The best unsigned bands in the uk, and how to find them!
TOTAL VICTORY
FACTORY KIDS
The quartet from Manchester way seem to have built their sound around relentlessness. Whether it’s the monotonous, yet urgent delivery of the lead vocal, the driving instrumentation or The Fall-esque repetition, this holds the attention. It all sounds unrepentant about its intentions to drive directly into your brain. Their debut album from earlier this year, The Pyramid of Privilege, is four years in the making. I think it’s fair to award them their trophy now before they get angry again.
http://totalvictory.bandcamp.com
The fuzzy pop of Factory Kids, made up of the duo Christie Marie and Tim Chaplin, gently laps at our aural shores rather than surfing on huge rips. Whispering sonics, distant piano, dribs and drabs of guitar and Tim’s (occasionally lacklustre) vocal on evocative tracks like Lighthouse and See Sister? as well as the almighty drones of Oh, My and Beaus & Belles, there’s a lot to enjoy. Of course, they get better as they turn up the chaos and white noise but that they can quieten down makes them all the better. Check out their latest, Blurred, and their previous longplayer FK 3rd.
http://factorykids.bandcamp.com
THESE ARE FLASHES ARE SAVAGE AND EXHILARATING… THEY GO STRAIGHT FOR THE JUGULAR!
BATTERY HENS
Four piece from Portsmouth makes loud music. That’s essentially it. Their fuzz riffs have squeals of feedback and images of needles in the red contained within them. There’s a slight feel of dance influences somewhere in there but more of the Black Dice and Venetian Snares variety. They have a handful of tracks on their Soundcloud which show off their different degrees of noisiness, but with this grand start, there’s sure to be some excellent stuff on the way in the future.
http://soundcloud.com/battery-hens
www.playmusicpickup.co.uk 439
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