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Album: What Are Friends For

Released: Nov 20, 2007

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Genre: Other
Location Brighton-ish, UK
Profile Views: 133501
Last Login: 10/2/2010
Member Since 5/18/2005
Website myspace.com/charlottefield
Record Label FatCat, Jonson Family, Unlabel, NoiseStar...
Type of Label Indie
Bio
.."Charlottefield offer a nice line in cerebral massaging with hot needles for fingers...".. ..-..www.losingtoday.com.. .. .. .."...impressive arrangements of the harsh and the beautiful...".. ..-..www.angryape.com.. .. .. .."...and they pulled off such an escape of everything you'd expect from a support band to The Go! Team...".. ..-..www.bigyawn.net.. .. .. .."But… Jesus! Can’t you see? They’re… they’re MONSTERS... They ain’t respectable human beings!".. ..-..www.airwavesback.com.. .. .. ..If you would like to book the band please contact Jon at ....Ooosh Tours..... For bookings in France please contact Vincent at Murailles : muraillesjunior(at)gmail(dot)com. .. .. .. There's some live mp3s and videos up on the ..website.. in the media bit. .. .. There's also ziz on YouTube including the ..'eleventh day'.. video that Rhys made, some ..studio spraf.., the video for ..'clipper'.. by Katerina Athanasopoulou, ..'one one oh'.. from the Manchester academy gig, ..'wrong on purpose'.. at King Tut's in Glasgow, Sarah's ..'snakes'.. vid and her ..total fucking racket.. one and a french ..'firewood'... Yes. .. .. ..Walker.. did the artwork for everything except the Noisestar 12", Cove split 7", Picture Diary 7" and comps. James Dennett played bass on the ..Cove.. split 7" and Picture Diary 7" and on the tracks featured on the Un17 and Twominutemen compilations. You can get a t-shirt designed by Walker from the band or from ..here... .. .. .. .. .. .... ..Discography...... .. .. .. .. .. .. ......Make It Easy On Yourself.......... .. ..Five track album on Unlabel... ..more info ..here...... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. ......What Are Friends For.......... .. ..Eight track album on FatCat records... ..more info ..here...... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. ......T-shirt.......... .. ..Half-born lightning cat t-shirt designed by Walker... .. more info ..here...... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. ......Stand Up/ Can't Stand Up.. .. ......7" Single on FatCat records... .. more info ..here...... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ......How Long Are You Staying.. .. ..Eight track album, vinyl on Unlabel and CD on Jonson Family/ FatCat... .. more info ..here...... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ......Noisestar Sessions III and IV.. .. ..12" vinyl split with Ships-a-Going Down featuring 'No Hands' by Charlottefield... .. more info ..here...... .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ......Firewood.......... .. ..7" single on Jonson Family records... .. more info ..here...... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ......Un23 compilation.... .. Twenty three track Unlabel compilation featuring 'Stand Up Johnny No Legs' by Charlottefield... .. more info ..here...... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ......The Twominutemen .... .. Jonson Family records compilation featuring 'Paper Dart' by Charlottefield... .. more info ..here...... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ......Again / For Absent Companions.... .. Split 7" with Cove on Jonson Family records... .. more info ..here...... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ......The Twominutemen 2........ .. Double 7" Jonson Family records compilation featuring 'Paper Dart' by Charlottefield... .. more info ..here...... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ......Un17......Seventeen track Unlabel compilation featuring 'Low Clouds' by Charlottefield... .. more info ..here...... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ......Picture Diary .... .. 7" single on FatCat records... .. more info ..here...... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. ..
Members
Adam Hansford: guitar.. Ashley Marlowe: drum kit.. Chris Butler: bass.. Thomas House: vocals and guitar.. Jon Wood: ..booking..
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.."The Charlottefield Sound is blood raw and primitive ugly/beautiful like kissing someone with a smashed mouth. It’s also out there, abstracted and vaguely sci-fi horror, a ghost story from the moon.".. .. - Anon, ..Smoking Beagle.. .. .. .."Chainsaw-motored guitars sound wondrously evil and paranoid atmospherics dwell like the bruised purple of a gloriously overcast dusk. As the rhythms change and judder, the band flex to their own foreboding frequencies...".. .. - Jonathan Falcone, ..Plan B.. .. .. .."By turns life-affirmingly aggressive, doomy, ballsy, and brazenly punk in an utterly real way, Brighton’s Charlottefield are as raw and naked as it gets; a stripped visceral mess that’s brilliant live. Great, tight drumming, classy basslines, and vicious up-tempo guitar work augmented by insane vocals...".. .. - Stuart Turnbull, ..BBC Collective.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

