STA is now Ten Years Old

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VerseChorusVerse November Dates

VerseChorusVerse is the pseudonym for Tony Wright, former member of Smalltown America alumni And So I Watch You From Afar. Now embarking on a solo acoustic project...

Posted by Barry, 6 months ago (8 November 2011)

Terrorizer feature

"People can spot a fake a mile away."

Posted by Barry, about 1 year ago (30 March 2011)

Top 10 Stupid Things Said In Studio STA 2010

To celebrate our little recording studio being one year old today - we thought we'd raid the archives and list the top ten stupidest things said within these four walls over the last twelve months. All of these are actual, factual real idiocy expressed by the artists themselves.

Posted by Andrew, about 1 year ago (1 March 2011)

ASIWYFA support Them Crooked Vultures!

ASIWYFA will be supporting Them Crooked Vultures on their upcoming European tour.

Posted by Barry, about 1 year ago (27 May 2010)

AU Magazine catches up with the NI bands at SXSW 2010

"A crowd of 150-plus had gathered outside, it was incredible...not even our booking agent Beckie could get in." - Chris Wee

Posted by Barry, over 2 years ago (1 April 2010)

The Irish Independent review ASIWYFA's Andrew's Lane Theatre show in Dublin

'A capacity crowd is lapping up the relentless assault of cascading riffs and white noise...'

Posted by Barry, over 2 years ago (30 March 2010)

HeinekenMusic.ie review ASIWYFA's Andrew's Lane Theatre show in Dublin

"This music makes you wish you played guitar."

Posted by Barry, over 2 years ago (26 March 2010)

Rhythm Feature

"I'd describe our sound as more like Mars Volta, a real open-minded, progressive sound." - Chris

Posted by Barry, over 2 years ago (23 March 2010)

What Austin thought of ASIWYFA's SXSW 2010 appearance

'The entire crowd erupted in micro-moshing and headbanging, transfixed by the sound.'

Posted by Barry, over 2 years ago (19 March 2010)

Austin Chronicle review of SXSW 2010

"The band cranked up the volume, kicked away the microphone stand and now aims its instro-rock right in the gut."

Posted by Barry, over 2 years ago (18 March 2010)

PunkMusic.com review of SXSW 2010

'I never knew an instrumental set could be this exciting.'

Posted by Barry, over 2 years ago (18 March 2010)

See what the locals think at SXSW 2010

'A blistering, deafening, yet almost hypnotic wall of instrumental guitar.'

Posted by Barry, over 2 years ago (17 March 2010)

Rock Sound Magazine review of The Letters EP

"Catchy guitar riffs crashing against a heavier adaptation of the same theme."

Posted by Barry, over 2 years ago (21 February 2010)

Rory talks to the locals in the run up to SXSW 2010

"There's nothing worse than having a ghetto blaster that doesn't work for three days." - Rory Friers

Posted by Barry, over 2 years ago (15 February 2010)

Tony talks to Rock Sound Magazine

"One day there was a phallic-shaped letter which neighed like a horse when I picked it up!"

Posted by Barry, over 2 years ago (10 February 2010)

Irish Daily Star feature

Worth looking at just for the press shot!

Posted by Barry, over 2 years ago (5 February 2010)

RockMidgets.com review of The Letters EP

'A lesson in how to stick a much needed rocket up post-rock's arse.'

Posted by Barry, over 2 years ago (31 January 2010)

InYourSpeakers.com - Letters - EP Review

'And So I Watch You From Afar keep nothing close to their chest or up their sleeve, everything that could be poured out is poured out in a tirade of post-rock, post-metal annihilation in an unbelievably brief sixteen minutes.'

Posted by Barry, over 2 years ago (29 January 2010)

ASIWYFA talk to the Limerick Post about 'The Letters' EP

"We are the bull, you are the china shop"

Posted by Barry, over 2 years ago (26 January 2010)

Double-page spread in this week's Irish World

'The Shadows never had any problems shifting records without auld Cliff...'

Posted by Barry, over 2 years ago (9 January 2010)

HeavierThanAir.com review of The Letters EP

"The style of ASIWYFA is as sprawling as their monicker."

Posted by Barry, over 2 years ago (3 January 2010)

AU Readers Vote ASIWYFA The Best Record Of The Decade

Belfast-based AU Magazine polled their readership for the best Irish albums of the decade and the results are out in the new issue. Thanks to everyone who voted ASIWYFA the best Irish record of the 2000s.

Posted by Andrew, over 2 years ago (12 December 2009)