Brakes - Crystal Tunings
Brakes
Genre: Alternative / Indie / Rock
From: Brighton UK
In a true testament to the power of locality in a globalised world Brighton based indie supergroup (containing previous and current members of British Sea Power, Electric Soft Parade, The Tenderfoot and The Pipettes) Brakes have found a new home on Brighton’s favourite indie label, FatCat Records.
The bands two records for Rough Trade were widely acclaimed, with the Sunday Times describing them as ‘sensational’ and The Saturday Telegraph describing the band as ‘unstoppable’. Their next album ‘Touchdown’, which will be preceded by two singles, ‘Hey Hey’ and ‘Don’t Take Me To Space (Man)’, will be released by FatCat in 2009 and is sure to be equally well received.
The Devil has a preview track, ‘Crystal Tunings’ , from the album for readers to try. If Crystal Tunings is representative of the album then it’s certain to be in the end of year favourites lists for 2009.
Go Try
MP3 - Brakes - Crystal Tunings
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Brakes - Myspace // Website
Label - FatCat Records // FatCat Records Myspace
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