Diary

Last week was ace! We finally managed to do a show after a massive break. And pulled it off with the most minor of hitches..considering we havent gigged properly in over a year! I (Tom) managed to get by having damaged my finger in a radiator incident and the other guys rocked the Lincs SU as if we'd been practising all week! At least I thought so! Everyone else seemed to have enjoyed it and we got a great reception during and after the show! We've got a few songs in the pipeline, which are taking their time but theres not much we can do about the distance thing at the moment! Keep your eyes out for more shows though..I think we all forgot quite how much fun it is!

Blimey...it's been a while! We are still alive, we've all just been rather busy with our own bits and bobs so sypht has been on hold a bit recently. Sam's preparing to head off to South America for a couple of months, he's leaving in just under two weeks so obviously practices may be a bit of a hassle but I'm sure we'll manage a few....

Long time no..diary bit. Well, we all think our live show has improved ten fold due to a clump of gigs in a row. We've really enjoyed having the opportunity to do loads of gigs recently but it made us realise we need some new songs! Lots of rough riffs and stuff are coming along nicely and we've been busy so should have a fair bit to write about/influence us so be ready for some new sheeyat soon enough. Brill.

Well not much has really been happening recently on the practice side of things as Rob is enjoying the delights of Texas and Mexico! Also Sam and I are off to Spain for a bit. However, Practices will be taking place a lot soon as we just got another show lined up. We're all really happy as it's our first show at the Portland in Cambridge in ages and it's such a fun place to play! Shall expect to see all of you down there in your gladrags! We're also really looking forward to playing 3 gigs in a week including one for our leicester friends. stay cool kids.

We got back the mastered version(s) of 'Know by Now' today and they sound ace! look forward to hearing it! its rockin' ...with want of a better word. Also got a gig supporting Jetplane Landing! wooooo! Theyre well good! come along, enjoy us, and then enjoy JPL with us!

Managed to get us a gig at the APU bar in a ten days time, hooray...we will be headlining! So you people had better come along! As far as the cd goes, we're just waiting on "know by now" to be mastered and then we can get to work on putting it together. Shouldn't take too long hopefully. Well, see you all on the 26th..should give me a chance to get over my sunburn.

All the parts for "Know By Now" have been recording, leaving the mastering to be done. Given a week or 2 hopefully the track will be finished and sounding brill! We'll get bits of the recently recorded 3 tracks on here as soon as possible. Also in the process of trying to get lots of gigs, so keep posted! Th leicester one has been confirmed so anyone near there....u know the score

Over the next few weeks we'll be recording our own parts for 'Know By Now' at the main studio at the ACM in guildford. Drums have been layed down already, Guitars & BV's next week and Bass/Vocals the week after. So hopefully it should be sounding grand by summer! We'll keep you all posted on the ep!

We've got 2 more songs recorded - "Something to hold on to" and "Breaking Point". Theyre both being mastered at the moment and are sounding good. We've not decided on what's happening about cd's yet but most likely will be a 4/5 track e.p available at future gigs.
Also the new song "Dying for days" was performed for the first time at the Student union at Surrey uni last tuesday and all went well so it's been added to the setlist. We're in the process of getting more shows, we'll keep u posted.

Recently been perfecting "dying for days" so it'll be ready for the next gig. Also in the process of arranging recording so we should have some new stuff for you to listen to soon enough :)

Practising went well yesterday, got another 2 songs pretty much ready for the next show on the 27th march. "dying for days" and "something to hold on to". come along! itll be awesome!

Well its been a good new year so far! the gig with super 7 went really well and it was a fun show! good setlist too with some new stuff. Check out the live pics section for some photos!

Bad news, the Jarcrew gig has changed. We cant do it anymore due to tour supports but we will be doing the 10th jan as we said before.

Change of plan for the gig. We're no longer doing the 10th jan, its now the 22nd and will be with up and coming welsh rockers Jarcrew. I saw these guys supporting Biffy Clyro and they are awesome! we're so glad to be doing this gig! so ud best come along! dont miss them!...or us

We just want to apologise for having to pull out of the show on dec 16th at the boatrace. Rob was ill in bed the whole day and was too ill to play so we had no option but to pull out. Me and Sam couldve always gone along and done a free jam jazz session instead but we decided it wasnt the time or place.. yeah so we had a good practice yesterday, robs feeling better and we have some new stuff which will be ready for the gig on the 10th..so yeah!have a great christmas everyone!

