Nick - Musically: Jawbreaker, The Get Up Kids, Wilco, Ben Folds Five, Osker, The Descendents, Smashing Pumpkins.... Lyrically: John K. Samson, Blake Schwarzenbach, Devon Williams, David Bazan, E....
Michael - Pedro The Lion, Kevin Devine, Joanna Newsom, Elliott Smith, Manic Street Preachers, Jetplane Landing, Eels....
Stephen - The Wildhearts, Pink Floyd, Rancid, Simon and Garfunkel, Radiohead....
Sounds Like
Some of our older songs are available to listen to and download here on our Purevolume page...
"Spirited with their performance, the band have a deep melodic heart with a raw exterior recalling Jawbox & Leatherhead" Subba-Cultcha.com (2008).
"The Southern Cradle are consistently great and certainly one of the best UK bands around right now" Punktastic.com (2007).
"They just write ardent and compelling rock music. Believable and wanton, go catch this band live" The Plastic Ashtray (2007).
"The Southern Cradle are what most bands should be: hard working, hard playing & easy to love" The Plastic Ashtray (2006).
"The Southern Cradle have mastered the art of writing great singles early on" The Plastic Ashtray (2006).
"a rich texture of guitar plucking interweaved with emotion-laden vocals which tug at you in the way that only bands like this can" Punktastic.com (2006).
"If i’m honest, one of the best things about my job is receiving CDs like The Southern Cradle’s On Strike At The Rumour Mill" Punktastic.com (2006).
The Southern Cradle formed at a Wildhearts show, and following a couple of bandless years in the wilderness of higher learning we wanted to start making music again, honest music, free of all the hipster cliches currently dancing ironically in our field of vision.
Over the last couple of years we’ve put out three EP’s (The Southern Cradle, On Strike At The Rumour Mill and Painting Shadows) and a split 7” with our friends The Arcane Parade (see our top friends!) on our own Summer Solace Recordings label. We've also featured on numerous compilations most notably put out by Punktastic.com/Banquet Records and had the privilege of sharing the stage with some great (and probably more not so great) bands of which there are too many to name but our top friends is again a good place to start (for some of the good ones, obviously).
2009 will see some big changes in the band, we’re currently working on new songs and are looking forward to getting out and playing again as soon as possible, see you soon.
"This is a bold and exciting sign of things to come. With any luck, both of these bands will very soon be eclipsing their more over-rated contemporaries. Watch them, and watch them closely." Rockmidgets.com (2008)
"TSC: Spirited with their performance, the band have a deep melodic heart with a raw exterior recalling Jawbox & Leatherhead, TAP: spiralling guitars and spluttered verses with the kneejerk frenetic qualities of early Rocket From The Crypt (sans horns) - A SUBBA-CULTCHA.COM SINGLE OF THE MONTH" Subba-Cultcha.com (2008)
"Both bands have tons of potential and this is one split single that actually works in favour of both bands" [the-mag] (2008)
Yo dudes, just your fellow black country band Hans Gruber checkin' in to inform you that we have new tunes up! Be much appeeciated if you could have a listen! Ta
Hey.Just to let ya know if you have any gigs coming up I'm still doing gig photography for only £30(not for too much longer though).Also doing portraiture/promo and documentary.I've added some new examples recently so have a look to see if you like it.Let me know if ya want owt doing.Cheers.Thanks for the add if I havent said so before.
Hey dudes, hows things!? Just droppin by to inform you that your fellow black country band Hans Gruber have new tracks up! Be wicked if you'd check um out.. Take care
That would be AWESOME!
It's;
12 pound close
Charminster
Dorchester
Dorset
DT2 9QU
Hope you guys plan to head south some time soon!
Cheers,
Take it easy
Chris
