TO THE LOVERS WE LEFT BEHIND 07/07/2009
Our new album is called 'To The Lovers We Left Behind', and you can order it now. Go to the shop for more information on it, and order a copy.
DEBUT SINGLE OUT NOW 01/06/2009
The wait is over, our debut single is available to download now through iTunes (UK, USA, Canada, Australia & Japan), Amazon MP3, Napster, Rhapsody, eMusic, IMVU, Lala, Shocksound and Amie Street. It's called 'Road Warrior' and it will only cost you 79p. Go to the shop for all the right links! We really appreciate your support and hope you all enjoy the song. You can hear a sample on our MySpace page now. Also, as a thankyou to everyone who buys the single, we will be giving away another exclusive album track free with every purchase. Just e-mail your name and order number to unfinisheddrawings@hotmail.com and, in a few weeks, you'll get a completely free mp3 of a previously unreleased song.
WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT? WO-OA-OAH! 28/02/2009
Now then, now then! What's new pussycats? Well, here's whats new.
The EP
is onsale and selling well. We are hitting the studio again in the
next few months to work towards our second album. We're aiming for
an early July release for the album, preceded by a download single
which is due out in May. Keep your eyes and ears peeled bitches!
Secondly,
more reviews, read on the 'about' page.
EP PRE-ORDER 03/02/2009
There were a few pre-order problems with our new EP but we can confirm
these are now FIXED. Go order, now!
FINALLY, EP NEWS 25/01/2009
We've finally got finalised news on our new self-titled EP. It will
go onsale in February 2009, with the launch party being held at
Verve in Leeds on 12th Feb. You can check out the tracklist and
info under 'Releases', or look at the reviews we've got so far under
'About'.
FIRST EP REVIEWS! 20/01/2009
"Unfinished Drawings is a two piece, Toby and Tom, acoustic-rock-pop concern; using, in the main, two acoustic guitars, two fine voices, a few samples and some 'beats', Unfinished Drawings have contrived to come up with a very fresh and refined sound. Unfinished Drawings bend the rules of acoustic music to re-shape and re-energise - they don't, thankfully, break the mould altogether!!
This self-titled five track EP demonstrates Unfinished Drawings' super-cool songwriting and seemingly natural ability to get their distinctive sound onto disc without detriment to the overall lightness of feel or their wonderfully easy acoustic way. Unfinished Drawings keep it all beautifully honest and well matched to their excellent songs. Samples and other 'additions' are kept minimal allowing the natural timbre of the voices and guitars to stand proud and uncluttered. Unfinished Drawings have managed to balance real with synthetic and in doing so their songs have been enhanced without losing identity - less is definitely more in the case of Unfinished Drawings! However, one track in particular borders on being over-embellished; 'Verdana', although excellent takes Unfinished Drawings experimentation just about as far as it can go without falling foul of the 'too-much-tinkering' edict. Unfinished Drawings just get away with it but any more would be a bridge too far for my liking!
Unfinished Drawings' 'enhanced' acoustic music is delightfully rich in texture, vibrant and modernistic; the 'electronics' add colour where it's needed but don't cloud the issue. Tracks offered here are, 'Eloquently Forced', 'Dreaming', 'Nobody Knows It', 'Verdana' and 'Mistakes, Not Amends'; together they make a well-good introduction to a forward thinking and quite obviously talented duo - their refreshing take on acoustic music is inspired and inspirational - I'd like to think that Unfinished Drawings won't be drawn in to electro-overload - this is just fine the way it is and with their great songwriting abilities I'm sure that there's much more to come yet. I like it guys - it's bit like that old wedding day thing - something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. So, keep on bending it boys but, for God's sake, don't break it - it's a fragile formula and you need to keep it safe and secure. Unfinished Drawings are pushing the acoustic envelope and if they can keep up this high standard, the future looks pretty rosy to me!!"
by Peter J Brown (http://www.toxicpete.co.uk/)
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"Since their debut album back in 2007, Unfinished Drawings have had great exposure playing support slots with Feeder, Boy Kill Boy and The Holloways. Adding a few electronic beats and samples to their skillset, the Leeds-based band bring out a new EP that shows how they've matured.
All their tracks have elements of beauty and simplicity. The acoustic guitars combined with mellow vocal work and the addition of the electronic bits and bobs not only make everything altogether more interesting, but gives them an edge on acoustic act rivals on the scene. It's music to relax to, to have an aged whiskey with rather than a bottle of Thunderbird. Beep! Magazine say not to judge a book by its cover and as I try not to, I wouldn't have thought that music this exquisite would come from a couple of chaps, one who looks like a 'road protester' and the other who is 'a cheeky faced inebriate.'
'Verdana' opens sounding like a 90's video game whilst the vocals throughout the EP are far superior to a vast array of artists currently out there doing this in front of millions of people. I was worried that the band may not correlate with my expectations, but they totally do, and step way past my expectation line. I was drawn (ha!) to the band due to their name, it conjured up splendour, magic, and indeed music that could be played over animations of hand drawings. That is what I expected. That's what I got, and I'm all the happier for it!"
by Joseph C Seager (http://www.leedsmusicscene.net/)