Just finished another practice, a few new songs coming on nicely and we should have at least one of them ready for the boatrace gig in a few weeks. We're all really looking forward to playing with the AR guys again. Should be ace. Roll on the 16th!

Well we're gonna be gearing up and getting ready for the boatrace gig tomorrow night. After hearing that minus had been added we were pretty pleased!! Theyre going to be supporting Hundred Reasons for a couple of dates next week, then Million Dead in November so theyre definatly one to check out. We still havent managed to run off any of the 5 track eps so youll have to make do with the 2track ones for now. Not that theyre bad...cos they arent...theyre good...we think...yes. come to the gig!

I (Tom) am back off to uni today so I thought I'd update the site as much as I could. There are now 2 new sound samples in the MP3 Section from the songs "A Fuel For All The Pain" and "A Million Things". We're really pleased with the results and thanks again to Jhon! Download them, listen to them, watch a good video, eat if youre hungry, then contact us and buy our e.p. It's good. 5 tracks for £4..bargain! I'm off now, see you all soon...hopefully in Northampton on the 27th!

Just picked up the finished master of the most recently recorded tracks which means we can now put together an e.p for you guys with 5...yes 5 tracks! woohoo! We'll also probably sell a 1 track cd at gigs too just in case people dont have much money and would rather buy beer because youre bloody blokes...wahey football and things. goal. Oh and we have a gig at the boatrace late october, check out the gig news section of the site. ta!

What a gig! We had a great time on thursday night and thanks again to everyone who turned up. Should be practicing tomorrow and nailing a few more new ones. not much else to report..new mp3's should be up in a week or so!

Found out today that apparently Prosaics have pulled out of the gig on thurs but we're not sure yet so we'll have to check. Also currently in the process of trying to get some gigs outside of Cambridge...try and see how we go down elsewhere! should be fun! We'll keep you posted.

We got 2 more songs laid down today, "A Million Things" and "Fuel For All The Pain" which is great! Theyre being tweaked a bit then theyll be up on here and mp3.com asap. Big thanks again to Jhon for helping us out. Up and coming gig is also confirmed so yay! Bring all your friends and meet us, we're lovely.

Things seem to be happening a bit more recently which is good. We've got 3 of our songs up on mp3.com (click here) and hopefully 1 or 2 new ones shortly because we shall be recording tomorrow. hooray! Also, we've got a hopeful gig lined up. Not confirmed yet but if it is then it'll be great! With 2 bands, both American and both playing the carling stage at the reading/leeds weekends. The Whirlwind Heat and The Prosaics. This will be on Thurs, Aug 28th 2003 @ the Boatrace. So be there!

Well, as you can tell by the lack of updates we've had a bit of a break from band stuff what with uni and everything. Dont worry though, we're in the process of getting some gigs lined up and hopefully some more recording before too long. We'll let you all know as soon as theres some new news!

Hoorah! The CD is now available. 3 tracks for £3....bargain! You can pick them up from gigs or just leave us a message in the guestbook and we'll get back to you. Or if you're really desperate then email one of us(vanilla_ice44@hotmail.com - Tom, Robbarker_2000@yahoo.co.uk - Rob...Sam doesn't have one, he's lazy) and we'll reply asap. Cheers to eveyone who came to the Boatrace gig, go and listen to winnebago deal now!

sorry! havent written for a while! new gigs and stuff coming up that you MUST come to!! It'll be our first headlining gig on the 16th so we're well happy about that! Also the winnebago deal gig should be 'slammin'' ..yeah..cos theyre really good! peace out...bo

The gig on the 13th went really well. We're really sorry for not posting it up on here that it had been on but I was having trouble with the sitebuilder thingy. Thanks to everyone who still managed to come though! Anyway, we decided at the gig that it was too much hassle to change our name totally so we just figured we'd change the spelling! Hope you like it! Oh and good news, the demo has been finished so look out for it at future gigs!

