Firstly, thanks for looking at the page. Secondly, since you're here, please actually take the time to listen to a couple of our tracks - our style can change a hell of a lot from song to song, so if you only listen to the first thing that gets played you won't really get an idea of what we sound like. Feedback (at least the constructive kind) is always welcome!
The songs above are taken from our first E.P "In no sense Lost", which was largely recorded in the singer's bedroom only 7 weeks after the full band started playing together.
Biography
Orchid Fixation was born on New Year's Day 2005. After deciding to leave his old band, Steve Phipps immediately started writing new material. Within a few weeks he found himself with a wealth of new songs, but no one to play them with. He got in touch with Dan Sluckin (an old ex-band mate) about drumming for the new band. In mid-February, Steve and Dan started jamming, and Steve approached Ian Griffiths about filling in on bass until someone else was found. Instead, he joined full time. The full line-up was rehearsing together by the beginning of March.
Our music is a mixture heavy styles and often difficult to pigeonhole; there is an obvious epic, melodic core, but with a much wider range of influences, at times playing grind at one end of the scale or sludge at the other, with a touch of post-hardcore and a few Gothic flourishes too - drawing comparisons to Earthtone9, Deftones, Alice In Chains, Pig Destroyer, Vision Of Disorder and Cult Of Luna. Although there is regular use of heavily distorted guitars and throat-shredding vocals, there is a sense of sombre melody throughout the songs.
Hello! the Darren Macer poetry experience are getting back together for a few months before people go off to uni! Gonna try and cram as much stuff in as possible up until September/October!
So if you saw us before, or put us on, or just heard us or whatever...tell your friends and help get us some shows!
Hey, the EP is finished - come take a listen! You can download all the mp3's FREE in high quality right from my site! Of course, I am hoping you will buy a CD after a while ;)
Hi sweety - thanks for being part of WakentheDeads World - I hope you are enjoying my photography. Stop by and say hello sometime, make sure to subscribe to my photoblog and mailing list for future updates. I like to personally keep up to date with all of my friends list, so let me know how you are!
hey hey monkie dan and griffy!! long time no seeeeeee! loving la musica as usual! love angel xxxx p.s. MONKIES RULE!!! and steve who ive never met or spoken too u can rule too:) cheerio ladz!
Oi Oi !!! Hope you're good !!!
Just wanted to let you know our new release from THE ABNER is OUT NOW !!!
"A Hardcore crust constructed around a gooey Pop centre - it's worth keeping an eye on these Londoners just to see what they'll do next!" - KERRANG!
"Back to spread the PartyCore Gospel once more!" - ROCKSOUND
"A band you´ll never forget after you´ve heard them. With huge melodies and fresh songwriting, this stuff is so energetic and emotional - it overwhelmed me..." - DAREDEVIL MAGAZINE
"This is pop rock perfection- a mixture of pop, rock, screamo and emo music that's more infectious than a common cold.The Abner have toured with the likes of My Chemical Romance, but in truth, they are far better than MCR and deserve just as much success. WOO!!! 10/10" - KILLER DIENAMITE MAGAZINE
"Like Faith No More with an extra layer of metal, The Abner veer from sound to sound like a drunken schizophrenic at Glastonbury!" - SUBBA CULTCHA
"Plenty of catchy parts, neat turns of phrase and even a few flashes of genius - The Abner succeed completely... Ones to watch, without a doubt!" - ROCK MIDGETS
Please come and have a listen to the album preview player on our site, and if you like it you can pick up a copy from: basickrecords.com iTunes
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