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1. • drthirkenstein
   • yo dundee got cancelled so if anything's going down on may 23rd we'd like to play! thanks
     
     thesemonsters@hotmail.com
     
     either way this tour will be amazing
     
     
     
     
     
     
     THESE MONSTERS
     
     "Time has frozen as witnesses halt in their tracks, intoxicated by the heady miasma of jazz-post-rock resonance both comforting and devestating."
     The Fly Magazine
     
     "one of the most interesting and engaging instrumental acts I’ve heard from the UK in a long fucking time – no word of a lie"
     www.Collective-zine.co.uk
     
     "Over and over These Monsters deliver a crashing landscape of deft intensity and unparalleled creativity. As far as debut releases go, few are as stunning or ambitious as These Monsters. I’m hard pressed to align These Monsters with another UK band, because frankly there aren’t any other UK artists I’ve heard doing anything remotely similar. In that aspect, they join the ranks of 65 Days of Static and Blueneck for outright creativity."
     Decoy Music Magazine
     
     "Though they look like they've come in off the street after a three day bender, complete with questionable fashion accessories (headbands for pity's sake!), These Monsters definitely have it in the riffs. Even the saxophonist seems to wish he was playing guitar. A line of stalwart nodders bang the time with their heads to this heaviest of mesmeric grooves. Think somewhere between We Vs Death and Pelican and you're getting close."
     - BBC.co.uk
     
     "I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that this is one of the most promising bands in the instrumental arena. If These Monsters can pull together a debut album with anything close to the vision, idea and musicianship as this EP, they will definitely become the U.K’s answer to Explosions in the Sky."
     The Silent Ballet
     
     "Up next, these monsters are simply amazing. The five-piece make instrumental blunderbusses of songs that would give Godspeed You! Black Emperor or Mogwai nightmares. The doom-laden riffs and drummer Tommy’s relentless assault on his kit are at once brutal and strangely pretty, whilst the rousing saxophone adds a perverse showtune element to proceedings - a vicious, energetic and loud-enough-to-be-pornographic live show."
     Sandman Magazine
     
     "During the middle of the set I take a casual glance around the packed room to notice that not one person is talking, all eyes on the band and all jaws on the floor."
     Leedsmusicscene
     
     influences:
     mars volta, radiohead, neurosis, converge, jaga jazzist, jenniferever
     
     www.myspace.com/thesemonsters
     
     
     
     WINTERMUTE
     
     
     "...steeped in intensity and emotion... a well of talent and creativity that points to a bright future."
     www.highvoltage.org.uk
     
     "...the whole thing's held together by some of the jerkiest guitar work this side of a Jade Tree compilation."
     www.drownedinsound.com
     
     "...punchy and pop-infected, akin to The Futureheads poising notes at sharper angles. Ditch the doubts at the door: expect to be impressed."
     Rock Sound
     
     "Wintermute performed with great passion and determination and kept their audience engaged throughout their entire set.....Delicate guitar parts and stomping drum beats fuse together to produce a sound that is richly powerful..."
     www.themusicguru.co.uk
     
     "...smart as a button in a nerd rock style and stomping out some very precise, upright indie pop.... Morphic pop in motion."
     Sandman Magazine
     
     "...a bright, driving set of superbly well-rehearsed songs packed with nimble staccato riffs and power-surging bass lines."
     www.whisperinandhollerin.com
     
     "A curious combo of At The Drive-In and Interpol, splashed with a bit of Foals-ian mathletics, tight and adventurous, Wintermute are cool."
     www.NME.com
     
     "With some bands you can hear them straining to find the right sound... but Wintermute have the ideas and, importantly, the ability to put their ideas into practice."
     Vibrations Magazine
     
     "...in the art of great alternative rock, Wintermute are definitely showing the potential to create their own interpretation on such an art form."
     www.roomthirteen.com
     
     "To come out with something this good so early is just brilliant. Imagine what they could do in the future. Could be huge."
     www.comfortcomes.com
     
     www.myspace.com/wintermuteband
   • [11:29 on 13/05/08]

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