Sorry guys, it looks like the 13th March gig is cancelled due to organisation problems. Dont worry though, we are trying to sort out a gig at the portland for the end of march so you can all come see us then! woohoo! you can sit back and enjoy our nice new songs.

Due to some other band being called 'Sift' and having sold cd's, we had to change our name before selling our cd. Just so we didn't get sued and lose our trousers. So we are now "Sifting Through Silence" or STS...or whatever you want to call us! It's annoying but still, had to be done. Hope you like the new name!....Besides that, we have more new songs! woohoo! so keep a lookout for gigs so you can groove to them. bo.

Well, all back at uni now so limited practice time is a bit of an issue right now, however we've got a couple of possible gigs, the 27th marsh on the gig page and also maybe the 6th of march but thats not def at all yet. Any problems with the downloads then please let us know.

Busy busy busy! Yesterday we managed to get the final two tracks recorded for our CD thing so a big shout out to Johno for his help!! Thanks mate!! If you feel like a dance, go listen in the 'Media' section. Today we've been practising hard in preparation for the gig on thursday. The new songs are sounding strong so make sure you get there!

Ooh look at the pretty new "enter" part of the site....wouldve only come up if u put in http://www.sifting.tk so if u didnt see then click there! its pretty. hehe...right anyway yeah for anyone who reads this before tomorrow evening (tues 14th) then be sure to go see reuben at the boatrace!! theyre amazing!....10 days to our gig with AR..woohoo!

Just finished practising and working on a new song called "fuel for all the pain" which is sounding really good. similar style but plays about with different timings..*confusing!* but yeah, getting some good new stuff down at the moment so make sure you're at the next gig! "A million things" - another new one, is basically finished and ready too! skill

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!...We'll be eating on christmas day so probably wouldnt have the time to come and say it! So have a good one and I hope your hangovers have worn off by Jan 23rd...it'll be loud!

After a day at John's house recording "Follow" things are looking good for the e.p. Hopefully we wont have to play it again for a bit! I think we've all heard that song a bit much for today! The work goes on...

Woohoo! recording tomorrow! Also, just so you people know there will be a new song on the way which we are currently working on, hopefully it'll be finished in time to be on the e.p. It's sounding pretty 'rad' at the moment so keep your ears peeled.

Well, haveing just finished for christmas from uni, the lads of Sift will be recording some stuff for your very lucky ears....hopefully itll be good! A few more gigs have been lined up, too so get those diaries out!!

Still no gigs lined up as yet but hopefully we'll be speaking to some venues soon trying to arrange some. Keep an eye out cos they could be pretty cool lineups! For now I'll just doss away my time at uni on the computers...hmm

Well, what a great weekend! After playing Steph & Ruth's 18th party friday and gigging at the Man on the Moon on saturday who could complain! both great gigs! hopefully be setting some more up asap.

yay, just got this week's Kerrang magazine and found the the Candyheads gig is listed in the local gigs bit in the back! first time we've been in a national music mag...hopefully not that last! woohoo! : )

Went to see the brilliant First Day last night at the man on the moon, supporting Vanilla Pod (who are currently touring with nerfherder) and it was an excellent gig! well done lads. We are gonna try and get a gig sorted with both Sift and First Day. ROCK \m/ so keep your eyes peeled!


