The Woe Betides are The Late Simon Mastrantone and Grundy le Zimbra.
The Woe Betides live band is Colonel Sexlife on drums and BVs + the other two fellas doing all the other stuff.
Please direct any band enquiries, booking etc to:
thewoebetides@googlemail.com
PRESS:
stone@stoneimmaculate.com
RADIO:
dave@covertpr.com
LEGAL:
Adam Van Straten @ Van Straten Solicitors
Influences
Weezer, The Dead Kennedys, PJ Harvey, David Lynch, Angelo Badalamenti, Alice in Chains, Nick Cave, Electric Light Orchestra, Queen, Tim Buckley, Bad Religion, Manic Street Preachers, Metric, Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, Ford Pier, The Carpenters, Mansun, Stephen King, Can, PiL, The Academy Morticians, Subhumans, The Mars Volta, The Ramones, At the Drive-in, NOFX, Manics, Noam Chomsky, dEUS, Miles Davis, Hunter S. Thompson, Green Day, Tom Petty, Faith No More, Chet Baker, Nirvana, The Police, Tori Amos, Julee Cruise, Twin Peaks, Shudder to Think, Soundgarden, Vangelis, The Young Knives, Cocteau Twins, Juliana Hatfield, Joanna Newsom, System of a Down, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Clive Barker, Chavez, Suede, Joy Division, Blood Red Shoes, The Beach Boys, ABBA, Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton, David Bowie, Magazine, Fela Kuti, Philip K. Dick, Tom Waits, Chris Isaak, Brian Eno, Pere Ubu, Talk Talk, Blade Runner, Bjork, Talking Heads, John Cale
Sounds Like
"Agreeably grungey and off-kilter folk-pop duo... suggesting both Simon & Garfunkel and Josh Homme's Desert Sessions." (Time Out)
"Four ramshackle tidbits of skronky guitar pop. Resolutely lo-fi, DIY, rough around the edges and all the better for it" (Artrocker)
"Left field English alt/folk flavoured pop... Songs that touch on the social commentary and craft of The Kinks... Songs of heart. Strong songs." (Organ Magazine)
"The Woe Betides spin wonderfully blister like crooked melodies that hush, stir and pounce into animation without warning, lush with 60’s accents and drizzled with noir phraseology." (Losing Today Magazine)
"Blitzing folk grunge. These voices were made for those guitars, those melodies and those handclaps... Woe betide anyone who doesn't play dead." (CMU Music Network)
"Imagine The Earlies trying to cover Queens Of The Stone Age... crunching riffs and supremely arrogant vocals. Woe betide how dark their next EP can end up." (Room Thirteen)
"there's something dark and brooding about The Woe Betides... sweet, fast-paced chorus, heavy guitars and almost New Romantic-esque vocals. Not too shabby at all." (Stool Pigeon)
"A strong sense of drama... asymmetrical folk-pop with unexpected structures and complex arrangements... ‘Boredom is the Killer’ is a fine piece of Brian Eno-style artrock" (SoundsXP)
"a more countrified take on Shadow Puppets' '60s romanticism. They have mischief too... (7/10)" (Teletext)
"Razor sharp Smiths style wit... try your utmost to check them out next time they come to your town" (Mad Dog Magazine)
"...highly intelligent, experimental... littered with dark lyrics, aggressive down-tuned guitars and a periphery of strings and electronica." (Fuse Magazine)
"Sounds like the Beatles and Radiohead are in one band and touring in 1987. Original yet familiar." (theknowbodies.com)
"You'll love their irreverent lo-fi scuzz alt-folk assault." (eARmusic)
"Novel time signatures... great harmonies... I was converted." (Subba-Cultcha)
"The Everly Brothers doing grunge." (Blair Jollands)
The Woe Betides grew out of a collective effort called Songs in the Dark, a regular celebration of all that is good in music, poetry, comedy and art. On one such Dark night, Grundy le Zimbra and The Late Simon Mastrantone conjured a collaboration. With a song in their heart and a variety of instruments in their hands, what did it matter that they were but two? What did it matter that one of them was still dead? Evidently, not a lot.
The Woe Betides' debut EP Play Dead is available on CD and download now:
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hello i do indeed like your music we have already met too...in norwich at jakes house, eating paula mousses. hope you're well! will hopefully be popping to day in the dark as am moving to london in a week. xx
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