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On their recordings:
" ... tracks such as 254 ... teeter enjoyably on the tightrope between Razorlight and Kaiser Chiefs ... impressive" - Q Magazine
" ... 'I'll Wait For You By The Coast' ingeniously knits together the postcard and big-coated strands of early 80's alt pop. '254' marries singalong enormity to Young Knives-ish wryness, and, with its furious jangle and nimble baseline 'The Joys of Finding and Losing That Girl' is indie dancefloor gold, meaning that unlike many of their more celebrated peers, New Rhodes' old tricks are as thoroughly thrilling second time around" - Rocksound.
" ... a glorious return that mixes the new-wave pomp of early PIL and New Order with a lyrical twist and eccentricity that sets these guys, and songwriter James Williams in particular apart from the current Brit pack" - Music Week.
"The Bristol guitar-pop four-piece return with a defiant, stand-up-for-indie blast of pure joy" - Sunday Times Culture Section.
‘A summer festival hit, mark our words.’ – MOJO
‘Perfectly illustrates why we tipped them for stardom way back at the start of the year’ – NME
‘reminds you why you first fell in love with singles’ – SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE
‘great songs that make the Ordinary Boys look ordinary 5/5.’ – ZOO
‘Fucking great single of the month’ – ROLLINGSTONE.COM
‘One of the finest eccentric guitar orientated pop bands this nation has produced since The Smiths.’ – DROWNED IN SOUND
“Punchy, crooked indie … making you want to bounce around like a loon … 4/5” – THE SUN
“Their debut album is packed with eccentric, heavyweight guitar gold” – DAVE BERRY (CH4) IN MUSIC WEEK
“New Rhodes craft finely tuned indie gems” - PLAYMUSIC
“Beware the bug of infectious melody is gonna get you” – DROWNED IN SOUND
On their live shows:
"All the tunes and talent of Casablancas and Co without the pretension. ... So cool it hurts and they don't even know it": ROCKSOUND
"Thrilling dancefloor burning stuff": NME
"Startlingly fresh and utterly absorbing ... our jaws dropped": LOGO
“On top form tonight … with melodic prowess tied to a youthful obsession with melancholy. Watch this band grow”: THE FLY
“Every song a gem of a single … these chaps have discovered the pop goldmine”: VENUE
- Various
Discography
I wish I Was You (UK Single)
You've Given Me Something That I Can't Give Back (UK Top 40 Single)
From the Beginning (UK Single)
The History of Britan (UK Single)
Songs From the Lodge (Album, UK, Japan, Philippines)
Everybody Loves A Scene (UK Free Download)
The Joys Of Finding And Losing That Girl (UK Single)
Everybody Loves A Scene (Album UK, Japan, Phillipines)
Free download: www/7digital.com/newrhodes
Streaming: www.myspace.com/newrhodes and www.newrhodes.com
video for new single : http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MFjFRW4rmFw
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Bio
Four piece guitar band New Rhodes have consistently shunned hype. For them it has always been all about the music - writing and belting out melodic, meaningful TUNES with an edge.
They honed their skills with a ferocious four year gigging regime that has seen them tour with the likes of Bloc Party, Razorlight and Hope of The States and win the Vodafone Best UK Live Unsigned Act award in 2006. The band has played at a host of festivals including Glastonbury, The O2 Wireless Festival in Hyde Park London, The Camden Crawl, Beached, Standon Calling, London Calling in Amstedam and Catanzaro Rocks in Italy.
The quality of the band and their eccentric Indie music has seen the likes of James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Klaxons, Mystery Jets), Paul Epworth (Bloc Party, Babyshambles, Maximo Park) and Ian Grimble (Manic Street Preachers, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Chili Peppers) tempted into producing New Rhodes’ records.
Their second album “Everybody Loves A Scene” was released in February 2009 in the UK following its launch in Japan.
As with their previous releases, the critics have heaped praise on the new material:
Some quotes on the new album/single:
" ... tracks such as 254 ... teeter enjoyably on the tightrope between Razorlight and Kaiser Chiefs ... impressive" - Q Magazine
" ... 'I'll Wait For You By The Coast' ingeniously knits together the postcard and big-coated strands of early 80's alt pop. '254' marries singalong enormity to Young Knives-ish wryness, and, with its furious jangle and nimble baseline 'The Joys of Finding and Losing That Girl' is indie dancefloor gold, meaning that unlike many of their more celebrated peers, New Rhodes' old tricks are as thoroughly thrilling second time around" - Rocksound.
" ... a glorious return that mixes the new-wave pomp of early PIL and New Order with a lyrical twist and eccentricity that sets these guys, and songwriter James Williams in particular apart from the current Brit pack" - Music Week.
"The Bristol guitar-pop four-piece return with a defiant, stand-up-for-indie blast of pure joy" - Sunday Times Culture Section.
All of this follows the release of four previous singles – including the top UK 40 charting “You’ve given Me Something That I Can’t Give Back” - and their debut album, “Songs From the Lodge”.
These were all equally warmly received by the press:
‘reminds you why you first fell in love with singles’ – SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE
‘Fucking great single of the month’ – ROLLINGSTONE.COM
‘One of the finest eccentric guitar orientated pop bands this nation has produced since The Smiths.’ – DROWNED IN SOUND
“Punchy, crooked indie … making you want to bounce around like a loon … 4/5” – THE SUN
“Their debut album is packed with eccentric, heavyweight guitar gold” – DAVE BERRY (XFM/CHANNEL 4) IN MUSIC WEEK
"Thrilling dancefloor burning stuff": NME
MTV2, The Amp, XFM, Radio 1, Radio 2 and Virgin have all also lent their support to the band’s no-fuss focus on writing and performing music and one of their tracks featured in an episode of Veronica Mars.
With a storming new live show and yet more new tunes to come, New Rhodes continue to go from strength to strength.
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