The Living Daylights, a hard working punk rock band from Lincoln, England. The bands sound has been compared to that of Rise Against, Hot Water Music & The Bouncing Souls yet still manage to maintain their own identity with a unique mix of singalong vocal harmonies, a hard hitting rhythm section and melodic yet raw guitar melodies.
The quintet made up of Sam Cook (lead Vocals), Matt Hendry (guitar), Alex Johnson (guitar) Kurt Colman (bass guitar) and Dan Brogan (drums) first formed in August 2007 and since then have played a countless shows and a number of UK & European tours reaching audiences in Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria and Slovenia and sharing the stage with bands such as Smoke Or Fire, Rentokill, Sundowner, Mike Park, Failsafe, From Plan To Progress, The Leif Ericsson and many more. The band has also had airplay on many different radio stations worldwide including Radio 1's Lock Up Show and had great press from Big Cheese Magazine, Punktastic, Rocksound and many more worldwide.
The band released a self titled EP in January 2008 which featured 5 tracks recorded at Premier Studios, Corby with Iain Wetherall, just 10 weeks after forming. By August 2008 12 tracks were recorded at Holne Bridge Studios, Exeter with Peter Miles (producer of Sonic Boom Six, Capdown, King Blues & more) which was later released as the debut album "Ways To Escape" through Fond Of Life Records which was distributed in Europe, UK and America in all good record stores such as Interpunk, HMV, Itunes, Amazon and many more. The record was also released in Italy by No Reason Records & Fastlife Records in Japan by December 2008.
REVIEWS...
"More classic, straightforward, punk rock fun. Ways To Escape is 12 tracks of catchy, incredibly listenable, melodic sing-alongs. Each song stands out on it's own, As an album, ruddy lovely!" 4/5 - Big Cheese Magazine
"A good band, a solid release and well worth your time!" - Punktastic
"From first gang chants of carve it out to the final moments of the sleeping, ways to escape is pure melodic greatness, one of the best uk punk releases in a long time!" - Mass Movement Magazine
"Captures the live assault of this band perfectly, The Living Daylights stake their claim to the top of the melodic hardcore throne! Album of the year" Mild Peril Magazine
"Fusing elements of Rise Against & Hot Water Music at their best, a live show with a certain raw power!" -Die Shellsuit Die Webzine
"They have a solid sound and make such infectious punk rock, stunning album!" 4/5 - Alternative Vision Webzine
"A testament of the blood, sweat and tears put into this over the years, giving a roundhouse kick to the face of rival Chuck Norris" - Punk Or Nothing Webzine
"Rock is in their blood, just a few albums short of being legend" - Rude Reviews
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hey guys, remember us? we play with you guys last summer in aberdeen with chief and rentokill on the same bill aswell
anyways were headin down to lincoln in a few weeks to play with gutshot. its at the horse and groom on the 17th Oct, would love to see some fimilier faces
Hi guys would be really cool if you could check your tldmusic hotmail as i emailed you guys about something i need a hand with, its to do with my a level media project just need permission from you guys email explains everything if you could get back to me would be great cheeres guys xxx
I've seen you're gonna play with mickey randall. They are friends of ours. Have fun with them, and on stage in Marseille. Hope to see you soon guys. Liôm
hey there, thanks alot for becoming our friend, did you get a chance to pop past and listen to our tunes? if so what you think?. Keep in contact, we feel alot of people have friends for the numbers but we want to know you! Hope your ok? Peace.. Lc - Praxis IV x
3 out of the 5 of us shall be coming to see you play on the BBC introducing stage at Leeds fest! So keep an eye out for us and maybe we can sink a few beers after you've played. Looking forward to it boys.
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