Fuzzy, alt-punk Northerners The Empty Page (Kel - Vox/bass, Giz - Guitars and Jim - Drums/Vox) have been turning heads since recording some rough demos a few years ago in a draughty warehouse in Ancoats, Manchester in 2016. They were heard by Gggarth Richardson (RATM, Biffy Clyro, Melvins) who invited the band to Vancouver to make their debut album, ‘Unfolding’, recorded in just over a week.

This February, the band released a new single produced by Sugar House in the less romantic location of St Helens, Lancs. ‘When The Cloud Explodes’ was immediately playlisted by Spotify on The Punk List (alongside Idles, Fontaines DC and Big Joanie) and played on BBC 6 Music by Steve Lamacq and Gideon Coe. Praise from bloggers and press drove the song straight into the Hype Machine’s top tracks

“Brash and uncompromising alt-punk for the greyest of skies and the toughest of times..." God Is In The TV.

‪”An excellent tune” Gideon Coe - BBC 6 Music

“Capable of cathartic fury ala Meredith Graves, Kel can also jam a touch of melody in there that tempers the raucous energy with something ever so infectious. It’s a rare and raw talent. Colour us impressed.” Overblown Zine 

Their newest release ‘He’s Very Good At Swimming’ is a change of pace that illustrates the band’s broad palette. Recorded with Simon 'Ding' Archer (The Fall, Pixies, PJ Harvey) and mixed by Andrew Pimblott, it chokes the listener with equal parts haunting melancholy and seething rage. The song tackles the subject of rape, and more specifically the drag-through-the-mud victim blaming which is so standard it’s ludicrous, along with the media’s habit of foregrounding the academic and sporting achievements of the rapist. An uncomfortable listen, and possibly the only song ever to include the word ‘speculum’.

Musically it’s somewhere between PJ Harvey and Fugazi. The jarring melodies layer up the discomfort of the lyrical content, whilst taking up easy residence in the ear and brain.

He’s Very Good At Swimming is out on June 28th on all the usual digital platforms. 

A flesh-coloured and frenetic video accompanies the song, made by Manchester photographer and videographer Debbie Ellis.

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Lyrics

Red dress left hanging
Cardigan no guard

Make your mind up, you're confused
Only a fool would accuse
Somebody so cool

Fresh meat punch bowl
How could you know
He would he would he would

Bright white light
He didn't mean it
He didn't mean it
Bright white light
He wasn't thinking
He wasn't thinking

Wipe clean crime scene
Could have been a bad dream

Except the swabs and the needles
Like brambles
Left blackcurrant bruises

If you don't remember
How can you know?
Prove it prove it....

Fluorescent bulbs pop like pornographic paps
Metal clatters on metal
The cold unfriendly wrench of a speculum
You are a specimen
And all bodies are foreign including your own
Now the blue-black beaks
Peck at the gory deets
Are you partial to one or two?
Have you spent a lot of time in bedrooms?
How was it different this time?
Where is your line
Is it clear?
Was your mind clear at the time?

Boys 
will be boys

So it must have been something you said
Something you did
He ran
He ran
He ran
He ran
He ran
He's very good at running
He's very good at swimming

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theemptypageband.com
theemptypage.bandcamp.com
facebook.com/thmptypg
twitter.com/thmptypg
instagram.com/thmptypg
soundcloud.com/the-empty-page

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UPCOMING GIGS 2019

18/05 Chunk LEEDS
01/06 The Good Mixer Camden Rocks Festival LONDON
20/08 Sesh @ Polar Bear HULL
21/08 Fulford Arms YORK
28/09 The Wagon & Horses, Digbeth, BIRMINGHAM
16/10 Jimmy's MANCHESTER (With Saint Agnes)

He's Very Good At Swimming

the wishes and sleeping.
I started learning DAW in 2022.
I'm singer song writer.
I love Rock.

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