some So & So goodies on Facebook and also via our web site, we'll let you know.
See you all soon.
Dave x

We are sorry to announce that our two upcoming gigs in Holland featuring Steve Rothery and Rich Harding are to be re-scheduled for later on in the year. The two gigs are the 14th January at Den Bosch and the 15th at Zoetermeer, as soon as we are advised of the revised dates we will announce them.

We are due to go back into the studio during February to record another couple of songs that will form part of the next Mr. So & So album. Due to financial constraints this is the only way that we can release the next album so please bear with us as it will take a little longer than normal.

Dave x