U&I Radio - February 16th Playlist

You Are The One I've Waited For

The brand new Protectors album 'Soul and fire is all we ever need' is released December 8th 2014 on cd by Fixing a Hole Records (Japan), digital download/cd (protectors.bandcamp.com)and pre-order limited edition pale green vinyl from Bombed Out records (UK).

CONTACT
Protectors / protectors@gmail.com / Chris: 07738 533979
Bombed Out Records / steve@bombedout.com / 07535 467894

Yorkshire melody makers Protectors return, reinvigorated, fully charged, and bursting at the seams with a hook laden indie rock monster of an lp.

Protectors
 
Chris Charlton - guitars and lead vocals
Matthew Parkes - bass
David Allen - drums
Kerry Ramsay - vocals
Mark Silcock - piano, organ and vocals
 
Via a flurry of releases (debut 10 track lp Can't Shake The Moves, a 12" EP The Stem and Leaf and single Hard Times on Wakefield's Philophobia Music label), Protectors have evolved slowly but surely from a jangly 90's guitar pop 3-piece to a 5-piece juggernaut of melodic and harmonious full-on indie rock, garnering them comparisons to the likes of Jimmy Eat World, Guided by Voices and Superchunk.
 
Where initial releases were full of songs about kicking about their cobbled West Yorkshire streets Soul and Fire..., produced by Matt Peel (Eagulls, Pulled Apart by Horses), sees Protectors expand the standard indie rock template to weave innovative songwriting together with gorgeous harmonies, deft piano touches and rocking guitar riffs. Soul and Fire... is an incredibly deliberate, mature and emotional affair, and all 9 tracks are full of hooks and earworms. 
 
From the opening and pounding thrill of Old Microscopes, the uplifting drive of No Satellites, and the gentle melancholy of the 6 minute plus encore "Reminder" - a mesmerizing track which takes time to build and provides a glorious finale to the collection of pop gems, Soul and Fire... is an exhilarating listen. These new tracks work in the anthemic qualities that made Chris's previous band Pylon such a draw, establishing them as a key indie-rock influence to UK DIY pop punk bands such as Dugong and Above Them.

The band, who in the last few years have shared bills with the likes of The Cribs, The Wedding Present and toured Japan in 2012, have gigs booked over the next few months with Allo Darlin’, Apologies I Have None and  Beezewax, as well as appearing at Frankie and The Heartstrings’ PopRecs Christmas party.

Tracks
Old Microscopes
Fighting for our lives on Holy Island ice
Four Sevens
Uniform
No Satellites
South Carolina
Belt
The Statisticians' Ball
Reminder

South Carolina

Alley Pally

One By One

Taken from the album 'Chupacabra' out on Gun Fever.

Green Head

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnX3SFVL0B4

I just say no

Indie Rock from Wakefield, West Yorkshire

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