March 2014

March 2014

Contents:

Editorial



October 2013

October 2013

Contents:

Editorial

Our 10 October 2013 showcase

10-12 October
Norwich Sound & Vision 2013

DOE

Horse Party

The Mondegreens

Our next full gig –
Friday 13 December 2013

our 13th birthday and Christmas party

Drugstore

She Makes War

BUOYS



June 2013

June 2013

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 7th June 2013

Loom

Die You Now

Darwin & the Dinosaur



April 2013

April 2013

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 26th April 2013

violet violet

Cthru27

Arrows of Love

The Nightingales


Recommended:

April 2013 @ NAC



January 2013

January 2013

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Wednesday 23rd January 2013

The Joy Formidable

WE//ARE//ANIMAL


Recommended:

January 2013 @ NAC

21 January 2013, Blood Red Shoes @ NAC



December 2012

December 2012

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 14th December 2012

Cold In Berlin

Tortoise Family Connections

There's Someone In The Pond


Recommended:

December 2012 @ NAC



October 2012

September 2012

June 2012

June 2012

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 22nd June 2012

Yeti Lane

collider

The Thinking Men


Reccommended:

Norwich Arts Centre selected June 2012 highlights




May 2012

April 2012

April 2012

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 13th April 2012

Drugstore

Fiel Garvie

Port Isla




February 2012

February 2012

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 24th February 2012

Electricity in our Homes

Octagon Court

Invisible Cities




December 2011

December 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 16th December 2011

Magoo

We Can't Dance

Khan

Tim Clare

John Osborne



October 2011

October 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 7th October 2011

The Victorian English Gentlemans Club

Olympians

The Shadow Project



September 2011

September 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 16th September 2011

Sarabeth Tucek

Alloy Ark

Rory McVicar


Reccomended:

BBC Music Video Festival

Norwich Sound & Vision convention



June 2011

June 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 17th June 2011

Underground Railroad

Fever Fever

The Day The Robots Came




April 2011

April 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 8th April 2011

Talons

Deers

Embarrassing Machines




February 2011

February 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 25th February 2011

Blue on Blue

C.O.L.L

Typewriter Radio




December 2010

October 2010

September 2010

August 2010

August 2010

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Sunday 1st August 2010
Waterloo Park Walkabout Our compere

Black Vox

Blue on Blue

Glory Glory

Hellhound Oconnor and the Winkles

KunK

Olympians

These Ghosts



June 2010

Deers play wombatwombat on Saturday 12 May 2012 @ NAC

How exciting is it to be opening a sold out gig for Dry the River, one of the UK's hottest acts?

It's a huge honour and one we're extremely excited about. To have the backing of some amazing local promoters who believe in us feels great too. Dry The River are about to explode and having the chance to play the Arts Centre again is fantastic too. We will be putting everything into this show, that's a promise!

And why should people make sure they arrive early to catch you?

Our live show has a little bit of everything. We love using dynamics to make the loud bits LOUD and the quiet bits pretty and intricate. We have three guitars and they create a lot of interesting textures so there is always something to hopefully keep you interested!

You took part in this year's BBC Introducing Masterclass: how has that benefited Deers and two what extent is that day helping to shape your plans?

It was great and a little awe-inspiring too! Being in a world-renowned recording studio with so many big names from the world of radio and the music industry was a great opportunity and Steve gave out CDs to Tom Robinson, Frank Turner, Steve Lamacq and various other people. We've since gained coverage on Tom Robinson's BBC Introducing: Fresh On The Net and we're slowly gaining more and more exposure. BBC Introducing in Norfolk have been great to us too. They back every release we do and are keen to have us in every once in a while for a chat. We're really appreciative of their support.

What can you tell us about your, hopefully imminent, 4th EP?

Due to the line up change earlier this year EP4 has had to take a back seat. Our original plan was to have it out by February, which would have seen us release four EPs within 12 months, however, fear not, it will be coming soon! We have one song written and fully demoed, which we'll be playing at the DtR show, and plenty of other demos in the mix too. I think we're probably looking at around September time. Ben has stepped up to the plate and taken over on vocal duties alongside Brad, and stuff is sounding great. We are also extremely happy to welcome Alan [from Darwin & the Dinosaur] on board as part of the Deers live setup. Alan has supported us since our beginning and after helping us out for a show last year we wanted him involved more and so he'll be featuring at all Deers shows from now on.

What other gigs have you got lined up?

We're doing a Play Fest curtain raiser at the LP in Bury St Edmunds on Thursday 24 May with Model Staggs, Ill Murray and Whisky Jax. Then we're super excited to be appearing at Play Fest on Sunday 3 June too! To support the release of EP4 we will be looking to do a Norwich show and possible London dates too but nothing's confirmed yet!

Social media snapshot

Which social media do you use and how do you rate them in terms of the best way to promote your band, with 1 being the best?

Ranking

Social media

URL

Anything to add?

1

Facebook

wearedeers

Facebook is pretty much where it's at nowadays. Everyone has it and uses it on computers and phones. You can link in so much with it too: soundcloud, bigcartel, bandpage. Events pages are handy too to spread the word but it's no substitute for good old fashioned promoting with flyers!

2

Bandcamp

wearedeers.bandcamp.com

We love bandcamp. It has so many options. We've released free EPs via bandcamp but ask people to give us an email address in return: it's then a great way for us to keep in touch.

3

Twitter

@wearedeers

Great for random updates and keeping people in the loop.

4

YouTube

youtube.com/wearedeers

Videos are great. Everyone loves to see bands too. We are currently working on two videos and plan on doing several more throughout 2012 as we feel it's a market we haven't really explored yet.

5

Website

wearedeers.co.uk

It's a great place to culminate all links to various social media platforms!

Anything else?

Tumblr, instagram

Tumblr is great for linking in FB and twitter and having a more in depth blog. Instagram allows us to upload photos too, which look real cool!

We are Deers

Brad: vocals and guitar.
Ben: vocals and bass.
Steve: guitar and backing vocals.
Alan: guitar.
Jim: drums.


Just one XL of these T-shirts left but a white version with a black print is on its way!