Crazy Arm - New single and live with Social Distortion

CRAZY ARM

New single: 'Tribes/Animals' bw 'Help For Heroines'
Release date: 1st August 2011
Labels: Xtra Mile Recordings (UK), Gunner Records (mainland Europe)
Formats: 7" vinyl and digital download

Devon roots-punks, Crazy Arm, release their new single, 'Tribes/Animals', in August: the first release ahead of their imminent new album, 'Union City Breath'. Already a live favourite, 'Tribes/Animals', is a song of two distinct parts, combining the band's love of Springsteen, gospel and honest punk rock. The lyrics are an indictment of man-made structures of violence and a call for a return to simpler, more ethically-centred ways of interacting. Also on the record: the voice of Victoria Butterfield (who sang on the band's last single 'Sweet Storm') and keys courtesy Patrick James Pearson. The single will coincide with the band’s debut acoustic tour in August with Cory Branan and Sam Russo. All tour dates below.

The follow-up to 2009’s dramatic debut, ‘Born To Ruin’ (‘Stunning’ KKKK Kerrang; ‘Quite brilliant’ Rock Sound; ‘Storming roots-punk debut’ Big Cheese), 'Union City Breath' is currently in the finishing stages and is being produced/engineered, once again, by Peter Miles (King Blues, The Computers, Sonic Boom Six, Dry The River) at his new studio deep in the South Devon countryside. Taking its cue from the spurious idea of the Big Society, 'Union City Breath' is a reminder that all societies are made by people and can be changed or at least challenged by people whenever they see fit. The most authoritarian of institutions and the largest of multinational corporations are still only the product of human endeavour, propped up by other people with the same global interests – they can be, will be and are dismantled if and when they continue to pose a threat and cause violence upon ordinary people.

The band are due to play Shepherds Bush Empire with Social Distortion on 7th July amongst other shows and festival appearances including 2000 Trees and Boardmasters. The album will coincide with a comprehensive tour of the UK and mainland Europe.

Tour dates:
Thurs 7th July - London, Shepherds Bush Empire (w/Social Distortion) SOLD OUT
Fri 8th July - London, The Bowery (with The Dissociates) £6.00
Sat 9th July - Voodoo Lounge, LMHR benefit
Thurs14th July - 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham, rock set (approx 4pm)
Fri 15th July - 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham, acoustic set (approx 6pm)
Sat 23rd July - Livestock Festival, near Sidmouth
Sat 6th Aug – Plymouth, Jack Chams (acoustic show)
Fri 12th Aug - Boardmasters Festival, Vans Stage (approx 7pm)
Sun 14th Aug - Manchester, Tiger Lounge (acoustic w/Cory Branan + Apologies, I Have None + Sam Russo)
Mon 15th Aug – Lincoln, venue tbc (acoustic w/Cory Branan + Sam Russo)
Tues 16th Aug - Leeds, Santiagos (acoustic w/Cory Branan + Sam Russo)
Weds 17th Aug - Nottingham, The Maze (acoustic w/Cory Branan + Sam Russo)
Thurs 18th Aug - Southsea, Edge Of The Wedge (acoustic w/Cory Branan + Sam Russo)
Fri 19th Aug - London, The Windmill (acoustic w/Cory Branan + Sam Russo)
Sat 20th Aug - Brighton, The Prince Albert (acoustic w/Cory Branan + Sam Russo)
Mon 29th Aug - Dbs festival, Bristol
Fri 9th Sept - Ivylive Festival, Ivybridge (with The King Blues + lots more)
Sun 11th Sept - Plymouth Punks Picnic

Crazy Arm, properly set up camp in mid-2006. Not easy to categorise, and all the better for it, their sound is an accumulation of decades of influence and inspiration: rooted in hardcore/punk, ‘60s protest folk/country and classic rock’n’roll, combined with a grass-roots political overview that embraces anti-war, anti-fascist and pro-community activism.

Contact / bookings:
Website: www.myspace.com/crazyarm Email: johnsycash@yahoo.co.uk
PR: anthea@presscounselpr.com Record label: www.xtramilerecordings.com / Record label: www.gunnerrecords.de

Crazy Arm - New single and December tour

CRAZY ARM

NEW SINGLE ‘AMBERTOWN’/’SWEET STORM’
DECEMBER TOUR WITH APOLOGIES I HAVE NONE

Plymouth roots-punk quartet, Crazy Arm embark on a UK tour in December with London’s Apologies I Have None. To coincide with the tour, the band will be releasing a double A-side single (7” vinyl on Gunner Records, digital format on Xtra Mile Recordings). Featuring the Springsteen-esque anthem, ‘Ambertown’, and the bluegrass-influenced ‘Sweet Storm’ – with live guest, Victoria Butterfield, on joint vocals – the single is set for release on 13th December.

