Butterfly

Before After the Before

Roll the Dice

A Minute to wait

Recorded straight from the live desk at Highbury Garage at the peak of their live era in February 2006.
1. Shes Got Living
2. Golden Days
3. Stand in Line
4. Star
5. Escape
6. Way Out
7. Stop


Live at Highbury Garage, London, February 2006 (Track list in Description)

3rd UK Release
First US release
Recorded at Sarm East, Whitechapel, London, April - May 2008
Released October 2008

Walking Johnny

Recorded at Sarm East, Whitechapel, London, February - November 2009
Released February 2010

Frankfurter and the Hot Dog

Dirty Doris

Suzy Say's

Purple Ballerina

Drop Girl Town

Her train leaves from Chicago

Poetry

Recorded at Sarm East, Whitechapel, London, November 2010 - December 2011
Released April 2012

Leading Actress

Jane Eyre in Shades

Look Out

Floor 91

Modern Girl

Paris in the Sun

Perishable

Benzedrine Blonde

Subbteranien Nights

Bye Bye Birdy

Red Cape Girl

We are Trans-Mission formed in 2001 in London under the name The Mad Trap with founding members Mars Hall (Vocals/guitar/harmonica), David Whiston (Drums/Piano) and Paul Maskell (Bass, Synths) and the group settled on the current line up with Guitarist Kevin Witt (Guitar/Backing Vocals) joining in December 2004 and a name change to Trans-Mission saw a new direction for the group.

Regular live shows including some small sold shows saw them gain interest from the Mercury and Sony record labels though the band decided to remain independent due to disinterest in comprising their reverb/delay driven sound to accommodate what was the height of the UK guitar indie scene at that time

2 EP’s released in 2005 and 2006 sold well in independent stores and in 2007 they signed a distribution deal in the US after forming their own label Mad Trap Records.

2008 saw the first official release on the new deal with the release of their EP “A night at the theatre ends in murder” in the US distributed under the City Hall label which attracted the interest of some New York based music writers and resulted in some media exposure in the region.

2009/10 saw the recording and release in February 2010 of their 1st full length album the experimental twangy guitar driven sound entitled “The Midnite Squeeze”. The record gained some favourable reviews and airplay on the East and West coasts of the US and also a brief chart position in the US helped by a short tour of the East Coast area of the US in February 2010 to promote the record.

2010- 2012 saw the band almost cease to perform live with only sporadic live performances this period saw recording and release of their final album Waltz Chrome Cello. Released in April 2012 decent sales initially saw the album peak at 229 on the billboard US charts
We are Trans-Mission's final live performance was in October 2012 in London and whilst no announcement was ever made this in fact was the last time they would ever perform together.

Defining a genre is hard for any band to do and the best way their music can be described is that it feels the influence of Art rock, Psychedelic pop, Chicago Blues, Avant-garde pop, Free Jazz and Rock ‘n’ Roll, along with literature, cinema and pop art to varying degrees at varying times

We are Trans-Mission are Mars Hall (Lead Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica), Kevin Witt (Guitar, backing vocals ), Paul Maskell (Bass, Keyboards, synth), David Whiston (Drums, Piano)

We are Trans-Mission

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