Recordings

We spent last weekend in the studio to record two new songs 'On Fake Borders' and 'Emma'. Recordings are done and now it's time for mixing and mastering. We will hopefully release these songs on a split. More info will follow.

We also did a photoshoot last week because we wanted to feel like real rockstars. The photos have been published on a Dutch music website called 3voor12. Check the whole thing out here.

The first review of 'the Flood' is also online. It's on the PlugOut website (Dutch): here!

Besides that the upcoming shows are:

March 26th: Vliet60, Den Helder, NL

March 28th: De Onderbroek, Nijmegen, NL

April 10th: De Nozem en de Non, Heemskerk, NL

April 17th: JH De Choke, Herselt, Belgium

May 7th: GYC, Guildford, England

May 8th: The Little Wonder, Harrogate, England

May 9th: The Alma Inn, Bolton, England

May 28th: Patronaat, Haarlem, NL

August 15th: Asgard, Beverwijk, NL

The Flood out now!

Finally, we have released our debut EP 7" called The Flood (on white and light blue vinyl) on Black Death Records.

Check our webstore: http://sweetempire.bigcartel.com or the label's site:http://www.blckdth.com to get a hold of the record.

Now check this out:

Artist: Sweet Empire

Title: The Flood

Released: February 20th 2010

Label: Black Death Records (blckdth015)

Tracklist:

Side S:

1. Flood

2. Chaplin

3. Intelligent Design

Side E:

4. Red Flags

5. A Mood So Ordinary

Wow.

Coming up soon:

- Tour video

- New t-shirts

- More things I can't think of right now.

Webshop and more

We have recently set up a webstore, on which you can order 'The Flood' and other cool Sweet Empire stuff. Check: http://sweetempire.bigcartel.com

Don't forget to come down to the Groote Weiver, Krommenie for our EP release show on February 20th!

BTW; Jort, our guitarman, is hosting a show in Cafe Lokaal, Heemskerk on Tuesday April 6th; Ninja Gun (US), Caves (UK) and Bivouac (NL) will be appearing! Free entrance for everyone...

UK visit

We proudly announce the dates of our upcoming UK visit have been confirmed:

Friday May 7th: GYC, Guildford w/ Statues (Can) and Vicious Cycle (Can)

Saturday May 8th: The Little Wonder, Harrogate w/ Ericbana + 2 tba

Sunday May 9th: The Alma Inn, Bolton w/ the Great St. Louis, Droves, + 1 tba

We can't wait to get back over to the UK! See you there... Next time we will be over for a longer period, unfortunately work/uni have withheld us from a longer visit.

Disconnect Disconnect Compilation

Our song 'Flood' has been featured on a great (free but feel free to donate) compilation which is available for download here:

http://disconnectdisconnectrecords.bandcamp.com/

This compilation, made available by Disconnect Disconnect records, contains 19 tracks in total with bands such as Rentokill and Red Lights Flash. This will surely make your day a bit better!

Also make sure you check out this great record label over here:

www.myspace.com/disconnectdisconnect
www.facebook.com/disconnectdisconnectrecords

We'd like to thank John for making all this possible!

Enjoy!

The Flood 7" Release!

Sweet Empire has recently signed a record deal with Black Death (http://www.blckdth.com). To celebrate this occasion Sweet Empire will be releasing the Flood EP on 7” blue and white vinyl. A CD will accompany every single one of them. The release will be on February 21^st 2010 at De Groote Weiver, Krommenie, NL (w/ Union Town, Antillectual). Pre-orders can be made via: sweetempire@gmail.com

Besides that we'd like to announce we have a new drummer; Koen. We are busy getting him ready for the upcoming shows. So come on over and see what he can do with two sticks in his hands.

2010 plans

We've got some shows coming up for 2010:

January 30th : 20:30h @ JC De Klep, Strijen, NL. (w/ The Accelerators + more)

February 20th: 20:00h @ De Groote Weiver, Krommenie, NL.

April 10th: 20:00h @ De Nozem, Heemskerk, NL. (w/ Elle Bandita)

We are also planning a short visit to Belgium, we hope to have some dates confirmed soon.

We also have some other exciting news but you have to wait a little longer for that to come out, but it's gonna be big! So check this blog soon...

That's it for now; enjoy the holidays!

x

Jort

SE