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		2nd April 2006 Last week was ace! We finally managed to do a show after a massive break. And pulled it off with the most minor of hitches..considering we havent gigged properly in over a year! I (Tom) managed to get by having damaged my finger in a radiator incident and the other guys rocked the Lincs SU as if we'd been practising all week! At least I thought so! Everyone else seemed to have enjoyed it and we got a great reception during and after the show! We've got a few songs in the pipeline, which are taking their time but theres not much we can do about the distance thing at the moment! Keep your eyes out for more shows though..I think we all forgot quite how much fun it is! 30th June 2005 Blimey...it's been a while! We are still alive, we've all just been rather busy with our own bits and bobs so sypht has been on hold a bit recently. Sam's preparing to head off to South America for a couple of months, he's leaving in just under two weeks so obviously practices may be a bit of a hassle but I'm sure we'll manage a few.... As for me (tom), I've just got home from uni for good! I find out if I actually passed tomorrow morning...so thats nice. Anyways, Will keep everyone posted of Sypht things...and despite the lack of practices we have a couple of new songs penned and we'll let you know of any gigs that may arise! Stay cool chavs. Tom 3rd September 2004 Long time no..diary bit. Well, we all think our live show has improved ten fold due to a clump of gigs in a row. We've really enjoyed having the opportunity to do loads of gigs recently but it made us realise we need some new songs! Lots of rough riffs and stuff are coming along nicely and we've been busy so should have a fair bit to write about/influence us so be ready for some new sheeyat soon enough. Brill. 23rd July 2004 Well not much has really been happening recently on the practice side of things as Rob is enjoying the delights of Texas and Mexico! Also Sam and I are off to Spain for a bit. However, Practices will be taking place a lot soon as we just got another show lined up. We're all really happy as it's our first show at the Portland in Cambridge in ages and it's such a fun place to play! Shall expect to see all of you down there in your gladrags! We're also really looking forward to playing 3 gigs in a week including one for our leicester friends. stay cool kids. 30th June 2004 We got back the mastered version(s) of 'Know by Now' today and they sound ace! look forward to hearing it! its rockin' ...with want of a better word. Also got a gig supporting Jetplane Landing! wooooo! Theyre well good! come along, enjoy us, and then enjoy JPL with us! 16th June 2004 Managed to get us a gig at the APU bar in a ten days time, hooray...we will be headlining! So you people had better come along! As far as the cd goes, we're just waiting on "know by now" to be mastered and then we can get to work on putting it together. Shouldn't take too long hopefully. Well, see you all on the 26th..should give me a chance to get over my sunburn. 3rd June 2004 All the parts for "Know By Now" have been recording, leaving the mastering to be done. Given a week or 2 hopefully the track will be finished and sounding brill! We'll get bits of the recently recorded 3 tracks on here as soon as possible. Also in the process of trying to get lots of gigs, so keep posted! Th leicester one has been confirmed so anyone near there....u know the score 23rd May 2004 Over the next few weeks we'll be recording our own parts for 'Know By Now' at the main studio at the ACM in guildford. Drums have been layed down already, Guitars & BV's next week and Bass/Vocals the week after. So hopefully it should be sounding grand by summer! We'll keep you all posted on the ep! 26th April 2004 We've got 2 more songs recorded - "Something to hold on to" and "Breaking Point". Theyre both being mastered at the moment and are sounding good. We've not decided on what's happening about cd's yet but most likely will be a 4/5 track e.p available at future gigs. Also the new song "Dying for days" was performed for the first time at the Student union at Surrey uni last tuesday and all went well so it's been added to the setlist. We're in the process of getting more shows, we'll keep u posted. 10th April 2004 Recently been perfecting "dying for days" so it'll be ready for the next gig. Also in the process of arranging recording so we should have some new stuff for you to listen to soon enough :) 23rd February 2004 Practising went well yesterday, got another 2 songs pretty much ready for the next show on the 27th march. "dying for days" and "something to hold on to". come along! itll be awesome! 13th January 2004 Well its been a good new year so far! the gig with super 7 went really well and it was a fun show! good setlist too with some new stuff. Check out the live pics section for some photos! 23rd December 2003 Bad news, the Jarcrew gig has changed. We cant do it anymore due to tour supports but we will be doing the 10th jan as we said before. 