MINIONTV are an instrumental post-rock band based in Liverpool. Founded in 2009 and inspired by genres ranging from ambient to electronic, the band honed their thundering yet sweet melodic sound on the live circuit.

Formerly known as We Sell Seashells - Leeds based 5-piece Catscans unexpectedly evolved in 2008 from the bindings of an 18th Century Hegelian manuscript. Beginning their lives as little more than bizarre micro-organisms, data indicates that it was only by 2009 that their musical energies were succesfully consolidated into a debut EP.

Months of rigorous trials saw Catscans explode into dynamic and volatile waveforms, producing sonic phrases and frequencies which were at once discrete and sublime; sonorous and dissonant; melancholic and uplifting. Subsequent test results fused into a raucous live spectacle bearing with them a second recording. Their 2010 EP, 'Be Excellent', simultaneously showcased a spectrum of abrasive and delicate tones via the tenets of Buddhism and Bill & Ted. 

The organisms known as Catscans comprise the following shapes: Jonny on guitar, vocals and discord; Chrissie on violiola, nyckelharpa and wanderings; Mike on guitars and spookiness; Tom on boom; and Roy on drums and hoots. Their debut album 'Amnesty' will be released Spring 2011, perhaps to cries of delight or shudders of confusion.

'intense and tranquil music with varied and effective shifts in mood...an impressive sound' 
NoTitle Magazine 

'music that's emotive, punchy and, you know... a bit moreish.' 
Vibrations Magazine: Feb2011


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