The Smiths, Lemonheads, Mercury Rev, Roy Orbison, Babybird, Spiritualized, Sparklehorse, Flaming Lips, West Side Story, The Wedding Present, Chet, Longpigs, Wilco, Scott Walker, Arcade Fire, The Bangles, Grandaddy, The Sound of Music, Silver Sun, Radiohead, Don McLean, T-Rex, Ed Harcourt, The Dears, The Beach Boys, The Cure, Lambchop, Teenage Fanclub, The Raveonettes ...
"Shades of Roy Orbison playing new wave power pop ballads" - Manchester Music
"Splendidly crooned vocals grasp the hands of Sparklehorses most wondrous melodies and cuddle up to early Mercury Revs psychedelic tinged orchestration" - God Is In The TV Zine
"Lush arrangements, twinkling guitar & swooning vocals you know you are onto something quite delightful here ... I wondered where all the hooks had gone in modern chart music. These lot have them!" - The Plastic Ashtray
"Maybe its the wide-eyed innocence and hopeless romanticism of it all. Maybe its their knack of writing well crafted classic pop songs. Whatever it is, Im hooked." - Northern Star Records
"There is something a little magical going on in their corner of London. THWFOS might make you think of the Divine Comedy, Mercury Rev, the Lemonheads, and the Smiths having a Technicolor tea party on a glass rooftop in the middle of an English summer. New Favourite Band ... showcases the effortless crooning and divine instrumentation that make THWFOS essential listening." - Loose Record
"Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring ... specialise in pure wide eyed heartbreaking pop and they play it like no-one else" - Heavenly Social
"A joyous cacophony of guitars, glockenspiels, tambourines and kitchen sinks ... indie-pop is rarely this fresh, beautiful and heartfelt." - Subba-Cultcha.com
Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring are a somewhat contrary bunch.
They are travellers and troubadours, waifs and wanderers who have had the good fortune of stumbling across each other one night at a ramshackle gin palace in south east London. United in apathy, they write wide-eyed indiepop songs that are tinged with a sense of melancholic wonder at a world that can hold such beauty and such despair all at once.
Their first single, A Question of Trust, was self-released last year, to critical acclaim in the indie press. It was given national radio play by Steve Lamacq, Huw Stephens and on Tom Robinson’s “Introducing…” show for the BBC.
“Uplifting, beautiful pop for the disillusioned and faint hearted. It's hard to really say any more than that. THWFOS are a great big, crazy happy band and A Question of Trust is a great example of their craft. Renowned for unpredictable live shows, eclectic tastes and an advanced opposition to the mainstream culture of mediocrity, this band demands to be looked out for and listened to. So best you do!” -Stay In The Box
Their live shows are colourful and joyous, and Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring encourage audience participation. There are listen-and-repeat percussion classes, the baking of cakes and the breaking of hearts, and some fairly shambolic flower arranging. Think of a fancy dress food-fight at an afternoon funeral and you’d be at the right table.
“Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring emanate romance like a summer rose, their shaven-haired, white-jacketed, Morrisey-esque front-man singing from behind his flower-strewn microphone with glorious languor. Handclaps, violin lines and tambourines shake, the whole Hearts sound ebbs with a blinding orchestral grace, and one particular track has a three-part vocal harmony to absolutely die for. Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring are the real package, and this fact is more than enough reason to spell their name out in full one last time.” –MusicOMH.com
With an ever-growing troupe of loyal fans, this South London ensemble is gaining a reputation for shows of an inspirational nature. See them soon, and join the congregation.
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A Question Of Trust, our fantastic debut single is available now on CD, 7" vinyl and download from all the usual places.
Here are just a few of the great reviews it's been getting all over the indie music press ...
"If there was a god he’d knock Morrissey down a peg or two and stick this band in his place because they write better songs with more heart." The Plastic Ashtray
“Sweet, melodic and polished … the harmonies and melodies dazzle like sunshine refracted through a cracked window.” SoundsXP
“‘A Question of Trust’ proves that THWFOS now posess an Iron fist in a velvet pop glove.” GodIsInTheTVzine.co.uk
“With the coolness of Morrissey and the chiming guitars of the Bluetones - some songs are timeless, you better add this to your end of year lists!” Subba-Cultcha.com
If you haven’t got yourself a copy yet (and why not?) we still have some left which we’re selling ourselves via mail order from RIGHT HERE!
BUY THE CD SINGLE for £3 ...
BUY THE 7" VINYL for £4 ...
(prices include all P&P costs, you won't get stung with any hidden extras, and payments are handled by PayPal, so no need to worry about security)
Or if you’re lucky you might still find a copy in your local independent record shop. Ask them, go on.
If digital is more your thing you can download it from iTunes and all the other usual download sites, but we’d recommend yougo here to get it from the good fellows of Northern Star Records – spend your money supporting some genuine independently-minded folk who are doing what they do for the love of music, rather than the £ signs in their eyes.
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