Czechmate are a five piece Alternative Rock band from Sittingbourne, Kent, focusing on sounds involving heavy fuzzed up guitar leads blended with traditional pop vocal melodies.

Found a bunch of songs stuffed down the back of the sofa, felt bad. Invited some friends to get involved and help get the songs recorded and out into the world, felt good.

I am jealous of -

Beatles melodies
Dylans words
Motowns rhythm section
Cole Porter in general

But isn't everyone?

Stu is probably best known for his work as Lead Guitarist for British Rock & Roll Band The Twang: 
2 albums (one Gold over 200,000 copies Love It When I Feel Like This) 
Headline at Glastonbury 2007 John Peel stage 
T in the Park 
Reading and Leeds 
V 2008 and 2009 
Rockness 
Jersey Live 
Highfield Germany 
Pukkelpop Belgium 
Summercase Spain 
Summersonic Japan 
Ibiza Rocks 
headline Academy Tour taking in Sold out shows at Brixton and many others

He's since been working on a solo project of a more soundscaped nature taking influences from artists as widespread as John Barry, Pink Floyd, Kasabian and others.

What's showcased here is probably not what you'd expect after releases by THe Twang. This is a considerable departure from the vibe generated before due to the use of Electronica and grand string sections but there is an unmistakeable DNA in the guitar lines, technique and feel.

Obviously, there is no vocal and deliberately so....This is aimed at creating vibe for a darker and more 'filmic' platform.

There are further compositions that will be revealed in good time

Press Cuts:

Those that say Stu Hartland’s flanger pedal-fed guitars recall the sound of U2 wally The Edge are missing the point – we can’t remember the last time that Irish band peddled a guitar sound that articulated the horror of the morning after a drug binge. NME

Things didn’t really make sense until Stu Hartland, a man with a unique ability to make one guitar sound like many, came into the fold. BBC

The Twang’s real secret weapons are Stuart Hartland’s shimmering, Edge-like guitar and a liquid rhythm section that recognises the distant gravitational tug of funk and reggae. Uncut

The groovy lad stomp of "Ice Cream Sundae" and the pulsating "Push The Ghosts", all coloured in by Stu Hartland's swaggering guitar licks, are likely to send limbs flailing across the whole of Worthy Farm when they're finally unleashed on the masses. BBC


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