Well, we’re back from the tour and enjoying short break between proceedings.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the shows – we had freakin’ ball! We’ll do a bit of a tour report in more detail in the coming days.

In the meantime, there’s a coupla things to get out of the way.

Basement Discs in-store this Friday

Firstly, Chris and Mikey are playing a free all-ages lunchtime in-store at the fabbo Basement Discs in Melbourne from 12:45 pm this Friday, 24 October. So, if you’re in the CBD, drop by for a long lunch at one of the best rekkid stores in the country.

Pure Pop Records in-store

Secondly, Chris and Mikey make a return to that other burgeoning Melbourne institution, the Pure Pop Records beer garden, on Saturday, 15 November.

Apart from sinking beers and shooting the breeze with Spencer and Joel, Chris and Mikey are due to play a 60 minute set from 5:00 pm. Melbourne might even reach 20+ degrees by this date…

Full band show at Yah Yah’s

That same evening, the full band will make their debut at the best new addition to the Melbourne live music scene, Yah Yah’s. We’re playing two sets – 9:30 pm and 10:30 pm – and it’s free! Should be a fun night.

Slow Burn – still burning

Finally, thank you to everyone who has bought a copy of ‘Slow Burn’. We’ve had fantastic feedback from punters, and the great reviews keep on rolling in, including this pearler from Rhythms magazine – thanks Brian!

‘Slow Burn’ is in-stores now – thanks to everyone who’s picked up a copy so far. To celebrate, Chris and Mikey are playing an in-store from 3 pm Saturday, 13 September in the Pure Pop Records beer garden in St Kilda.

The weather will be a balmy 25 degrees, so what better way to spend a Saturday arvo than with a few cold beers and some tunes?

And…Saturday night we officially launch ‘Slow Burn’ at the East Brunswick Club! We’ll be joined by our new best mates, Johnny Casino & The Secrets, plus New Zealand garage punkers, Tour page for purchase links.

BTW, ‘Slow Burn’ is now available to purchase on iTunes.

Our debut album ‘Slow Burn’ finally hits the physical and online stores this Saturday, September 6. Don’t forget – purchase the CD copy for exclusive bonus track downloads! If you haven’t stumbled upon it yet, we’re streaming the whole album via the Music section of the website.

Triple R interview and live-to-air this Saturday

Chris and Mikey will be in for a chat and a live peformance on Triple R’s ‘Off The Record’ show this Saturday, September 6 from 11 am. For Melbourne peeps, Triple R is 102.7 on the radio dial. For the rest of you, you can stream the broadcast via the Triple R website.

Slow Burn Album Tour

Tickets are to all our tour dates are on-sale now. Head to the Tour page for purchase links.

Ahoy hardy Vandas followers and welcome to our band spankin’ new website!

Our debut album ‘Slow Burn’ is finally set for release on September 6. You can pre-order a signed copy of the album now by clicking the image below.  The first single ‘Know It All’ is available now on iTunes.

Thanks to the awesome people at FADE, we now have a website that not only looks a million bucks, but will also be simple for us to update regularly and keep y’all posted on up-to-the-minute happenings in the world of The Vandas.

To be really ahead of the curve on all things Vandas, we encourage everyone to subscribe to the e-mailing list. Subscribers will be receive news before anyone else, as well as exclusive offers and giveways.

And if that doesn’t convince you, then how ‘bout this: every subscriber will be emailed a link and password to download a whole album’s worth of songs! We’ve put together a compilation of the best of our EPs, singles, and rare early recordings. It’s called ‘How Come You Never Came To The Party?’ and it’s available to subscribers now!

We’ve incorporated a bunch of cool features, including this blog, which will double as our news page. You can comment on our blog entries – we’d love to hear from you, especially your photos, reviews and set lists of our live shows etc.

You’ll also notice a bookmark button below each blog entry, and on every page of the website. You’re probably familiar with these from the likes of MySpace etc. Apart from bookmarking the page, they allow you to spread the Vandas word via Facebook, del.icio.us, digg, etc.

We’ll have an online shop up and running shortly, where you can buy merch etc including our new soon-to-be-released range of t-shirts!

We’ll be back with another entry in the next couple of days. Stay tuned.