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Bitter Ruin
Acoustic / Alternative / Folk



Brighton, South
United Kingdom

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Member Since2/21/2007
Band Websitebitterruin.com
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Ben Richards

Georgia Train

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ALBUM REVIEWS

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"Verbal jousting accompanied by bursts of machinegun acoustic guitar"

- Tom Robinson, BBC6 music.

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"This darkly theatrical duo certainly relish a murderous ballad or two. Menacingly pulsating piano and dramatically intricate guitars, often building to haunting crescendos, back up Georgia Train and Ben richards' intensely harmonised vocals; core strengths of the twosome's reportedly spectacular live act."

Source, Oct '08

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brighton boy-girl acoustic partnership Bitter Ruin have built up a strong local following. With their debut album, We're Not Dancing, out now, they confirm their status as one of Brighton's very best bands. Blending idiosyncratic, melancholy vocals with Dresden Dolls-style cabaret theatricality, they may not be dancing, but they sound amazing.

Latest7, Nov '08

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InfluencesRegina Spektor
Jeff Buckley
Beethoven
Kate Bush
Paco De Lucia
The Talking Heads
Queen
Fiona Apple
Van Morrison
Tegan and Sara
Tori Amos
Fionn Regan
Flamenco
Mozart
Chopin

Record LabelYes Please!
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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Oct 4 2010 7:30P
Boston w/ AMANDA PALMER tbc Boston, Massachuse
Oct 7 2010 6:30P
Boston w/ AMANDA PALMER and Robots in Disguise tbc Boston, MA
Oct 9 2010 7:00P
New York w/ AMANDA PALMER tbc New York, New York
Oct 11 2010 7:30P
Parkside Lounge New York, New York Find Tickets
Oct 12 2010 7:00P
HMAC - Stage on Herr Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, PA Find Tickets
Oct 13 2010 7:30P
Bitter Ruin + Nicki Jaine tbc Philadelphia, PA
Oct 15 2010 7:00P
WindUp Space Baltimore, Maryland Find Tickets
Oct 16 2010 6:00P
The Juggling Gypsy North Carolina, North Caro
Oct 19 2010 7:30P
The Shelter - TBC Atlanta, Georgia
Oct 23 2010 7:00P
Landbouwbelang w/ BIRDEATSBABY Maastricht, Holland, NETHERLANDS Find Tickets
Oct 24 2010 6:30P
Atelier Bar, Le Meridien Hotel Nuremburg, DE, GERMANY
Oct 27 2010 7:30P
Local Bar Vienna, AT, AUSTRIA
Oct 30 2010 8:30P
Le Santier des Halles Paris, FRANCE, FRANCE
Nov 12 2010 6:30P
The Spice of Life London, South, UNITED KINGDOM

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   About Bitter Ruin
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Bitter Ruin's Biography

Described as ‘Amazing noir indie-folk’ by Latest7, Brighton’s weekly lifestyle magazine Bitter Ruin are an explosive, theatrical acoustic duo with grasping lyrics filthy with energy and anger. Renowned for their intense and dramatic live performances, their audiences are mesmerized by Georgia’s vicious, complex vocals and are left desperate to hear more of Ben’s brutal vocal attack and cutting, jagged acoustic guitar.

Georgia and Ben are from opposite ends of the UK. Their influences are similarly from opposite musical counties. While Ben draws his serene and engrossing tone from Jeff Buckley, Georgia punches quirky outbursts tainted by Regina Spektor and Kate Bush. However the duo has obviously adjusted their ear drums to gorge on each others inspirations and have skillfully combined their crowning credentials to hatch an addictively juiced sound and frenzied drama.

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Hung, Drawn & Quartered (2010)

Hung, Drawn & Quartered

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We're Not Dancing (2008)

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Bitter Ruin (2007)

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LIVE REVIEW

The Troubador, London: 20th February 2008

"A couple take to the stage in the intimate confines of the Troubador Club dressed for an upmarket 1920s funeral. Ben cradles an acoustic guitar as Georgia stalks briefly around the stage in her stockinged feet. Without preliminary the haunting intro of Chewing Gum begins, a wordless chorus over slowly-picked melody. It breaks suddenly into something murderously intense, by turns bellowing and delicately melodic with dramatic, jarring shifts of tone and rhythm. Bitter Ruin are not like anything you've seen before. The aesthetic is folk-gothic, like a less gravelly and plodding Mark Lanegan. The songs are intricately plotted duets, mostly about love gone varying degrees of horribly wrong. Often they build from intricate twinkling to choppy, percussive, stomping choruses or, as in stand-out Trust, blisteringly fast call-and-response. Georgia's delivery ranges from a witchy cackle to full-throated blues, via what I'm reasonably sure was a therimin impression. Brazen theatrics are the other half of the equation, when she's not throwing carnival shapes the two are perched about the stage or belting the lines out into each other's faces with an intensity verging on the frightening. If someone feels like writing the missing scenes, a graveyard knife-fight over an incestuous love affair would be about right, there's one hell of a musical on show here. The audience are evenly split between rapt and puzzled. Weird, unique, highly recommended."
Daniel Key, Culture Deluxe

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Thadeus Project

Thadeus Project



Jul 28 2010 8:05 AM

very fine sound you have here!! respect from chicago!! glenn
The Concrete Shell Photography

Graham Hilling



Jul 20 2010 10:17 PM

New pics of Bitter Ruin up on www.the-concrete-shell.com from the London bash with Amanda Palmer!

