Silhouette

Enjoy this little sneaky behind the scenes on the tour with Silhouette by Tony Webster (Big Bad Llama).

Shauna Tx

Here we are – we have had such an amazing time so far!!

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Day 1 : Galway

Arrived in Galway around 6pm and unloaded all the gear into the venue.  Did a live session for Flirt FM which you can catch here!  We set up, were shown to the place we were staying (which was amazing!), did our own sound, had some chips, chilled in preparation for the gig ahead.  We bumped into Mumford and Sons which was really cool – didnt get chatting to them but it was nice to see them! We loved the show and we had a lot of really lovely people come down.  Post show, we had a few drinks and a lot of laughs and of to bed!

Day 2 : Draperstown

Between 5/6hours drive including traffic and our stop offs we arrived initally in Magherafelt.  We had some chilli and spagetti bolognese for our dinner at my mums house then made our way for the G’sessions in Draperstown.  It is always great craic there especially in a place where I was brought up in music!!  Glasgowbury group are amazing!!!  We set up and soundchecked, had some pizza and watched supports (who were amazing – SOAK and Allie Bradley) and then played our show!  Was such a great time!!  Another late night!

Day 3 :Rostrevor

We had the luxury of sleeping in at Magherafelt because there was only a 2 hour journey ahead!  We stopped over in Belfast together for a Boojum and chill out in Botanic.  We then arrived in Rostrevor around 7pm, met Steve (promoter) who is such a lovely man!  Set up and met the other band ‘Idle Hands’ who are great – you need to check them out!!!  We decided to go with an acoustic guitar for this show to make a bit more noise over the electric!  We went onto stage around 12midnight and played a great show – think at this point we felt we were settling into tour mode!!   Some drama went down during our packing up – we heard it was something to do with a man/woman and a saw??!  I think he attacked the bar man with it but they got arrested.  We also saw a little fight in botanic gardens before we arrived in Rostrevor!

Day 5 : Grand Opera House, Belfast

This was one of the most phenominal experiences we have ever had!  Luxurious dressing rooms, lots of space, lots of food, teas, coffees, crisps, fruit etc… We were playing at the NITA’s (Northern Ireland Tourism Awards).  There were some other acts on – such as pole dancing, drama and comedy – it was very interesting to see it all!  We were astonished with the size of the stage!!!  So big!  But we made great use of it and we ROCKED!!! ha ha!!  We did a little acoustic session in the Baby Grand room afterwards which was fun!

We’re off to Limerick tomorrow to do some more shows this week.  Was nice to have a day off today!!  Come along and see a show or three – here are the dates!  Tony Webster from BigBADllama is working on the tour video!

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DAY ONE of Silhouette tour done! Thank you Roisin Dubh, Galway! Also met Mumford and Sons!  We had an awesome time… now enroute to Cellar Bar, Draperstown to play with Allie Bradley and Soak @ the G’Sessions!  See you there!!

More tour dates can be found HERE!

Photo by Tony Webster @ Big Bad Llama

Shauna Tx

Heya PEOPLE OF THE WORLD!!!

Hope you’re all well and are enjoying the spring season – nearly summer now!  Heres the craic with Silhouette….

Recording, Recording, Recording…
All of this month has been a major recording session!  =)  I set up a wee studio in Connor’s house (drummer) using some of our friends equipment (Ryan Mitchell and Nathan Connolly – thank you guys!) and recorded the drums, cello, double bass and some synth parts.  I went to Big Mouth Studios to record the Grand Piano that they have there and am currently sitting in Manor Park Studio with Neal who has been working his butt off recording vocals and editing every single track to perfection – and then he’ll be mixing and mastering the tracks – he is an exceptional person to work with and I am so thankful for all of his hard work!!

I am editing a little ‘behind the scenes’ video for you to view in a day to two and you can meet all of the people in a couple of days time!

5 tracks down… another 20 to record before February for the album!!!

New Single – Running Against The Wall out in May!!
Silhouettes new song – ‘Running Against the Wall’ will be released and available to buy on all online stores from the 31st May (Launch night will be in Speakeasy Bar/RADAR on the same night).

We will hopefully have our new music video done by then too which was directed by Stuart Drennan and filmed by his co-workers Paul and John in Belfast.  Here are a few photos to whet your appetite.

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We also have an Irish tour lined up as well as some exciting festival news (see Events Page for more details)!

