A video of the band playing Highwire Tightrope at teh BBC Introducing Studio in Bristol.By Bravo Brave Bats

An exciting evening as the the boys go to BBC Bristol to do a live session for the Introducing team. It sould be aired in the middle of February. Stay tuned.By Bravo Brave Bats

The boys can't decide what songs to play at their forthcoming BBC Live session so commission a survey to be completed by the fans.By Bravo Brave Bats

The boys chat about getting their music on iTunes and a couple of ways of doing that. A quick chat about a new song in practice too.By Bravo Brave Bats

The 3 E.P.s project is done and dusted and the band plan a new venture for 2012! Not to be missed!By Bravo Brave Bats

The band are joined by members of This Is The Kit and Rozi Plain for an impromptu and frankly rather scrappy rendition of a popular Christmas song.By Bravo Brave Bats

The band have a quick practice at Ieuan's before a show at the Hillgrove Porter Stores.By Bravo Brave Bats

Ieu and Hec go to Bath to check out the markets and encounter a few interesting musical acts. Maybe they could inspire a new musical performance direction.By Bravo Brave Bats

Dave, founder, leader and comrade of Arstscare Records talks about the label and how he plans to turn it into more of a management/PR vehicle to fit a rapidly changing music industry. He discusses his thoughts on the DIY ethic and how far it can and can't take a band.By Bravo Brave Bats

Ieuan chats about the blog being 26 episodes old with a little sneak peek at some of the launch footage.By Bravo Brave Bats

Ieuan and Hector chat through the production line for the Purple EP.By Bravo Brave Bats

The E.P. is all finished and the artwork for the insert needs to be done.By Bravo Brave Bats

A brand new video and a brand new song from the forthcoming Purple E.P. Shot in Croatia on the Island of Krk...By Bravo Brave Bats

The band are hard at work mixing the Purple E.P. Featuring a live performance in the Louisiana basement of Highwire/Tightrope, we have a look around the things in Hector's house. See previous blog episodes for how HW/TR was written.By Bravo Brave Bats

The band begin recording vocals for a track on the Purple E.P.at Hector's house. They use an MXL 2003 although the next day decide that the sound is too bright and switch to an MXL 990By Bravo Brave Bats

The boys start home recording their new E.P. (at Hector's office). They record it themselves with Hector's gear and the band talk through how they have set up.By Bravo Brave Bats

Hector talks us through some of his most interesting pedals - SERIOUS PEDAL FANATICS ONLY (any other interested parties are welcome to watch, but naturally at your own risk!)By Bravo Brave Bats

Ieuan creates his first ever storyboard using some atrocious drawings. The video will show the story of what happens when infants create robots. The song playing underneath is an instrumental loud version of an acoustic song previously deputed on the blog.By Bravo Brave Bats

The band are on holiday and take the opportunity to shoot some footage for their next music video. Ieuan talks about recording and begins some editing. Dan gets a hole in ome.By Bravo Brave Bats

Ieuan describes how he works on ideas using a loop pedal and a mobile phone.By Bravo Brave Bats

Ieuan renovates his snare drum plus talks about success with a blog. The band have a practice in Ieuan's garden and run through a new song which may be on the new E.P.By Bravo Brave Bats

The band bump into Bristol music institution Big Jeff after completing an interview for Drunken Werewolf Magazine. Jeff reveals the naked rock fantasies of Dave, the manager of Artscare Records. They go to The Old Duke for an open mic night where they see AILO KOBAYASI (twitter.com/ailomusiq)sing in Japanese and Big Jeff do some beat poetry. A fun …

In which the band do a much-needed rehaul of the website to get this very blog on it. Go check it out - www.bravobravebats.comBy Bravo Brave Bats

Ieuan takes a look at the finances - or rather lack of - of the band. The song Wagons playing underneath is from the Green EP and has a fitting theme to the financial aspect of being in a band.By Bravo Brave Bats

The band chat about playing gigs on boats and where to record and launch the next ep. Ieuan sees Rob Da Bank has a competition on Twitter to write a song entitled "Living in a Watering Can" and composes an entry. #asonginsevenhoursBy Bravo Brave Bats

The band go up to london midweek to play at Proud, Camden. Traffic trouble and a half empty room don't help but it's still fun gigging.By Bravo Brave Bats

As introduced in Episode 4, here's the finished video. Please go to http://apps.facebook.com/greenpoll/index/band/id/477 to vote for this video in The Green Man Festival competition. Cheers, BBBBy Bravo Brave Bats

This song couldn't be any newer. This is its first ever proper run through. It's rough but it might end up being good.By Bravo Brave Bats

Hector shows off our home from home - the practice space. Featuring open sewers and collapsing ceilings. That's actually not too much of an exaggeration.By Bravo Brave Bats

The band prepare for playing Dot to Dot festival. A bit of waiting around and sound checking.By Bravo Brave Bats

Some notes on our newest song which isn't quite finished yet. Your thoughts are most welcome. Email band@bravobravebats.com ;By Bravo Brave Bats

The band do lots and lots of running in shooting a new music video in locations across the city. Ieuan has built a homemade fig-rig to aid the filming process. The song playing is an old demo we made that has since been abandoned and used for spare parts.By Bravo Brave Bats

The band travel to The Rhythm Factory, Whitechapel for a gig on a Thursday night. There aren't many people there but we were filmed for a website - links to follow when available. ;By Bravo Brave Bats

Working acoustically on a new song together provisionally entitled Tightrope/Highwire along with details of a new microphone.By Bravo Brave Bats

The first of a planned year of weekly video blogs documenting the life of Bravo Brave Bats. Episode 1 introduces the project and includes footage from a BBC Introducing session and a live show at The Good Ship, Kilburn.Email the band at band@bravobravebats.com Visit the website Watch a music video Visit the facebook site…