White Ape 2011 - 2018: After 7 years we have decided to call it a day. Thanks for all your support. You can still buy and stream our records in all the usual places.

SOTONES10: Ten Years of Sotones, double VINYL album featuring Eat More Meat out now on Sotones Records.

“Too smart...their heads spin with ideas. Truly fab and ready for mass attention” - John Robb, Louder Than War

"Genius Lyrics and great vocal delivery. Thank God there are still bands telling it like it is" - Tom Robinson BBC6music

“raw and subversive...takes no prisoners”  - The Vinyl District

“superb journey of conundrum” - Tim Whale, Emerging Indie Bands

"tons of attitude and a DIY ethic embedded in their bones" - Artrocker

"Don’t forget your dancing feet as the scintillating reference points of ska, rock-a-billy and Morricone will sweep you on to the dance-floor." - Tim Whale, Emerging Indie Bands

"Just waiting for Quentin Tarantino to snap them up for one of his soundtracks" - Nick Tann, Is This Thing On?

"Marvellous little jocular but oft times intense garage combo wherein The Cramps, The Fall and The Minutemen get given a  wonky pop makeover to much effect."

"White Ape are causing a stir with the likes of Steve Lamacq – and it ain't stir crazeee. Their splice-the-mainbrace nautical approach to punk rocknroll has some swish rancid post punk elements, some Cave-ish quarters, a singer who sounds like Sean Ryder on a punky tip and the occasional foray into drrty cod reggae. But now rejigged with a little beat group classiness and some hot and frenzied songcraft, White Ape have really embraced their inner Sky Saxons..." - Bugbear Promotions

“Deranged twisted psych punk.... sounds like a bunch of tanked-up tarantulas dressed in dinner jackets tip-toeing down a dark alleyway. Welcome to the cult world of white ape...”  -  FEED YOUR HEAD

CLASH MAGAZINE - 'Taking the darker but more organic end of The Cure, getting some baroque pop elements on board care of some fabulous violin playing and harnassing a little Radiohead noir too.'  

NEW INDIE MUSIC - 'Classic alt/indie songcraft and performance with nods to The Cure, Radiohead and The Libertines.  Great stuff.'  

GARY CROWLEY of BBC RADIO LONDON - 'The band I've be
en waiting for.' 

BUGBEAR PROMOTIONS - 'Delightful orchestral indie with poetic lyrics. Kind of Radiohead meets The Libertines with violins and trumpets.'  

Hi guys. The band met in a London bar. We mainly tear around the city in ubers that are usually too small for our equipment to play shows that are usually too loud for any clear detection of Rob's vocals. Before these shows we often grab a falafel, have a stab at amusing conversation and, when that fails, move onto existential philosophy, animal rights and red wine. En route back to the venue we vape, smoke and compare egos. Career highlights include BBC Radio coverage and gigs for the Joe Strummer Foundation for New Music. Gary Crowley, a BBC DJ, said we were 'the band he had been waiting for', which was sweet of him. We fuse alt. rock with violins, trumpets, sizzling guitars, dark poetic lyrics and driving drums, though there's the odd slow dark number. We hope you enjoy our sounds. Why not hit ‘Like’ and 'Follow' to get our latest releases and news straight to you? Peace xx  

Our Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/2P4XAAbywjN9CmG4qg6Qmb

Our Itunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/cats-on-the-beach/597955446

Our Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/cats-on-the-beach

Rob’s Music and Mental Health Youtube Channel. It’s worth subscribing! - https://www.youtube.com/user/robmoore999999/

We give all our music and videos away for free! Please support us here. It’s fans like you that keep us going - www.patreon.com/catsonthebeach

Band members:
Rob Marenghi - Vocals/Guitars/Lyrics/Harmonica/Pretentious Hair
Liam Williamson - Drums/Vocals/Lanky Legs 
Diego Quintano - Bass/Vocals/Effects/Hairy Chest.

