Read here: http://www.loud-stuff.com/trim-the-barber.html
LOUD-STUFF.COM
Trim the Barber | Words: Dave Nicholls
Formed from a sense of despair at the alienation and devolution of
modern life, Trim The Barber are set to release their self-titled
debut EP in April of this year, and it promises to be something
pretty damned epic. Already known for explosively loud audio-visual
live performances, the band have been playing all over the UK,
forming their sound and crafting their tracks to perfection ready to
unleash them on the world. As such, when guitarist Paddy dropped me a
line, how could I refuse the chance to check them out?
All We
Can Be doesn’t really give a lot away about the style of the band
as it opens, sounding like a combination of early punk and dark
gothic influences, all pinned together with a strange sense of
melody. The mix which opens the track soon begins to fade into a
deeper track, the sound seeming to grow as it progresses and making
you question exactly what you’re hearing. What’s most striking
here is that the band aren’t following a convention, they’re not
basing their music on any one genre, instead allowing it to build
into its own unique sound and packing a punch as it goes. Deep,
powerful and strangely addictive, there’s an almost hypnotic
quality about things here, somehow managing to draw you into the dark
melee of elements and making you want to know what’s coming
next.
Now The Joke Is On You marks a significant change on the
EP, this time launching into a sludgy riff fuelled track, once again
harking to the origins of punk yet firmly stamping their own sound on
it. Catchy whilst somehow still unconventional, this track is one
which seems to be crafted for the live scene, packing enough punch to
get the crowd involved yet enough catchiness to get everyone singing
along after a couple of listens. For me, the most striking moment on
this track was the mid-section featuring the guitar solo, not for the
solo but for the mix which formed, the music changed into an
atmospheric mix, grabbing your attention once again and renewing that
question in your mind about how they’re going to follow it! The
answer to the question is presented in Free Falling, another track
which airs on the stranger side of things yet still somehow manages
to work to continue the EP forwards. Basing the track around the
vocals, there’s once again a sense of darkness flowing through this
one, adopting a sound which nods towards their influences, yet still
presents us with moments of questionable progression. Elements like a
wood block are thrown in, bongos, dual vocal lines and string synth
sound, they’re all here and somehow make this track work, yet quite
honestly, it shouldn’t. Despite the strange combination, this is
actually a seriously high point on the EP, and a track which I would
highly advise you to check out.
Always Delayed closes the EP
and once again, raises a question in my mind – where did this come
from. Launching head first into a distorted yet melodic mix of
guitars and rumbling bass, there’s once again different elements
thrown in all over the place to craft a track which harks back to the
likes of The Cure. If you’ve ever wondered what post-punk sounds
like then this is about as close as you’re going to get, it’s a
sound which oozes with the smog of London yet somehow still manages
to sound fresh and new, updated almost.
What you’ve got here
is an EP which isn’t going to appeal to everyone, but to those that
it does it’s going to mark a moment of sheer genius. The tracks
aren’t the sort of thing you can whack into a genre, and this is
what makes the EP so special. There’s influences everywhere, sounds
which you think you recognise, moments which confuse you and catchy
lines which you want to sing along to, all combined with music which
is at times dark and foreboding whilst at others, light and sunny. I
don’t know that I fully understand this EP, nor am I sure that it’s
the sort of thing I’d listen to a lot, but I know that I’ll come
back to it at some point, just to make sure I still appreciate how
incredible music can sound when the musicians making it want to work
on something unique.
To find out more about Trim The Barber,
check out their Facebook page HERE.
Monday, 26 March 2012
Trim the Barber in XYZ Magazine
Read here: http://www.xyzmagazine.co.uk/brighton/news/latest-news/trim-the-barber-ep-out-april-9th-2012
XYZMAGAZINE.COM
TRIM THE BARBER - EP out April 9th 2012 & London show dates
22nd March 2012 | By WebGuy |
Category: INFOMusic Tours & Shows, INFOUpcoming Releases, LatestNews
This psychedelic-post-punk-shoegazing quatet from East London combine the melancholic style of The Cure, the snarl of Wire and the considered sonic appoach of A Place to Bury Strangers. Formed as it’s said ” … from a sense of despair at the alienation and devolution of modern life”, Trim the Barber’s songs reference conscious lyrical themes of despondency and frustration with an existence in post-Millennial Britain.
Gaining notoriety for their explosively loud audio-visual live performances, the group have played acorss the UK over the past year, melting the ears off of audience members with their unique brand of noisy yet melodic compositions.
