Showing posts with label Forgive Durden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Forgive Durden. Show all posts
Forgive Durden Update
Forgive Durdan's Thomas Dutton has posted an update, which can be read by clicking read more.
New K Sera Song Download.
K Sera's new single 'Me Before Women & Children', featuring guest vocals from Forgive Durden's Thomas Dutton, can be downloaded off the bands Purevolume page.Thomas Dutton To Re-Write 'Razia's Shadow' For Stage Adaptation
Thomas Dutton (Forgive Durden) re-writing 'Razia's Shadow' for stage purposes, which will include changes in the storyline.New K Será Track Featuring Thomas Dutton of Forgive Durden Posted
A new track from K Será featuring Thomas Dutton of Forgive Durden, called '"Me Before Women & Children" can be heard here.Thomas Dutton (Forgive Durden) Makes Guest Appearence on New K Será Track
Thomas Dutton of Forgive Durden recently recorded vocals for a new track by K Será called 'Me Before Women & Children'.A video of the band and Dutton recording can be seen by clicking read more.
Forgive Durden Video Interview
FriendsOrEnemies.com have posted a video interview with some of the cast members from Forgive Durden's 'Razia's Shadow: A Musical'. the video includes interviews with Forgive Durdan's Thomas Dutton, Max Bemis (Say Anything), Brendon Urie (Panic At The Disco), Greta Salpeter (The Hush Sound) and Dan Young (This Providence).The video can be viewed here.
Fueled By Ramen Plus Relaunced
FBR+ has relaunced and have acoustic performances with Cute Is What We Aim For, Forgive Durden, and VersaEmerge.FBR+ can be found here.
Forgive Durden to play Bamboozle Left
Forgive Durden are the latest band confirmed for Bamboozle Left.Forgive Durden Posts Xmas Cover
Forgive Durden have recorded a cover of Sufjan Stevens' "Sister Winter", which can be found here.ATP'S ROTY: #4 Forgive Durden - Razia's Shadow:A Musical
At Number 4 on my countdown of my Records of the Year is "Razia's Shadow: A Musical" by Forgive Durden.At the start of the year, it was announced 3 of the four members of Forgive Durden had left the band. The sole remaining member was frontman Thomas Dutton, who went on to create one of the most surprising and somewhat unusual releases of the past 12 months.
"Razia's Shadow: A Musical" is a very ambitious record from an ambitious person. However Dutton; along with his brother Paul, have managed to create a record that stands out from its other Fueled By Ramen releases.
There are many characteristics that make the album great. First of all it has a story that captivates the listener, as well as a wide array of guest appearances including Max Bemis, Chris Conley, Brendon Urie, Danny Stevens and narration is done by Mewithoutyou's Aaron Weiss. Like every musical, "Razia's Shadow" has it uplifting and dark songs which takes the listener on a well-written journey, based around a love story between Nidria and Ahrima.
I recently spoke to Thomas Dutton about the making of "Razia's Shadow", musicals, taking the musical out on the road and more.
ATP:I understand at the moment Forgive Durden is just you. Is there any plans to become a full band again?
Thomas Dutton: Forgive Durden has always been my vision. I started writing songs in high school and assembled friends together to play and record them. Eventually it became a permanent lineup and we released Wonderland. After years of tours, the other guys decided to leave and pursue different things. I’m totally happy with the band and its status right now. I don’t want to put together a permanent band just to have one. I’d love to have full-time players again, but I’m in no rush.
ATP: Tell us a bit about the making of "Razia's Shadow - A Musical"?
TD: It was a long process. My brother Paul would come down on the weekends and write with me and I would spend weekdays writing lyrics. We slowly but surely built up the songs from nothing into these magical epic things. It was a great but tiring experience.
ATP: In other interviews you have said musicals clearly influenced the album. What musicals in particular have influenced you and what else influenced the record?
TD: I grew up loving Willy Wonka and Disney movies. I knew every word to Aladdin and would perform the songs in my family’s living room. More recently, Moulin Rouge really re-piqued my interest in musicals.
ATP: Was the plan to do a musical made before or after the old members left?
TD: Before, but it was always to be my vision.
ATP: "Razia's Shadow" is very much a different album to a lot of records within "the scene" at the moment. Were you worried about the kind of reaction the record would get?
TD: Not really. I was excited about it, actually. If I had been on the other side, I would be freaking out over the whole concept behind this record, so I was making it for those kids.
ATP: What is your favorite song off the record?
TD: Life Is Looking Up and It’s True Love.
ATP: Did you have an idea of what guests you wanted before making the album?
TD: Some of the casting choices were very obvious to me. Brendon Urie was the first person I cast as my evil brother. He has such a beautiful low register that I knew he would be perfect for it.
