NEWS

'Ternion' from the Latin for a group of three is the second album from We Have Band. Following one of the most gruelling tour schedules, the album is less frivolous than its predecessor.

Produced by Luke Smith (Clor, Foals) at Flesh and Bone studios, London, it is a more reflective and honest work which retains their irresistable sense of rhythm. For more information head along to We Have Band's website.

[We Have Band's 'Where are Your People' from the forthcoming album 'Ternion']

Teenage Fanclub (Domino Publishing) singer, songwriter and bassist, Gerard Love releases a new album on 2nd April 2012 under the moniker 'Lightships'. Love has also collaborated with Domino's own The Pastels (Domino Publishing).   

Deciding that the key to the sound of the record would be tremolo, delay and flute, Glasgow-based friends were brought together to play on the record: Dave McGowan (guitar, Teenage Fanclub), Brendan O'Hare(drums, from the first incarnation of Teenage Fanclub), Tom Crossley (flute,International Airport and The Pastels) and Bob Kildea (bass, Belle & Sebastian).

Electric Cables is an album of tender, observational songs, played with an invigorating and easy sense of purpose; the sound of friends enjoying one another’s company and allowing ideas and experiments to flourish.   

Fránçois & The Atlas Mountains 'Les Plus Beaux' (currently playlisted at 6 Music) filmed by Edward DeVere, WATCH IT HERE.

Click HERE for a video of Francois performing a live version of album track, Slow Love, in the band’s rehearsal space in Saintes, France.

UPCOMING UK LIVE DATES:

27/01: Bristol - Motocycle Showroom 

01/02: Reading – South Street Arts Centre  

02/02: London - Shepherds Bush Empire (supportingKing Creosote &Jon Hopkins)

With comparisons as broad as Roy Orbison and Liz Fraser, to Elvis and Dead Can Dance, the sound of Genuflex is certainly hard to define. One thing that is clear, as the name suggests, is that anyone who does hear the debut EP ‘Bludevotion’ is likely to be transfixed by the beguiling music of Genuflex, AKA Finn Vine.  Further testament to his unique style came when he was asked to provide one of the standout covers on the recent David Bowie tribute album We Were So Turned On, alongside more prominent artists like Duran Duran and John Frusciante. 

Initially confined to Finn’s bedroom with no intention of being played to anyone, Finn created a crooner called Genuflex, a persona through which he could fully explore the almost monastic solitude of the creative process. Using only his laptop, Finn indulged himself in making the arrangements as grand or as minimal as he pleased, while also submitting entirely to his emotions in the lyrics. Writing, recording, producing and playing everything himself, Genuflex was born out of this solitary ritual, a divine moment alone.

What resulted is a sublime and original sound, at once bold and artful yet with melodies that soar. With subject matter that ranges from heartache and loss, to obsession and fate, Finn’s voice cuts through these huge themes and elevates them to a truly heavenly level. ‘Bludevotion’ meditates on yearning over menacing swathes of synth bass, while ‘I’ll Wander On’ is unlike anything else around. A skewed take on blue-eyed soul emblazoned with distortion, Finn’s vocal is hypnotic as he sings of a broken heart. The effect is mesmerising.

Genuflex conjures up some of the great artists of our time; the dramatic torch song anguish of Scott Walker and David Lynch’s surreal agony of life, without neglecting the pop nous found in Talk Talk, Berlin era Bowie and Cocteau Twins. Genuflex achieves that rare mix of raw emotional renderings with a modern dynamic.

LIVE - 9TH NOVEMBER 2011- THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS

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