Stephen Jones - Lead Vocals & Bass / Acoustic Guitar
Jimmy Park - Lead Guitar & Backing Vocals
James Brookes Buckley - Drums
Influences
The Jam, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Dire Straits, Manic Street Preachers, The Sex Pistols, Joy Division, New Order, The Clash, The Smiths, Johnny Cash, Thin Lizzy, The Futureheads, U2, The Rolling Stones, The Faces, Foo Fighters, Jimmy Eat World, R.E.M, Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, David Bowie, The Skids, Magazine, Television, Patti Smith, The Pixies, Django Reinhardt, Cocteau Twins, Suede, The Sundays, Motown, The Cure, The Beatles, Yo La Tengo... George Orwell, George Grosz, Otto Dix, Van Gogh, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Oscar Wilde, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, T.S.Elliot, Philip Larkin, Edgar Allan Poe....
Sounds Like
Outside of this world, melodious, powerful, emotive guitar sonority. Thundering bass lines synthesize powerful, majestic, free flowing beats and pure, soaring vocals. Songs of light and darkness, expressive vitalizing awe. Songs that reveal, hold relevance and all constructed with an innate pop sensibility.
The name is the band; the music is the name. Our lives are borne out by the city in which
we struggle.
Architecture frames our waking lives; blank or beautiful, no matter what you see or where
you are, it is only stone. The city is a rhythm, a beat, knocking on our consciousness, so
deep and ingrained yet we barely notice or understand.
Our philosophy is simple: to progress as humans and as artists. Turbulent with articulation
we cram our lives and hopes into every second of our sonic creations. We are
Subjects of the City; raw, powerful, melodious, dynamic guitar pop.
Our music is only our attempt at understanding our place; an idea mooted to make sense of
what we feel and see. The city can be a conduit, a lover, an enemy or merely indifferent.
When I consider us, I see dark streets, lonely places, with few people huddled hither and
thither. The buildings hold our gaze down; beauty indeed is above us. Fuelled by the
inconsistencies of humanity and the lack of honesty and expression in today’s music, we are
looking for a chance to invite all into our own world. The stage is a catalyst, the raw
scream from the depths of the city.
So we write and we perform and will continue to do so until we are either dead or infirm. We
don’t want to be rock stars, we need not be famous; we need only be heard.
'catchy indie-pop-rock, intense and intelligent yet accessible, (Subjects of the City) create an unparalleled dark and brooding atmosphere with a sharp contemporary edge…a great sound with some real depth… on the night it made for one of the finest set’s worth of material from any of the bands’
Stephen Hudyba BBC
Ever wondered what to do in the event of a nuclear threat?
A while ago I found stuff that inspired me to make this film:
Living Under the Shadow of the Nuclear Umbrella
Both artistic (ensure you get the background music!) and educational, it mainly comprises official British government civil defence advice.
Though source materials are quite aged, the fundamentals are still relevant today.
I encourage all to visit the YouTube page to learn more (Show support! Rate! Comment!) and responsibly circulate as widely as possible, here: http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=UaIim3Rj7L4
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