The City Calls Studio Video

The City Calls have posted a studio video documenting the recording of their forthcoming EP. Click read more to view.

Several other studio videos from The City Calls can be viewed here.

The City Calls and Kid Keep Dancing Set To Begin UK Tour

The City Calls and Kid Keep Dancing will begin their UK tour together tomorrow.

April
Friday 15th - Norwich @ The Marquee
Saturday 16th - Hemel Hempstead @ The Rose and Crown
Monday 18th - Swansea @ Sin City
Tuesday 19th - Bournemouth @ Ibar
Wednesday 20th - Southampton @ Hamptons
Friday 22nd - Leicester @ The Shed
Saturday 23rd - Birmingham @ Asylum 2
Sunday 24th - Salisbury @ British Legion

Exclusive Studio Blog: The City Calls

Southampton's The City Calls have producing their fifth and final studio update exclusively for Alter The Press. Over the past week, the pop-punk group have been recording their new EP, whilst at the same time producing a series of video updates.

The EP is set to be released this summer and a track from the EP, 'Truth or Dare' can be heard here.

The City Calls on MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter.

Further information on I Am Mighty Records can be found at
iammightyrecords.co.uk.

Exclusive Studio Blog: The City Calls

As part of our on going series of exclusive studio blogs, The City Calls have produced their third and fourth video updates, which can be viewed above and below respectively.

The pop-punk group are recording their new EP and are producing a series of studio updates over the coming days.
A track from the EP, 'Truth or Dare' can be heard here.

The City Calls on MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter.

Further information on I Am Mighty Records can be found at
iammightyrecords.co.uk.

Exclusive Studio Blog: The City Calls

Southampton's The City Calls have gave their second video update exclusively to Alter The Press.

The pop-punk group are recording their new EP and are producing a series of studio updates over the coming days.

A track from the EP, 'Truth or Dare' can be heard here.

The City Calls on MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter.

Further information on I Am Mighty Records can be found at
iammightyrecords.co.uk.

Exclusive Studio Blog: The City Calls

Today we're launching our latest exclusive studio blog with Southampton's The City Calls.

The pop-punk group are recording their new EP and are producing a series of studio updates especially for Alter The Press. The first video update from the band can be viewed above.

A track from the EP, 'Truth or Dare' can be heard here.

The City Calls on MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter

Further information on I Am Mighty Records can be found at
iammightyrecords.co.uk

Album Review: The City Calls - Dirty Tricks EP

Though grossly inexperienced at both, there are some parallels between song-writing and child-rearing. You clearly wouldn’t expect a toddler to be reciting prose worthy of Proust and equally you shouldn’t expect a nascent pop-punk band to have the most groundbreaking lyrics. Equally, much like with child raising, there are multiple schools of thought on how hard a band should be chastised for making simple mistakes. Perhaps in this case, as the old adage goes: "I’m not angry – I’m just disappointed."

It is getting immensely frustrated listening to pop-punk and finding bands falling into the same lyrical pitfalls that all young bands seem to find themselves in. Being in a band in this genre is not a short-cut for writing, and spending time on perfecting, lyrics. The guiltiest track in this regard is “Flaunt It” an otherwise fine song with a great chorus and a huge hook but littered with lyrical mis-steps like “If you’ve got it flaunt it” and “Show me how you move girl/You got me feeling less than three tonight”. If there is anything I dislike most in music it is the use of the world “girl” in this context. This is not the only occasion in which the lyrics go some way to ruining songs otherwise full of potential.