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ABoF presents A Genuine Freakshow’s upcoming single - Our Bodies / New Houses
Following on from the success of their UK tour, and their previous single, Hopscotch Machine Gun Madness, Reading-based A Genuine Freakshow are back with the third single - the double A-side Our Bodies / New Houses.
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 this summer, including the BBC Introducing stages at this year's Reading and Leeds Festivals, they plan to spend the autumn of 2011 touring the UK in support of the upcoming single.
A Genuine Freakshow are active members in the Featured Artists Coalition and firm believers in the "On Air, On Sale" campaign; despite the September release date, this double A-side is available to download now as individual tracks taken from their debut album, Oftentimes, with the B-side JME D (Jamie Willcox of Pure Reason Revolution) remix of previous single Hopscotch Machine Gun Madness available from the release date.
The band are giving away a four track sampler, taken from their album, Oftentimes.
You can download it by visiting their official site and submitting your details.
Our Bodies / New Houses will be released on MP3 via Peartree Records on September 26th 2011.
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ABoF News Round Up Vol. 1
So much news goes out on a daily basis from ABoF HQ, we thought we'd round it up all here in one lovely news story. Our ABoF news round-up will happen every Friday afternoon including a mixture of what's been going on with our artists, what's gone up on our blog and any ABoF related stirrings.Label Love
This week, the UK was gripped by riots up and down the country. Thousands of people have been affected, and several small businesses may have to shut up shop for good - and all because of some opportunistic looters smashing up anything in their path.
The PIAS distribution centre in Enfield was burnt down during these riots and many of Britain's indie labels lost valuable stock.
Two people that are particularly close to ABoF's heart are Dan Salter (Echoes And Dust) and Hannah Morgan (Rumour Cubes), who, early in the hours of Tuesday morning, started a Twitter campaign that quickly went viral. They're the people behind the LabelLove - a PIAS Benefit.
We interviewed them on our blog this week to find out more about the campaign.
An Endless Room: Exclusive competition on MTV!
MTV UK have posted up an exclusive competition to win two peak recording sessions at An Endless Room - the iconic music studio based in Primrose Hill, London.
The competition closes on 30th September 2011.Bands and musicians can enter the competition via the MTV UK website.
ABoF bands make some noise!
The Blood Arm only just released their second album Turn And Face Me. Over the last week the band have seen a whirlwind of brilliant reviews and great covering from magazines like Uncut, WORD, Big Cheese and Q with more to follow!
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The "Scots massive" have also been doing particularly well. IndianRedLopez released their debut album Empty Your Lungs And Breathe whilst Esperi released The EP.
Press for all our bands can be found on our artists' profile pages.
Coming up!
In the next week look out for the return of A Genuine Freakshow, releasing a brand news single Our Bodies / New Houses. Plus electro rockers The Unkindness of Ravens bring news of their double A-side offering Virus | Viper.
Keith Top Of The Pops & His Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band release debut album Fuck You! I'm Keith Top Of The Pops.
We'll also be introducing new artists Mausi and Sweet Baboo to the ABoF roster.
Plus exciting news about Last.fm's last pop-up show of the summer. We'll announce the Mercury Award nominated band next week. The session will take please on the 22nd August.
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Panic Dots review IndianRedLopez
You'll be pleased to hear that another great review of IndianRedLopez' debut album, Empty Your Lungs And Breathe has just landed on our desks.
Panic Dots couldn't get enough of the album, praising the production and hailing each track as strong enough to release as a standalone single. Be sure to check out the full review.
If you can't see the waveform for album track "K.Y.S", listen to it, and download it from the ABoF SoundCloud page.
IndianRedLopez - K.Y.S by abadgeoffriendship
Check out the video for album track "Ropes" on the band's official YouTube page.
IndianRedLopez' debut album, Empty Your lungs and Breathe, was released via CeaselStop on August 4th 2011. You can buy the album on CD for £8 from the band's official site.
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Marina Celeste interviewed by GaydarNation.
Press for Marina Celeste's enchanting album , The Angel Pop, is still going strong.
GaydarNation recently got in touch with the french singer/songwriter to chat about the process behind her album, the best piece of advice she's been given as an artist and an infamous on stage play-fight that caused the French press to dub it "Le Show Lesbien". Be sure to check out the full interview.
You can watch the video for Marina's remixed album track, "Under My Skin", on YouTube.
You can also download the track from the ABoF SoundCloud page.
Marina Celeste - Under My Skin by abadgeoffriendship
The Angel Pop is released via Cam-Ly Records and can be bought on iTunes for £7.99
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An Endless Room: Exclusive MTV competition!
Today, MTV have launched an exclusive competition for An Endless Room on their website. Bands and musicians entering will have the chance to win two peak recording sessions at the iconic Primrose Hill studios. All you have to do is answer a very simple question and fill in your details via the form on MTV's website.
Good luck!
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