Kicking Television were born following the disbanding of Reading favourites Johnny Arrow & The Cheap Day Returns, who had established themselves on the local scene, and appeared on the same bill as the likes of The Bluetones, The Xcerts and Everything Everything.

KTV represents a fresh way of making music for Alex, Jof and Simon, taking their pop song craftsmanship and applying it to something harder and more progressive.

Taking little bits of influence from the likes of Wilco, Queens of the Stone Age, The Beatles, Mute Math and Radiohead, they mix instant melody and directness with powerful drums and dark riffs, creating a big sound with light and shade and real dynamic contrast


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Collision Music, based out of Brighton and Reading, in the United Kingdom, is the rebirth of the 90's label originally based in Medway Kent. Back in those days we released exclusively on vinyl and our roster of bands included The Love Family, Somersault and Fortune West.

Having taken a break from releasing records to take on other music projects, promoting and an online music reviewing site things have gone full circle and now original founder Mark Wrangham has teamed up with producer Tom Anderson to bring you a whole load of new artists from in and around the Berkshire area. We think there's a whole lot of talent in this area and we aim to give artists a platform to record and release there material.

There is no one defining genre to the music but it loosely falls into Singer Song writer, Blues, Americana, Country and Folk. The first release on the reformed label came out in September 2011, Jack Cade and the Everyday Sinners album This Fiery Road, and a new album by the Love Family is out in January 2012. Which has all served to give us the momentum to set up a number of releases for 2012.

Along with the new material we'll be making our back catalogue available over the coming months, this will include singles from Fortune West, Somersault and The Love Family and will be the first time they are available digitally.

FOMO | Out Now
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wear your seat belt,
drink plenty of water,
don't smoke,
tell your mom you love her,
etc,etc.  

Things go wrong...we live through shock doctrines...fear mongering...auto suggestion...broken promises...constant distraction...grinding repetition...daily battles...and finally....sucker punches of reality.
Then nothing.
so chin up. grab hold of hope, live, love and stride forward together before it's gone.
Threads are a band. We throw everything in and weave it together into hooks and sirens of droning sound like rays of light cutting through a nuclear winter.

LOUD FUZZ POP

We've been described in many ways since we started. Here's a selection:

Female drenched vocals dipped into many a depth of noise and a bit more noise.
Imagine The Kills having Sunday afternoon tea with the Mary Chain
Think the Ravonettes having a punch up with the Mary Chain.
Like eating ice cream on a hot day.
High, fast paced noise pop.
Dirty, scuzzy rock 'n' roll with bags of style and the dial turned all the way up to 11.
New York style rock 'n roll.

If there's a band out there called The Sharkes, we definitely don't like you.

David Bird-Hawkins (Vocals / Guitar)
Alison Jay (Violin / Synth)
Tiff Wheaton-Green (Bass / Vocals)
Matthew Musial (Guitars / Drums / Producer)
Martin Ruddock (Guitar)

Beartown Zodiac are an Indie-Pop outfit based in Bournemouth, England led by singer and songwriter David Bird-Hawkins. 
 
After a year of travelling the world, armed with a white Flying-V Ukulele and honing his song writing abilities, David returned to the UK to perform under the name of Beartown Zodiac. Initially a solo project, in 2012 David began working with a full band - Tiff Wheaton-Green (Bass), Matt Musial (Drums) and Alison Jay (Violin/Synth) - enhancing and unlocking the full potential of his songs. 
 
May 2013 saw the DIY release of their debut EP Karaoke Bites, produced by The Sunday's Patch Hannan . The four track EP, conceived whilst on a journey that spanned twelve countries in as many months, was released on indie label Woodenhouse and received positive reviews by the music press. 
 
Beartown Zodiac received decent radio airplay in the months leading up to the release, with the BBC one of their main supporters. They were invited to play a live session on BBC London and enjoyed coverage on BBC Introducing. 
 
Tom Robinson of 6Music and Fresh On The Net has included Beartown Zodiac on his Freshnet Gems playlist and the band has made the Listening Post shortlist on three occasions. 

In January 2014 the band supported Mark Morriss of The Bluetones.


The debut album, Star Map Home is released March 2015 on their own label The Burrow Bournemouth. Eleven tracks explore wanderlust and homecomings, popular culture and a Zombie apocalypse. Star Map Home will have your blood racing and yearning for adventure before tucking you back into a warm melodic bed of sound.
 
 Beartown Zodiac’s sound ranges from beautiful acoustic and violin numbers to all out synth and guitar-soaked rock.
Their music embraces all minutiae of life; from an atmospheric love song about a broken i-Pod (Time Stands Still) to synth-pop I was a Zombie which delves into the mind of Brazilian footballer Ronaldo on that fateful day at France 1998. Influences encompass Grandaddy, Blur, Magnetic Fields, Eels, Pavement and everything in between.


Email: info@beartownzodiac.co.uk

www.beartownzodiac.co.uk
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