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.
BUY OUR E.P. - 'THE RISE AND FALL OF OVER THE WALL' - AT http://www.motivesounds.com/shop/ NOW!
WE GAVE AN EXCLUSIVE LIVE TRACK 'A HISTORY OF BRITISH WELFARISM 1945-1984' TO THE LIMBO LIVE COMPILATION, WHICH YOU CAN BUY HERE - http://www.limbolive.co.uk/
AND THERE'S A COMMANDER KEEN REMIX OF 'THURSO' HERE - http://www.tentracks.co.uk/artist/over-the-wall
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.
get down to shout bamalama this friday for all the best in rock'n'roll, R&B soul and a whole lot more.
we have the two of the usual bamalama team Mark Hislop and Jon Paul McMilllan ( the guys behind the R&B festival) and also a guest slot from paul molloy from friday street, fresh of the back of another succesfull mod weekender. free entry before 12 , and great floor fillers all the way to 3am
not sure if you remember me, anyway, just saw that fabulous 'red design' created a music clip for you which is really cool. I was happy to see that. Hope you're having a good time and having some good gigs and still a lot of fun with music. maybe see you on day in switzerland on tour? greetings, mel
We are very excited to announce our first 'real world' photograph exhibition at the 13th Note in Glasgow. To launch this exhibition, we are putting on a show on the opening night - the 6th July.
Tickets are £4 and all profits of the gig will be given to Yorkhill Childrens Foundation.
You can also bring along a mixed cd which you can swap with someone else. Please include a tracklist and have fun with the cover. This is a great opportunity to promote all the bands you love (or your own band) and show your creative side. Please come along, get some new music & badges, view photos, enjoy amazing bands & say hello. :)
loved the ben banter last eve :) and being stuck in the box office to listen to your set (haha...unfortunate) the other night... sorry gavin, i am usually very cleanly spoken :) x ps i think knitted scarfs or bootees would be much better than a £2.50 tshirt
MONDAY 8 JUNE POST WAR YEARS + Headlight & Farewell Singapore Tunnels 7.30pm 14+ - £5 from One Up and www.ticketweb.co.uk
FRIDAY 12 JUNE WAVE MACHINES + The Little Kicks Tunnels 7.30pm 14+ - £5 from One Up and www.ticketweb.co.uk
Dont forget our 2 for 1 offer on both these shows - you can even mix and match and get 1 for each show!!!! So 2 tickets for a fiver - just leave your name in our blog BEFORE 12 noon MONDAY for Post War Years and BEFORE 12 noon FRIDAY for Wave Machines!!!!
Hey! Sorry to be posting copy-paste gig plugs, but here's a wee heads up about an amazing gig coming up soon in Glasgow!
Marshall Chipped + Keith Warwick + Wullie Swales
Nice n Sleazy, June 17th, £5
Hope to see you there!
- Dave
hi guys. sorry we didnt make it the other night. recording ran over later then expected and we didnt finish until half 8. hope it went well? any thoughts on places in scotland for our tour or on that date we mentioned in leeds?
Thanks for acceptance of addage. How the devil are yee? What are you
up to at the moment? We are in the process of putting together some
rough home recordings to help us pick which ones to record as an ep.
Would be great if you have a chance to listen to them and let us know
what you think. Just remember they are DIY bedroom recordings
though!!!;oD We just thought we would fire them up anyway.
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