And for you guitar geeks, here are some Amazon links to some of the guitars we use:
Fender Telecaster Electric - https://amzn.to/2GxOyti
Classical Nylon String Acoustic - https://amzn.to/2BPbzUn 
Johnson Steel String Acoustic - https://amzn.to/2GQx2jo

Voodoo Sci-Fi Blues 


DEBUT ALBUM OUT 12th June 2015

“Like Portishead doing a Tarantino soundtrack… this is great!!” Huw Stephens, Radio 1
"Sexy pop noir" - The Daily Sport
“Fantastically dirty… one of the catchiest choruses l’ve ever heard… made me want to dance round my bedroom with my hairbrush” Esther Press, The Fly Magazine
“With Smoky-voiced femme fatale Hatty Taylor on vocals, London-based three piece Vienna Ditto mix wild-eyed rockabilly riffs with sparse, atmospheric electronica.”
Q Magazine: Net Big Things: The best music online
“... a gorgeous, shimmering slice of film noir soundtrack pop... it reeks of tragically failed romance, dark Parisian backstreets and claustrophobic regret, Beth Gibbons mentored by John Barry by way of Twin Peaks. It’s not so much dreampop as fog-pop; seedily exotic tripped-out pop heard through late-night mist. This is fucking great.” Nightshift (Demo of the Month)

Gaining airplay across the UK and beyond from a range of tastemaker names including BBC Radio 6, BBC Introducing, talkSport Radio, Amazing Radio, Radio X, Sirius XM, Jack Saunders on BBC Radio 1, KINK in the Netherlands and Inter FM in Japan, False Heads have also gained placements on Apple Music’s ‘New in Rock’, Spotify’s ‘All New Rock’, Deezer’s ‘Hot New Rock’ and Amazon Music’s ‘Best New Bands’ playlists. 

Their live show is a legendary spectacle, a whirlwind of sweat, mosh pits, and unbridled joy. Having cut their teeth on the grimy underbelly of the UK club scene, the band's stage presence is electrifying, a potent mix of punk-rock fury and post-punk swagger. They've shared stages with the likes of The Libertines, Josh Homme, Frank Turner, David Byrne and Queens of the Stoneage, and their infectious energy has won over crowds across the globe. They’ve also sold out iconic venues on their own headline shows such as The Windmill, The Grace, Oslo, The Louisana, Ramsgate Music Hall and played festivals such Reading, Isle of Wight, InMusic, Y Not, Tramlines, Rock for People. 

Their second album Sick Moon (produced by Frank Turner) stormed onto the UK Official Album Charts, landing a coveted spot within the Top 40 in the Album Sales Chart and number 2 in the Independent Album Breakers Chart. Their anthemic track "Rabbit Hole" has racked up over 1.5 million streams on Spotify, and 20,000 monthly listeners. The band has attracted a legion of devoted fans – including rock royalty like Simon Le Bon and Iggy Pop, legendary manager Danny Fields, and iconic Bangles guitarist Vicki Peterson.

False Heads are already hard at work on their third album, currently being recorded under the esteemed guidance of Grammy Award-winning producer Adrian Bushby. With his Midas touch on records by Muse, Foo Fighters, U2 and Placebo, this collaboration promises to elevate the band's sound to new heights.

TV's Stewart Lee described Jail as "a miniature meccano-kit replica of the classic leftfield indie template" (although he did add afterwards "all they need now is scaffolding". But that was in 2004 and we are much better now). Stewart also played Jail's 'Renaissance Man' on his One Way Single Parent Family Favourites lunchtime show on London's Resonance 104.4 FM.

A brief history of Jail: lead singer and songwriter Jon Leone met drummer Kieran Hurley at Devonshire Hall, Leeds University, and recorded the debut EP "Evil Moon, Bad Sun", co-written by Pete Bradbury.

Promoter Steve Kind saw the demo in local guitar shop Rock Shack and gave them a gig at the Royal Park Cellars.

Since then Jail have played in Leeds, Manchester and London and released four albums. 

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Press contact & General inquiries: anneisrecords (at) gmail (dot) com

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