Brummie foursome Peace have just signed to Columbia and have just completed a sadistically monstrous 'Supertour', which saw them support both Mystery Jets and Manic Street Preachers as well as squeezing in some headlining dates of their own. They also took out a gratuitous billboard ad (above) to celebrate their newly penned deal and announce themselves in 6 foot lettering to the second city commuters.
In what's been a busy week for the band, they've also just posted up L'il Echo, the B-side to their recent single Follow Baby and a track which combines the pop harmonies and lithe baselines of their recent tour mates, as well as the epic, fractured grandeur of Wu Lyf.
There's plenty of bands, Egyptian Hip Hop, Everything Everything, Wu Lyf and Christian AIDS to name but a select few, bursting from Manchester's burgeoning new class set to steal the limelight and A&R attention from their London peers.
Add to that list Brown Brogues. Listening to the duo's two minute blasts of psych garage is akin to feeling the angst striken buzz of early White Stripes demos like Lafayette Blues or Hand Springs, as thumping drums provide the platform for scuzzy lo-fi guitar.
Before they head out to SXSW, the band's debut 7" is out next week on Suffering Jukebox. For your listening pleasure, samples of two tracks from the release are below, as well as a Manchester Scenewipe directed video for Treet U Beta.
Given the absence of posts on here for the past couple of weeks thanks to a much needed distancing from all things responsible and total worshipping of the Valencian sun, No Action has some serious catching up to do.
Not least in attempting to understand why Kings of Leon are continuing their mission to tarnish any last semblance of decency and taste generated by their first 2 albums with a video which makes Michael Jackson's Heel the World vid seem appropriate. We're beginning to feel a fool for even contemplating a return to such form given their escalating and increasingly calculated drive for starCASHdom. Perhaps the pigeons had the right idea after all. Then there was something about Lady Gaga and beef?
In better news, the high kings of alt-rock Les Savy Fav released 'Root For Ruin' on Wichita, an utter beast of a record, preceeded by a single powerful enough to make fellow Brooklynites The Drums and MGMT weep for mercy. Let's Get Out Of Here may well be the best thing the band have done. get your own copy in exchange for your email here.
Ignoring the identity hysteria surrounding Manchester's Wu Lyf which, craftily, made every A&R mess their Y's trying to find, follow, friend, sign or understand the band then strut provocatively outside their windows promising their undevoted love in exchange for their hits, the collective actually produce addictive, intriguing music. Heavy Pop is Jesus and Mary Chain gone gospel, with swirling reverb and tear-soaked vocals marking Wu Lyf as much more than image.
Sating our want for garage rock this week are Mona as they finally released their debut single this week. Limited copies are available from Rough Trade, where the Tennessee foursome will be performing on the 30th September, a day after a slot at The Flowerpot and 2 days prior to a headline show at Camden's Koko. Wait. Garage rock? Tennessee foursome? This can only end in tears.
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