Ben Hillman and Gav Prentice. Plus a varying supporting cast including Orchestral Manoeuvres in Kelvingrove Park, the Over the Wall Male Voice Choir, Eilidh Macrae on vocals, Alasdair Stuart ..o, Kim Moore on viola and anyone else that can be roped into playing with two control freaks.
Influences
Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, The Beatles, George Harrison solo, Paul McCartney solo, Journey, Coldplay (that's right!), Bert Jansch, Bogdan Raczynski, Eno, Morello's kebabs, early Genesis, Peter Gabriel solo, Rainbow (with Dio), Bread, The Blue Nile, Arab Strap, Sparks, Derek and Clive, John Williams scores, Hardcore compilations, Trance compilations, Cameron Crowe films and the Attlee government.
Sounds Like
Bathgate and Bridlington; Bruce Springsteen and Tom Waits. With keyboards.
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Over The Wall is Gav Prentice of old steel town Bathgate and Ben Hillman of old seaside town Bridlington, who met in Glasgow in 2002 and have been inflicting their relationship on others through the medium of euphoric pop music since 2006. Originally a ‘collective’ of various musicians making various sounds at the Over the Wall night in the old Stereo in Glasgow, the pair use keyboards, laptop beats, guitars, mandolins, trumpets, cowbells, harmonicas, hurdy gurdys and kazoos in their shambolic live setup.
The last two years has seen them play here and there in Scotland and England, most notably in 2007 when they were selected from 1200 unsigned entrants to play at T in the Park's 'T Break' stage and in 2008 from 800 entrants to play at The End of The Road Festival in Dorset. November of that year marked the release of their debut E.P. 'The Rise and Fall of Over The Wall' on Motive Sounds Recordings, bringing with it national radio airplay from the likes of Radio 1, 6Music (with Steve Lamacq championing on daytime and Tom Robinson twice forced to apologise for the language on ‘Thurso’) Xfm, Radio Yorkshire and best of all Sunny Govan. The EP was also made the highest rated indie release of the month in Rock Sound Magazine and earned rave reviews on numerous music sites and blogs online. Odd seeing as it's not really rave music, but rave reviews they were nonetheless.
In January 2009 The Skinny named them as one of the 10 acts “…on whom to put your house on” this year. April sees the band’s first substantial tour of the U.K. and a second run made of the ‘The Rise and Fall…’ (following the unexpected response to what was initially intended to be a limited release) before the planned summer of more festival fun and eventually, they hope, an album.
“Thrilling.” – The Fly
“This is electro pop with reflective neutrality and bite – 9/10” – Rock Sound
“One of the most likeable live bands you can witness in Scotland at the moment, their touching lo-fi electronic nuances give us all a reason to look to the future with a glint in our eyes.” – The Herald
“…There are rare occasions when something truly great stops you in your tracks. And Over The Wall have done just that… A superb mix of clashing styles… there’s also an urgency and honesty to their music that’s rare in a band so new.” – The Line of Best Fit
For bookings please e-mail itsbiggerthanusall@hotmail.co.uk - see the above 'PRESS' blog for complimentary press quotes to be used for promotional material.
Hi Chaps! Ewan from V-2 Schneider here. Played with you guys at t in the park a few years back. Good to see you're still going strong! This is my new nonsense, Escort Knights. xx
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A
4 track EP, titled Call Signs, it provides the perfect introduction to
the band prior to the release of their debut album, Grappling Hooks, in
early 2010.
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