Current campaigns: Galleries, Dead Boy Robotics, The Machine Room & Ideals

Hi just an update on the acts I'm currently pushing in terms of new releases.

Galleries, Dead Boy Robotics, The Machine Room & Ideals. We have even more in the pipeline more info soundandvisionpr@googlemail.com

Band: Galleries

Label: White

Genre: Indie

Release date: 11th of May

Glasgow four piece Galleries release their new single 'Darkness Coming' on the 11th of May. Launching it with a single launch at Glasgow's Captain’s Rest, alongside other fine bands We See Lights + Letters.

In April, Galleries recorded a set of songs that depict their progression as an act. The first fruits of those sessions arrive in the shape of new single 'Darkness Coming' is both epic and affecting and perhaps Galleries most immediate cut yet.

'Darkness Coming's addictive sound instantly envelops you in it's cinematic wall of noise: of a throbbing rhythm section, guitar licks and hollered backing vocals that shoot across the skies, while at its core the heart stopping, soaring notes of lead singer David McAdam gaze with awe at the stars.

Galleries prepared their debut EP over the course of 2010; refining their sound and live performance before unveiling it to the world. 'Galleries EP' was released as a free download to the public in January 2010, it was followed up by the single Rocket Science.

Galleries have had radio play from BBC Radio 1 Scotland and also performed live on the station, while influential Scottish blogger The Pop Cop was amongst those in the Scottish scene who pinpointed the band as ones to watch enthusing that "Galleries stand head and shoulders above their peers in Glasgow's crowded guitar-band scene."

Galleries recent activities include series of well-received performances at festivals such as Wickerman, and writing their debut album, which is due to, be recorded throughout 2011.

Glasgow four piece Galleries release their new single 'Darkness Coming' on the 11th of May. Launching it with a single launch at Glasgow's Captain’s Rest, alongside other fine bands We See Lights + Letters.

Galleries consists of David McAdam- vocalist, guitarist, laptop and song writer, Paul Campsie- guitarist, Adam Hall – Bassist and Andrew Black- Drummer.

http://soundcloud.com/soundandvisionpr/galleries-darkness-coming
http://soundcloud.com/galleries/darkness-cominghttp://www.galleriesband.co.uk/

Band: Dead Boy Robotics/The Machine Room
Label: Tape
Genre: Indie/Electro
Release date: 23rd of May

Also check it out here http://www.tapestudio.com/
Public streams feel free to share:
http://soundcloud.com/tapestudio-1/01-ever
http://soundcloud.com/tapestudio-1/02-girly

TAPE SINGLES CLUB RELEASE A SPLIT SINGLE BY DEAD BOY ROBOTICS & MACHINE ROOM: “EVER/GIRLY” ON THE 23RD OF MAY.

TAPE is a boutique recording studio & dedicated mixing suite bang in the centre of Edinburgh. It is home to a lovingly curated collection of modern, vintage and bespoke equipment. TAPE are extremely passionate about the artists they work with, so to coincide with the launch of their brand new 2011 studio they present: TAPE SINGLES CLUB!

TAPE SINGLES CLUB is a showcase for those artists that have come to Tape, stolen THEIR hearts and deserve to be heard. Tape commits them to history as a piece of vinyl and splits it equally between 2 bands 3 times a year. The first of Tape’s exclusive split-singles comes from two wonderful Edinburgh bands, namely Dead Boy Robotics and The Machine Room. The launch date for “Ever/Girly” on limited edition 7” vinyl / Digital Download is the May of 23rd. Four Scottish Tour dates are planned around the launch to promote the single release.

Dead Boy Robotics, a group praised for their dark synth powered music and engaging live show, mixed their acclaimed debut EP ‘Tale of the Winter Kids’ with Tape in early 2010. Dead Boy Robotics soon to be released debut album was recorded, mixed and mastered with the studio team. “Ever” from the album, is released as a split 7” vinyl with Edinburgh band The Machine Room in May as part of Tape Singles Club.