With positive press from the world of music blogs, including Battery In Your Leg, Music Liberation, Can’t Hear My Eyes and Killing Moon Limited, they’ve also enjoyed national radio play on Amazing Radio, XFM, Future Radio and BBC 6music, all whilst producing their self-titled debut EP, out on 9th April 2012.
The EP will be available FREE to download for one week only, on the week of release from the band’s bandcamp profile! trimthebarber.bandcamp.com
For more infomation and live dates please check
trimthebarber.blogspot.com
facebook.com/trimthebarber
XYZMAGAZINE.COM
TRIM THE BARBER - EP out April 9th 2012 & London show dates
This psychedelic-post-punk-shoegazing quatet from East London combine the melancholic style of The Cure, the snarl of Wire and the considered sonic appoach of A Place to Bury Strangers. Formed as it’s said ” … from a sense of despair at the alienation and devolution of modern life”, Trim the Barber’s songs reference conscious lyrical themes of despondency and frustration with an existence in post-Millennial Britain.
Gaining notoriety for their explosively loud audio-visual live performances, the group have played acorss the UK over the past year, melting the ears off of audience members with their unique brand of noisy yet melodic compositions.
With positive press from the world of music blogs, including Battery In Your Leg, Music Liberation, Can’t Hear My Eyes and Killing Moon Limited, they’ve also enjoyed national radio play on Amazing Radio, XFM, Future Radio and BBC 6music, all whilst producing their self-titled debut EP, out on 9th April 2012.
The EP will be available FREE to download for one week only, on the week of release from the band’s bandcamp profile! trimthebarber.bandcamp.com
For more infomation and live dates please check
trimthebarber.blogspot.com
facebook.com/trimthebarber
Thursday, 22 March 2012
Trim the Barber on ALTSOUNDS
Read here: http://hangout.altsounds.com/reviews/145405-review-trim-barber-occupation-single.html#post181013
HANGOUTATALTSOUNDS.COM
Review: Trim The Barber - Occupation [Single]
SELF TITLED | "DISTINCT VOCALS AND WALLS OF GUITAR FUZZ..."
March 21st 2012 // by Phatty73 // More
Do you have a 'Bucket List'? I do. Everyone should have one. The main problem of said lists though is actually achieving all the entries before the sands of time slip away for ever. Finishing this list is even harder when you hear Trim The Barber's 'Occupation' because it will have you diving for your ballpoint to scribe 'see these guys live'.
Seriously, only 15 seconds into the track and we have tribal drumming and a post punk - almost New Order bass line. About a minute later and we are hit with distinct vocals and walls of guitar fuzz that any shoe-gazer would be proud of (well not proud because they would be too nervous staring down at their ragged converse of course).
'Occupation' is just one track from Trim The Barber's up-coming, self titled EP. The band are releasing one track a week from this EP and if 'Occupation' is anything to go by it will most definitely be worth grabbing a copy of the full release.
I would love to expand on the wall of sound these guys emit but I'm off to hit Google for tour dates to get em 'crossed off'.
Occupation is out now.
Trim The Barber EP is released 9th April 2012
For more information, check out: TRIM THE BARBER
HANGOUTATALTSOUNDS.COM
Review: Trim The Barber - Occupation [Single]
SELF TITLED | "DISTINCT VOCALS AND WALLS OF GUITAR FUZZ..."
March 21st 2012 // by Phatty73 // More
Do you have a 'Bucket List'? I do. Everyone should have one. The main problem of said lists though is actually achieving all the entries before the sands of time slip away for ever. Finishing this list is even harder when you hear Trim The Barber's 'Occupation' because it will have you diving for your ballpoint to scribe 'see these guys live'.
Seriously, only 15 seconds into the track and we have tribal drumming and a post punk - almost New Order bass line. About a minute later and we are hit with distinct vocals and walls of guitar fuzz that any shoe-gazer would be proud of (well not proud because they would be too nervous staring down at their ragged converse of course).
'Occupation' is just one track from Trim The Barber's up-coming, self titled EP. The band are releasing one track a week from this EP and if 'Occupation' is anything to go by it will most definitely be worth grabbing a copy of the full release.
I would love to expand on the wall of sound these guys emit but I'm off to hit Google for tour dates to get em 'crossed off'.
Occupation is out now.
