Icarus Aquanaut: News Update

Hello everyone. Sorry for the lack of update-age. We have some of that for you now, and we hope to keep you updated on a weekly basis at the very least.

Icarus Aquanaut: 5-piece to 4-piece

This isn't something we report lightly. We've had some lineup changes over the past (almost) 4 years of our existence. Moss was out of our live lineup for more than a year as he attended school in Alabama, finishing out his degree. Shortly thereafter, we found a drummer to fill in temporarily as Chance's life was also turning busy. For a short while there, the live lineup of Icarus Aquanaut was pared down to Seth and Chris (Halloween 2008 FTW). We've had a new drummer, Dave Blackburn, for over a year now. We have made some tremendous progress over the past couple of years on new songwriting, keeping to the generally quirky mixture of styles that we have always had.

It is with this in mind that we let it be known that the talented and beautiful Hananel Mavity will be moving on from Icarus Aquanaut to pursue other things. She has been a great asset to the band, and she will be missed. We will likely be working with her in the future and we wish her well in everything she does!

Recording: Japanese Theocracy

We have a total of 12 songs for this album, as well as a general art concept for it. We expect to do more drum recording this month and begin work on tracking over the next two months. We do not have a release date slated yet--we want this thing to be done and done right. We'll be posting more regularly on the blog as we get more things set in stone for the album.

Shows

For now, we do not have any new shows scheduled. We will likely plan out our summer show schedule at the end of May. We'll be taking a look at a few venues in Tallahassee, the Submarine in Thomasville, and some other shows in the southeast area. If you have any suggestions, feel free to let us know!

Habitual.

I'm trying to get into the habit of writing on this blog. I'm not sure we're even really using it anymore. But i'm using it.
The last few years have been really tough. Ridiculously tough since 2000. There have been a few high points, however; most of them involve music. That said, I can't wait to get the recording of our new album rolling. I feel like this is probably my last shot at making music in any capacity that can legitimately be considered beyond the "hobby" threshold. But these are good songs, so i hope it's a pretty good last shot. Viva la Aquanaut.
--jlm

Top 5 favorite songs. by jlm

I've been thinking alot lately about the ingredients that go into what i bring to the icarus table. Here are my top five favorite songs.
*The Zero 7 song has my favorite lyric from a song: (last verse, 1:37) "Look what a terrible mess that we've made--the sun beats us down as we search for the shade."
*Lists of favorite songs are, of course, subject to small, gradual changes.
*Click to listen to these songs, except "Primrose," which has no online presence... such a shame. (Dan's song is on the whatstudios server. The rest came from youtube.)

1) "Primrose" by Black Eyed Sceva

2) "Vertical Asymptotes" by Dan Warren

3) "Would?" by Alice in Chains

4) "Summertime" by The Sundays

5) "Waiting to Die" by Zero 7

How about the other Aquanauts? Top 5 favorite songs?...

Do I get class credit for this?

This is where I was this past weekend:



It made me remember how much I love making music.
--jlm