The Machine Room, are new to the Edinburgh music scene but are destined for big things. A recently recorded E.P at Tape caught their attention, which is set for release later this year. They have been dazzling audiences with their lush Polysix tones, dream like guitars and honest falsetto lyrics, they are ethereal, vulnerable and strikingly Pop all at once. Tape certainly has high hopes for this fledgling act. ‘Girly’, the band’s first release is out May 23rd as part of TAPE singles club.

Websites

www.tapestudio.com
www.myspace.com/tapestudio
www.myspace.com/deadboyrobotics
www.myspace.com/themachineroommusic

Contact

Studio: Tom tom@tapestudio.com
PR: Bill Cummings soundandvisionpr@googlemail.com
http://www.soundandvisionpr.co.uk

ARTIST: Ideals

TRACK TITLE: Significant Other.

LABEL: Intruder Records

FORMAT: Limited Edition CD & Digital Download

RELEASE (FREE DOWNLOAD): Out Now

OFFICIAL RELEASE (DIGITAL RETAILERS) 4^th July 2011

London based four piece Ideals new single ‘Reflections’ is FREE to download now, until its official release on 4th July 2011 when it hits the global digital retailers.

http://music.intruderlabel.com/track/reflections-ideals
http://soundcloud.com/soundandvisionpr/ideals-reflections

IDEALS sound is sharp, melodic and cinematic, honed through the bands continuous touring across the UK. IDEALS new single ‘Reflections’ broods with an epic majesty the pressure building to shattering crescendos, its throbbing baselines and shifting menacing rhythms are laid bare as you swerve away from your old life down moonlit motorways. While intriguing front man Andew Major sketches out a vivid narrative of brutal self-reflection:   

“Reflections is leaving a part of yourself behind you, casting it away on the side of the road. But inevitably that part of you will always be there inside somewhere and gets brought out at the worst times. ”Notes Major, revealing the inspiration behind the track “I just thought it was strange how you as a person are meant to treat the people closest to you (loved ones, family, friends etc) with the most amount of compassion and love but somewhere along a very long line you begin to let out a part of you that you didn’t know existed”

IDEALS were born in Ipswich but formed in London in early 2010 and quickly penned a deal with ambitious London label Intruder Records. By the end of the year they had released 4 singles, Lungs, Love Song, Forever Leisure & Don't Tell Anyone. Over each release they developed their epic, unstoppable sound that filled discos and shattered hearts across the country.  The melancholy remains, but the sweet melodies permeate the surface but the whole sound comes down over you like an almighty waterfall. IDEALS are exhilarating. 2011 is set to be a busy year. Having already played with Pete Doherty and The Automatic, they’ve already completed a UK tour in support of the new release and plan a German tour for June.

IDEALS have six singles slated for this year, the first release 'Significant Other' released in early 2011 ( video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRZWDE5KBWs) was praised by Music Week, Artrocker and played on Steve Lamacq's six music show. Their forthcoming single 'Reflections' will only see their star shoot further into orbit!

"('Significant Other') is a great track....Musically it’s big, dark and melodramatic with a rich, polished production. Imagine the National fronted by The Editors Tom Smith and you’d be pretty close." Artrocker

Andrew Major – Vocals / Guitars

Simon Wilson – Bass

Ben Ward – Drums

Johnny Healey – Guitar

http://soundcloud.com/intruderrecords/sets/ideals-tracks-in-order-of-release

iwww.myspace.com/idealstheband

http://www.facebook.com/idealstheband

http://www.intruderrecords.co.uk/idealspress

Case Study: Ideals- Significant Other- single campaign

We've worked hard on Ideals

http://www.myspace.com/idealstheband  single campaign over the last few months. Here are some of the results we achived with the help of Intruder records.