Trim The Barber EP is released 9th April 2012
For more information, check out: TRIM THE BARBER
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Trim the Barber on DRUNKENWEREWOLF
Read here: http://www.drunkenwerewolf.com/2012/03/19/trim-the-barber-ready-to-release-their-debut-ep/
19th March 2012 | By Tiffany Daniels | Category: BLOG
A name like Trim the Barber could insinuate a harmonious group of nu-folk chaps, dressed like the 50s-styled offspring of Mumford & Sons; or it could mean we’re dealing with a pack of rabid Jack the Ripper enthusiasts. Actually what springs forth from the London four-piece’s debut EP is far fresher than your average Communion signee, and there’s not a blood stained, greasy flat cap in sight (thank Goodness).
Or so their first release, available to stream below, would have us believe. Punching a medley of Madchester vocals and shoegaze into the band’s penchant for breaking structural convention, there’s also a smidge of industrial seeping through the cracks of Trim the Barber’s outlay. Influenced by bands as diverse as The Cure, Wire and A Place to Bury Strangers, the songs “feature conscious lyrical themes of despondency and frustration with an existence in post-Millennial Britain”. Ooo err…
If musical integrity alone isn’t enough for you, Trim the Barber have already caught the eye of radio stations galore, accruing time on Amazing Radio, XFM exposure, Future Radio and BBC 6music. Their EP will be released on April 9ththrough The White Label.
Download previous single “Always Delayed” below.
Monday, 19 March 2012
Trim the Barber on AAA Music
Read here: http://www.aaamusic.co.uk/2012/03/18/trim-the-barber-debut-ep-on-9th-april/
AAAMUSIC.CO.UK
TRIM THE BARBER DEBUT EP ON 9TH APRIL
By aaamusic on Mar 18, 2012 in News
Trim The Barber are releasing their debut EP, ‘Trim The Barber’ on the 9th April.
Combining shoegaze with minimalist post-punk to create a sound that is reminiscent of The Cure and Wire. The band have received plays on BBC 6Music, XFM Exposure and Amazing Radio, amongst others.
The band are releasing one track from the EP each week in the run-up to release, and first up is opener, ‘Occupation’, which can be heard HERE
AAAMUSIC.CO.UK
TRIM THE BARBER DEBUT EP ON 9TH APRIL
By aaamusic on Mar 18, 2012 in News
Trim The Barber are releasing their debut EP, ‘Trim The Barber’ on the 9th April.
Combining shoegaze with minimalist post-punk to create a sound that is reminiscent of The Cure and Wire. The band have received plays on BBC 6Music, XFM Exposure and Amazing Radio, amongst others.
The band are releasing one track from the EP each week in the run-up to release, and first up is opener, ‘Occupation’, which can be heard HERE
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Trim the Barber on MUSIC VITA
TRIM THE BARBER - 'OCCUPATION'
Read here: http://www.musicvita.com/music-freak/daily-stuff/9385-trim-the-barber-occupation.html
Read here: http://www.musicvita.com/music-freak/daily-stuff/9385-trim-the-barber-occupation.html
Thursday, 8 March 2012
"Occupation" on Future Radio tonight...
Mark Thorpe from Battery In Your Leg
will be playing a song from our new EP on his Future Radio show
tonight between 8-10pm. Tune in here: http://www.futureradio.co.uk/shows/ianandrosieandthemixtape
Trim the Barber on RATTLING ABACUS
Read here: http://rattlingabacus.tumblr.com/post/18852458183/trim-the-barber-occupation-ttb-describe
RATTLINGABACUS.TUMBLER.COM
TRIM THE BARBER - 'OCCUPATION'
6th March 2012
TTB describe themselves as “wailing fuzztone psychadelic post-punk shoegaze”, which should be laughable since it’s essentially enlisting a massive chunk of the alternative genre spectrum and smooshing them together in the hope that at least one will make sense. It’s like asking someone’s favourite colour and them saying “the rainbow”. Helpful as fuck. However, in TTB’s case, they just get away with it. They’re music is an ominous wall of sound that does tip its toes into each of those genres, sounding like a cross between Gang Of Four, Oasis, Sonic Youth, Wire and The Brian Jonestown Massacre all rolled into one giant ball of energy. No small feat.
‘Occupation’ is taken from their eponymous debut EP, which will be released April 9th. It follows a string of supportive plays on such alternative milestones as BBC 6, Amazing Radio, and XFM Exposure. If this were Scrabble they’d have just hit the triple word score.
