IDLE PLAYTHINGS =  

Dan Lanchbury, Vocals/Bass  

Danny Miller, Vocals/Electronics 

Tom Avery, Vocals/Guitar 

Richard Jones, Thunder Sticks 

Combining unusual time signatures, catchy hooks and big vocal harmonies, Idle Playthings are just twisting what you know into something different.  In 2010, Idle Playthings entered Godiva Unsigned and went on to win the competition earning the right to share the bill with Badly Drawn Boy and Ash. Recently the band have been working hard writing new material, recording, playing the shows of their lives at great venues (including; Birmingham O2 Academy3, Birmingham Ballroom, Coventry Kasbah) 

“A real refreshing treat – tight, technical, proggy, funky, experimental, dancey rock, the kind of thing it’s hard to quite put your finger on.  Accessible and interesting and combined with the funky grooves and well written melodies the overall effect was something quite breath-taking.” (Sound Foundry) 

“Idle Playthings, another local band who are starting to make a few waves in the live scene. I was quite taken with some if their songs – interesting time signature changes, effortless and lithe guitar licks, excellent bass work, some gut-pounding drums and crunchy synth sounds.  Their sound is quite a difficult one to categorise – anthemic choruses lead into more ambient passages, jazz influences in some of the rhythm section – but they certainly know how to play.” (MidlandsRocks.co.uk – 3rd Feb 2012) 


Johnny Slim has now been joined by the Slimtones to create unbridled, unfiltered, rock and roll. They played together for years in various projects and the time has come to start abusing electricity again... 

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