''BUTT-KICKIN' NEW PUNK'' Chris Hawkins, BBC 6 Music

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"Gnarly... sounds like the golden age of 2000s UK indie" Phil Taggart, BBC Radio 1

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“Like the young Oasis – if they’d read the broadsheets” – Louder Than War

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Sisteray came together out of their shared love for bands such as The Smiths, Velvet Underground, The Clash and The Replacements. This is proven in the upbeat melodies and lyrical observations of 21st century Britain, combined with high-octane live performances that have been key to making their live shows unmissable. They have recently built up their live audience through a series of #guerillagigs, using everything within their means to persuade promoters to let them have a first on slots at shows big and small, witnessed by Subculture describing:

"The night began with Sisteray playing yet another spontaneous Camden show, their effortless guitar riffs and high energy proves that the boys are a force to be reckoned with".

 

Since their formation, Sisteray have been bringing their punk ethos to sold out venues up and down the country, performing pop-up guerrilla gigs, organising their own club night ‘Welcome to the Monkey House’ where they book the bands, promote the gig and often DJ, and have played roof raising sets at Camden Rocks and the Isle of Wight and Reading and Leeds festivals.

 

The bands belief and passion in their music, as well as their strong political views has been seldom seen since the days of The Clash; with Dan recently asked to appear on primetime BBC News, ITV and The Independent to voice his views on the recent Syria debate. ​

 

Word is beginning to spread in the likes of BBC Radio 1, Radio X, Fresh on the Net, Louder Than War, Artrocker, BBC 6 Music, Subculture, Gigslutz, Time Out and The Londonist.

"Punk rockers causing a buzz in their native London, sold out shows aplenty, and with a Rory Attwell (The Vaccines/Palma Violets) produced EP in the can and due for release soon, expect that to swell" - Fred Perry Subculture

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“Exciting, full of attitude, educated and anarchic; and because it’s the best new EP by an emerging band in years, with 15 Minutes Sisteray may hold the future of British guitar music in the palm of their hand just like Oasis and the Arctics before them. What they choose to do with it is entirely up to them.” - GOD IS IN THE TV – ’15 Minutes’ review

Emerging in a raucous rage of rock and roll from the bar-rooms and backrooms of London’s underground scene, Sweetheart Contract are Americana-scented budding roses of poetic alt-pop as capable of throwing out heart-rattling ballads as they are soaring summer anthems.

Led by Dexy, a songwriter in the mould of Big Star’s Alex Chilton and The Replacements’ Paul Westerberg, who learned his craft playing sweetly shambolic solo acoustic shows across the UK, the band are about to embark on shows with country-punk legends Lucero as well as rising star Lydia Loveless. They have also shared bills with Austin Lucas, Cory Branan, Jon Snodgrass, Larry & His Flask, The Wedding Present, Young Hines, Franz Nicolay,Two Cow Garage and even Boy George.

With a single release imminent, a ton of shows set to be torn through and an album’s worth of sad, shining songs already in the bag, this is a genuine band with genuine heart who are set to capture the imagination of smart, passionate music fans in a blaze of melody, fury and frenetic performance."


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