"For some reason I had it in my head that Seven Years were quite a lo-fi act so when 'I Hope You Drown' came catapulting out of the speakers I got a bit of a surprise, especially following the calming 'biology'. After the initial shock I came to quite like this little EP, it doesn't do too much other bands haven't done already, but it's fast and furious and contains a couple of really good tracks. 'It's All Down From Here' is great, while the chugging 'happy?' is also impressive. As I've mentioned, there's little here that we haven't heard before, but it's done pretty well and that's all you can ask. There are a few decent bands fighting for recognition in Northampton right now and this EP does Seven Years' reputation no harm at all." - Punktastic
"a fast and furious, adrenaline-fuelled screamathon" - Drowned in Sound
"Seven Years are aggressive little buggers, quite adept at screaming blue murder one second and then singing beautifully the next. Another post-hardcore band I hear you cry. Well youd be wrong. Seven Years are far too disjointed to throw into any over-saturated niche and with driving guitars and promising drumming theres plenty on offer." - Punktastic
"Better than nothing" - Jaws 2 records
"Next up was the band we were there for. Seven years get better every time they play, like a fine wine. Like a fine wine that uses the phrase 'So cunting bored'. Absolutely fantastic. Stage invasions, fight circles, mass leaping. I managed to wrap the entire circle in masking tape, still easily amused at 18 years. four songs in and the crowd, led by Paddy, start up chanting; SEV-EN YEARS! SEV-EN YEARS! Its nice to see El-x and co back on stage and on good form. I came out after the set with a lot less shirt than i started with, and my thumb still don't work, but fook me was it worth it." - John Pryce
'ello you lot, love the recordings ;) you can just tell they were done down at the lodge aswell, great stuff :) you guys playing in northampton anytime soon?
anyway, just to let you know, we've just uploaded a brand new song on myspace, it's called "Trend Setter" and it's all about our bassist (and my bro), Shaggy's days of trying to be a hippie :P bet that's really made you wanna listen lol. but yeah, if you have a spare moment please have a listen to that on our myspace player.
in addition to that, he's just uploaded a video of our interview and live acoustic session on South Leicestershire's Harborough FM, so do have a look that aswell as that can also be found our myspace homepage ;)
we've gotta come down and c you at some point, good to hear some decent punk rock comin out of northampton lol
Thank you for the support. It means a great deal - the past few months have been amazing. Great reviews, great shows up and down the country, airplay and interviews with Kerrang! Radio & Total Rock Radio, even a show at Alexandra Palace for Freestyle Festival has been confirmed.
Alexandra Palace will bring an end to our first major UK Tour. The tour leads up to the official release of our first EP proper, 'Guerilla'. This will be available everywhere on November 2nd.
If you're not too familiar with us yet, there are some reviews below and you can pick up some free downloads from our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/NIXA/8798900727).
Here are the dates (more to be confirmed).
See you out there x
"NIXA possess a quality that sets them apart from other front runners on the alt/rock scene with perfect dynamics and incredible song craft. They bounce between gentle and aggressive in a single beat, tied with soaring harmonies and mesmerising stage presence. This band will find themselves being listened to by a wide audience, no doubts in both the alternative and commercial rock scenes" TOTAL ROCK
"...done very, very well. Deep, powerful voice, BIG music and just the feeling that something very professional is happening -I don't mean in a clinical way, just in that way that, when you find out they're unsigned, it's a bit of a shock!" XFM
"The absolute epiphany of my weekend was London based Nixa. Everytime I see this band, I fall in love a little bit more. Their performance was stunning and it was definitely the climax of the night as things petered off afterwards. Their Biffy Clyro-esque style, gorgeous vocal harm
Just dropping by to let you know that one of our tracks will be featured on the cover mount CD of the 100th issue of ROCKSOUND out on the 8th of August . There's going to be loads of other great Lockjaw bands on there too so well worth picking up a copy.
'Broken Record Tactics' is a fun little record for fans of Cartel and The Starting Line. If you're in the mood for some chirpy, melodic pop-punk with a bit of a rockier edge, you could do a lot worse than to check them out.' - Punktastic.com
I hope you don’t mind this promotional message, we promise it will be the last one for a while :-) Let us
we have quite a few shows booked up, and we want more! check us out, come to our shows, and if you can, give us a few more! leave us a comment (we almost always talk back) and tell us what you think of our music! it would be nice to hear from you.
Just a quick message to let you know that we have just released the new Down For The Count album “Broken Record Tactics”. It came out on Monday June 4th and is 11 tracks of sunshine filled pop-punk at its best.
You can check out 4 songs from the album on our Myspace Page and the album is now available from the following stores:
I hope you don’t mind this promotional message, we promise it won’t become a regular thing :-) Let us know what you think of our first ever signing and our first ever release.
Magic Skool Bus and Seven Years split ep.
Angerville ep.
Tellison and Seven Years split ep.
Seven Years S/T