I do like this band, they have the kind of sound that could be mesmerising live, but I have to make a slight dig at the photo. I mean, am I the only one who finds it slightly unnerving? It’s like the mugshots from the aftermath of some apocalyptic, cult-led attack. “Marvin was such a shy boy, but we knew something was wrong when he painted his bedroom black and insisted on sleeping in a cage with seven ravens and a fork.”
RATTLINGABACUS.TUMBLER.COM
TRIM THE BARBER - 'OCCUPATION'
6th March 2012
TTB describe themselves as “wailing fuzztone psychadelic post-punk shoegaze”, which should be laughable since it’s essentially enlisting a massive chunk of the alternative genre spectrum and smooshing them together in the hope that at least one will make sense. It’s like asking someone’s favourite colour and them saying “the rainbow”. Helpful as fuck. However, in TTB’s case, they just get away with it. They’re music is an ominous wall of sound that does tip its toes into each of those genres, sounding like a cross between Gang Of Four, Oasis, Sonic Youth, Wire and The Brian Jonestown Massacre all rolled into one giant ball of energy. No small feat.
‘Occupation’ is taken from their eponymous debut EP, which will be released April 9th. It follows a string of supportive plays on such alternative milestones as BBC 6, Amazing Radio, and XFM Exposure. If this were Scrabble they’d have just hit the triple word score.
I do like this band, they have the kind of sound that could be mesmerising live, but I have to make a slight dig at the photo. I mean, am I the only one who finds it slightly unnerving? It’s like the mugshots from the aftermath of some apocalyptic, cult-led attack. “Marvin was such a shy boy, but we knew something was wrong when he painted his bedroom black and insisted on sleeping in a cage with seven ravens and a fork.”
Saturday, 25 February 2012
Trim the Barber on BBC Radio 6 Music!
Tom Robinson will be playing
"OCCUPATION" on his Fresh On The Net show tonight (26th) between 1 and 3am on BBC Radio 6 Music
You can listen to the show online either live or via Listen Again for 7 days after transmission via the links at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6musicintroducing
You can listen to the show online either live or via Listen Again for 7 days after transmission via the links at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6musicintroducing
Friday, 24 February 2012
NEW GIG CONFIRMED!
Fierce Panda Records and Club Fandango present:
BAMBOOZLED!
- Wed 18th
April at the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town. Details to follow...
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Thursday, 16 February 2012
NEW EP ANNOUNCED: RELEASE DATE 9TH APRIL
We are very pleased to announce that our debut EP 'TRIM THE BARBER' will be available on iTunes, Amazon MP3, Spotify and all other major digital outlets from 9TH APRIL 2012.
The tracklisting is as below:
OCCUPATION
AUTOCUE
DIGITALIS
REALITY
Physical copies of the EP will be available at the launch party which is at
NAMBUCCA ON 29TH MARCH
Tickets: http://bit.ly/zN4yUD
More details to follow...
(Cover Art by Andrew Shields)
X
Thursday, 8 December 2011
"OCCUPATION" RADIO DEBUT - THE FIRST TIME YOU CAN HEAR OUR NEW TRACK
This will be the first time you can hear "Occupation" so tune in with us, vote for it after the show on the above link if you like it, and write on their Facebook wall or tweet @charlieashcroft if you want him to play it again.
The song will be getting it's second spin on the same station and same day (12th) this time with Bethan Elfyn from 7-9pm and repeated on Friday 16th from 1-3pm. Tweet: @BethanElfyn
Stay tuned for news concerning the forthcoming release of "Occupation" and our debut 4 track EP.
Saturday, 3 December 2011
BIYL on Trim the Barber in Norwich.
A little write-up on the Battery In Your Leg blog mentioning our recent visits to Norwich: http://bit.ly/ut8gZt
"London fuzz masters Trim the Barber went all acoustic as a special treat for us before returning to play an amazing electric show on our launch night at a rammed Karma Kafe in Norwich." - BIYL
"London fuzz masters Trim the Barber went all acoustic as a special treat for us before returning to play an amazing electric show on our launch night at a rammed Karma Kafe in Norwich." - BIYL
Monday, 21 November 2011
Main Support for WIDOWSPEAK Tuesday 29th November...
We're very pleased to be main support for the amazing Brooklyn based Widowspeak on the London leg of their European tour. Check them out, they're lush.
