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The Blood Arm rock The 405
The Blood Arm are doing very well this week with everyone from Clash Magazine to This Is Fake DIY featuring the video for their single Relentless Love online. The single is the first taken from the band's forthcoming album Turn And Face Me, which is out Monday (July 4th 2011).
Our good friends over at The 405 have also featured the video for Relentless Love on their website - make sure you go check it out now!
The band are also giving away the album track "Introducing Randy Newman" on our Soundcloud page.
The Blood Arm - Introducing Randy Newman by abadgeoffriendship
For more information on The Blood Arm or our PR services, please email info@abadgeoffriendship.com.
Geeks love The Blood Arm!
Our good friends over at Geeks.co.uk have today posted up the free track "Introducing Randy Newman" from The Blood Arm's forthcoming album Turn And Face Me.
Turn And Face Me is the second album to be released by the band and is out on Monday (4th July 2011). The album has already received a respectable 7/10 from Loud & Quiet magazine with more to come from The Fly, Rock Sound, Uncut and Drowned in Sound in the coming months. The guys are also giving away the track on WORD Magazine's covermount CD, out end of July.
The band released their first single from Turn And Face Me this week, the track Relentless Love. You can watch the video for the single on YouTube.
For more information on The Blood Arm or our PR services, please email info@abadgeoffriendship.com.
Free MP3s from A Badge of Friendship!
We're exactly 6-months into 2011 now - we can't believe it! But instead of dwelling on how fast the time's gone, we're celebrating this busy year by giving away some MP3s from some of our bands' forthcoming releases.Below, you'll be able to download freebies from The Blood Arm, Knifeworld, IndianRedLopez, Marina Celeste and Roxanne de Bastion. So whether your into prog, off-kilter indie rock or dreamy pop, we've covered all bases!
We're always uploading new free downloadable tracks onto our Soundcloud page, so remember to keep checking there for the latest updates.
The Blood Arm - "Introducing Randy Newman"
The Blood Arm are returning to the UK with brand new album, Turn And Face Me. The band are giving away album track, "Introducing Randy Newman", as a free download, which will also be featured in the next issue of Word Magazine's covermount CD.
Turn And Face Me a cracking 7/10 review in Loud & Quiet Magazine, and the animated video for their latest single, Relentless Love, was featured on Clash Magazine's website.
They're also no strangers to hearing their music appear on screen, having already been featured in the blockbuster creature feature Cloverfield as well as US Television sensations The OC, Gossip Girl and the US version of Shameless.
Turn And Face Me will be released via Pau! / Snowhite on 4th July 2011.
If you can't see the stream for album track "Introducing Randy Newman" below, listen to it on the ABoF SoundCloud page.
The Blood Arm - Introducing Randy Newman by abadgeoffriendship
Knifeworld - "Pilot Her"
Knifeworld is the vehicle for Kavus Torabi's unique and progressive psychedelic songwriting. Torabi, former frontman for The Monsoon Bassoon and guitarist in Cardiacs and Guapo, initially conceived Knifeworld as a solo outing but following the critically acclaimed 2009 release of debut album Buried Alone: Tales Of Crushing Defeat, he expanded the project into a full six piece band.
Their forthcoming EP, Dear Lord, No Deal, has already picked up some great features from the likes of Rock A Rolla, with more to come in the following months from acclaimed music website TheQuietus and specialist prog magazine Classic Rock Prog.
Explosive opening track "Pilot Her" marries the opposing forces of breakneck punk rock with a blend of farfisa, rhodes, saxophone and bassoon in an urgent, melodic paeon to music. Soaring bittersweet vocal harmonies and knotty rhythms collide in Knifeworld's most direct and immediate song thus far.
Dear Lord, No Deal is due to be released digitally on 4th July 2011, via Believers Roast.
If you can't see the stream for EP track "Pilot Her" below, listen to it on the ABoF SoundCloud page.
Knifeworld - Pilot Her by abadgeoffriendship
Marina Celeste - "Under My Skin"
Originally discovered at 22 by Marc Collin, of Nouvelle Vague fame, French pop starlet Marina Celeste is no stranger to taking the spotlight, having toured the world and selling over half a million records during the course of her career.
She was described as having "...the voice of an angel." by Le Parisien.
The Angel Pop is Marina's third solo album, and sees her collaborating with the legendary Terry Hall (The Specials, Fun Boy Three). She originally met Terry while duetting with him on the Nouvelle Vague track “Our Lips Are Sealed”, which led the pair to reunite in Paris.
"Under My Skin" is one of Marina's original tracks taken from the album, and showcases the juxtaposition of intense sensuality and innocence her vocal style embodies.
The Angel Pop is released via Camly Records on July 4th.
If you can't see the stream for album track "Under My Skin" below, listen to it on the ABoF SoundCloud page.
Marina Celeste - Under My Skin by abadgeoffriendship
Roxanne de Bastion - "Indie Electro Pop"
Roxanne de Bastion grew up in Berlin where she began her love affair with music and performance at the tender age of ten. She moved over to the UK in 2007, equipped only with a guitar and a one-way ticket, and she's never looked back. Her previous single One Morning was accompanied by an enchanting video, shot in her hometown of Berlin, and was extremely well received by BBC 6 Music.
Her self titled EP will be released via Zube Records on July 4th, but to give fans a taster of what to expect, she's giving away the first track - "Indie Electro Pop" - absolutely free.
You can also check out the song's music video on Zube's YouTube page.
If you can't see the waveform for "Indie Electro Pop" below, listen to it on Roxanne's official Bandcamp page.
IndianRedLopez - "K.Y.S."
IndianRedLopez's debut album, Empty Your Lungs And Breathe has already picked up some promising reviews ahead of it's August release, with The Skinny declaring that the band "...have delivered a debut album which amounts to more than the sum of its parts".
To let you get a taster of things to come, the band are releasing album track, "K.Y.S." as a free download. If you can't see the waveform below, listen to the track, and download it, from our SoundCloud page.
IndianRedLopez - K.Y.S by abadgeoffriendship
Empty Your Lungs and Breathe is released via Cease|Stop on August 4th 2011.
Indian Red Lopez Featured on Extreme Listening Mode!
IndianRedLopez have been featured on Extreme Listening Mode.
With the band due to release their debut album, Empty Your Lungs and Breathe, the lovely folks over at Extreme Listening Mode have been kind enough to include a sneak peak of the record, with a stream of the track K.Y.S..
Empty Your lungs and Breathe is released via CeaselStop on August 4th 2011.
If you'd like more information about this, our PR services or anything else, please email info@abadgeoffriendship.com
The Blood Arm: “Relentless Love” video on This Is Fake DIY
Having only just released their video for "Relentless Love" this week, The Blood Arm have already been causing quite a bit of noise online. "Relentless Love" is the first single to be taken from their forthcoming album Turn And Face Me, which is out next Monday (July 4th 2011).
This Is Fake DIY have featured the video for "Relentless Love" on their website. You can also download the free track "Introducing Randy Newman" which also features on the forthcoming album.
For more information about The Blood Arm or our PR services, please email info@abadgeoffriendship.com.