(Again, if you would like to purchase any released material by Silhouette so far – you can get it on bandcamp // http://silhouetteofficial.bandcamp.com/ OR iTunes – but make sure it is the right Silhouette!)

For your viewing pleasure?
We has such a great time and here is some of the footage including out new single ‘Running Against the Wall’ and an acoustic version of ‘Cant Keep Up’.

http://vimeo.com/40440161
We have re-filmed for the NITB Sessions in the Ulster Hall this month too but with Allie Bradley this time (see below) – it is going to be out very soon!!

Heya Guys,

So whats happenin’ with Silhouette at the moment?!  Well….

We have officially set up the home studio in Connor’s (drummers) house in Lisbane and have been working away on the drum recordings for the album and upcoming single (May) and EP (November).  I will have a wee video blog appearing here in a week or two to show you what we’ve been at!  But for now – here is a picture of the wonderful Connor Burnside on his drum kit!!  =)

Connor Burnside on the Kit!

I have also been doing a few acoustic shows and sessions with different members of the Silhouette band as well as on my own on radio (Emma Fitzpatrick show, CityBeat and Johnny Hero show, U105.3) and throughout various venues in N.I.  The latest show was in the Listening Post, Coleraine and it was so much fun!  We are also waiting to see the fruits of Bandwidth Films in the NITB Sessions (see photo below) and the Live at SERC MAPA which will be out in April!

Silhouette doing NITB session with Bandwidth Films (featuring Katie Richardson on Backing Vocals - Katie and the Carnival)

If you missed it and would like to have a listen to the interview and acoustic session with Johnny Hero yesterday click here:

http://audioboo.fm/boos/732156-shauna-tohill-aka-silhouette-plays-live

More gig dates confirmed – please see events page!!

Anything you wanna know – drop me a wee comment or email!

Love,

Shauna Tx

It the moment you’ve all been waiting for – Cant Keep Up Video is officially released!  Let me know what you think!

Love,  Shauna Txx

So I’m on tour with Snow Patrol and RAMS’ Pocket Radio!  We’ve just left Sweden and are heading to Berlin and meanwhile – Can’t Keep Up is OFFICIALLY released today on all online stores including iTunes, Amazon and Emusic.   It is already available to purchase on Bandcamp too (which I would highly recommend buying from as it gives better monitoring for the artist’s)!!

The official music video will be out within the next week but here is something to keep you going in the meantime from NITB!  Thank you guys!

Shauna Tx

New single ‘Can’t Keep Up’ is single of the week on Emma Fitzpatrick’s show on CityBeat.  Its a wonderful achievement and very excited about this.  The single has also been played on various other spot plays and interviews on radio stations including BBC Radio 1 NI and Cool FM this week.  There are some upcoming features in Sunday Life, the Newsletter and the Big Buzz magazine – so keep your eyes peeled for this!!

Darren Lee (Maverick Renegade) is working on the Can’t Keep Up video all week too – so its nearly ready to go out! =)

I am currently on tour playing bass for the wonderful RAMS’ Pocket Radio.  It has been great fun touring in the UK with them.  I have been using my travel times and chill out times to write for Silhouette’s upcoming album!!  Very excited about the new songs – and very excited about getting home to develop them with the Silhouette band!

Snow Patrol European tour commences on the 22nd February – so I will be joining them in Copenhagen through to the last show on the 7th March in Paris as a guest vocalist and a support act!!!  Super exciting stuff!  This is why the show on the 24th Feb has been cancelled in Belfast.

In process of booking Irish tour this week also.  Its getting there – lots to be confirmed!

Hope you’re all well!

Love,

Shauna Tx

After dueting with Gary Lightbody at both the Q Awards, the EMA’s at the end of 2011 AND singing on all the Irish dates -  Shauna will now be joining the Snow Patrol boys on all of their upcoming European dates in February and March for some more Dueting!

Can’t Keep Up will be release on 24th February to co-inside with the sync on the upcoming 2012 NI Tourist Board Campaign.  This will be followed by an EP release and short UK/European tour in mid April/May.  The song is available right now to purchase on bandcamp (http://silhouetteofficial.bandcamp.com/)  However you can buy it on all digital stores from the 24th February!  Yesterday we were working on the new video – super super excited about it!!

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Other than that – I’m taking any free time I have to write for the album!! woo!!

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