Crazy Arm have had a hectic 2010 that shows no signs of letting up. They toured for three weeks as support to Frank Turner (and Chuck Ragan) throughout the UK and mainland Europe; completed a label showcase tour with The Xcerts; embarked on two further weeklong jaunts to the continent including festival appearances in Belgium and Germany; and made appearances at 2000 Trees, NASS, Leopallooza, Reading and Leeds Festivals, amongst others. They are also booking a tour of Europe for mid-January 2011 with The Cut Ups.

Debut album, ‘Born To Ruin’, is out now on Xtra Mile Recordings (Gunner Records in Europe). The band are currently working on songs for their second album, provisionally titled ‘Union City Breath’, scheduled for release in mid-2011.

Live dates in December (with Apologies I Have None):
9th Cavern, Exeter 8pm
10th Unit, Southampton £4 / £5 after 11pm (9pm - club night)
11th The Croft, Bristol £5 tickets / £6 on door (7pm)
12th Hobos, Bridgend £5 (7pm)
13th Frog & Fiddle, Cheltenham (£4/£3) 8pm
14th Scruffy Murphy’s, Birmingham £4 (7.30pm)
15th The Wildman, Norwich FREE SHOW (7pm)
16th Santiagos, Leeds £5 (7.30pm)
17th Everything Sucks, Café El Paso, London £5/£6 (8.30pm doors)
18th White Rabbit, Plymouth £4 (8pm)

What they said about ‘Born To Ruin’:
‘Stunning’ KKKK Kerrang!
‘Quite brilliant’ Rock Sound
‘Storming roots-punk debut’ Big Cheese [Best British Newcomers 2009]
‘One of the most instantly addictive albums you’ll ever hear’ Last Hours
‘Sure-fire contender for best debut album of 2009’ Rock Midgets
‘An explosive blast of glorious creativity, power and honesty’ Go2
‘They deserve to be huge’ Mass Movement
‘Born To Ruin erupts into the room’ Music Fix
‘A dramatic, intelligent and impressive debut’ Sputnik Music
‘Easily up there as album of the decade’ Allgigs

Contacts / bookings
Website: www.myspace.com/crazyarm
www.facebook.com/pages/Crazy-Arm/22316029913?ref=ts
Email: johnsycash [at]yahoo.co.uk PR: anthea[at]presscounselpr.com
Record label: www.xtramilerecordings.com

Crazy Arm @ Reading & Leeds & Against Me tour!

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PLAY READING/LEEDS FESTIVALS TOUR WITH AGAINST ME! IN OCTOBER/NOVEMBER


Plymouth roots-punk quartet, Crazy Arm, continue a busy year of touring with appearances at Reading festival on Friday 27th and Leeds festival on Sunday 29th August.

In October 2010, Crazy Arm head out on a month-long, European-wide tour with legendary Floridian politico-punks, Against Me! (plus Canada’s Fu*ked Up on all UK dates). The Euro dates take in Germany, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland and France and Italy.

The band has had a hectic 2010 that shows no signs of letting up. They toured for three weeks as support to Frank Turner (and Chuck Ragan) throughout the UK and mainland Europe; completed a label showcase tour with The Xcerts; embarked on two further weeklong jaunts to the continent including festival appearances in Belgium and Germany; and made appearances at 2000 Trees, NASS and Leopallooza festivals. They play Reading Festival on Friday 27th August, at 12.45pm on the Lock-Up Stage; and Leeds Festival on Sunday, same time, same stage. Crazy Arm will finish the year with a headline UK tour in December supported by London post-punks, The Dissociates.

Debut album, ‘Born To Ruin’, is out now on Xtra Mile Recordings (Gunner Records in Europe). The band are working on their second, as yet untitled album, in between their demanding touring schedule.

All four members are atheist, internationalist, vegetarian/vegan and support human/animal rights struggles world-wide. They consider these things important to mention even if you don’t.

You must see them live:
August
25 Reading Fest warm-up show, White Rabbit, Plymouth
27 Reading Festival, Lock Up Stage, Reading
29 Leeds Festival, Lock Up Stage, Leeds
September
5 WTFest, Unit Club, Southampton
10 Ivylive Festival, Ivybridge, Plymouth
18 Wine Vaults, Southsea Fest, Portsmouth
24 BrisFest, Bristol
October
10 Prince Albert, Brighton (with Attack! Vipers!)
22 Mo’ Live, Southampton (with Against Me!)
24 Solus, Cardiff University, Cardiff (with Against Me!)
25 O2 Academy, Bristol (with Against Me!)
26 Kasbah, Coventry (with Against Me!)
27 QMU, Glasgow (with Against Me!)
28 Rock City, Nottingham (with Against Me!)
29 Met University, Leeds (with Against Me!)
31 University Main Hall, Plymouth, Devon (with Against Me!)
November
1 Junction, Cambridge (with Against Me!)
2 O2 Academy, Oxford (with Against Me!)
3 Electric Ballroom, London (with Against Me!)