23rd December 2003 Change of plan for the gig. We're no longer doing the 10th jan, its now the 22nd and will be with up and coming welsh rockers Jarcrew. I saw these guys supporting Biffy Clyro and they are awesome! we're so glad to be doing this gig! so ud best come along! dont miss them!...or us 22nd December 2003 We just want to apologise for having to pull out of the show on dec 16th at the boatrace. Rob was ill in bed the whole day and was too ill to play so we had no option but to pull out. Me and Sam couldve always gone along and done a free jam jazz session instead but we decided it wasnt the time or place.. yeah so we had a good practice yesterday, robs feeling better and we have some new stuff which will be ready for the gig on the 10th..so yeah!have a great christmas everyone! 29th November 2003 Just finished another practice, a few new songs coming on nicely and we should have at least one of them ready for the boatrace gig in a few weeks. We're all really looking forward to playing with the AR guys again. Should be ace. Roll on the 16th! 24th October 2003 Well we're gonna be gearing up and getting ready for the boatrace gig tomorrow night. After hearing that minus had been added we were pretty pleased!! Theyre going to be supporting Hundred Reasons for a couple of dates next week, then Million Dead in November so theyre definatly one to check out. We still havent managed to run off any of the 5 track eps so youll have to make do with the 2track ones for now. Not that theyre bad...cos they arent...theyre good...we think...yes. come to the gig! 10th September 2003 I (Tom) am back off to uni today so I thought I'd update the site as much as I could. There are now 2 new sound samples in the MP3 Section from the songs "A Fuel For All The Pain" and "A Million Things". We're really pleased with the results and thanks again to Jhon! Download them, listen to them, watch a good video, eat if youre hungry, then contact us and buy our e.p. It's good. 5 tracks for £4..bargain! I'm off now, see you all soon...hopefully in Northampton on the 27th! 8th September 2003 Just picked up the finished master of the most recently recorded tracks which means we can now put together an e.p for you guys with 5...yes 5 tracks! woohoo! We'll also probably sell a 1 track cd at gigs too just in case people dont have much money and would rather buy beer because youre bloody blokes...wahey football and things. goal. Oh and we have a gig at the boatrace late october, check out the gig news section of the site. ta! 30th August 2003 What a gig! We had a great time on thursday night and thanks again to everyone who turned up. Should be practicing tomorrow and nailing a few more new ones. not much else to report..new mp3's should be up in a week or so! 26th August 2003 Found out today that apparently Prosaics have pulled out of the gig on thurs but we're not sure yet so we'll have to check. Also currently in the process of trying to get some gigs outside of Cambridge...try and see how we go down elsewhere! should be fun! We'll keep you posted. 17th August 2003 We got 2 more songs laid down today, "A Million Things" and "Fuel For All The Pain" which is great! Theyre being tweaked a bit then theyll be up on here and mp3.com asap. Big thanks again to Jhon for helping us out. Up and coming gig is also confirmed so yay! Bring all your friends and meet us, we're lovely. 16th August 2003 Things seem to be happening a bit more recently which is good. We've got 3 of our songs up on mp3.com (click here) and hopefully 1 or 2 new ones shortly because we shall be recording tomorrow. hooray! Also, we've got a hopeful gig lined up. Not confirmed yet but if it is then it'll be great! With 2 bands, both American and both playing the carling stage at the reading/leeds weekends. The Whirlwind Heat and The Prosaics. This will be on Thurs, Aug 28th 2003 @ the Boatrace. So be there! 8th June 2003 Well, as you can tell by the lack of updates we've had a bit of a break from band stuff what with uni and everything. Dont worry though, we're in the process of getting some gigs lined up and hopefully some more recording before too long. We'll let you all know as soon as theres some new news! 26th April 2003 Hoorah! The CD is now available. 