Tuesday, 29 December 2009

The Strange Death of Liberal England


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A band I have followed for a while now after seeing them support I LIKE TRAINS on tour many times... They have one album, Forward March (LINK) and are currently recording number two. You can download a new song for free by going here.

Below you can download their first self-released EP, a few tracks later would appear on Forward March in some version.

Review: (thanks go here) The band hail from Portsmouth and include Adam Woolway, Andrew Wright, Andrew Summerly, Kelly Jones & Will Charlton. Their unbelievably clamorous, vibrant and brilliant debut EP Forward March! comes out tomorrow (well it's been out two years now!) on Fantastic Plastic Records. Warning! This is not soft-rock.

The Strange Death Of Liberal England sound like almost nothing before them. Sure, you can spot some Arcade Fireisms, Poguesisms, Pixieisms, some Radioheadisms and Joy Divisionisms and some Joe Strummerism/Billy Braggisms in the mix, however vocalist Adam Woolway has such a damnly uniquely skewed voice. And their ambitious, howling, raging youthfulness makes way for some intense epic, singalong-anthem styled-guitar rave-ups and over the top performances. And when they really get going they sound like an art-goth My Bloody Valentine (huh?). The latest rage? I hope so. Somebody give me a towel.

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