What they said about ‘Born To Ruin’:
‘Stunning’ KKKK – Kerrang!
‘Quite brilliant’ – Rock Sound
‘One of the most instantly addictive albums you’ll ever hear’ – Last Hours
‘Storming roots-punk debut’ – Big Cheese [Best British Newcomers 2009]
‘Sure-fire contender for best debut album of 2009’ – Rock Midgets
‘An explosive blast of glorious creativity, power and honesty’ – Go2
‘Easily up there as album of the decade’ – Allgigs.co.uk
‘They deserve to be huge’ – Mass Movement
‘Born To Ruin erupts into the room’ – The Music Fix
‘A dramatic, intelligent and impressive debut’ – Sputnik Music
‘Undeniably authentic and fiercely intense’ – God Is In The TV

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Record label: www.xtramilerecordings.com & www.myspace.com/xtramilerecordings

Crazy Arm - New single ‘Still To Keep' out 22nd March 2010

Jon Dailey: guitar/bass; Darren Johns: vocals/guitar; Simon Marsh: drums; Tim Rowing-Parker: bass/vocals

Crazy Arm release their third single ‘Still To Keep’ on 22nd March as a digital download and very limited 7” vinyl, to coincide with their 21-date UK and European tour with Frank Turner (and Chuck Ragan in the UK only). The 7” vinyl will be released as a split with Frank Turner’s live version of ‘Long Live The Queen’, exclusively for the tour.

Taken from the debut album ‘Born To Ruin’, the song has been a hugely popular mainstay of the band’s set throughout the past couple years, inspired at once by the crunchy pop majesty of Ted Leo and the earthy protest lore of Dick Gaughan and Phil Ochs. Despite calling out the cruel incompetence of parliament, the police and mindless patriotism, ‘Still To Keep’ proffers a world where positivity and a keen fighting spirit can prevail if we stick together and help each other out – on a personal and political level – even if the answers aren’t always forthcoming.

Crazy Arm’s debut album, 'Born To Ruin' – recorded by Pete Miles on the edge of Dartmoor – was released on Xtra Mile Recordings in June 2009 to much acclaim from fans and critics alike. The title is a celebration of history’s conscientious troublemakers as well as a respectful nod to Springsteen. The album is released on mainland Europe, through Gunner Records, on 19th March 2010.

Full CRAZY ARM tour dates:
March:
Sat 13th White Rabbit, Plymouth
Mon 15th Northumbria University, Newcastle*
Tues 16th Picture House, Edinburgh*
Weds 17th Academy, Manchester*
Thurs 18th Academy, Leeds*
Fri 19th Academy, Bristol*
Sun 21st Academy, Birmingham*
Mon 22nd UEA, Norwich*
Tues 23rd Pyramids, Portsmouth*
Weds 24th Roundhouse, London*
Sun 28th Exil, Zurich, Switzerland***
Mon 29th Universum, Stuttgart, Germany***
Tues 30th Schlachthof, Wiesbaden, Germany***
Weds 31st Uebel&Gafarhrlich, Hamburg, Germany***
April:
Thurs 1st Zakk, Dusseldorf, Germany***
Sat 3rd Lagerhaus, Bremen, Germany***
Sun 4th AB Club, Brussels, Belgium***
Mon 5th Effenaar, Eindhoven, Netherlands***
Tues 6th Tivoli, Utrecht, Netherlands***
Weds 7th Vera, Groningen, Netherlands***
Thurs 8th La Peniche Du Pianiste, Lille, France***
Fri 9th Boule Noire, Paris, France***

* w/Frank Turner & Chuck Ragan
*** w/Frank Turner only

What they said about ‘Born To Ruin’
‘Stunning’ KKKK – Kerrang!
‘Quite brilliant’ – Rock Sound
‘Best New Band’ of 2009 award – Big Cheese
‘Sure-fire contender for best debut album of 2009’ – Rock Midgets
‘An explosive blast of glorious creativity, power and honesty’ – Go2
‘They deserve to be huge’ – Mass Movement
‘Born To Ruin erupts into the room’ – The Music Fix
‘A dramatic, intelligent and impressive debut’ – Sputnik Music

www.myspace.com/crazyarm

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Crazy Arm - Debut album 'Broken By The Wheel'

Debut single ‘Broken By The Wheel’ (Xtra Mile Recordings) Released: 25th May 2009 Debut album ‘Born To Ruin’ (Xtra Mile Recordings) Released: 8th June 2009

Ask anyone and they’ll tell you that Plymouth hard-twang roots-punks, Crazy Arm’s debut album has been a long time coming. Not through want of trying, of course. In late-2006 the band headed into a local studio to bang an album into shape. A year later, and with an arsenal of new songs, they decided to scrap the recordings and start again. Another year later, and with another clutch of new songs, they reluctantly called a halt to proceedings and started afresh, for the third time, with Peter Miles (Sonic Boom Six, The King Blues, Failsafe) at the controls. The fact that his newly assembled studio was only 20 miles up the road, in the middle of a beautiful forest that backed onto Dartmoor, sweetened the deal somewhat.

