Guitarist Bat Kinane of Ireland's GLYDER has issued the following update:

"Hello, welcome to my new blog.

I decided to set this up specifically for letting you all know about the studio and live performances of Glyder.

We had done some serious touring in 08 which brought us all over the place from Ireland to the UK to Europe, Scandinavia and the to India and back to the UK again. After this heavy schedule in support of the second album, Playground For Life, and the EP Weather The Storm. It felt like time to make some new music. Weather The Storm was an EP to keep the ship afloat, so to speak, and comprised of material that was left around from previous recordings and material that didnt make it to either of the other albums. We didn't feel the material was inferior but not fitting the vibe of the first two albums. As '08 was coming to a close it felt like time to start work again.

The journey for me began in India in October '08. India was an inspiration to say the least but note there won't be an Indian sound on the next album, we didnt meet the Maharishi and we didn't bring a sitar home. Going to the Taj Mahal and absorbing Indian culture and something that was western culture was something very new to me and over all is was a positive experience.

When I came home from India I had a lot of time on my hands and after all the touring it was now time to reflect and chill out and let the creative juices flow. The business side of things quieted down too so I set up a basic studio in my office at home. Using Cubase and an electric drum kit I demoed 6 songs with Davy. He played the drums and I did the rest, guitar, bass, vocal. I had never taken this approach before with Glyder but as I felt there was a lot of inspiration I wanted to get it down fast and have something to show the lads. I brought almost finished material to the table. Some of the songs written were 'One Of Us Is Gonna Go Down', 'Time To Fly', 'Always The Loser', 'Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow', 'The Bitter End', 'Knockout', and later on I wrote a few others - 'A Lifetime To Kill', and 'Jack Strong'.

This has been the most productive period of my life. It's very strange but necessary I think for any level of success. We worked into Christmas and started to do pre production demos. We went into the studio in January and put down a track that Tony and I had worked on called 'That Line' and Tony re-wrote the lyrices to 'One Of Us Is Gonna Go Down'. The result was very good and we decided to use the studio we recorded these tracks in to make the rest of the album. It's near home and remarkably world class.

We decided to enter the studio the last two weeks in April so it was going to be intense. We all have managed to hang on to part time jobs and beween the day jobs and rehearsals it's been hectic. Getting up a 6 AM in the morning, working all day, getting the dinner and going straight to our studio in Elverstown where Pete lives.

We made a big list of the material that we had. Tony and Pete worked on a song which at the moment is called 'Make A Change', but that is a working title. Davy came in with a song called 'Innocent Eyes' and we reworked it musically and it sounds great. Tony then brought a tune that we call 'Million' to the table. Pete also brought his first lyrics to the table in the song 'All You've Done'. I brought a piece of music I'm very proud of which I will call 'One In A Million White Crosses', but it's now part of the song 'Time To Fly'. Pete brought a great peice of music which is very influenced by Ennio Moriccone and we worked it up into a very climatic peice like 'American Trilogy' by ELVIS. All this music and some of the songs have been pieced together into a collage that will be on the end of the album. It's 20 minutes long and I know its something we are going to be very proud of. It's ambitious but I just wanted to do something differnet on this album. I was listening to an old favourite of mine, Abbey Road by THE BEATLES, and I love the way the music is linked on the second part of the record.

I think on this album there is going to be the vibe of the first album in most of the first 8 or 9 songs and then at the end the progressiveness of Playground and Weather but I think overall it's a very positive album with a positive message. Playground was dark and I think we have entered a little into the light again. Some of the music is heavy but it's very melodic.

I feel this album will the the one that defines us. You will hear the Glyder sound. Yes, our influences are there, In my opinion there are influences of THIN LIZZY, FISH, PINK FLOYD, AC/DC, THE WHO, METALLICA, BAD COMPANY, ELVIS, ENNIO MORRICONE, THE BAND, FOO FIGHTERS, PAT MCMANUS, Y&T; - it's everything we have absorbed over the past 2 years.

This is Saturday, April 18th, I'm off to see AC/DC tonight in Dublin supported by THE ANSWER. Monday we hit the studio. I will be blogging when ever I get time and will let you know how this album progresses."

Stay tuned for further updates.