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Bio:

"Charlottefield offer a nice line in cerebral massaging with hot needles for fingers..."
-www.losingtoday.com

"...impressive arrangements of the harsh and the beautiful..."
-www.angryape.com

"...and they pulled off such an escape of everything you'd expect from a support band to The Go! Team..."
-www.bigyawn.net

"But… Jesus! Can’t you see? They’re… they’re MONSTERS... They ain’t respectable human beings!"
-www.airwavesback.com

If you would like to book the band please contact Jon at Ooosh Tours. For bookings in France please contact Vincent at Murailles : muraillesjunior(at)gmail(dot)com.

There's some live mp3s and videos up on the website in the media bit.

There's also ziz on YouTube including the 'eleventh day' video that Rhys made, some studio spraf, the video for 'clipper' by Katerina Athanasopoulou, 'one one oh' from the Manchester academy gig, 'wrong on purpose' at King Tut's in Glasgow, Sarah's 'snakes' vid and her total fucking racket one and a french 'firewood'. Yes.

Walker did the artwork for everything except the Noisestar 12", Cove split 7", Picture Diary 7" and comps. James Dennett played bass on the Cove split 7" and Picture Diary 7" and on the tracks featured on the Un17 and Twominutemen compilations. You can get a t-shirt designed by Walker from the band or from here.

Discography

Make It Easy On Yourself Five track album on Unlabel. more info here


What Are Friends For Eight track album on FatCat records. more info here


T-shirt Half-born lightning cat t-shirt designed by Walker. more info here


Stand Up/ Can't Stand Up 7" Single on FatCat records. more info here



How Long Are You Staying Eight track album, vinyl on Unlabel and CD on Jonson Family/ FatCat. more info here



Noisestar Sessions III and IV 12" vinyl split with Ships-a-Going Down featuring 'No Hands' by Charlottefield. more info here



Firewood 7" single on Jonson Family records. more info here



Un23 compilation Twenty three track Unlabel compilation featuring 'Stand Up Johnny No Legs' by Charlottefield. more info here



The Twominutemen Jonson Family records compilation featuring 'Paper Dart' by Charlottefield. more info here



Again / For Absent Companions Split 7" with Cove on Jonson Family records. more info here



The Twominutemen 2 Double 7" Jonson Family records compilation featuring 'Paper Dart' by Charlottefield. more info here



Un17 Seventeen track Unlabel compilation featuring 'Low Clouds' by Charlottefield. more info here



Picture Diary 7" single on FatCat records. more info here

Member Since:

May 18, 2005

Members:

Adam Hansford: guitar
Ashley Marlowe: drum kit
Chris Butler: bass
Thomas House: vocals and guitar
Jon Wood: booking

Sounds Like:

"The Charlottefield Sound is blood raw and primitive ugly/beautiful like kissing someone with a smashed mouth. It’s also out there, abstracted and vaguely sci-fi horror, a ghost story from the moon."
- Anon, Smoking Beagle

"Chainsaw-motored guitars sound wondrously evil and paranoid atmospherics dwell like the bruised purple of a gloriously overcast dusk. As the rhythms change and judder, the band flex to their own foreboding frequencies..."
- Jonathan Falcone, Plan B

"By turns life-affirmingly aggressive, doomy, ballsy, and brazenly punk in an utterly real way, Brighton’s Charlottefield are as raw and naked as it gets; a stripped visceral mess that’s brilliant live. Great, tight drumming, classy basslines, and vicious up-tempo guitar work augmented by insane vocals..."
- Stuart Turnbull, BBC Collective