Mounts. The sound of empty high streets. It's art. It's marvellous.

The Harriets are a Leeds-based alternative pop and rock four-piece, fronted by lead vocalists Daniel Parker-Smith and Ben Schrodel. They are joined for live shows by Jess Womack on keys and Ryan Bailey on drums. With accomplished songwriting, unmistakable three-part vocals and a live show that lifts the soul, they are making waves in the UK music scene. 

After being nominated for Glastonbury Emerging Talent and Record Store Day Unsigned in 2019, the band released their 2020 debut album ‘Hopefuls’ to great success. International sales in Europe and the US, a four-star review by Rolling Stone Magazine DE, airplay on BBC Radio and a regional TV feature have given the band a new platform for their music.

Their new EP 'A Little Something,’ out 7 May 2021, collects five radically different songs in one concise package. It  points toward an exciting new songwriting direction for the band, with a renewed focus on arrangement and lush chamber pop orchestration, while retaining the band’s characteristic vocal harmonies.

The EP will be released with a limited CD run exclusive to Bandcamp, as well as digital stores including Spotify. The band are also launching a subscription service via Bandcamp, beginning April 2021.

For fans of: Big Star, The Lemon Twigs, Belle and Sebastian, Squeeze, Foxygen, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Paul McCartney and Wings.

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‘Irresistible’ - ⭑⭑⭑⭑, Wolfgang Doebeling, Rolling Stone Magazine DE

‘I challenge you not to instantly fall in love with ‘Cafe Disco’ and The Harriets. This is a song to take you straight back to youth. A great live band too!’, Glastonbury Emerging Talent.

"To me, their song television sounds like a lost classic recording from This Is: CBGB’s era New York, which in my book is high praise indeed”, Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. - Mahatma Gandhi,

An Alt. Country Americana band, coming out of Melbourne Town, Australia.

Lead by singer song writer, Gerry Rival, who has been writing songs and playing in bands for over 20 years. While coming from an Indie and Punk Rock background he has also drawn influences from a wide range of artists and styles; from Alternative Country to Americana to roots, he has found his own unique style. Blending melody and emotive guitar work to create a compelling sound that carries his seemingly simple yet thought provoking lyrics. After having  decided it was time to go solo, he's been recruiting various other talented musicians to make his visions come to life. And so the Wheels and Fire were born.


Current members:

Gerry Rival - Vocals/Guitar,
Pete Allsep - Drums,
Richard Hurst - Bass
Louis Bursten - Guitar

Guests-

Kat O'Gotham - Fidddle
Lauren Garcia - Cello

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