Showing posts with label shapes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shapes. Show all posts
Album Review: Shapes - Monotony Chic
One would be quick to assess the channeling of the defunct Blakfish through the similar style and verve that Shapes display. In fact, the two mathy bands are simply part of the same homegrown Birmingham scene that allowed the former to burst into a wider scene with their angular, quick-shifting alternative rock. Shapes seem to be injected with the same urgency and tendency for sonic assault in the form of their debut album ‘Monotony Chic’.Opening salvo ‘Siren Song’ sets the tone, a strong representative of things to come as the band unload their math-hardcore ammo with fist-clenching energy. On many of the tracks, such as ‘Allure A Hore’ and ‘Lipstick Vulture’, their sound suffers a little from this sense of a constant wall of noise and they do much better on an effort like ‘The Victim’ where they take a step back and breathe a little space into the equation to introduce flirtations with melody and various experimental expressions of rhythm.
New Feliciano Compilation Featuring Tiger Please, Stagecoach, Cynics and More
Feliciano have released their first compilation and has been put together following the devastation caused in Japan by the recent earthquake.The compilation features Tiger Please, Stagecoach, Cynics, Delta/Alaska, Shapes and more is to buy from Bandcamp for a minimum of £2.50.
1. Tiger Please - Autumn Came The Fall
2. Apollo's Arrows - Umbrellas To The Sahara
3. Shoes and Socks Off - The Doppler Effect
4. Cynics - Twenty Five
5. Delta/Alaska - Meric vs Logan
6. Shapes - Vacancy Ape
7. Munroe Effect - ...Call in the Futurists!
8. Part Dinosaur - Sparks
9. The Brilliantly Simple - Revision
10. Wooderson - Mendonca
11. Stagecoach - Hieroglyphics
12. Look Mexico - You Stay. I Go. No Following.
13. Drawings - Bad Apple
14. The Attika State - Recycle
15. Johnny Foreigner - Who Needs Comment Boxes When You've Got Knives
16. Cardinals - Human Traces
17. Stations In The Valley - Starts At Dot
Shapes Set To Record New Album
Shapes will begin recording their new album with producers, Eskil Lövström & Pelle Henricson later this month. A spring release is expected through Big Scary Monsters Records.Updates can be found on the bands Tumblr page.
Pulled Apart By Horses and Shapes Supporting Glassjaw on UK Tour
Pulled Apart By Horses and Shapes will be supporting Glassjaw on their UK dates later this month.24th - Manchester Academy
25th - Nottingham Rock City
26th - Glasgow QMU
BSM and Holy Roar to Release 4-band 10'' Split
Big Scary Monsters Records and Holy Roar Records are joining together to release a 4-band 10'' split called 'Holy Monsters.The release will include new tracks from The Tupolev Ghost, Shapes, Holy State and Brontide. It will be limited to just 500 copies (250 on green vinyl, 250 on purple) and will come with a link to a free 20 track MP3 sampler, which features the four songs from the vinyl, along with 8 more from each label.
'Holy Monsters' is available to pre-order here.
Shapes Posts New Video
Shapes have posted the video for 'Trampled By A Horse' and can be seen on their myspace.Big Scary Monsters Give Away Shapes EP
Big Scary Monsters Records are giving away Shapes' old EP ''Get Your Learn On' for free for a limited time only. The EP can be found here.Shapes Posts New Song
Shapes have posted a new song called 'You Butcher' on their myspace and is taken from their forthcoming new EP 'The Pasture, The Oil', which is released on Big Scary Monsters Records on May 4th.