3 tracks for £3....bargain! You can pick them up from gigs or just leave us a message in the guestbook and we'll get back to you. Or if you're really desperate then email one of us(vanilla_ice44@hotmail.com - Tom, Robbarker_2000@yahoo.co.uk - Rob...Sam doesn't have one, he's lazy) and we'll reply asap. Cheers to eveyone who came to the Boatrace gig, go and listen to winnebago deal now! 14th April, 2003 sorry! havent written for a while! new gigs and stuff coming up that you MUST come to!! It'll be our first headlining gig on the 16th so we're well happy about that! Also the winnebago deal gig should be 'slammin'' ..yeah..cos theyre really good! peace out...bo 15th March 2003 The gig on the 13th went really well. We're really sorry for not posting it up on here that it had been on but I was having trouble with the sitebuilder thingy. Thanks to everyone who still managed to come though! Anyway, we decided at the gig that it was too much hassle to change our name totally so we just figured we'd change the spelling! Hope you like it! Oh and good news, the demo has been finished so look out for it at future gigs! 1st March 2003 Sorry guys, it looks like the 13th March gig is cancelled due to organisation problems. Dont worry though, we are trying to sort out a gig at the portland for the end of march so you can all come see us then! woohoo! you can sit back and enjoy our nice new songs. 23rd February 2003 Due to some other band being called 'Sift' and having sold cd's, we had to change our name before selling our cd. Just so we didn't get sued and lose our trousers. So we are now "Sifting Through Silence" or STS...or whatever you want to call us! It's annoying but still, had to be done. Hope you like the new name!....Besides that, we have more new songs! woohoo! so keep a lookout for gigs so you can groove to them. bo. 8th February 2003 Well, all back at uni now so limited practice time is a bit of an issue right now, however we've got a couple of possible gigs, the 27th marsh on the gig page and also maybe the 6th of march but thats not def at all yet. Any problems with the downloads then please let us know. January 20th 2003 Busy busy busy! Yesterday we managed to get the final two tracks recorded for our CD thing so a big shout out to Johno for his help!! Thanks mate!! If you feel like a dance, go listen in the 'Media' section. Today we've been practising hard in preparation for the gig on thursday. The new songs are sounding strong so make sure you get there! January 13th 2003 Ooh look at the pretty new "enter" part of the site....wouldve only come up if u put in http://www.sifting.tk so if u didnt see then click there! its pretty. hehe...right anyway yeah for anyone who reads this before tomorrow evening (tues 14th) then be sure to go see reuben at the boatrace!! theyre amazing!....10 days to our gig with AR..woohoo! January 7th 2003 Just finished practising and working on a new song called "fuel for all the pain" which is sounding really good. similar style but plays about with different timings..confusing! but yeah, getting some good new stuff down at the moment so make sure you're at the next gig! "A million things" - another new one, is basically finished and ready too! skill December 24th 2002 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!...We'll be eating on christmas day so probably wouldnt have the time to come and say it! So have a good one and I hope your hangovers have worn off by Jan 23rd...it'll be loud! See you all soon! tis the season to be jolly tralalalalaaaa la la la laaaaa.... December 22nd 2002 After a day at John's house recording "Follow" things are looking good for the e.p. Hopefully we wont have to play it again for a bit! I think we've all heard that song a bit much for today! The work goes on... December 21st 2002 Woohoo! recording tomorrow! Also, just so you people know there will be a new song on the way which we are currently working on, hopefully it'll be finished in time to be on the e.p. It's sounding pretty 'rad' at the moment so keep your ears peeled. December 17th 2002 Well, haveing just finished for christmas from uni, the lads of Sift will be recording some stuff for your very lucky ears....hopefully itll be good! A few more gigs have been lined up, too so get those diaries out!! Well I'll post more on here soon but a Merry Christmas to all those who bother reading this bit! and see u all soon. November 25th 2002 Still no gigs lined up as yet but hopefully we'll be speaking to some venues soon trying to arrange some. Keep an eye out cos they could be pretty cool lineups! For now I'll just doss away my time at uni on the computers...hmm October 14th 2002 Well, what a great weekend! After playing Steph & Ruth's 18th party friday and gigging at the Man on the Moon on saturday who could complain! both great gigs! hopefully be setting some more up asap. October 9th 2002 yay, just got this week's Kerrang magazine and found the the Candyheads gig is listed in the local gigs bit in the back! first time we've been in a national music mag...hopefully not that last! woohoo! : ) September 8th 2002 Went to see the brilliant First Day last night at the man on the moon, supporting Vanilla Pod (who are currently touring with nerfherder) and it was an excellent gig! well done lads. We are gonna try and get a gig sorted with both Sift and First Day. ROCK \m/ so keep your eyes peeled! September 7th 2002 Well, this is the first entry in our diary thing so hmm..make it good... Just finished talking on the phone with a guy arranging our next gig...should be wicked! With an up and coming band from London called Candyheads. Can't wait! apparently theyre really good!