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Monday, 16 February 2009

Random Hand - Release new Album ‘Inhale/Exhale’

RANDOM HAND from Keighley in West Yorkshire are tearing up the UK scene, exploding across the nation's dancefloors with their ferocious in your face ska-punk-metal mash-up. Drawing influences from four very different but totally compatible individuals, hooked on the buzz they create as a unit, Random Hand have been taking on all comers and playing alongside the likes of Sonic Boom Six, Leftover Crack, Mustard Plug, Agnostic Front, The King Blues and Skindred, building a solid and ever increasing following with their intense and dynamic shows.

May 2007 saw the release of the band’s debut album, 'Change of Plan' on Riot Music to great reviews and a summer of constant touring including the Rebellion and City Invasion festivals and cumulating with a triumphant set headlining the Topman Unsigned stage at the Leeds Carling Weekend. The year ended with the band on tour with skapunk legends the Voodoo Glow Skulls, impressing the Glow Skulls enough to be invited to join the band on tour in America in Spring 2008, followed immediately by dates in the UK with Sonic Boom Six and Big D & The Kids Table and heading into another busy summer capped with two storming sets opening the Lock Up Stage at the Reading & Leeds festivals, before finishing the year as guests of Streetlight Manifesto across the country.

RANDOM HAND's 2nd album, ‘Inhale/Exhale’ is set for a February European release on ‘Rebel Alliance Recordings’ with a U.S.A release to follow late Spring, accompanied by almost constant touring throughout the year. You can preview their album live when they tour throughout January and the album release coincides with the band's guest spot on Reel Big Fish's February UK tour. Dates for the tour are as follows:

FEBRUARY
1ST THE COCKPIT LEEDS
6TH COMMUNITY CENTRE ALTON
& on tour with Reel Big Fish
09th CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION
10th SHEFFIELD CORPORATION
11th NORWICH UEA
12th PETERBOROUGH CRESSET
13th BIRMINGHAM CARLING ACADEMY
14th MANCHESTER ACADEMY
15th LIVERPOOL CARLING ACADEMY
16th NEWCASTLE CARLING ACADEMY
17th LEEDS CARLING ACADEMY
18th EDINBURGH PICTURE HOUSE
19th NOTTINGHAM ROCK CITY
20th BRISTOL CARLING ACADEMY
21st OXFORD CARLING ACADEMY
22nd FALMOUTH PRINCESS PAVILLIONS
23rd EXETER LEMON GROVE
24th CARDIFF SOLUS
25th SOUTHAMPTON GUILDHALL
26th NORTHAMPTON ROADMENDER
27th LONDON FORUM

This is the dawning of a new era, strap yourself in and hang on tight, it's going to be a wild ride!
www.myspace.com/randomhand

"A punk rock mashup that will have you moshing one minute and skanking the next. Triumph awaits for Random Hand." - Big Cheese Magazine

"The band's ability to show their varied musical influences shines through consistently, making for an extremely interesting and ultimately enjoyable listening experience. So whether you like brassy ska-punk ('Snakes and Ladders') or something a little more aggressive (most of the other songs) there will be something for you on this record. One of the UK's best underground bands, hopefully this will help them get the credit they deserve." - Punktastic.com

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"Random Hand entices an entire dance floor assembly, serving a concoction of metal, punk and ska. Considering the early time the sheer number of people pogoing from opener 'Answers' to closer 'Anthropology' is a sight to behold. Who says all Londoners stand about with their arms crossed?" - www.skacommunity.co.uk

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Hundred Reasons - 2009 tour and brand new album!

National treasures Hundred Reasons return to action this spring with their first tour in fourteen months.
The dates coincide with the re-release of their fourth album 'Quick The Word, Sharp The Action' on 30th March 2009 through the band's own label / PIAS, which garnered rave reviews on its short-lived original release. The reissue will feature brand new packaging and will also include four previously unreleased songs, 'Stalemate', 'Punctuality's Greatest Enemy', 'A Little Way Back' and 'The Prance'.
The fast paced, frenetic album highlight ‘I’ll Never Know’ will be released as a single on 16th March.

You can catch their legendary incendiary live shows at the following places:

MARCH
28 Bristol Academy II
29 Birmingham Academy II
30 Sheffield Corporation
31 Derby Rockhouse
APRIL
01 Manchester Moho Live
03 Edinburgh Liquid Rooms
04 Newcastle Academy II
05 Oxford Academy II
06 London Islington Academy

The band are currently writing and demo-ing new material for their fifth studio album.

"Takes their well-honed pop suss into myriad new directions... Long may they continue." KKKK Kerrang!

"This is a band that hold a place of genuine affection and still make music of brilliance and hope." 4/5 The Sun

"Quick The Word…is the unlikeliest return to form since Beckham's England recall."
4/5 Uncut

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The Maybes? - New Single ‘Trick Of The Light’ and UK Tour

“Massive classic pop (like Beach Boys covering The Who) it’ll give you the same thrill as when you first heard Oasis or Arctic Monkeys. The best new rock band around…definitely Maybes?” News Of The World

Liverpool’s finest export The Maybes? get 2009 underway with details of a new single and a co-headline tour of the UK.
The sublime ‘Trick Of The Light’ will be released digitally on 30th March through Xtra Mile Recordings. A live favourite, the song soars with sentiment and heartfelt lyrics with haunting guitar parts and their trademark cascading harmonies – the band at their powerful best.

You can catch their compelling tour de force live performances when they go on a co-headline tour with fellow rising stars Club Smith.

