Hello everyone,
Were all really excited about our show at King Tuts on Tuesday night with The Automatic !! If you still need a ticket get in touch -tocatchathiefband@googlemail.com.
We have have set up a “formspring” account  so if you have any questions be it random or serious ask away!!
http://www.formspring.me/tcatband
Once we have finished off a few more demos for the new record we shall stick some cheeky clips up for your listening pleasure 
Peace and love
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Tickets for this are £9 advance but we’re doing them for £6!
Email us if you want a ticket, we have a limited supply!
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So Ali made the cover of Hello! magazine.
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Dick.
HA! Wet my briefs.
wowsers hehe
We’ve started to demo for the new album (fuck yea!) and I thought it’d be fun to share some of the songs that didn’t make it onto our last two records as it’s likely they’ll never see the light of day otherwise.
They were all recorded at home. :]
2009 (Demos for CTAFB)
Ocean :
This was the last song we wrote before heading into the studio to record CTAFB. I wasn’t really happy with my lyrics or some of my vocal line cause I rushed it a bit. Still a great song though! Just that my bit’s are a bit shit.
I love the hook in the chorus and the middle 8 is ace.
Against the Wall :
We started writing this song before recording YEWB. Consequently it was one of the first songs to be lined up for Curious Tales..
I think we wanted this to go on the record right up until the month before we recorded. But other songs got written and replaced this. Still a great tune.
Poised with Envy :
This song made it as far as pre-production but didn’t make the record (as did Ocean).
2009 (Demos for YEWB)
Fake It :
I still love this song!! Gutted it didn’t make it onto YEWB but hinesight is a wonderful thing. We’ve played it acoustic a few times. A clip of one of those times is on this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMTpiuZVsJY
Shivers and Silence :
Old Song! Written right at the start of the sessions for YEWB. We played it live a few times. We dumped it before pre-production for the record.
If you listened to any or all of them, hope you enjoyed.
If anyone wants to hire me to engineer or produce their record let me know. 
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Something about these songs is wonderfully intimate. Maybe its because they’re not the best quality of recordings (in comparison to the EP releases at least), maybe its cause I havent heard them before?
But I really like them all.
Thanks man.
They are pretty raw!
Glad you enjoyed them though.
If you want downloads of em let me know and I’ll put something up x
I love them… I want the downloads!
Get that up chaps!
You should definitely play Ocean live!
Nice one man. Here they are -
http://www.tocatchathiefband.com/demos/demos.zip
I don’t know that we’ll ever play any of this stuff live but you never know :]
See you next week! x
Cracking tunes, keep them for a wee B-side/Demo release.
Think ‘Fake It’ is my fav.
Long time no post. We have been super busy writing new tunes and rocking with our new drummer . We have a few shows coming up in February  and March
Cardiff Barfly Feb 26th  /w Caesars Rome
Hobos Bridgend Feb 27th /w Caesars Rome/ Cuba Cuba
Glasgow Barfly March 16th /w The Automatic
We are also have a huge merch sale at the moment, selling really fast so go to our Big cartel for a cheeky deal!! Recording a new record in the summer time, we cant wait
Dan x
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Say hi to Duncan, our new drummer!
Anyone who’s down with the kids will know he used to play in a day called desire.
His first shows with us are this weekend in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Come out and say hello!
We’ve also got a huge merch sale on. Everything is massively cheap for the next month. There is limited though. Check everything out on the right hand side there >
:]
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Hi Everyone.
Thought I’d drop a quick post to say Merry Christmas(!!!) – and to let you know what we’ve been up to and what’s happenin.
For anyone that doesn’t already know, Mykee left a couple of months ago, so we’ve been taking our time over figuring out what we’re gonna do next.
We’ve got a couple of shows in January, both of which will be with our new drummer!
There are links to get tickets over there >
We’ll announce who it is soon enough but rest assured, he’s fucking sick, a perfect gentleman, and beats the shit outa his drums – which is all you can ask :]
We’re gonna do a run of shows in March – one of which is booked already with the Automatic at King Tuts. Email us if you want tickets for that one.
Finally, we’re recording our debut album in June, probably followed by a run of dates in September / October.
Ace!
So most of 2010 is gonna be spent writing for the new record, which we’ve already started. New stuff is sounding wicked. Can’t wait!
Hope everyone has a good Christmas and New Year. Looking forward to chucking some horns with you in the new year!
Merry Christmas!!
Ali
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That’s right, 2010 kisses, enjoy em.
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Can’t wait for an album from you guys! Bout time! Good luck writing for it!
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Tickets for this show are £9. Buy them from us and avoid postage & booking fee.
Email us at tocatchathiefband@googlemail.com and we’ll get you hooked up.
We are super excited for this show. Can’t wait!
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Scottish quartet To Catch A Thief are fast becoming a seriously exciting proposition. With a sound that encompasses riff-based heaviness, massive melody and emotionally charged intensity, they are like a distillation of what makes modern guitar based music thrilling.
The proof of this can be seen in 'Curious Tales and Fierce Beasts' (the band's third EP), due for release on August 10 2009 on Colour In Records. Building on the success of both 2008's 'Your Eyes Will Burn' and 2007's eponymously titled EP's, this five tracker is a jaw-droppingly accomplished record.
i'm intrigued, tell me more...
i'm done reading, minimise that shit.
Produced with startlingly clarity and power by Romesh Dodangoda (Funeral For A Friend, Kids In Glass Houses), the five tracks all display an uncommon maturity and depth. 'Not Guilty' is a driving anthem layered with intricacy and performed with the deftest of touches. (And possessed of the kind of chorus that musical empires are founded on!).
'1000 Miles Away' is a gentle invocation that ebbs and flows until suddenly bursting into a goose bump inducing climax.
And 'The Hunted', capably demonstrates the band's addictive blend of passion and aggression.
"We couldn't be happier with the new record," says frontman Ali Lane, "We've really moved forward, developed our sound, and written the record we knew we were capable of writing. We couldn't have written the songs that we have without playing the amount of shows we have done in the last 2 and a half years, and without going through the natural progression that we have done."
Indeed the band have readily embraced the age old ethos of 'make it happen on the road'. Lengthy tours have honed and sharpened their sound immensely. And the band have no intention of stopping anytime soon.
"As far as the future goes, we'll keep touring as much as we can and hope people are into this record. We wanted to write a record that people will fall in love with and I think we've done that."
Written by Owen Packard
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nice poster. an ali special?
indeedy
good luck guys wish i was going to the king tuts gig see you guys when i get back lov from china Aarn
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i’m proud you guys are scottish :’)