Upcdownc ... are an instrumental Rock, Delay, Riff, Kick and Moog 4-piece from Medway, Kent who also indulge in a bit of singing and screeeeaaaming.
Our debut album "And the battle is won" was released on October 24th, 2005, to rave reviews by the music press (see below), and in 2006, we recorded our first Maida Vale Radio One session, which also included songs from the then unreleased second Album "embers".
"embers" finally saw the light of day in 2008 and was released both in Europe and Japan. These two albums have now been discontinued in the UK so go to Japan.
We have since recorded our new (not so) long player "Firewolf" which we recently finished mastering at Abbey Road studios, London. This album explores a new territory for us and moves away from the old post rock blue print, but still kicks the shit out of most candy-assed shoe-gazers whilst remaining pretty for girls and angry for boys and vice versa.
The wolf will be released on Friday 13th Nov and will be distributed in both America and Japan.
We like Nirvana, Twin Peaks, Flight of the Conchords, Breath Mints, Six Feet Under, Heroes, Patrick Suskind, Resident Evil, Grunge, The Prisoner, MSTRKRFT, Alcohol, 56 gauge, Meat and Quorn, Wolves, Crap Comedy, The Carpenters, Soccer, Scars, Scabs, IKEA, Mastodon, Humbuckers, Gears of War 2, Zombies and the 80's. Bow, bow, chigga chig owwwwwwww.
We are the sound of Helter Skelter, Milk it, We've only just begun, Helicon1 and Jane Doe.
REVIEWS
Rocksound Firewolf Review - Although on the outset tongues are firmly in cheeks (the album art looks like one of those wolf T-shirts you see over weight ramblers representing down the local tavern), Upcdownc’s music deserves to be treated with a bit of respect. There are moments of drawn-out doom that tickle the spine, such as the creeping riff of “Smiling bag”, but “Firewolf” is at it’s best when the catharsis gives way to sheer anger. “Black Lodge” expoldes into fits of faraway screaming and the awesomely named “Def Zeppelin” sounds like the onset of a gruesome tribal war. It’s an undeniably stirring offering. 7/10. Michael Copus
The Silent Ballet Firewolf review - Upcdownc have progressed... They have taken their ideas from the previous album and given them an injection of steroids, highlighting the influence of rock music and making it hard to ignore the heavier sound they are creating... An outstanding creation and prove that plenty of emotion can be released in a short span of time. Firewolf is an album that offers something different.
'Embers', the follow up to the band's 2005 debut 'And The Battle Is Won' cements their place as one of the leading exponents of underground rock music in the UK – Rocksound “embers” album review. 8/10.
An ever-present warmth prevents Upcdownc from appearing too clinical and emotionally disengaged, while the quality of their tunes dismisses any worries about genre overkill – Kerrang!! “embers” album review. KKKK.
"It's the collision of two worlds, this is a rock that requires a wider audience, today." Drowned in Sound
"Brutal and loud, yet melodic and almost orchestral" The Fly
"With riffs as big as fillet steaks and pastoral passages straight outta Middlemarch, And the battle is won is a symphonic sprawl of bucolic tinkering and prolonged colossal feedback that has me reaching for my mathematical dictionary to make sense of it all" Plan B
"Rarely has the skin been freckled by such tingling static and the soul shaken by continental plate shifting switches in volume
Rock Sound live review
"The sound created by this band challenges the hard-rock mentality of Pelican while remaining soft enough to dance with Mono without breaking any toes" decoy music
Kerrang! album review - 4 KKKK out of 5!
Once the last outpost of pedal junkies, post-rock has now grown and expanded into a diverse and healthy genre, with a lack of vocals and grandiose ambitions as the only real unifying factors. Leading the new vanguard are Up-C Down-C Left-C Right-C ABC + Start - it's the cheat instruction for 'Sonic the Hedgehog' - whose debut is a lesson in musical architecture. Segueing some stirring classical into layer upon layer of guitars that crash like the falling pillars of Pompeii, 'Not Of The Fallen' is indicative of Up-C's deft way with creating high drama with guitars in new ways. Their future looks bright.
Kerrang
Hey Chaps!, listen, im trying to organise an anti Afghan war protest in Margate, exact location will be revealed on the morning of protest. basically its nothing really new but trying to get as many people to come together as possible to all sing "Give Peace A Chance" for as long as possible, bring guitars, bongos, recorders, triangles anything you like that makes a noise. wont be for a month at least so enough people can be informed. If you know any speakers or the like or have any ideas let me know. if every person trys to bring 2 people all should be good. So get the Chatham Massive down!.
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Just to let you know I've invested in some new printing presses so we can now print much larger quantities of full colour flyers, leaflets, posters etc. If you've got a big gig coming up, check out my website for some amazing launch deals on leaflet printing, flyer printing and poster printing.
p.s. Festival kicks
off this Thursday(10th)
with pre-fest warmup nite @ Red Lion. It’s FREE if u hav/buy weekend tkt,
otherwise just £3* 8pm-11.30pm* 8
acts
Thanks for the add guys, but why oh why are you playing in Southampton on the same day that Biffy Clyro are there? And I already have tickets! Talk about a rock and a hard place...
Hey, UPCDOWNC fans!!!
Please come to support them when they play at the very first RED
ROAR FESTIVAL!! Over 100 acts, 4 stages, over 3 days... 11th, 12TH and 13th September - at the most exciting
venue in Kent…. the RED
LION (LEO'S!!) in Gravesend.
We have themed days
where u can cum in fancy dress… only
IF u want to, no pressure!!
KIDZSTUFF for Friday–so school/
scout uniforms, p.e. kit, romper suits etc – u could come along wearing only nappies
if u prefer…just don’t expect us to change’em 4 u!
NAUGHTY-COOL
is the theme 4 Saturday
- u choose how cool or naughty u wanna go as long as it has a nauti-cal
(get it?!) theme…so pirates,
mermaids, beach wear, sailors etc (or perhaps, appearing as something
slimy from the bottom depths of the
sea, mite allow some of u the chance 2 look good for the day!) – anyway, whatever rocks your boat, lol!
and
finally for Sunday, we wanna c only SUPERSTARS!!! anything from Elvis lookalikes to Spiderman - your chance to look like your own
personal hero of music, sport, or film!
So get creative!!! Enter
our competitions and you get the
chance of winning great prizes
and/or free drinks! Some mite actually
be alcoholic, so don’t
forget your ID!!! This is gonna be THE festival to be at this autumn - it has something to suit
everyone's favourite musical taste, so
why not come along for all three days!
SEE YOU THERE!!! This is a 16+ event
I've just uploaded my brand new unsigned D'n'B track named 'Rush For You' By DJ Reaction and NFinnerty. Please have a listen and let me know what you think. All feedback appreciated.
I like 'Agent Cooper'. I think the beginning really captures his prettiness whereas the ending is remeniscent of his raw sexual magnetism. He was clearly in your hearts when you wrote this.
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