Freaky Meat 2011

In the spirit of following on from the last blog I thought I'd just spend some moments compiling a summary of the year as it was for Freaky Meat. While I'm no longer involved with the band in any official capacity (since the TFM gig) I've continued to follow their exploits and adventures this past twelve months, and i even managed to get along to seven of their gigs this year too. So here we go...
After closing out  2010 with two performances at Prana Festival, Freaky Meat promptly set about putting together another landmark year of accomplishment to further cement the bands reputation as one of New Zealand's hardest working independent bands.

Totalling things up, 2011 has seen the band play 15 regular shows which included the Titirangi Festival of Music 2011 and several private parties. They've also appeared 6 times on the radio with 3 of those appearances including live-in-the-studio performances. Most notably, a set for '31 bands in a box' on Kiwi FM during NZ music month back in May.

The official website, www.freakymeat.co.nz got a snazzy new look too.

The year also saw them busy in the studio which resulted in the release of the (digital only) "Beatspeak Melodies" E.P , "The lament of Paris" single and the bands first full length, self funded album "Delicatessen".

This was  promptly followed by the bands first Nationwide tour which included playing an additional 13 dates between the North and South Islands.

All this after Shane had major dental surgery at the start of the year.

Impressive stuff Gentlemen, and Manager Tabitha too. All the best for 2012.