Album Review: Goodtime Boys - Are We Now, Or Have We Ever Been EP

As far as EP’s go, Tangled Talk has been hitting them out of the ball park recently, partly with thanks Lewis Johns, whose production skills have a remarkable way of capturing the essence of a band within a limited time period. Although Goodtime Boys are still in their infancy in terms of releases, constant touring since the beginning of 2010 has helped shape their sound into something fresh, strong in identity, and bipolar in temperament.

Swinging vigorously between frantic aggression and bleak fragility, each track on ‘Are We Now...’ is layered with tension. Rolling smoothly between heavy instrumentation and patient pauses, Goodtime Boys have a well crafted and distinct sound that hits as hard as Converge with the delicate musicianship of This Will Destroy You. Pushed along by intricate drumming, even their most atmospheric moments tremble with palpable energy that refuses to fall flat.

Album Review: Tangled Hair - Apples

Out of the disbanding of much loved math sensation Colour, drummer James Trood and lead singer Alan Welsh formed Tangled Hair back in 2009. Since the release of their first EP, aptly named ‘First’ they have got themselves a new member in the form of bassist Alex Lloyd and 15 months on released ‘Apples’, a neat display of sheer instrumental and song writing prowess in the form of a 5-track EP.

There’s no messing around with opener ‘I’m Calmer Than You’, the group bellow out “Arghhhhhh” and burst into a volatile track, which simmers and crashes, never gathering a foothold on any given tempo. The time signatures throughout the EP are complex and unstable, heavily led by the drum machine that is James Trood, who powers through with off kilter rhythms that almost stray off into incomprehensible realms.

New Tangled Hair EP

Tangled Hair will release a new EP, 'Apples' on April 11th via Big Scary Monsters.

'Apples' is available digitally from 24th March for the low price of just £2.49 before reverting to its full price from 11th April.

01. I'm Calmer Than You Are
02. Forty Winks
03. Campfires
04. Daylight #1
05. Daylight #2

A free download of 'Campfires' can be found here.

Pre-order 'Apples' here.

24.03 - Southampton, Avondale
25.03 - Leicester, Firebug
26.03 - Leeds, The Packhorse
27.03 - Nottingham, Spanky Van Dykes
30.03 - Portsmouth, Edge of The Wedge
31.03 - Ipswich, The Swan
01.04 - Birmingham, The Flapper
02.04 - Kingston, The Peel
05.04 - London, Old Blue Last

This Is Not Revolution Rock Release 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' Cover

Kingston label This Is Not Revolution Rock have released a cover of 'Do They Know It's Christmas?', which features members of Hold Your Horse Is, Tellison, Our Lost Infantry, mistakes. in. animation, Tangled Hair, Stagecoach, Anison and Katie Malco.

The single is available now through iTunes and all proceeds go to Shelter.

The video for the single can be viewed by clicking read more.

Further details on the single can be found here.

Tall Ships Set To Kick Off BSM X-Mas UK Tour with Tangled Hair

Tall Ships begin Big Scary Monsters Recordings Christmas Tour next week.

Support comes from Tangled Hair.

06.12 - Brighton, The Albert
07.12 - London, Brixton, The Rest Is Noise (free entry)
08.12 - Cambridge, Portland Arms
09.12 - Kingston, New Slang
10.12 - Bristol, Mothers Ruin
11.12 - Middlesbrough, Uncle Alberts (free entry)
12.12 - Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
13.12 - Sheffield, Bungalows and Bears (free entry - no Tangled Hair)

Tall Ships' recent EP, 'There Is Nothing But Chemistry Here' can be streamed by clicking read more.

2010 BSM Records X-Mas Tour Announced with Tall Ships and Tangled Hair

Big Scary Monsters Records' 2010 X-Mas Tour has been announced. The tour is headlined by Tall Ships, with support from Tangled Hair

06.12 - Brighton, The Albert
07.12 - London, Brixton, The Rest Is Noise (free entry)
08.12 - Cambridge, Portland Arms
09.12 - Kingston, New Slang
10.12 - Bristol, Start The Bus
11.12 - Middlesbrough, Uncle Alberts (free entry)
12.12 - Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
13.12 - Sheffield, Bungalows and Bears

Live Review: Tall Ships, Men, Tangled Hair - Old Blue Last, London - 13/6/2010

A Sunday night rarely sees many people heading out for gigs, especially with a World Cup match kicking off at 7.30. But tonight was different, by the time Tangled Hair came on stage Old Blue Last was nearing capacity for tonight’s free show put on by BSM records.

After giving the news that James Trood behind the drum kit was very ill, it was a mystery how he managed to get through the set, the whole time looking like he was either going to be sick or actually drop dead at any second. But illness aside the stand-out part of this band is the absolute beat machine that is Trood, leading with heavily complicated and intricate rhythms. The instrumental sections are where the band shines, delivering a melodic and more mature taste of British math pop.