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Six New Bands

By Ben Rayner

SIX NEW BANDS


PHOTOS BY BEN RAYNER
Vintage t-shirt, Desigual jacket; American Apparel t-shirt, Levi’s jeans; Hurwundeki top, Wrangler jeans; Number (N)ine shirt
FLATS
Craig Pierce (bass), Dan Devine (vocals),
Samir Eskanda (drums), Luke Tristram (guitar).
Flats have a five-track self-titled 7-inch EP on Sweat Shop/Loog Records out soon.
myspace.com/flatsofcourse


Topshop t-shirt, vintage jacket, H&M skirt, Uniqlo leggings, Aldo shoes; Diesel shirt, vintage trousers and shoes; Levi’s t-shirt, Onitsuka Tiger jacket, Levi’s jeans, Vans shoes; American Apparel hoodie, Lee jacket, Levi’s jeans, Converse shoes; vintage jacket, Levi’s jeans, Clarks shoes
CHAPTER SWEETHEART
Charlotte Turner (keyboard/melodica/tambourine), Kevin Soar (vocals/trumpet/sax), Matt Turner (guitar/bass), Christy Taylor (guitars/bass), Alex Sandoval (drums).
Chapter Sweetheart have a 7-inch EP out soon on Sweat Shop.
myspace.com/chaptersweetheart


Komakino jumper, Cheap Monday jeans, Underground shoes
FAMILY
George Cassavetes (all instruments).
Family currently has no recordings forthcoming in the real world but you can listen to them on the internet whenever you want.
www.myspace.com/familychoirs


Vintage t-shirt, Stella McCartney for adidas jacket, vintage Lee jeans, Clarks shoes; American Apparel shirt and jacket, Uniqlo jeans, vintage shoes; Uniqlo jumper, Diesel jacket, Levi’s jeans, Vans shoes
FACTORY FLOOR
Nik Colk (guitar), Gabriel Gurnsey (drums), Dominic Butler (bass/machines).
Factory Floor’s “Untitled” 10-inch single is out now on Blast First Petite.
myspace.com/factoryfloor


All vintage except jewellery from Comfort Station; Topshop dress, vintage jacket, Converse shoes
2:54
Hannah Thurlow and Colette Thurlow (both guitars/bass/drums/vocals/progamming).
2:54 have no confirmed forthcoming releases. They’ve only been together for five weeks. Keep an eye out, though, because they have big plans.
myspace.com/thetwofiftyfour


Insight playsuit, vintage shoes and bangles; vintage Wrangler shirt and jeans, Dr. Martens shoes; Levi’s shirt, vintage jacket, Uniqlo jeans, Ray-Ban sunglasses, Clarks shoes;
Gap t-shirt, Diesel jeans; vintage shoes
YUCK
Mariko Doi (bass), Daniel Blumberg (guitar/vocals), Max Bloom (guitar/vocals), Jonny Rogoff (drums).
Yuck have a split-7-inch with Herzog out now on Transparent Recordings.
myspace.com/yuckband

By Ben Rayner 1 year ago

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