“They’re definitely a band from Hull” - Steve Lamacq, BBC Radio 6 Music 

The Avenues are a four-piece indie-rock band from Hull. Coming together in late 2018, they have already played some huge gigs including selling out venues in their hometown, playing the main stage at Humber Street Sesh Festival and supporting the likes of Spector, The K's and The Royston Club and are now gigging regularly around the country.

Testimonials:  

"Cheers mate, you're a life saver" - Man I once gave a cigarette   
“Better than having a carvery” - Katie   
“The best smelling band I’ve worked with” - Mickey Dale, Embrace   
"I'm afraid it's... incurable" - My doctor   
"Who the fuck are The Avenues?" - Ollie Brown, lead guitarist       

For fans of The Cribs, Spector, Arctic Monkeys, Milburn & Catfish & the Bottlemen.

Crazy nuts bananas songwriter.guitarist and drummer

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// OFFICIAL SOUNDCLOUD FOR NATIVE BRAVES //

DISSONANCE, THE NEW EP - OUT NOW.

Management - sam@oshomgmt.com / andybibey@gmail.com

Native Braves are a distinctively dark and brooding alt-rock band. Their first release, ‘Blood Orange / Self Assemble’, demonstrated this unique sound with critical acclaim. Now, their debut EP ‘Dissonance’ (July 2015) is the first offering from Lincolnshire ‘Post-indie’ quintet since their line-up changes at the start of 2015. 

The EP is the culmination of months of experimentation with sound and genre boundaries, the result of which is a record that exhibits the band’s towering, sombre sound with a heavier edge while retaining pop sensibilities. 

Taking influence from Post-punk; Joy Division, Editors, Echo and the Bunnymen and enthusing these melancholic sounds with modern indie/alt-rock influences from the likes of Foals, Alt-J and The 1975 – Native Braves have created a truly individual sound that is reminiscent of the soulful 80’s/early 90’s indie scene with the immensity and gall of the modern rock and indie scenes, a creation they call Post-indie. 

iTunes - http://bit.ly/1r27LRh

Spotify - http://spoti.fi/1xHMQdJ

// Peace, Braves. //
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Jangly-guitar rock and a biting sense of humour meet in the storytelling songs of Chris Tavener. A theatrical musician with an acerbic wit, Tavener writes his lyrics from the perspective of flawed characters that he draws from 21st century life.

His cynical social commentary, dressed in punchy, guitar-driven rock and acoustic ballads has won him acclaim from BBC 6 Music and multiple BBC Introducing stations. He’s popular for his unique and theatrical live performance that has seen him sharing the stage with Super Hans, Emily Capell, Tony Hadley and Peter Hook of Joy Division while also writing songs for the likes of Sir Ian McKellen.

In 2022, Tavener released a rock-inspired EP called ‘Easy Ways To Be Happy’. The success of the EP saw him touring with viral-hit sensation Thomas Benjamin Wild Esquire. The subsequent year, he performed his own headline tour of all five countries in the British Isles (dubbed ‘The Easy Ways To Be Happy Tour’). These shows featured a glimpse of new songs coming in 2024.

“”An interesting lad with an elastic turn of phrase” – Steve Lamacq, BBC 6 Music

“Nice set. Kinks-y vibes” – Carl Barat, The Libertines

“The idiosyncratic but ever so loveable Chris Tavener. Try and see him live, he really creates an amazing atmosphere” – Mark Radcliffe (BBC Radio 2)

www.christavener.co.uk
www.facebook.com/christavener
www.youtube.com/christavener
https://www.patreon.com/christavener

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