SPV signs UK's great rock hope : AMPLIFIER ! SPV is very proud to announce their newest European signing, Manchester England's
AMPLIFIER. Lauded by media and fans alike as England's band on the brink', SPV look forward to a long and successful partnership which will see the band's much-deserved breakthrough. Nominated for Best British Newcomer 2004 at England's Kerrang Awards, and by Germany's Visions magazine readers as one of 2004's Best Newcomers, the relationship will begin with the re-issue of their self-titled debut album on June 6th.
The album will be in a digipack with a Bonus EP that includes UK-only released B-sides and two music videos. A brand new EP will follow later in the year.
In the meantime,
Amplifier will be touring through European clubs and appearing at summer festivals.
*STEAMHAMMER / SPV - NEW RELEASE*
Release Date: June 06, 2005
AMPLIFIER "Amplifier" Tracklisting : 1) Motorhead
2) Airborne
3) Panzer
4) Old Movies
5) Post Acid Youth
6) Neon
7) On/Off
The Consultancy
9) One Great Summer
10) UFOs
Bonus EP : 1) Boomtime
2) Half Life
3) Throwaway
4) Glory Electricity
Plus Enhanced Tracks : The Consultancy - Video
Neon - Video
Overview : Amplifier arrive in a seismic heartbeat.
Armed with choruses more akin to detonations and an album joyous in its darkness
Amplifier are British rock reborn, post-classic rock if you will.
Evolving from an arsenal of treasured teenage records;
Amplifier take Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Police, Mogwai, Massive Attack, Bowie and Brad ; in fact just about anything of any quality, and exhale it through a cloudburst of guitar pickups and distortion pedals.
A three year gestation period culminated in 2004's debut album co-produced by
Sel Balamir with
Steve Lyon (The Cure, Depeche Mode) and mixed by
Chris Sheldon (Foo Fighters, My Vitriol, Feeder).
Already No. 7 in the Visions Reader Poll for Best Newcomer after just a handful of European dates,
Amplifier are "rolling forward". The May European release of their startling debut album through SPV and the anticipation of more tours are further heating up expectation.
To put you in the picture :
Amplifier carve out their own unique way; deeply personal lyrics astride a raging wall of noise channelled through intensely articulate and sky-high melodies - a fractured powerhouse celebration of all the good things about rock.
As another drum fill thunders through, those who care might well reflect upon the ghosts of Keith Moon and John Bonham, as they're carried along upon thick waves of colossal rolling guitar riffs and absorbed into the throbbing hum of a deep, deep, deep sea of electrical bass.
Amplifier make music that's both determined and ambitious, but most importantly, whether recorded or live, music that lives and grows on the bandâ€
s terms: revved up & brutal from the get-go. When
Amplifier sing it's time to fly you're on their wings. If the initial effect is to make people step back, slightly awed, then their hurricane also possesses that area of tranquil calm and beauty around which swirl the great outpourings of energy.
It is music that needs to be performed : Electrifying live shows over the last 18 months have left audiences feeling like they've been involved in a 40 minute controlled explosion, and Amplifierâ€
s reputation rising fast.
"A British rock-scene altering record. Enjoy it in all it's infinite glory" Kerrang! 5/5
"No other record this year will have the audacity to field such lofty ambitions, let alone have the skills to fulfill them" NME 9/10
"Think Sabbath meets Floyd meets The God Machine. Think trippy, heavy as fuck sonic violence. Think the future of rock" Metal Hammer 9/10
"At present British rock doesn't get much better than this" Q 4/5
Line-Up : Sel Balamir - Vocals/Guitar
Neil Mahony - Bass
Matt Brobin - Drums
Events/Tourdates - Complete Club Tour to follow shortly! Dates in May/June!!!!:
10.04. Oxford (UK) - Zodiac (with OPEN HAND)
11.04. Leeds (UK) - Cockpit (with OPEN HAND)
12.04. London (UK) - Barfly (with OPEN HAND)
FESTIVALS:
04.06. Imagine Festival - Barfusserplatz, Basel (CH)
10.06. Southside Festival - Neuhausen ob Eck (D)
11.06. Hurricane Festival - Scheeßel (D)
12.06. Breda Barst Festival - Breda (NL)
04.08. Stone Hill Festival - (CH)
