WE WANT TO PLAY SHOWS! If you're a promoter, get in touch and we'll roll over to your local and play for you!
In 2005 the concept of a band named Stella Dawes was born, expressing the frustration of growing up in the middle of nowhere through the love of playing music. Nothing in our lives is as real as the passion that fuels us; the sweat that soaks our shirts, the ringing in our ears, the aching in our lungs. This is the only think left for us to believe in.
We have made an album called Contrasts and it is now ready to buy from us by following the link below. We are selling it on a sliding scale so pay what you can. If we sold each copy at £5 then we would just about break even. So for anyone who wants to pay a little extra we would hugely appreciate it, and for those of you who are strapped for cash then you can slide under by a pound or two. We just want people to hear our music at the end of the day, and if that means losing a little then we'll just have to work some more shifts!
We've put 12 tracks on there and it's 52 minutes long so that works out at about £1 for every ten minutes, what a bargain! If you're not from the rainy island that we live on and don't deal in the faltering sterling currency, don't worry, it will get converted from pounds for you. Please let us know if for some reason the link doesn't work. Thanks.
We're not very good at describing our sound so here is what other people have to say about it:
Andi J Chamberlain from Subba-cultcha
Angry English Post-Hardcore lamenting the Boredom of youth in Middle England…
“Stella Dawes grew from the frustration of being born and raised from living in the middle of no-where”. So states the opening sentence of this bands Press Release… What it fails to mention anywhere else is that this frustration and boredom has grown and mutated into a murderous appetite for carnage and chaos, as well as an astoundingly good sense of hardcore melodies…
This album, CONTRASTS, is discordant anger and frustration all blended together with euphoric and orgasmic release upon every pluck of the strings, every slap of the bass, every spat lyric and every beat of the drums…It has a sense of catharsis and expended hate in every note and it is full of righteous bile… Yet not once do you feel the need or compulsion to turn the stereo off, stop the CD and go away crying about the state of children today… Instead, you have to award their honesty, applaud their attack on mundanity and give thanks to their calculated venting.
This is an astounding album for a self-funded, self released full-length debut… It is definitely rough around the edges, for sure, it has moments where it threatens to all fall apart and lose itself in it’s self loathing… however, by the grace of god, you come out the other side intact and thankful that such a band exists…
This is a fantastic new band with a killer debut. For god sake… buy it, seek them out and let them know you understand how they feel…And maybe we can all save ourselves from this early 21st Century malaise.
Well-done boys…
Rachel W from Pushtofire.com
When you expose yourself to enough music, you learn to expect the unexpected. Though to say that this release is a nice surprise would be one hell of an understatement. It’s a dose of progressive post-hardcore, as experimental and creative as it is pure and unadulterated loudness. The album in its entirety is beautifully calculated - every track flows seamlessly into the next without an ounce of repetition, the individual songs themselves being perfectly structured, striking balances between melding thrashing drums with surging guitars and fanatic vocals, while instrumental interludes footstep their way between bursts of controlled noise. Not a second of this album has been compromised in terms of originality and perfection; genuinely an exciting release and a success that begs to be continued.
Ezzzy from wemakestuffgood.com
I started listening to Contrasts and was instantly grabbed in by its slow and intricate sounding guitars. This continues for almost a minute and then the roller-coaster hits the top of a hill and starts one hell of a frantic ride, not willing to stop for anybody in its path.
Lyrically i found these songs speak clearly. Backed up by strong delivery, epic guitars and drums which at times start and stop – leaving you feeling as though somebody/something has just hit you. This not only continues but develops into an adventure of fast and slow, light and dark. It is up and down but a lot of fun all the same.
Paul from Punktastic
"This album flits between being aggressive and abusive to beautiful and serene in the flick of a pedal."
Al Young from A Distorted Reality
"Overall, this album is superb: it’s intellectual hardcore. It’s brutal, yet subtle; artistic, yet emotional. It is the embodiment of the DIY ethic through its production method: all of the mastering was done internally. Listen to it. See them live. You’ll love it."
Maurice from AsIce
"The quartet surprised me with these sophisticated songs."
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