A Genuine Freakshow

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“A seven-piece experimental post-everything pop bonanza, and as you'll hear, A Genuine Freakshow are even better than that. What an absolutely marvellous band." – Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music

A Genuine Freakshow are an artful blend of pop sensibility, icy soundscapes and blistering walls of noise. Their sound, while impressively focused, covers a range of musical staples, with the group letting influences from Mew to Sigur Ros and The National surface throughout. With a line-up that adds violin, cello and trumpet to the standard rock four-piece of guitar, bass, drums and vocals, their live shows are a master class in how to do epic without slipping into pompous.

Having existed in several incarnations since as early as 2005, the band arrived at their current seven-piece line-up in late 2008, which saw them begin touring and recording in earnest. After a dozen festival appearances in the summer of 2011, including the BBC Introducing stages at this year's Reading and Leeds Festivals, they spent the autumn touring the UK in support of their single, Our Bodies / New Houses, which was released on MP3 via Peartree Records on September 26th 2011.