Broken Hands’ brand new EP ‘Down By The Current’ I now available via iTunes
. ‘Alarms’ is featured on this very tasty EP along with the new Burberry Spark sunglasses campaign which launched yesterday. The boys have a busy Summer ahead of them, including an appearance at The Rolling Stones concert at Hyde Park. Their next show is a free one on the 15th May at the Old Blue Last.
The EP is inspired by last summer’s festival season… in the words of lead singer Dale Norton:
”Plagued by torrential rain, I waded through T-In The Park’s Scottish mud and stopped at the live arena to witness hundreds of mini-events unfold. Couples tearing each other apart whilst flocks of drug infused followers droned on. Groups of new-found friends danced without a care for time, or the knowledge that their tent had also been engulfed by the torrent. All this was being fuelled by the music – the songs on this EP are anchored to these and our own experiences.
Those people were in the moment and we want our music to be there when it happens again.”
‘Alarms’ – Taken From the new EP from Broken Hands – ‘Down By The Current’
Meeting at school, Dale (vocals), Jamie (guitar), and Thomas (bass) quickly discovered a mutual love for Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac. Joined by Dale’s younger brother Callum (drums) they formed a band named in homage to Chief Broken Hand from Western flick ‘White Feather.’ It’s been a series of stage invasions, bloodied microphones, blown amplifiers, experiments with guitar pedals and good times ever since.
Creating their own DIY shows in the picturesque but relatively muted Canterbury in Kent, placed Broken Hands on a rapid ascent, and earned them a slot at Lounge On The Farm festival, which attracted admiration and interest from James Endeacott and Edwyn Collins. Who duly wacked out the bands first 7” single. This was quickly followed by an invitation to join Band of Skulls on both UK and European tours last year.
The new EP ‘Down By The Current’, from which ‘Alarms’ is taken, represents another step up for Broken Hands. This is a lean and muscular output. Exactly what they need preceding a British Summertime show with The Rolling Stones in Hyde Park.
Stream ‘Curves’ taken from the same EP
EP buy link – https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/down-by-the-current-ep/id639569861
Live Dates:
15th May – London – Old Blue Last *headline
21st June – Tooting – Tram & Social (The Remedy – John Kennedy XFM) *w/Exit Calm
6th July – London – Hyde Park BST Festival *w/The Rolling Stones/Vaccines/Palma Violets
7th July – Liverpool – X&Y Festival *w/Dog Is Dead/Friends
27th July – Kent – Lounge On The Farm Festival *w/Seasick Steve/Jessie Ware/Tribes
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