ATP: How has it been adapting the new songs to your live show?
TD: It’s been interesting, that’s for sure. We obviously don’t have the means (yet) to tour with an orchestra, but I still wanted the live show to sound as close as possible to the record so I got two other singers to fill in the other characters’ parts, piano and keys to recreate some of the orchestration and a sampler to play the remainder.
ATP: Are there any plans to have a show with the full cast and orchestra?
TD: That’s the biggest thing we’re working on now for next year.
ATP: You recently released the video for "Life Is Looking Up". What was the concept behind the video?
TD: The video is supposed to look like a movie trailer for what Razia’s Shadow: The Movie would look like. I love movie trailers, and I really wanted to go in that direction. We had to play with the storyline a bit because of our resources but I’m very happy with how it turned out. It’s meant to draw people into the story and bigger-than-life concept.
ATP: What does the future hold for Forgive Durden? Any plans to write a follow-up musical?
TD: I’d love to write another musical if the demand was there but we’ll see what happens. It’ll probably be a while before I sit down and really start to map anything out
ATP: Any plans to come over to the UK?
TD: I loved the UK when we went before and I would be so happy to go back, it just depends on finding a tour that makes sense for it happen.
ATP :What will you remember 2008 for?
TD: The year my musical finally came out
ATP: What music have you personally enjoyed?
TD: Good Old War, Sigur Ros and Kanye West.
ATP: What have you got planned for 2009?
TD: World Domination. Or something close.
Forgive Durden Are Latest Band To Be Added To Bamboozle
Forgive Durden are the latest addition to The Bamboozle line-up. According to the official website the band is expected to play their latest album in full as it is listed as "Razias Shadow as performed by Forgive Durden".Forgive Durden Posts Acoustic Videos
Forgive Durden have posted 3 acoustic videos performing 3 songs from "Razia's Shadow - A Musical". The videos can be found here.Forgive Durden Discusses Recent Video
Thomas Dutton of Forgive Durden has given a interview explaing the concept of music video for "Life Is Looking Up" which was released last week.Dutton said:
"The whole thing with this musical is that even seeing us live, which I think we’ve done a good job of, in your head, the idea of the whole thing is so much bigger than anything we could actually pull off. The same thing goes for the video, we don’t have a million dollar budget. And I love movie trailers, so I wanted it to look as much like a movie trailer and music video as possible. So it was really just Me, our bass player, and that girl, Roxy, going around Seattle shooting things that we thought were cool sort of, scenes and scapes. I’m actually really bummed about the quality version that’s up on myspace right now. It’s really pixilated and it doesn’t lend itself to what the video sort of relies on. There will be a better quality version up soon and hopefully kids will like that more. As far as plot, there is a girl getting dragged in the video and that never really happens in the plot. We just wanted it to just have some cool or epic imagery, so that it might look like a movie trailer. I think we made it more for people who haven’t heard about it yet as opposed to people who had heard about it. But there is know way for us to actually make something with all of the characters and everything because then everyone would be disappointed. I’m really happy with the video actually, but it’s supposed to look like a move trailer."
The full interview can be read here.
Forgive Durden Release New Video
The new video for the Forgive Durden track "Life Is Looking Up" can be heard here.Forgive Durden Stream New Album
Forgive Durden's new album "Razia's Shadow - A Musical" is being streamed here. The album features guest appearences from Max Bemis of Say Anything, Danny Stevens (TheAuditon), Brandon Urie (Panic At The Disco) and Chris Conley (Saves The Day)."Razia's Shadow - A Musical" is availble from this week through Fueled By Ramen.
Forgive Durden Announce New Album Details
Forgive Durdan have announced that they are to release a new album called 'Razia's Shadow: A Musical' and will be released by Fueled By Ramen on October 28th. The album will feature guest appearences from Brendon urie, Chris Conley and Max Bemis. Lead singer Thomas Dutton posted the following on the band's blog:"Whew! Hello everyone! My mouth has been stapled shut for the past months with the news and music of this record begging to eek out. Well I can finally exhale. For those of you who haven’t been following along at RaziasShadow.com, the new record is a musical. It’s entitled Razia’s Shadow: A Musical - and it’s being released on October 28th on FBR. It was co-written by my brother Paul and features 13 of my good friends.. Casey, Lizzie, Max, Chris, Danny, Brendon, Dan, Greta, Nic, Shawn, Kris, John, and Aaron, to be exact (visit raziasshadow.com to hear clips and peep all the art). You can preorder the album starting today and receive “Life Is Looking Up” as a free download! Or you can stream it on our purevolume page. I’m so excited for all of you to hear this album! It’s been brewing and stewing inside me for the past few years and I can’t believe it’s finally time to share it with you guys. I couldn’t be happier. Eeee!"
