Dinosaur Pile Up + Turbowolf + Cut Your Wings + Steel Trees
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/// Dinosaur Pile Up
http://www.myspace.com/dinosaurpileup
Foo Fighters obsessing riff-wielding Leeds tykes resurrecting the ghosts of grunge, plaid shirts and rocking with one foot firmly on the monitor…
Based in Leeds, but like Leeds behemoths Wild Beasts they originally hail from Kendal, what a weird little town. They are 1 part Ex Mother Vulpine, 1 part Ex-The Old Romantic Killer Band and 1 part riff extravaganza.
With fellow townsfolk Sky Larkin, Grammatics and Pulled Apart By Horses looking likely to graduate from Introducing-level acclaim to wider audiences before the year is out, Dinosaur Pile-Up are a good shout for turn-of-the-year tipsters should the seemingly endless 80s revival fizzle out. Their brand of rock singles itself out as particularly unique, and the energy contained in these tracks is amazingly addictive. Live, the songs are catchier still, with the infectious enthusiasm the trio exude highly contagious throughout a crowd of any size.
With tastemaker DJs like Huw Stephens – who included the band on his recent Music Sounds Better With Huw compilation – and Zane Lowe on the band’s side, it’s difficult indeed to not see Dinosaur Pile-Up roaring their way into the affections of the public.
DEBUT ALBUM 'GROWING PAINS' TO BE RELEASED SEPTEMBER
SINGLE ‘BIRDS AND PLANES’ RELEASED JULY 26
(Friends Vs Records)
www.myspace.com/dinosaurpileup
‘Our money's on Dinosaur Pile-Up delivering one of the best British rock debuts in recent years.' NME
'Proof that indie band's don't have to choose between noodling or landfill. As exciting as you could wish for.' The Guardian
'The perfect soundtrack to a monster collision.' Kerrang
‘Dinosaur Pile-Up are here to show us the error of our ways. Thank them.' The Fly
'Growing Pains', the debut album from Leeds trio Dinosaur Pile-Up, will be released via Friends Vs Records this September.
Led by the single Birds And Planes, released on digital download and limited-edition 7” vinyl, available just prior to the album on July 26, Growing Pains is the sound of a one of the UKs most exciting bands hitting their stride. It comes, following a handful of introductory independent releases over the past year and a bit, after which the band's frontman and creative force Matt Bigland entered Bridlington's Lodge Studios with producer James Kenosha to record the debut, taking place over January and February this year. The result is a storming rock powerhouse of big pop songs driven by the kind of wall shaking undercurrent only a three piece can muster.
Bigland says of the album: "I know it sounds bent but I liked the idea of people to be able to sing along to the songs, even if they were singing about being hated or upset. I wanted to make a record that kicks people in the face whilst getting stuck in their head."
Their career to date was led by the January 2009 debut 7" single My Rock N Roll, followed by a second single Traynor, and last year's summer release, modestly titled The Most Powerful EP In The Universe - which spawned songs such as Summer Hit Single, Beach Bug and Cat Attack.
Their live plot to date has seen them tour with a rich cast of bands including a UK/European jaunt with the Pixies in December, and a French tour with Violens for the coveted Les Inrocks tour last Spring. On the festival circuit the band has shared stages with Crooked Vultures on the Radio One tent at last year's Reading and Leeds festivals, and they headline NME's Halloween spectacular at Koko last October. Elsewhere they have performed alongside Future Of The Left, Pulled Apart By Horses and The Automatic, and last summer stormed the festival circuit performing at Bestival, Oxegen, T In The Park, and aforementioned Reading and Leeds festivals.
Turbowolf
http://www.myspace.com/turbowolfband
'Utterly fantastic and unpredictable. Like an explosion in a riff factory' - Paul Travers, Kerrang
'Like Gallows if they'd been brought up in a circus. Get involved with the Wolf' - James Gill, Metal Hammer
'I'm loving this at the moment, one of my top tips. I think they're gonna be massive!' - Rob Da Bank, Radio 1
'The most innovative unsigned band in Britain' - Download Festival
'Queens Of The Stoneage in a bar room brawl with Ghost Of A Thousand… with hammers!' - XYZ Magazine
Cut Your Wings
http://www.myspace.com/cutyourwings
A combination of styles are put together to make the most impressive creation of music..." - The Sheffield Scenester
Grindsome groove metal, a bit psychedelic and slightly stoner …like a more interesting Orange Goblin, agile guitarist, vocalist just the right side of malevolent. Nice