the endgame’s blog

The Martin Neil studio takeover

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:14:05 +0000

We had such a great time when Martin Neil popped in for the weekend to record our track - ‘New Song’. Martin is not only an awesome world percussionist, he’s also a great producer and had us sounding half decent in no time... Our track is going to be featured on a compilation album which will be out in the Autumn, so we’ll keep you updated about this. In the meantime, you can learn more about the amazing work Martin and Rebekah Neil have done with indigenous communities across the world, helping local people to promote and sell their music to the West, so that they can then raise money to regenerate their own communities - CLICK HERE.
You can also check out some of Martin’s many recordings here: http://voicesfromthenations.bandcamp.com/album/steps-and-stones

Upcoming recording with Martin Neil

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 17:29:58 +0000

We're so excited to be doing some recording with the amazing world percussionist, Martin Neil, on March 10th. We'll be working on our new song, imaginatively entitled 'New Song', written in the wake of the Japanese Tsunami disaster, exactly a year ago. Here's a link to Martin's Youtube channel...

http://www.youtube.com/user/MartinNeilDrumStuff

Gig at Waterhouses with special guests - Autism 4 Heroes

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:29:22 +0000

We had a cracking gig across at Waterhouses, to a packed venue. Our new acoustic set went down well, as did a couple of new songs... No mistakes there then !!?
We were especially proud to welcome our special guests, Autism4Heroes, who are launching a single to raise money for Help for Heroes and they need your support too, so here’s a link to their FACEBOOK page:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/autism4heroes/

Headlining at Washington Arts Centre

Sat, 2 Jul 2011 22:50:47 +0100

Had a fantastic gig headlining at Washington Arts Centre - great crowd, great stage, great sound and lighting rig! It’s been a while since we last played @ this venue and we were made to feel really welcome. We’ve added photos to our web page. Cheers for your support, as always! :)

LATEST REVIEW OF ‘NOVEMBER’

Sun, 8 May 2011 14:32:06 +0100

Album- November Artist- The Endgame (Available now)
http://petesmusicreview.weebly.com/reviews.html

This debut album from Durham based band The Endgame is one of those albums that comes along every now and then that everyone should hear. It's got it all, fantastic songs, fantastic playing and lyrics that you will remember. Trying to put this band in a genre is hard work as they are funky, rocking and indie all at the same time, and it works really well. I highly urge everyone to see this band live to truly understand the depth and skill of this 4 piece, i will post gig dates in the blog. As with most great abum's this one opens with a track that grabs you by the ears and promises to take you on a smooth and fun ride, 'Torn' is the first track, think of a bit of Santana with a great english band's skill and precision. At 2:30 into the song there is a break down that is just fantastic, i don't think it could be any better and it makes the track complete. As with the rest of this album The Endgame hit the mark every time, not one song are you looking at the time left to play or wishing for the next track, the two standout tracks for me are 'Torn' with it's funk and amazing break down and 'Marketplace' it's a perfect summer song with sing along lyrics and an ability to conjure memories of summers past. All in all this is a perfect debut for a band of highly skilled musicians (and thoroughly nice people may i add!) pick up a copy either at the music pod, check the blog for address and contact details, or you can download it from iTunes. If you do anything today, purchase this album!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaX7kKiNSlc check out this version of 'Torn'