We are a 5 piece indie pop band from Walkern/Stevenage in Herts. who play unpretentious 3 minute indie pop songs for people to dance to.
Formed in the leafy village of Walkern, we've been together since the summer of 2006 and in that time have been working hard writing, rehearsing and playing gigs across the country.
Aside from going on tour with The Rifles in March 2009, since forming, we have played support slots for The WOMBATS, The Metros, Pete And the Pirates, Kid British, Underground Heroes, Imperial Leisure and Operahouse as well as an impromptu support to James Skelley of The Coral!
Other highlights include selling out The Fly on Tottenham Court Road and the Camden Barfly, playing twice at ULU and getting across the country to venues in Liverpool (Carling Academy), Brighton (Freebutt), Leicester (Charlotte) and Stoke.
We released our debut demo EP 'Kitcheners Lane' in late 2007 and are set to follow that up with our second release, 'Lo & Behold' in 2009.
In late 2008 we won the Xfm Uploaded unsigned bands competition netting us a showcase gig at MUSEXPO Europe 08 where we played to an audience of music industry professionals along with other UK acts like Cocknbullkid and The Boxer Rebellion as well as the cream of crop from across Europe.
Recording, mixing, mastering, production and songwriting. Only £20 per hour and even less if you block-book. Really great equipment and experienced staff.
THE PLAYGROUND presents Filthy Electro Trash on Saturday 14th Novmber. Come along and celebrate with:
Punks Jump Up (KITSUNE)// Punx Soundcheck (KITSUNE)// Steed Lord// Gobsausage// Glass Diamond// TOY TOY// The Education// Mr. Beasley// Ben Osborne// DJ Darkorse// Circa Burlesque- Little Bo Freak// Chrys Columbine// Slinky Sparkles and Straightola (VJ Set)
THE PLAYGROUND Vs Noise Of Art will give you a big Halloween bash on Saturday 31st October featuring
Man Like Me// My Tiger My Timing// My Toys Like Me// Trash Fashion// The Midi Midis// Glitches// The Teeth// Kindle// Gene Serene// DARKORSE-DJ set/// Rack ‘n’ Ruin – DJ Set// Afro Punk-DJ set// Slinky Sparkle// Chris Columbine// Little Bo Freak and Lydia Darling// Noise of Art’s “Dance of the Vampires” with They Came From The Stars and I Saw Them Vs Les Hommers DU Train// Ben Osborne -DJ set// Immaculate Extremists// Overlap// Your Mum// MOTH and more
“You're unlikely to attend another event in London like this so our advice is to get your ticket sharpish.” DJ Magazine, 2009.
After our hugely successful launch with the BRUTE CHORUS and CIRCUS BURLESQUE trapeze artists, stilts, performance artists and burlesque dancers we have the next instalment coming up on Saturday the 26th September featuring KAPUTT, ROMANCE, SPEAK AND THE SPELLS and a whole lot more. Looking forward to seeing you there.
To help you keep recording during these times of economic crisis and price rises we would like to offer all our myspace friends a 40% discount on all bookings for band recordings from the 24th August to the end of September 2009. This means an hourly rate of just £25.
The heart of our recording studios is a Pro tools HD 2 system (x2) with C24 control surfaces together with an Allen and Heath 32:8:2 analogue desk for analogue mixing. We provide a mixture of classic, analogue audio equipment and cutting-edge digital technology. see our website www.altrecordingstudios.com for further details.
please mention myspace if booking, this is a one time offer prompted by our recent studio refurbishment
Please support us on Saturday 25th July in the Semi-finals of Surface Unsigned Festival in London. Or text “LONDON 6075” to 64343 to help us get through to the regional showcase.
Just wanted to say a massive thank you for performing on our stage at Rhythms Of The World over the weekend!! Your set was brilliant and we can only hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! Hopefully we’ll see you in the studio soon. Keep in touch!
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