"Attitudinal but focussed, an epically proportioned mind-fuck of rock acidity that says bollocks to musical conformity and sets new standards for musical diversity."
"Shapes are different, Shapes are challenging, Shapes are bloody good!!"
'Get Your Learn On' is six tracks of blatant musical exceptionalism"
toxicpete.co.uk
"it is Shapes' ability to confuse, while sheering songs together with slices of well crafted, almost simple musical ideals, that really sets this record apart"
"Shapes are still a relatively new band....you wonder where their hard work, love and conviction will lead them in the future" ondryland
"Shapes reveal themselves as the ultimate human figure, fishing stark and surprising beauty out of the fissures of imperfection"
"Overall, Get Your Learn On is a very impressive album....a must hear" Wildy's World
"a fusion of math-rock and progressive metal in here, with room for loud shouty choruses"
"extremely intriquete and, I imagine, very difficult to play"
"crisp beats, needly guitar parts and clipped, funky basslines"
"warped carnival beats to a MMISL-esque rocker "
"Shapes can really bust out of the math rock template when they want to." Die Shellsuit Die
"there are plenty of good ideas here and there are elements of songs which are fucking brilliant"
"Shapes are a very talented unit, of that there is no doubt at all......when they do peak, boy are we in for a treat." Punktastic
"fidgety bass, off-kilter screams and quite literally tearing the roof off the place to get their point across. Well, quite literally, almost." New Noise Live Review
_We are a 3 piece band from Birmingham.
_We are three long term friends playing music we love.
SHAPES has been going since January 08. We released our debut EP in May 08 through Godmonkey Recordings, and have continued gigging as much as we can across the country since, including tours with Blakfish, Youves, Mimas, Te (Japan), Scraps of Tape (Sweden), Munroe Effect and more.
We released our second record 'The Pasture, The Oil' through Big Scary Monsters in May 09 and are now taking some time off from touring so we can write our first album.
We have had the pleasure of sharing stages with Blakfish (BSM), Tubelord (BSM), Zack Hill (Hella) This Town Needs Guns (BSM), Youves (Holy Roar), Danananaykroyd (Best Before), Te (Zankyo Records), OK Pilot (Freakscene), Tellison (Gravity Dip), Mimas (BSM), 9mm Parabellum Bullet (Sony EMI), The Flatliners (Fat Wreck), Burn Down Rome (Visible Noise), Resonate (Lockjaw), The Computers (Fierce Panda), Colour (BSM) and many more fabulous bands.
_RELEASES
Get Your Learn On EP
6 Track EP
Released May 2008, Godmonkey Recordings £3.00
BSM Spring Collection & Summer Collection
Set of BSM rarities featuring exclusive and rare tracks from various BSM bands. Spring Collection features one of our pre-EP demoes. Summer Collection features a track form The Pasture, The Oil and Trampled By A Horse video.
Released 2009, Big Scary Monsters £5.00
The Pasture, The Oil
6 Track mini-album
Released 4th May 2009, Big Scary Monsters £6.00
Holy Monsters 10" vinyl
4 Track split with exclusive tracks from The Tupolev Ghost, Brontide, Holy State & Shapes. Limited edition - 250 x green vinyl, 250 x purple vinyl.
Released 3rd August 2009, Big Scary Monsters/Holy Roar £6.00
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