Now Strangers in our home town, we barely escaped our forced entrance very damaged and now pray to stay alive. The High-Ups will hope us gone with daggers drawn. Our name is a chain around our neck.
"Littl'ans..
troubled pop kids on the run from the law - and exploding gas canisters...
As befits a band who's had a U.K hit (on the sublime single "Their Way"), Littl'ans is no stranger to chaos. Its last British tour saw gigs canceled thanks to, amongst other things, an exploding gas canister and a double booking with 80s legend Echo and the Bunnymen. When it supported Babyshambles, it was subjected to the indignities of the rubber glove treatment after the bus it was traveling on was raided for drugs by the police. (The band was later released without charges.) Yet, Littl'ans, whose name is Cockney vernacular meaning "Little Ones," soldiers on gallantly. After all, in rock and roll the chaos is part of the deal. Four in number - singer and guitarist Andrew Aveling, drummer Ben Clarke, guitarist Alex Mahood and bassist Ryan Blagrove. These days, Littl'ans erratically traverses the country playing doo-wop-influenced pop with the dazed, dark charm of a Syd Barrett or a Nick Drake. It's surprisingly delicate music for such a hard-living band - but then romance often exists in squalor."
words by Alex Needham, deputy editor at NME magazine, with photos by hedi slimane.
taken from 'V' magazine, issue 40, spring 2006 edition.
Littl'ans Album is available in UK, USA, Japan on CD and Download
Debut album Primitive World was recorded in Brooklyn and mastered at Sterling Sound in New York.
Available on CD and download at www.revtone.com
Japanese release for Album on VINYL JUNKIE. Available on CD and Download.
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Archive
Their way was released by Rough Trade records.
It is no longer available in the shops. You can get a download from Itunes or a cd from Amazon or Rough Trade:
Roughtrade Records
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To Book Band
The band have toured England, France, America, (NEW YORK/TEXAS-SXSW) Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway and Italy. To book please get in touch via myspace or email, which can be found at www.littlans.co.uk or directly to andrewaveling@gmail.com
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