Ahead of their London shows later this year, Eden Circle have shared their debut single ‘Follow The Road’.
Recorded with producer Simon Barnicott (Arctic Monkeys, Bombay Bicycle Club), the lyrics were written as a protest against "people's disconnection from the world around them, living their lives on social media." Paired with soaring harmonies and delicate layers, it makes for an uplifting and impressive first cut from the young Kent outfit.
The four-piece formed earlier this year, with their origins going back to their schooldays when singer Joel Whitewood and guitarist Josh Best-Shaw found they shared the same classroom dreams of a musical future. To add to their beginnings as a core songwriting duo with shared roots, Josh and Joel make up the classic pairing of a strong-minded signature guitarist and a naturally gifted singer who can soar and dive around the guitars lines.
To complete the requirements they both grew up with a deep immersion in a musical form a few degrees away from the rock band norm. Joel played cornet as a child, Josh played clarinet, piano and sax. Both of them became choristers at Canterbury Cathedral, gaining a vocal expertise which would feed into the band's harmonies. Even before they squared their circle with the addition of 18-year-old drummer and occasional producer Nathaniel Graham, plus bassist Zak Tozer, and barely out of their teens began playing shows around their native Kent, they had a lot of favourable signs in the background. They’ve progressed quickly, recording demos and gigging as much as finishing off A-levels would allow. The DNA of their personal histories was clearly giving the music a special emotional power. At the beginning of what will undoubtedly be a long and fascinating road, with many breathtaking views, Eden Circle are making a seriously auspicious start
Swirling, dreamy pop hooks accentuated with the haunting sounds of a Farfisa organ cloak the sombre and sardonic musings of former Fuck Knights guitarist and Nightinghales front man Ben Bachman in his new project, High Tiny Hairs.
This EP lays bare and showcases Bachman’s stylistic influences, the likes of Alex Chilton, Brian Eno and Syd Barrett, with a short set of self-produced releases.
The songs, bouncing between sixties Baroque pop and the new psychedelic movement of the early eighties, are mesmerisingly elegant and poetically dark, yet quirky, and romantic. The Minneapolis based singer/songwriter evokes a hazy, late night tête-à-tête with his ghosts.
"Ben Bachman is High Tiny Hairs, and I’m kind of taken with this song, off the recent self-titled EP. It’s short, it’s simple, and it has one of those meat and potatoes, could have happened any time in the past 40 years guitar riffs, that just sounds really good when you turn it up, so, let’s do that..."
Don't Need No Melody
Released on limited edition cassette and digital download.
Sir Gregory Records SGR1967-D
'Dark Around the Eyes' is the latest release from Orange Vision, a band firmly in the ascendant having already enjoyed support from Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1 and Steve Lamacq on BBC 6 Music as well as earning coveted support slots for Superfood and Honeyblood on the NME New Breed Tour.
The four-piece from Oxford, influenced by post punk, glam and shoegaze, produce reverb drenched, melodic pop anthems with a new wave edge.
Formed two years ago when Ed and Matthew bonded over a love of clothes, music and a generally delinquent approach to their depressing surroundings and sapped music scene, they were later joined by Daniel and Jake. The band became a primary focus and what started as a driving growling rock and roll sneer has blossomed into a post punk psychedelic new wave dream.
Edmund Quigley - Lead Vocals/Guitar
Jacob Mott - Backing Vocals/Drums
Matthew Holford - Lead Guitar
Daniel Jones - Bass Guitar
“We were bowled over by their soundcloud track “How You Feel”, which combines new wave guitars with a nifty spoken-word interlude featuring a lost Marc Bolan interview”
Matt Wilkinson, NME
“They have the look and feel of a great 90’s bands like Pulp and Kula Shaker, but with galloping doses of The Horrors and The Cure”
Nightshift Magazine
Liverpool singer/songwriter Tony Steele has returned to music with a new single 'Starting From Scratch', released on September 25th and showcasing a stripped down folk/rock sound.
Session musicians Charlie Landsborough Jnr, Laura Mackinlay, Peter Macparland and Grant Walker complete the line up of his band, The Massacre.
Tony's first band Monkey Steps, a psychedelic Scouse skiffle group, supported Alabama 3 and Pete Doherty. They also gave Catfish and the Bottlemen their first Liverpool gig when the young Welsh band opened for Monkey Steps at Liverpool's legendary Cavern Club.
Tony's lyrics are based on the three years he spent away from music drawing inspiration from the ups and downs that life has thrown at him. His new music was premiered at two gigs in London supporting Zak Starkey's band Penguins Rising and Inder Goldfinger's The Winachi Tribe, and was so well received that he has announced a UK tour, starting with a gig supporting John Power at Liverpool's Kazimier. Tony Steele and The Massacre will also be supporting Cast in Kendal, Alloa, and Paisley as well as headlining gigs in Birmingham, London, and Glasgow. The band will also be supporting John McCullough and the Escorts in Liverpool.
The Winachi Tribe have lifted a second single from their 'Time for Love' EP. 'Plant the Seed' will be released on September 25th on A1M records. The track sees the band collaborating with Julie E Gordon of Happy Mondays.
The Winachi Tribe is a collection of exceptional musicians and producers who have performed and toured with artists as diverse as Ian Brown, Black Grape, Happy Mondays, Massive Attack and The Stereo MCs. They bring together urban swagger, soul and funk to create unique electro-funk grooves; a sonic soul collective who are unrestrained by boundaries or formulas, either musically or culturally.
New single 'Plant the Seed' is featured in a new documentary 'We Own the Dance Floor', which tells the story of the Hacienda and was premiered at this year's Glastonbury Festival. The band will be embarking on a UK tour in October and in the meantime are set to play to the Portsmouth's Victorious Festival on 29th August alongside Basement Jaxx, Tinie Tempah & The Flaming Lips. The 'Time For Love' EP will be launched at Manchester’s Ruby Lounge on 27th August, with special guests, Tigerside, Ruby Tuesday & the Happy Fallen. Tickets available here.
A teaser for the video of The Winachi Tribe's performance of 'Plant the Seed' live in London's The Electric Carousel Club is available here:
http://goo.gl/h29vYE
The film captures the band giving a seminal performances in the nation’s Capital. West End glamour meets northern swagger in a melting pot of funk and soul in 100 degree heat!