Symptomatic in association with The Agency Group presents:
TRIM THE BARBER (onstage 9:15)
TICKETS: http://bit.ly/oE19wU
facebook event: http://on.fb.me/rFnXbc
LIVE at Karma Kafe, Norwich, Friday 25th November...
For our second visit to Norwich by invitation of Battery In Your Leg we're playing at the Karma Kafe on Friday 25th November with some great up and coming bands hand picked by Mark Thorpe.
BIYL Presents:
+ acoustic acts in the basement
ONLY £3/£2 NUS
facebook event: http://on.fb.me/tQbe49
Sunday, 20 November 2011
"Always Delayed" on the Amazing Afternoons show.
We'd like to thank Kyle Wilkinson and the lovely people of Amazing Radio for once again championing our tune "Always Delayed". Stream the 'Amazing Afternoons' show HERE.
New music is heading your way soon...
New music is heading your way soon...
Thursday, 27 October 2011
Trim the Barber on Future Radio.
Mark Thorpe from Battery In Your Leg will be playing "All We Can Be" on his Future Radio show tonight between 8-9pm. Tune in at 107.8FM (if you're in Norfolk) or stream online here: http://www.futureradio.co.uk/
Saturday, 22 October 2011
Android Captures Trim the Barber at Club Killing Moon #3
by Andrew Shields a.k.a. Android captures - http://andrewshields.tumblr.com/
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Sunday, 16 October 2011
On Amazing Radio with Dani Charlton
Yesterday 'Always Delayed' was played on Amazing Radio by Dani Charlton. Listen again here, we're on at about 01:06.20
http://www.amazingtunes.com/users/amazingrewind/tunes/79411
http://www.amazingtunes.com/users/amazingrewind/tunes/79411
Sunday, 2 October 2011
Main support for Widowspeak on 29th Nov.
This week we confirmed a main support slot for Brooklyn band WIDOWSPEAK at The Hoxton Underbelly on 29th November.
Widowspeak on Bandcamp: http://widowspeak.bandcamp.com/
Their debut album on Spotify: Widowspeak – Widowspeak
Headlining The Monarch with Girl From The Castle: 19th Oct.
This is our first ever headline show.
We're being supported by the one and only Girl From The Castle.
This will be good.
Noisy Neighbours present: TRIM THE BARBER + GIRL FROM THE CASTLE + BOW STREET REVOLT + LOS AND THE DEADLINES
£6 on door / £5 with flyer
INFO: http://bit.ly/nzlZoG
FB EVENT: http://on.fb.me/oqYJQD
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Killing Moon Limited's Free EP Download
To celebrate the first Killing Moon curated night with Club Fandango, they're giving away a free digital EP on the Killing Moon Limited website featuring bands on the line up for the 'Club The Moon Launch Night'.
Friday, 16 September 2011
New dates added in London, Norwich, Wellingborough and St Albans...
To promote the forthcoming debut EP release, Trim the Barber are hitting the road!
SEPT 22 - Nambucca, Holloway Road, London
SEPT 28 - The Bull & Gate, Kentish Town, London
OCT 11 - Biddle Bros, Lower Clapton, London
OCT 19 - The Monarch, Chalk Farm, London
OCT 20 - Rocks Bar, Norwich
OCT 22 - Oxjam Camberwell Takeover, London
NOV 9 - The Horn, St Albans
NOV 16 - Proud Camden, London
NOV 25 - Karma Kafe, Norwich
NOV 29 - Hoxton Underbelly, London
DEC 3 - 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, London
DEC 10 - The Horseshoe, Wellingborough
+ More TBC, still booking.
Thursday, 15 September 2011
Killing Moon & Club Fandango present:
Killing Moon Limited and Club Fandango present:
+ thrash hots DJs.
Weds 28th September at THE BULL AND GATE
TICKETS: http://bit.ly/r2ZV0U
INFO: http://bit.ly/qHlPzY
FB EVENT: http://on.fb.me/o1KtF4
( The Killing Moon 'track of the day' review of Trim the Barber: http://bit.ly/oJul9u )
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Symptomatic presents:
Symptomatic Presents: Lola Colt + Deep Cut (ex Revolver & Death In Vegas) + Horse Brothers (ex Adam and the Ants & Bow Wow Wow) + Hang Fire + TRIM THE BARBER
+ psyche pop and nu-gaze DJs until 3am.
Thurs 22nd September at NAMBUCCA TICKETS: http://bit.ly/nbfVE1
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