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Talons album, Hollow Realm, reviewed by This Is Fake DIY
There's a been bit of a double whammy this Tuesday morning for Talons new album, Hollow Realm, with a cracking review from This Is Fake DIY, and RCRD LBL giving away a free download of album track "Peter Pan".
"In what surely must be one of the albums of the year, this is exhilarating music at its utter best."
- This Is Fake DIY
Check out the full review HERE, and download the free MP3 HERE.
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Wayter single, Cheese Sandwich, made Classic Rock mag’s Bonus Track of the Day.
Proving that EVERYBODY likes a Cheese Sandwich, Classic Rock Magazine have made Wayter's new single their Bonus Track of the Day!
"Rapidly becoming alt. rock heroes. . ." - Classic Rock Magazine
Download Cheese Sandwich for free HERE.
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Artrocker Magazine review the new single from Tango In The Attic
Sketch By Quentin Blake, the new single from Tango In The Attic, has barely been out 24 hours, and it's already pulling in the reviews. Artrocker Magazine gave the single a listen and awarded it 3.5 stars.
". . .a carefree spirit designed to make you say 'YEAH!' - Artrocker Magazine
Check out the full review HERE.
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Released today: Talons, Tango in the Attic and Wayter!
We are ending the year on a high with three brilliant and very different releases from Talons, Tango in the Attic and Wayter. This marks the end of an extremely busy year for us here at ABoF HQ; from a plethora of successful releases, to event management of the Geek of the Year Awards, the launch of ABoF TV and a succession of fun DJ gigs (Empire, Q and MOJO aftershows), we're definitely a little more than excited about 2011 now!
Read on below for more information about this week's releases, free MP3 downloads and videos. If you'd like a digital promo of anything you read about here, please email info@abadgeoffriendship.com. We have some physical promo copies available too but these are very limited.
Talons - Hollow Realm
Talons release their debut album Hollow Realm today via Big Scary Monsters. This album has been causing a storm amongst the alt-rock press with the band grabbing a huge feature in this month's Rock Sound magazine, brilliant reviews on Drowned in Sound and the BBC's website with more to come from respected rock and metal magazines Metal Hammer, Rock A Rolla and Classic Rock Prog. The boys also feature in CMU's CMU Approved 2010
The track "Peter Pan" from the album is available to stream and download for free from the link below. If you can't see the Soundcloud waveform, just click HERE.
Talons - Peter Pan by abadgeoffriendship
The album is available to buy via iTunes for £7.99 or Amazon for £8.99.
Tango in the Attic - Sketch By Quentin Blake
After a very successful debut album - Bank Place Locomotive Society - Tango in the Attic end the year on a high with their brilliant second single taken from the album, Sketch By Quentin Blake. In fact, the album did so well over the summer it propelled the band to the number one spot in the Amazon Indie Download Chart.
The cheeky Glenrothes boys have been infiltrating the airwaves with plays on BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music and Absolute Radio. The single is also reviewed in this month's Artrocker magazine. You can also read the review on Artrocker's website, where the respected indie mag say that the single is "designed to make you say 'YEAH!'" Well, we can't argue with that can we?
The video for the single is below. If you're having problems viewing this, please click HERE.
Sketch by Quentin Blake is available to download from the Amazon website for 69p - grab it now!
Wayter - Cheese Sandwich
Wayter have released their very debut free download single today - Cheese Sandwich. Although the London boys are new to the scene, Cheese Sandwich, has already been causing some commotion as the anticipation builds for more solid releases in 2011 - more singles and a debut album.
XFM's Ian Camfield has given the single a spin and respected websites like The 405, Alter The Press and Geeks.co.uk have already featured the band. This week, Classic Rock will also feature the track as a Track of the Day and this is only just the start.
You can stream and download the single free from the Soundcloud waveform below. If you're having difficulty viewing this, please visit our Soundcloud page.
Wayter - Cheese Sandwich by abadgeoffriendship
Talons make “Best of CMU Approved 2010” list!
There's only just 4 weeks left in 2010, and we all know what that means - best of 2010 lists! Talons were very happy to hear that they'd made TheCMUwebsite.com's best of 2010 list.
"The urge to hear this band that I have clearly awakened in you needs to be acted upon immediately." - TheCMUwebsite.com
To check out the full review, click HERE.
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