Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/06/2013
7:00 pm
Location
Central Station
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Catfish and The Bottlemen play loud, explosive, sexy rock and roll songs – full of guitars and energy. The 4 piece from Llandudno, who met at school, have honed their amazing live show over the last 18 months, which sees vocalist and guitarist Van McCann climbing the walls and playing as though his life depends on it, whilst Billy Bibby (lead guitar), Benji Blakeway (bass) and Bob Hall (drums) keep up the action their end with powerful, thrilling tunes. With a brand new single, tour and appearances at The Great Escape, Dot to Dot and Tramlines Festival the summer is looking decidedly busy for these four young men.
The band signed to Communion Records (Ben Howard, Michael Kiwanuka, Deap Vally, Half Moon Run, Gotye) this spring, and release their debut single for the label on 17th June 2013. ‘Homesick’ starts off gently before bursting into a full-on rock/pop classic with thrashing guitars – infectious and exciting and all under three minutes. Working with producer and Communion co-founder Ian Grimble (Manic Street Preachers / Daughter / British Sea Power / Red Hot Chili Peppers) at the legendary Rockfield Studios in Wales, ‘Homesick’ is the band’s first offering from what was a hugely productive session. The track has already been played by Steve Lamacq on 6 Music (who also tipped them in the Independent on Sunday) and Zane Lowe on Radio 1, who made them his ‘Next Hype’
By bugging promoters for gigs up and down the country and beyond they ended up playing over 100 shows last year both here and in Europe including their European Festival debut at Reeperbahn Festival in 2012. When they bumped into Carl Barat in Germany he invited them to play his weekly club Jubilee in London, they dragged The Vaccines to see them whilst they were hanging about backstage at an Arctic Monkeys gig and they’ve also played Chris Hawkins’ (6 Music) club in Islington. Along the way they put a couple of tracks online, including ‘Sidewinder’, which gained them more fans along the way courtesy of YouTube and their website. 2013 looks set to be the year they make their mark with a headline tour, festival dates and another single on its way this autumn.
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