"The Zetland Players do something with music that other bands are finding harder and harder to do. They make you dream and move to the music. In the venue, I saw an old couple waltz and a pirate applaud a ship captain. Others danced a jig and ate strawberries from champagne flutes. Even I, usually dead on my feet, began tapping my toes, and didn’t wake up until the music had stopped."
***** (five stars) MUSIC-NEWS; Live Gig Review
"They inject their usual rampant energy into every song and, I think the mass turn out would agree, style oozes from their every chord."
HUB LISTINGS
RELEASES:
Oct 2007 SPLIT SINGLE ’Strongmen & Sailors’
’Split’ Single with THE SLIDING RULE (Nima from HUSH THE MANY)
Available on 7 inch vinyl!
"a rollicking press ganged rum soaked stirring shanty of some measure borne out of a rampantly energised acoustically strummed swing-tastic toe tapping saga from the high seas braided by deliciously decoded flotillas of hauntingly shimmering jangles to deliver a homely brew of chest beating goo that catapults you through a myriad of emotions while it freewheels through an eye pokingly ramshackle and finitely crooked fun filled sidestepping haze of furious folk and moments of tranquil mellowness." LOSING TODAY
"it makes me want to throw my computer out the window and jump on the next slow-boat to the South Pacific." LOBSTER QUADRILLE MAGAZINE
"the lyrics conjure jungle creatures, striped men with handlebar moustaches, ladies with parasols and adventures on the high seas" GIGSREVIEWSNEWS.COM
"if every song The Zetland Players produce is as confident and engaging as Sailors and Strongmen, gig goers will be in for a real treat." HIDDEN FRUIT
"Wouldn’t it be great if you could pull these gents out of your pocket to resurrect your dwindling birthday party?" DOGS CAN DRIVE
FOR MORE INFO PLEASE CONTACT:
mainline@uglynephew.com
Jan 2007 DEBUT E.P ’Making Friends With...’
"Songs as perfect as Staten Island Serenade defy comparisons to other bands, and as stated earlier, the music has such a crisp, defined sound, and it’s so pleasurable to listen, to that you forget about all your minor troubles, like writing semi-readable reviews...There really aren’t any weak tracks on this (thankfully) very long EP"
Lobster Quadrille Magazine
"Swinging like a world war to big band and happier than a barrel full of cockatoos."
Alex Gale, New-Noise.net
"This collection of songs is an excitable and contemporary mixture of folk and pop. The Zetland Players are filled with potential."
Obscure Sound
The new EP from
The Zetland Players Free sample mp3: Jack’s Little Zoo.
The CD is also available to buy in:
-iTunes online store
-Rough Trade online store
-Pure Groove shop and online store
-Selectadisc (Berwick St shop)
-plus many other good indie shops
Enough shameless self promotion, you wanted to know about the band, didn’t you?
History lesson:
Boy, have we got a story for you! Well, a fairly good one. Our band is the oldest pop group in the UK, dating back to 1947, and our average age is 25. How do you like that?
Wipers Grandad started the Zetland Players in ’47 after the great war and the band legacy has been handed down the bass playing generations ever since, taking it’s most recent form as original swing pop strange acoustic stuff.
Tobias and Wiper went to America and wasted loads of money. Then they came to London and met Adrian and eventually became good. Now they have long time friend Tom playing superfine swinging percussion. Tom has a moustache, but he wears it well. They’re a great set of good-lads and like Big and Rich they love everyone*
*Nearly
For live show enquiries: mainline@uglynephew.com
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After 18 months of songwriting thrills, spills, chilled drinks and temperamental strange beautiful mentalist Shelley like waif and stray musicians baring their warm hearted souls at weekly music night ’Myspace or Yours’. The folks from SONGWRITERS ANONYMOUS are kickstarting a monthly residency at The Vibe Live with a showcase for the acts they’ve nominated for this years Indy Music Awards.
went to your gig at the enterprise last night (and i've got the stamp to prove it) only to find out you'd gone and played on friday night. serves me right for not reading flyers.
i couldn't've lived with myself if i was infringing on matters of the heart, tobias, dear - hope you had a smashing evening! hoping to make it down at the weekend...
