NastyFest: Vessels

Brilliant brilliant band. We love them. It's great when your friends are in one of the best bands on the planet.

They blew the roof off the Faversham at the weekend's NastyFest all-dayer. If you haven't heard them before have a listen to www.myspace.com/vesselsband - they also have lots of new material on the way which is absolutley stella.

Other bands worthy of mention from the weekend were, of course, iLiKETRAiNS and american band White Rabbits. Hear them at www.myspace.com/whiterabbits. Great stuff.

Drowned In Sound

"There’s a new sound stirring in Yorkshire and this time, with the likes of i concur around, maybe there is a reason to believe the hype after all."

Crikey!

See the fulll review here: http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/10532

Organising...

...tours can be very frustrating...















...but thankfully we've got some new songs about magnets on the way.

Futuresound

This guy says...

...we're not gonna make it to Manchester tonight. Sorry.

Pictures...

...from the launch night.

Ones to Watch (Sandman)

We've been given some really nice write-ups in Sandman this month (June). There's an ace CD review and a preview of The Twilight Sad gig we're supporting on. There's also this great piece of editorial by Sandman's Leeds Editor Tom Goodhand.

"I was already inclined to like I Concur before I heard a note they played. They emerged onto the Leeds scene with the proud declaration 'we formed thanks to a shared love of Low, The National, Mogwai and Wilco.

"Being utterly besotted with Low and somewhat in awe of The National, it seemed pretty much inevitable that I Concur would win over my ears without too much difficulty. And so I listened to their first demo as soon as it was made available and I got down to one of their early gigs.

"I Concur were impressive. Their sound revolves around the interweaving guitars of vocalist Tim Hann and chief noise-make Chris Woolford and the interesting rhythms of drummer James Brunger. The smart, sharp guitar melodies collide with Hann's understated vocals and an inevitable progression towards a crashing crescendo.

"The new EP is urgent and fraught with underlying subtleties. Each track builds and builds to a hair raising finale and leaves its traces in your mind.

"If you thought modern British indie was all about laddish bores telling you about their day-to-day lives, the I Concur will hopefully set things straight. Seek out one of the 200 copies of the EP, listen to their tracks on MySpace, go see a live show. Just make sure you hear them." Tom Goodhand

Ace!

We also got some wicked new press/live shots thanks to Kevin Petch at last night's EP launch. Cheers fella.