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Well it's been a long time since we've put up anything on here! Just having a look, doesn't look like we've said anything since announcing the iBar show at the end of September! that's a long fuckin' time!

So what's new? Well... we played that aforementioned iBar show. and it was fucking fantastic! the reaction we got was great and we completely packed out the venue. kinnie the explorer, the gentry underground and of course, the blackwater caravan were all brilliant and helped us so much! it was definitely a great way to end our 2010 (not bearing in mind our actual last show of 2010 which was at the winchester...).

so 2010 has been a great year for us. as we look into the future of 2011 and think about what the fuck we actually did in 2010, i can safely say that this has probably been the best year for the band. we started off with all but 2 songs erased from our memories and i'm very proud of the tunes we came up with in the few months afterwards. we've written a lot more this year, we're definitely getting more prolific as a band. i think in general we've just improved this year. anyways, we've done some wicked gigs, like the ibar show, and playing the main stage at endorse it (which was just mental tbh). supporting eighties matchbox was fun, they were nice guys too. playing the multiple shows with zac and kinnie have been great as well, just shows how much the bournemouth "indie" scene, if you will, has to offer and how much potential it has.

so what about 2011? well we're heading into the studio in february which we're all really excited about. we don't know how much we'll get done, hopefully a lot, but i'm just excited to be getting these songs cemented down for good and moving forward. we may come out with 10 tracks, maybe 4, who knows at this present moment? in terms of live performances, well i'm looking forward to what we can do this year. this is gonna mean that we are going to limit our performances however. we want people to make sure that they remember all the shows we do, rather than just certain ones. we want to put all of our effort into making the shows we do special and like no-one elses in the local scene, otherwise you might as well just go see someone else right?

so what can i announce? well firstly, we do have our first gig of 2011:

Friday Janaury 14th 2011 - Champions, 51 Norwich Aveneue, Bournemouth, BH2 6AN
Entry: £3 Doors: 7:30pm

with

Kinnie The Explorer
(www.myspace.com/kinnietheexplorer)

The Pretty Marx
(www.myspace.com/theprettymarx)

The Emerald Guard
(www.myspace.com/theemeraldguard)

Kiall Wheatley
(too good for myspace.... yeahaaaa)

so yeah come to that.
ALSO! before i forget. for a limited time only (well, until we record) we've got a special free download of The Basement Sessions available for you. Most downloads aren't that special, but this one comes with all the artwork ben did for this year. they've been used for posters, artwork, tomfoolerly etc, but we've added the unedited copies to the package for you to have. they make good wallpapers on pc's i've been told.

If you want the Basement Sessions Special pack, go here! themetropolise.bandcamp.com

so yeah, that's it for now. i will try to put more on here from now on, as otherwise this is just a waste of time. and even if it's just me reading it, at least i'm gonna have a good time

michael-james
love xz