bright eyes, pavement, the house of love, ride, bob dylan, leonard cohen, the pixies, belle & sebastian, my bloody valentine, hefner, mogwai, the stone roses, moose, velvet underground, lee scratch perry, radiohead, jeffrey lewis, massive attack, the beatles, the stones, love, stevie wonder, the arcade fire, bloc party, joni mitchell, patti smith, rem, portishead, iron & wine, the kinks, billy bragg, spiritualized, elliot smith, van morrison, bert jansch, nina simone, dj shadow, atmosphere, the smiths, pulp, nick cave, pj harvey, the verve, smog, jim o'rourke, de la soul, sonic youth, jane's addiction, yo la tengo, the cure, david bowie, neil young...and so on and so on
Sounds Like
Yo La Tengo meet Bloc Party and have a slightly awkward conversation about their favourite Smiths songs.
Some have said...
"...genius, haunting and at the same time uplifting."
- Manilla Magazine
"...cushioned, delicately histrionic indie-rock that tenderly coats and protects."
- Vanity Project
"beautifully sculptured indie pop."
- Plan B
"Melancholic, beautiful and uplifting"
- Claire Sturgess, XFM
The Reverse - EP - My Lifelong Psychological Experiment
(www.thereverse.co.uk)
£2.50 UK
£4.00 everywhere else
Well, I have to say that I really enjoy listening to The Reverse; they sorta remind me of a cross between The Grateful Dead, The Doors and Pulp. Now, that may sound like a bridge too far when it comes to comparative information as you don't get much more diverse than those three aforementioned outfits.
'My Lifelong Psychological Experiment' is an exquisite four track EP from the excellent The Reverse. With lyrics that match Pulp's for gritty comment, honest observation and genuine accessibility, an extremely well honed looseness of feel in the way these guys lay down their instrumentation that's similar to The Dead and some stunning arrangements and beautifully proportioned guitar fx al la The Doors, The Reverse are quite different to most of their contemporaries. 'My Lifelong Psychological Experiment' is indeed a tasty little beauty of a work that deserves to do well; The Reverse are certainly good enough to be up there with the 'big boys' and they defo could give most of them a bloody good run for their money. The Reverse are ready for it - make no mistake!!
'My Lifelong Psychological Experiment' comprises 'My Lifelong Psychological Experiment', 'Other Boys', 'To The Bridge' and 'Emily' - each one is absolute quality, each one is good enough to be lifted as a single in its own right, each one demonstrates what The Reverse are about and what they're capable of and each one shows that contemporary pop/rock is alive and well in the hands of The Reverse!! Great band, great EP!!
I just can't fault anything about this superb EP - it's got just about everything; it's melodic soft-rock with a mature edge, it's beautifully executed, it defies indie rock genre boundaries, it's bright, it's easy on the ear and pretty unputdownable! The Reverse bring new hope to the nearly worn-out indie scene, they promise great things and they threaten the most established bands out there. The Reverse are special and 'My Lifelong Psychological Experiment' is a stunning work and quite typical of their output. Look out for The Reverse - I think they are gonna become a bit of a household name pretty soon. Everything's nicely in place and with some hard work by their promotions team and a bit of well deserved good luck The Reverse have the potential to be, not just big but, massive!!
Peter J Brown aka toxic pete (www.toxicpete.co.uk)
(Rhythm & Booze rating 10)
"It's like re-discovering love after you never thought you could feel again"
- A Cool Noise
"If you like Amusement Parks On Fire, Boards Of Canada or Explosions In The Sky, The Reverse may just be your new favourite band"
- Leeds Music Scene
"The Reverse make a big 'noise' in a very controlled and expressive manner- at times they are remarkably exquisite, at others they are just plain brilliant"
- ToxicPete
Order your copy now:
To celebrate the release of our third ep, "My Lifelong Psychological Experiment", we curated our own night of live music in dec which was a huge success!
It was our last ever gig with Joe, and featured some wonderful performances from, Matt Pollard, Zeth Townsend and Sam Hartley and Nathan Loughran both playing acoustically.
And a DJ set from Judes Georges (Twee As Fuck).
We also raised some money for UK based charity 'SOS Children's Villages' for their project based in Zimbabwe that supports HIV/AIDS affected children and families, providing clothing, food, school fees, medical treatment, housing improvements and counselling.
http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/sponsor-a-child/africa-child-sponsorship/zimbabwe.htm
At the end of the year we were invited to support Carina Round on the London leg of her UK tour, which was a great way to see the year out.
The third of the trio of eps released on run out records "My Lifelong Psychological Experiment" is released on 28th January.
Our debut EP, "A Clean Incision", was released in 2006 on fledgling indie
Run Out. The follow up, "Shutterspeed" is out now and available from
Here's a little Pop Promo of 'The Reverse' playing a live acoustic version of "Other Boys", filmed while in the studio October 2006 recording their 3rd EP.
The music is actually from the video recording - Joe, Jason & I practising the song. If you look closely you'll see Sam was trying to read the paper.
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We will keep you up to date with what we are doing, particularly regarding the recent launch of our new TEO Music website and its new developments followed by the full release of our Fanbase Manager Programme which is set for early 2008 – both of these are aimed at the independent music industry and will be of interest to you.
Fanbase Manager is designed to help you connect with your fans more easily, cost effectively and with the minimum of effort so feel free to check us out if you want to know more!
LODGER Simply Left Behind
LOUNGS Armageddon Outta Here
SIDECAR KISSES There's Something About You That Makes Me Hurt
REVERSE Some Things I Never Said To You But Though Of Afterwards
URIAH HEEP Look At Yourself
BUTTERFLIES OF LOVE Act Deranged
BUTTERFLIES OF LOVE Conquer Every Woe
FREEZE Sacrifice Not Suicide
KOTKI DWA Pad
ASOBI SEKSU Goodbye
LET'S WRESTLE Song For Abba Tribute Record
ROSE MELBERG Happy Birthday To Me
LOVES I My She Love You
PIGEON DETECTIVES Don't Know How To Say Goodbye
SMALL TOWN GIRLS Explain Him To Me
PALE SAINTS You Tear The World In Two
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And in between smoking big fat cigars and slapping ourselves on the back we've booked 3 rather wonderful bands to play at said good ship on the 10th of May. Thats THIS THURSDAY!