Full dates are:
MARCH
26 Glasgow King Tuts
28 Whitley Bay, Trojan Rooms
31 Manchester Ruby Lounge

APRIL
01 Leeds Cockpit
02 Derby, The Royal
03 Liverpool, Academy 2
04 Portsmouth Cellars
06 Southampton Hamptons
07 Brighton Freebutt
08 Birmingham Hare & Hounds
09 Nottingham Bodega
10 London Borderline
Tickets are £6
Except Liverpool which is £7

It is the latest single to be taken from their incredible debut album ‘Promise’, released in the autumn of last year ‘Promise’ is a fiery explosion of emotionally driven power pop, contemporary narrative and pure dance euphoria, not only is it an album that showcases the band’s roots and influences but also their phenomenal musical flair. Produced by internationally revered producer Head whose back catalogue includes Massive Attack and PJ Harvey, ‘Promise’ is a sonic assault to excite the senses and invigorate the psyche, a beautiful vision that does not adhere to any here-today-gone-tomorrow scene.

“Jingle-jangle pop perfection from Liverpool. More, please.” - The Sunday Times
“The Definitelys, anyone?” – NME

www.myspace.com/themaybesliverpool * www.xtramilerecordings.com *
www.myspace.com/xtramilerecordings

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The Xcerts - New single and debut album

The Xcerts kick start 2009 with their incredible new single ‘Crisis In The Slow Lane’ out on 9th March through Xtra Mile/King Tuts Recordings.
Building on their ability to write catchy and emotive distorted pop ‘Crisis In The Slow Lane’ boasts delicate verses that lead perfectly into huge, soaring choruses. Intelligently written it is a song that showcases this young band’s promising talent, setting the scene for an exciting year ahead.

‘Crisis…’ is the first single to be taken from their eagerly awaited debut album ‘In The Cold Wind We Smile’ due out 23rd March on new label home Xtra Mile Recordings. The band recorded the album in North Wales with legendary producer Dave Eringa whose previous work includes Manic Street Preachers, Ash, 3 Colours Red and Idlewild. The final result is an album that stands tall among the band’s peers. An album that can caress you with harmonious vocals one minute and rip your face off with its riff laden hard-edge guitars and drums the next!

Having spent a lot of 2008 on the road touring with the likes of Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly, Twin Atlantic, Feeder and Fight Like Apes, The Xcerts have become a formidable live band with an ever increasing fervent fan-base.
You can catch them live throughout February when they hit the road with up and coming Scottish quartet Copy Haho

FEBRUARY
2 Sneaky Pete’s Edinburgh
3 Café Drummonds Aberdeen
4 Mad Hatters Inverness
5 Dog House Dundee
6 White Room Sunderland
8 Club 85 Hitchin
9 Boiler Room Guildford
10 Hamptons Southampton
11 Old Blue Last London
13 Tap ‘n’ Tin Chatham
14 Marquee Hertford
15 Barfly Cardiff
16 Feb White Rabbit Plymouth
17 Feb Cavern Exeter
27 Freebutt Brighton
MARCH
8 King Tuts Single Launch Party Glasgow

www.myspace.com/thexcerts

“Nothing short of astonishing” – Kerrang!
“Ludicrously Punchy” – Steve Lamacq
“...accessible, anthemic and full of the kind of bluster that makes the best young bands so vital and exciting.” - Metro
“Rock Sound reckons they're definitely ones to watch” - Rock Sound

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Tellison - London Headline show and Remix Album

One of Britain’s most promising new talents are playing London’s Kings College venue on 12th February at what is set to be an incredible night of music.
Teaming up with fellow rising stars Canterbury, Loverman and Super Tennis, Tellison will be headlining Kings College at a 14+ show in the lead up to the release of their Remix album “Contact! Contact! Remixed”

Tellison have shared stages with the likes of Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Good Shoes, I Was A Cub Scout, Dartz!, Hundred Reasons, Hell Is For Heroes, Spitalfield, Fightstar, Kubicheck! Gallows, Dave House, TANAOU, Spy Versus Spy, Walter Shriefels, Meet Me in St Louis, Emmy The Great and many more. All this touring has enabled them to perfect their catchy power pop/rock and hone their skills as a tight unit capable of incendiary live performances.

Kings College line up:
Tellison www.myspace.com/tellison
Canterbury www.myspace.com/canterbury
Loverman www.myspace.com/lovermantheband
Super Tennis www.myspace.com/supertennislovesyou

2008 saw the release of Tellison’s debut album ‘Contact! Contact!’ an album packed full of massive hooks, passionate melodies and brilliant independent pop songs that won the hearts of fans and critics all over the country. Following the demand from fans who wanted to remix these songs, Tellison handed over raw, unmixed versions of the album tracks and allowed them all to be taken off in new directions. Slowly these new versions came filtering back and amazed by the results the band decided to compile the best and release a remixed album.
Stunningly limited and lovingly packaged in a remixed version of the original album artwork "Contact! Contact! Remixed" including ‘Wasps Nest’ is available through the band's own label for as long as stocks last.

"This band are destined for great things Superb." - Rock Sound
"Expect to hear much, much more from these rising heroes in the future." - Kerrang!
“With their jerky dance- punk rhythms smoothed out into melodic choruses the trio pose the best kind of dilemma – should we try and dance or concentrate on learning the words?” NME
"Tellison deserve to rule the world." - The Fly

KINGS COLLEGE LONDON STUDENT UNION
Macadam Building, Surrey Street, London WC2R 2NS
Tickets are: £8 adv
www.banquetrecords.com/index.jsp?item=10432
www.seetickets.com & www.livenation.co.uk & www.gigantic.com

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