Uh, I’ve been waiting so long to come across a band that plays what I adore

Fantastica. Great thick guitar sound. I love the fat cymbals. The hoarseness in the voice and the compression are great.

love the slow-drive of the song...not easy

Surfing for great music and found some on your page Tonbstones! Really enjoying the sound & style of your tunes:) Best of luck and cheers. Kenny

Ah man, this speaks to my soul!  I love the slow burn... 🔥

'Get Me There' is the first track on TOWNS debut album 'Get By' due [insert date] from Bristol's much lauded DIY label Howling Owl Records. The album is available physically on limited vinyl and cd as well as digitally from online retailers [insert pre-order link].

In keeping with this DIY affair 'Get By' was recorded in Bristol with friends and fellow label mates Dom Mitchison (Velcro Hooks) and was mastered by Oliver Wilde, with additional help in the early stages by Hugo Bishop (Oliver Wilde). The album also features appearances from Robin Stewart (The Naturals), Dom Mitchison (Velcro Hooks) and Richard Clarke (Scarlett Rascal) on penultimate track 'Everyone's Out'. While the album artwork was taken by girlfriend and former member of GuMM Lily Cook.

'Get By' sees childhood friends TOWNS create a spaced out suburban escapism that combines the experimental guitar sounds and DIY aesthetics of psych and shoegaze with the melodies of 60s and 90s guitar pop. Seeing the excitement of rock’n’roll as a way to escape the everyday humdrum of growing up in Weston-super-Mare, they believe in the beauty, glamour and power of ‘proper’ pop music.

Already in their short career TOWNS have experienced many highs and lows and know how volatile the music industry can be. Being lauded by NME as a best new band of 2011, based purely on two demoes before they had even played their first show, to their former booking agent running off with over £1000 of the bands money, virtually crippling the band, to the high of working with legend Owen Morris (Oasis, Verve), only for the label paying the bill to get swallowed up by a major. It's been pretty eventful but TOWNS are proud to be finally sharing their debut album with you.

Nothing beats the fun of touring so the band constantly tour. TOWNS have had the pleasure to play alongside Paul Weller, Spiritualized, The Twang, Toy, Eagulls and play the following shows in support of the record:

07 Mar - Grape, Falmouth
18 Mar - The Nest, Bath
19 Mar - Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
20 Mar - The Louisiana, Bristol
21 Mar - Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
26 Mar - Carpe Diem - Leeds
27 Mar - The Horn, Saint Albans
28 Mar – This Feeling at Purple Turtle, London
29 Mar - Club 85, Hitchin

09 Apr - Exchange, Bristol (w/Gap Dream)
16 Apr - The Monarch, London
19 Apr - Sixty Million Postcards, Bournemouth
20 Apr - Loves Café, W-s-M (w/Oliver Wilde)
21 Apr - The Cavern, Exeter
24 Apr - Oakford Social Club, Reading

02 May - Esquires, Bedford
03 May - The Square, Harlow
10 May - Lennons, Southampton
15 May - Moles, Bath
17 May - Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
21 May - Old Blue Last, London
23 May - Zephyr Lounge, Leamington Spa
30 May - Exchange, Bristol (w/The Cosmonauts)
31 May - Carnabys, W-s-M (w/John Lennon, Alan McGee)

Guardian Band Of The Day:
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/feb/07/new-band-towns

Zane Lowe's Radio 1 Next Hype:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bsmxp

NME New Band Of The Year:
http://www.nme.com/photos/50-best-new-bands-of-2011/217451/1/1#21

Fly Track Of The Day:
http://mamacolive.com/thefly/news/article/1015876/track-of-the-day-169/

Artrocker Single Of The Month:
http://www.artrocker.tv/singles/article/singles-for-the-week-starting-22nd-october

Clash Track Of The Day:
http://www.clashmusic.com/news/preview-towns-just-everything

Too Tired

Pale Coast

Night Visions

Last song on Tape Waves debut full length. 

Buy vinyl here: http://tapewaves.bandcamp.com/album/let-you-go

Buy digital here: http://bleedinggoldrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bg079-let-you-go

Additional Keyboards and Guitar by Danny Rowland. 

I Can Tell

"Red Roulette" is the third single from Dirty Dishes' upcoming full length debut, "Guilty". The album is set for release on Exploding In Sound Records on January 27th on LP/digital and cassettes from Seagreen Records.

Pre-Orders are available at https://dirtydishes.bandcamp.com/album/guilty

Dirty Dishes - Red Roulette

Remember the instrumental album that Mac DeMarco pushed out early July? Written and recorded in his bedroom across just four impressive days, we are merely lo-fi paupers whilst Mac wears the crown. 

We thought it’d be great fun to get some AIH friends and family in to have a play and complete the tracks by adding their own vocal & melody ideas. Initially wanting to match the four-day window that Mac achieved the process in, it turned out this was next to impossible .. 

HOWEVER! Everyone managed to finish their takes and have done a great, great job. Come roll in the disco fusion of Shunkan vs Mac on Hachiko, the grizzle fuzz of pet cemetery’s Fish Terry or Early Ghost’s paranoid deprecation on closer Special K. 

Mac gave it away for free and so are we. Enjoy!

Download from: https://artishardrecords.bandcamp.com/album/some-aih-ones

Fake Laugh - Young Coconut

mixed by mark gardener at OX4 studios, mastered by andrew rose at pristine audio

Never (Slow vers)

Memories

Nothing Here

Silhouette

ode to godzilla

https://orchid-mantis.bandcamp.com/album/long-division

starving for light

“LK SAYS: Silver Lining was inspired by San Junipero; feeling like an outsider and being trapped by your own intrusive thoughts, but finding someone who makes you feel that you belong and allows you to let go of your insecurities”

Ski Saigon -  Silver Lining

John Treanor
Stephen Striegel
Paul Boutin
Courtney Davies
James Cooper
Phil Cobb
Nic Nifoussi

Silhouette

Tombstones In Their Eyes

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