Steve Lamacq played Significant Other on his SIxmusic show on the 07/03/1980

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00z2psy

INTERVIEWS:

It's interview week on the Devil's blog and what better way to start than with a band that will be one of 2011's bands to watch of the blogosphere cognoscenti. Lead singer and guitarist Andrew Major took time off from preparing for super-stardom to tell the Devil about his favourite artists, his regretful fling with the music (sic) of Limp Bizkit and the little white lies he once told about shoe sizes!

http://besttuna.blogspot.com/2010/12/ideals-world.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/suffolk/hi/people_and_places/music/newsid_8849000/8849292.stm

http://www.rhythmcircus.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=537:ideal-interview&catid=47:music-articles&Itemid=126

http://lovemusiclovelife.com/introducing/ideals/

http://its-all-indie.blogspot.com/2010/12/interview-with-ideals.html

REVIEWS:

 Ideals "Musically it’s big, dark and melodramatic with a rich, polished production. Imagine the National fronted by The Editors Tom Smith and you’d be pretty close. This is a great track and apparently the first of six singles to be released this year - I can’t wait for the next!"

http://www.artrocker.tv/singles/article/artrocker-magazines-single-reviews-for-the-week-commencing-february-28th

The melancholy remains, the sweet melodies permeate the surface but the whole sound comes down over you like an almighty waterfall. IDEALS are exhilarating. 2011 is set to be a busy year. Having already played with Pete Doherty and The Automatic, this coming year is all about the road. More singles will follow and with each release more karaoke pub singers and Madonna wannabe's will be washed away by the cascading IDEALS waterfall.

http://www.musicweek.com/hybrid.asp?navcode=81181&pubcode=1&typecode=19&subtypecode=219

After just one spin of the dark moody indie rock of Significant Other has me hooked on the Ideals tense yet infectious sound, the dark brooding croon of frontman Andrew Major had me scrambling for the repeat button over and over again, leaving me smitten with the contagious chorus, serrated riffs and pulsating rhythm section.

Significant Other is slightly unsettling, yet it's also addictive and thrilling, it's both edgy and compelling leaving the listener drained yet still begging for more.

Ideals are their way up, they've already been courted by Pete Doherty and The Automatic for gigs, Ideals are going to be the must hear indie band of the year. I suggest you check them out now before they hit the stadiums.

http://www.rhythm-and-booze.co.uk/cdreviews/cdreviews.php?id=5849971646539430848

“…If you hear a little voice in the back of your head that’s me and I’ll be screaming…” Andrew, Ideals’ frontman warns, displaying all the sentimental and melancholic tones he can muster. There’s a curse when it comes to imitating the sounds of Joy Division, White Lies or Interpol, on one hand, you’ll be skyrocketed to success faster than Kerry Katona in an Iceland chicken aisle, on the other, you’ll be labelled as dreary and more depressing than anything Nick Clegg may be proposing. Unlike the latter, Ideals seem to have got something right.

‘Significant Other’ is more Robinson’s Concentrated than Tropicana Freshly Squeezed but that’s not a bad thing. There’s disappointment (“if you’re falling down the street in your see-through dress”), love (“I’m your significant other”) and determination (I’ve got spirit and it feels all the same)- like a Tesco sale, Ideals seem to cover many things. 

http://www.guttermagazine.com/2011/02/02/ideals-significant-other/

London upstarts Ideals release their new single ‘Significant Other’ this month. Steering a careful course between the twin urges of suffocating introspection and empty catchiness without ever verging too far in either direction, it’s a fine introduction to a promising new band.

http://www.joyzine.org/videos5.html

Despite the usual doom mongers declaring the death of music at every turn, there are actually loads of great bands around that genuinely excite us here at The Beat Surrender. A perfect example for you are Ideals a terrific band who have delivered a great video to accompany their brand new single Significant Others.

http://www.thebeatsu...rrender.co.uk/sound-and-vision/significant-other

The music is, for this track at least, top end U2 brood, jangle n buzz and the lyrics clear the 'boy loses girl' bar with ease.

