Wednesday 23 January 2013

The Sound Of Confusion: 'Mindblank' Single Review

Thanks to The Sound Of Confusion for writing this piece on our forthcoming single:

Read here: http://thesoundofconfusionblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/trim-barber-mindblank.html

"First off, a bit of an introduction for those who missed Trim The Barber's debut EP last year. This quartet from London have taken the lead from the new wave of psychedelic bands currently making inroads into the mainstream and pushed the sound into a more post-punk and shoegaze direction, perhaps preventing their music from falling into the same old comparison traps. They've done this without obscurity or being abstract; they've done this by writing quality tunes, and tunes that have the potential to make similar inroads. They're left-field for sure, but as guitar music swings more towards that direction the sound they make could be perfect to bridge the gap between fans of more unsung music and those beginning to investigate further behind the door opened by Tame Impala, The Horrors and so on.

Follow-up single 'Mindblank' might arrive a little too early into their career to break them in any big way, but it puts down a marker; it writes their name on the musical map and it will turn a few more heads and pick up more exposure than the debut. So if they have strong enough material in reserve we could be looking at Trim The Barber being a much better known name by the end of the year. With this kind of thing word-of-mouth is likely to play a big part. The song itself is definitely strong; you can pick some 60s psych heroes, add your favourite post-punk band, give a quick mention to the noisier end of shoegaze and then mention the modern wave of sonic adventurers to describe the sound, but it's best to just listen to it, you'll spot the potential. Oh, and check out the face-melting video too." 


Single Review by kev@thesoundofconfusion.co.uk
Tuesday 22nd January 2013

Tuesday 22 January 2013

DrunkenWerewolf's Video Bonanza: ft Bloc Party, Trim the Barber...

Our new video for 'Mindblank' is featured in DrunkenWerewolf Magazine's Video Bonanza roundup:  

"First up London post-punk quartet Trim the Barber unleash “Mindblank”, mixing monotone vocals with Rolo Tomassi style riffs and a crying iceman. The single was debuted last week on Amazing Radio and is due out March 1st."

Saturday 12 January 2013

New single on Amazing Radio as Track of the Week!

Evening all, just letting you know our new single 'Mindblank' will be aired for the first time on Amazing Radio tonight sometime between 8 and 9pm on the Rock Show and repeated on Tuesday at 10pm.

Check out the playlist here: http://amazingradio.co.uk/?show=rockshow

Aaron also made it the Amazing Rock Show 'Track of the Week' so it will be on next weeks show too!

Thursday 3 January 2013

NEW SINGLE "MINDBLANK" OUT 1ST MARCH, Stream video and song now.

After a period of incubation we have emerged from our chrysalis to present you with this, our dank and festering butterfly...





Hope to see you at a show in 2013.