Top job!

Cheers,

g
Pickle

Pickle



May 30 2010 3:22 PM

Loving your album (have just downloaded it) Was wondering if you had any plans for coming to Wales? x
Mystery Waits Muse

Mystery Waits Muse



May 21 2010 11:41 PM

Love your universe, your sound !
Hope see you in France soon, Clermont Ferrand for exemple :)
Dj HEXPHERATU

Dj HEXPHERATU



May 19 2010 10:35 AM

'the vice' great medley and Spanish guitar sounds. Thanks for the add!
Glen Ricketts

Glen Ricketts
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May 15 2010 9:28 PM

Give thanks great vibe from your page keep it spreading yes.G.R.
got a jigsaw mind

Yvonne Smiley



May 6 2010 3:35 PM

yall have a beautiful sound
Thérèse la Tease

Thérèse la Tease



May 2 2010 8:43 AM

Fabulous sounds and even more fabulous photos...especially the old asylum ones: loved this place...
Dark-Red

Dark-Red



May 1 2010 5:46 PM

Great show in Paris last tuesday with the Evelyn sisters.
Cannot wait more longer to see you again, you were just amazing. <3
You cabaret is fantastic I love it.

Simon —
Sovereign

Michael F.
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Apr 29 2010 7:24 AM

Very nice sound, bravo!
Mike(y)

Mike(y)



Apr 26 2010 6:04 PM

Loved you on Friday Night at Bush Hall, glad the cold had cleared up by Sunday at the Underworld - vocally you were even more impressive.

Thanks for signing, and hope AFP is giving you time to eat at the circus rolls on!
Scarlett de Courcier

Scarlett de Courcier



Apr 25 2010 1:18 AM

Saw you yesterday at AFP's gig, you were fantastic. Signed your mailing list, listened to you for most of the day today! Looking forward to the album! Hope to see you playing in brighton soon!
paul

Paul Cleary



Apr 24 2010 12:55 AM

been a myspace follower for a while, so what a nice suprise to see you in Dublin last week:)
you were great
Сифилитические розы....!!!

VAmpIzombIe H.



Apr 22 2010 6:53 AM

are you serious??
new stuff??
freacking awesome....
ill be hre that day
"TRUST" me lol
--TRUST IS FOR FOOLS?--
hmm then dont trust me lol
i miss you guys!!
The Pinstriped Prince

The Pinstriped Prince



Apr 18 2010 12:36 AM

You know the internet is a fascinating thing, I'm currently sat watching you two onstage in Glasgow, via partyontheinternet, with Amanda & Jason on Skype in The States whilst I'm in Chester. Possibly my biggest internet amazement feat to date. Much Love! xxXxx Ps: Hallo Birdies below. =) xxXxx
birdeatsbaby

birdeatsbaby



Apr 17 2010 1:13 PM

great show last night guys! best of luck for tonight... don't forget us when you're famous!! xx
✿ fab ✿

Fabiola From hungary



Apr 3 2010 4:48 PM

Congratulations and good luck with your album xxx
Can't wait to have and hear it.....
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(, ,) (, ,)
Severina Dawn

Crystal Larsen



Apr 3 2010 4:48 PM

Awesome. I am so glad u hit me up for a friend request. This type of creativity is what I always try to get for my collection.
Ninja

Ninja



Apr 1 2010 8:49 PM

hej, thanks for the add! Really nice songs to listen while drawin'
Renfos

Iwona Stelmach



Apr 1 2010 8:49 PM

Thanks a bunch for the invite,
Your music is absolutely amazing!
Adri Hime

Adriana De Brida



Apr 1 2010 9:46 AM

hey guys!
i just loved your songs
they are really amazing
love ♥
©hris

chris harbin



Mar 29 2010 11:50 AM

Awesome! Finally an original band! Thank you!
♬Soul†Suckerღ♬

Tina Whorlett



Mar 28 2010 4:35 PM

Thanks for the add i really love the music!
meta4

Ashley Kinser



Mar 28 2010 7:57 AM

Absolutely amazing!!!!! So much music nowadays is lacking direction and innovation- certainly not you lot!

I'd love to see you live sometime!
LAURA

Laura Sanderson
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Mar 25 2010 4:47 PM

Holy crap!! Ya'll are freaking amazing!!
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