http://www.unpeeled.net/singles.html

They have slowly became a favourite with me and they still haven't peaked, they play a brilliant live show and this song is always a highlight. This song is not so much a long way off their debut song, as that too was a superb track. Through the two gifted guitarists to the pulsating rhythm of Simon Wilson’s bass and Ben Ward on the drums they give a stirring and vibrant sound that you want to hear more of.

http://its-all-indie.blogspot.com/2011/02/single-review-ideals-significant-other.html

On the first listen to the new single by London-based band Ideals, you can’t escape a nagging feeling that it’s all been done before. Twin rhythm guitar attack? Yup. Monotone singing style? Check. Melodramatic lyricism? Ho hum. And yet – there is something here that seems to work, and even to mature, when revisited. It’s easy to criticise seemingly formulaic music in the continual search for authenticity. And yet, sometimes, a band following a tried-and-tested recipe can just work, adding up to a force that’s significantly greater than the sum of its parts.

http://www.shout4music.com/single-reviews/ideals-significant-other.html

Fancy a musical treat? Well London based Ideals have just that for you with their new single ‘Significant Other’. This follow up to their acclaimed Forever Leisure EP sees them taking their sound further forward with a release that pulls you in and then carries you along on the wave of a pulsating chorus that stays with you long after the song ends.They stand heads above most on this offering and will surely elevate to higher status sooner than later.

http://www.rockpulse.co.uk/reviews/456/ideals-significant-other-30-1-2011/

Anyone who has ever had the misfortune of clinging on to the ashes of a lost significant will appreciate the angst-ridden heartbreak pounding from the depths of lead singer Andrew Majors. The vocals are powerful and distinctive and draw parallels to that of Editors Tom Smith. The closing repetition of ‘I’m the last one left to change’ feels more like a personal self realisation than a public confession.

http://loudhorizon.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/ideals-significant-other/

Who wants to listen to a bleeding heart ? Ideals however do it reasonably well, although in the originality stakes they try and sneak in distant shades of The Strokes and Interpol,

http://www.music-dash.co.uk/releases/release.asp?item=6926

it’s the slower pace of Significant Other that serves to draw out the finer details of Ideals’ talent. Andrew’s vocals lend the track a powerful atmospheric sound and shows a depth of versatility from the front man. Add to this the excellent guitar riffs that evolve fluidly after every chorus and you have another great single from a wonderfully diverse indie band that stays fresh from start to finish.

http://www.ip1zine.com/showoff/media/3951/

Ideals discovered nothing new retracing ways walked by other bands like the Killers or the Bravery, but they walk this way well. In fact to create a good scene, music needs more example of the same genre, revisited in different personal ways, and Ideals belong to a “dark-indie” (forgive me for this awful label) scene with a great sense of melancholic lyrics, monotone singing style and rock pace, I want to underline that because they can appear like a band of depressed boys and this is not the case, they are under the spell of energetic drums and industrious guitars dressed with a veil of melodrama.

http://www.aaamusic.co.uk/2011/02/28/ideals-significant-other/

Major's vocals are warm and welcoming and his lyrics offer depth to this age old problem. It's an interesting track that will be welcomed by Ideals's fans.

http://reviewgraveyard.com/00_revs/r2011/music/11-02-28_ideals-significant.html

Significant Other plays one song of alternative rock, taking some influence from post punk bands that managed to do something new with pop music.

http://www.collective-zine.co.uk/reviews/?id=7859

VIDEO LINKS:

http://www.ilikemusic.com/music_news/Ideals_Significant_Other-12373

http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/videos/ideals-significant-other

http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=2121722

http://greylantern.co.uk/significant-other-ideals.html

http://besttuna.blogspot.com/2011/02/video-killed-radio-star-27th-february.html

http://www.ivideoproduction.co.uk/music-video/ideals-significant-other/

http://lovemusic24.co.uk/lovemusic24/blog/166/