'Harpies are a British four piece that come in like Daisy Chainsaw if they were powered by a love for grindcore.' ALTERNATIVE NATION
'harpies scale new cranium-busting heights with their aggresso-guitar ambush...its only a matter of time before they start to draw blood..' KERRANG!
'if slipknot heard harpies they would f**k of back to america with their tales between their legs' ROCKSOUND
'extreme to f**k... the kind of aural assault that makes Mudvayne sound slightly limp wristed' METAL HAMMER
'harpies are the band sugarcoma breifly threatened to be ... the full on twisted metallic aggression of a raw-as-hell slipknot, they have that hint of vital X-factor' ORGAN
'harpies take polar opposites and run them full pelt at each other just to watch the carnage. i confidently proclaim nicky honey as possessing the dirtiest and sweetest voice on the planet' LOGO
'they make slipknot sound like newborn baby kittens pissing on perfumed cotton wool.way more subtle,layered and interesting...think amen,sick of it all, raging speedhorn and this mortal coil' METAL HAMMER
2004 saw harpies release debut album 'bleed, believe' to extremely favourable reviews and embark on an extensive uk tour. After recording a peel session and a brief absence spent writing material for the second album, harpies released the single 'waitless' in feb 2006, the second album will be released 28th may 2007............
*repeated plays on BBC radio one; rockshow, john peel, zane lowe, steve lamacq, vic galloway, huw stevens,radio six bruce dickinson, XFM, KERRANG radio, totalrock and various regional stations
*double page feature in metal hammer nov04
*multiple reviews in Kerrang, metal hammer, rocksound, terrorizer, classic rock and various fanzines off and online including, organ, rock midgets, drowned in sound, big cheese, siren, devolution, suicide rock, enough, rocksomething, lets just pretend, punk and oi in the uk, onemetal, bp mag, the fly, the wire 2004/2006/2007
*3 tracks recorded for BBC radio one 'live evening session' with steve lamacq 2003
*4 tracks recorded for a live john peel session 2004
*live interviews on kerrang radio, totalrock 2007
*gigs with bands from a wide variety of genre's such as mad capsule markets, sikth ,farse, murder one, mistress, breed 77, sugar coma, enter shikari, rsj, raging speedhorn, fony, number one son, reuben, die so fluid, beecher,days of grace, little hell, send more paramedics, ghost of a thousand, profane, abominable iron sloth, vanilla pod, 3 stages of pain, orange goblin, panic cell ,aconite thrill,......
..........RELEASES..........
'DEEP/JUST LIKE YOU AA single feb 2003
'LIE DOWN' single feb 2004
'BLEED,BELIEVE' debut full length lp jul 2004
'WAITLESS' single feb 2006
'ECHOES' single sept 2006
'LILY WRY' album may 2007
if you would like to purchase any of the above go to...
Meltdown Records presents a three way release launch party at Scruffy Murphy’s - Weds 21st Nov 2007.
I AM COLOSSUS will be launching the Monolithic/Revelations’ box set. SLAB will be releasing the ‘Betray the past………’ album. GODSIZE will be releasing the ‘Hymns for the fallen…’ album.
All three bands will be performing sets,and…all releases will be available for purchase on the night, A limited supply of signed copies will be available.
A night of pure sludge,doom and frantic post hardcore rage……….
i'm thinking about sending a 3 track cd to promoters and record labels, but cant decide which songs to send, so i thought that i would ask the people who listen to it. what they thought would be the best ones to submit so please have another listen and tell me which you think thanks for your support over th epast few months peace jonski p.s my band leggofingers will be recording in the next few weeks and an e.p relese is expected for celtic blue rock more updates soon
Onsite now, our full GIVE IT A NAME 2007 review is up, featuring Brand New, Enter Shikari, The Used, Jimmy Eat World, Him and more. Plus we've got a FRANK TURNER EXCLUSIVE, as the man himself looks back on his current album Sleep Is For The Week and reveals what we can expect from him in the future.
Elsewhere, we also chat to DARKEST HOUR about their forthcoming new album Deliver Us, and Sam Bean (The Bezerker) about his new project THE SENSELESS. THE AUDITION and THE ACADEMY IS, talk about the UK and crazy bag ladies. With new album Easy Tiger due out in the next couple of weeks, we bring you The Bluffer's Guide to RYAN ADAMS' impressive backcatalogue. Finally, if you've ever fancied yourself a trendsetter (or maybe just an NME writer), here's our guide to MAKING UP YOUR OWN GENRE.
You can find 65DAYSOFSTATIC, SEND MORE PARAMEDICS and TRIVIUM reviewed live; WILL HAVEN, BIFFY CLYRO and QOTSA releases rated; goodies from FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, THROWDOWN, MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER and
Cheers Nic. I couldn't make it to the launch on Friday, but I've been listening to your tunes on here and I'm impressed! To be expected from firey Ginger Vox tho :o) I will be ordering your album...but more importantly, when you next playing Brum?! It says the 8th July gig is cancelled? X
Hope the launch went well last night, sorry i didn't make it. Mom was out at her grab a granny nite last nite lol so my cheif babysitter was out of action.
Say hi to john for me as well x
speak to ya soon xx
