The Black Delta Movement

The Black Delta Movement plunder from genres and sub-genres to create kaleidoscopic hybrids of disjointed power-crunching post punk garage rock with searing guitars, sub-terrestrial bass thrums and occasional swathes of a cinematic electro sleaze underbelly. Developing a sound not only of their own but a reflection of their musical influences. As notable and as firmly embedded in their songs those influences may be the delivering musicianship is peerless. The unflinching backbone of The Black Delta Movement is a slew of raw melodic originality and a handful of personal influences with a nod to Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Brian Jones Town Massacre and Iggy Pop in equally progressive parts.

Since their formation in 2010 the Hull based four-piece have been consistently hard to ignore, their recent Ghost Dance EP was their fourth release and follows God In Exile (2010) Peach Flavoured Hand Grenade (2011) and Lavender House (2012) Impressive live performances up and down the country earned them support slots with some of music’s bigger names including Shaun Ryder, Steve Cradock, The Moons and Twisted Wheel.

Their armour is a creative hot-streak of songs, among them the jarring bluesy rock number ‘Submariner’ hacking a serrated edge of disorderly dissonance across the thorax of a stomping guitar/drums combo thudding a beat into the heart of the sound. The tempo pushing ‘Sleeping Pills’ is grit-edged rock song with bone rattling fret work and soaring lead vocal stamping, it’s presence as clearly as a black inked footnote might upon the white of paper. And the fuzzy, scratched up garage track ‘Emissary’ is a cool bastard, a slick guitar driven swagger, a riff-laden anthem with a hint of darkness below the eyes and a look of nostalgia about its person.The Black Delta Movement will never be just a passing mention or a casual listen. They will be your conversations and your soundtracks. I promise.

http://theblackdeltamovement.co.uk/

New Artist Of The Day: The Whereabouts

The effortless personification of retro cool…

The Whereabouts are teenagers, the mod youth, defined in the narrow cut of their tailored suits they are the poster boys for the approaching generation. They play outstanding R&B influenced catchy rock/pop that is confident enough to emulate the era it traditionally belongs to yet sharp enough to cast a modernity of it’s own competence should there ever be some doubt that it may not. Their youthful energy conjures a bombastic 60’s pop sound consistent with British Invasion bands like The Merseybeats while their deeper edged bluesy guitar work is an endearing nod to their Rolling Stones and Chuck Berry influences. They resonate with a definite profoundness and are remarkably perceptive to the aesthetics of the genre they operate in. They’ve already attracted the attention of the industry with last years rollicking ‘TwentyThirtyThree’ EP and the hook laden single ‘Emmalene’. An extensive gig schedule including a support slot with American band Daughtry earned them play-listing on America’s leading radio station KROQ…. A hugely significant indication of their merit surely. Further grooviness continues with tremendous follow up single ‘Don’t Bring Me Down’. The world, it would seem, might one day be theirs!” 

http://www.thewhereaboutsofficial.com/

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