The result is ‘Born To Ruin’. A debut album that sounds nothing like it would have done three years ago when the band were still in the embryonic stages, and perhaps nothing like it would have done if it hadn’t been recorded in such idyllic surroundings, where pheasants strolled around the grounds and vegan curries were mandatory. Not easy to categorise, and all the better for it, ‘Born To Ruin’ is an aural accumulation of years and years of influence and inspiration: rooted in hardcore/punk, ‘60s protest folk and timeless rock’n’roll. Of course, you may not actually hear the likes of Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Hűsker Dű, Crass or Gene Vincent but it’s all in there somewhere, adding weight and depth to songs that are as different from each other as they are from any other self-proclaimed punk band you care to mention.

But make no mistake. This is still a punk rock record. In the same way that ‘London Calling’ by The Clash, ‘The Argument’ by Fugazi and ‘Under The Fog’ by The King Blues are punk rock records. They don’t scream their ideas at you, they’re steeped in inventive melodies, and they spill over into many other styles but they are records that stand out as punk classics because of, not in spite of, their willingness to side-step punk stereotypes. For instance, ‘Blind Summit’ and ‘Broken By The Wheel’ may be dynamic country-punk anthems – all slide guitars and self-confession, but ‘Christ In Concrete’ and ‘Asphalt’ harness the dark brooding tones of 16 Horsepower. ‘Reassure Me’ may pack a melodic hardcore punch, but ‘International Front’ – a slight upon imperialist wars – and ‘Henry Fabian Flynn’ pay tribute to the protest song of Dick Gaughan, Pete Seeger, Phil Ochs, et al. Elsewhere, live favourites like the galloping ‘Still To Keep’ call to mind the sub-pop sensibilities of Ted Leo or The Replacements, while the title track, and album centre-piece, is an epic celebration of history’s conscientious trouble-makers that wouldn’t have sounded out of place on ‘Physical Graffiti’. All told, ‘Born To Ruin’ is an embarrassment of riches full of stories told from a grass-roots perspective. And for a debut album, it’s something of a true revelation.

The band head out on a UK tour in June (confirmed dates below) to promote the album and are planning a European tour for August. Members are all vegetarian/vegan, atheist, internationalist and support human and animal rights struggles worldwide.

CONFIRMED TOUR DATES FOR JUNE
2nd Cavern, Exeter with NEW BRUISES £3
6th Hobos, Bridgend with A NEW DAY - FREE SHOW!
7th Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth with ASTPAI FREE SHOW
8th TBC
9th Farmhouse, Canterbury with RENTOKILL £5
10th TBC
11th King Alfs, Southampton with NEW BRUISES £5
12th White Rabbit, Plymouth with FAILSAFE - FREE SHOW!
14th Prince Albert, Brighton with LEMURIA £5
15th Norwich Marquee
16th Portland Arms, Cambridge
17th Purple Turtle, London with MISCHIEF BREW £5
18th Evolution, Worcester
19th The Xoo Club, Peterborough with LAUGHING IN THE FACE OF £3
20th White Rooms w/BROKEN FEW + more Sunderland
21st Cricketers w/SOUNDS OF SWAMI Keighley
22nd TBC w/SOUNDS OF SWAMI + more Leeds (tbc)
23rd TBC w/SOUNDS OF SWAMI + more Manchester (tbc)

All doors are at 8pm

www.myspace.com/crazyarm

REVIEWS OF DEMO EP ‘CROSS COUNTRY’
"Here we have a new band that sounds like a grizzled, road-hardy bunch of musicians singing for their supper, such is the inherent power and dirty glory of their songwriting. They should be standing on some huge stages sooner rather than later." punktastic.com "Powerful, progressive, political and inspirational. An immense, energy-fuelled, life-affirming statement of intent yet fragile, honest and heartfelt at the same time." The Fly "Crazy Arm bring hooks and edgy guitars aplenty on 'Cross Country'… I dripped drool all over the keyboard just thinking about a proper full-length." absolutepunk.net "The live energy they muster is immense. Straddling the margins between a punky militancy and folk fragility, they can spit out a tight, snarling, ballsy anthem and break your heart at the same time. Indeed, out of the strong came forth sweetness." 247