Leeds based Surefire Affair are a four-piece commercial/indie/alternative outfit. Catchy melodies and addictive chilli pepper-inspired guitar riffs are blended with driving drums and bass to form a melting pot of genres. The band formed in early 2017; they have made an instant impression on the Leeds music scene and are rapidly building up a substantial fan base and a reputation for eye-catching live performances.

February sees the release of Surefire Affair’s debut album, ‘Start Again, Again’ which has been recorded and produced by Ed Heaton. Radio-friendly hits ‘In the Blink of an Eye’ and ‘Promises’ are contrasted by the haunting ‘Telescope’ before signing off with the anthemic ‘Press Rewind’. The album will be showcased at the band’s official album launch night at The Wardrobe, Leeds on 7th February.

Tickets for the event can be purchased via the following link:
https://www.seetickets.com/event/surefire-affair/the-wardrobe-leeds/1480540

The info

Surefire Affair are Marc Gunjal, Tom Moon, Joseph Paget and Mike Richmond.

https://www.facebook.com/surefireaffair/
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On Saturday 16 May 2020, everything’s guaranteed to be ‘Alright’ as the 90s trailblazers bring their stereo-pumping shenanigans to Doncaster Racecourse for an unmissable open-air fixture.

Promising a day-out like no other, this unique event will allow audiences to enjoy an entire day of racing at one of the UK’s most prestigious arenas, with the added bonus of a full set by Supergrass late into the evening.

Bursting out of Oxford’s hotbed of musical talent to become overnight household names of the thriving British music scene, it was clear from the moment go that Supergrass were destined for greatness. Releasing their debut single ‘Caught By The Fuzz’ in 1995, the band instantly scored a Single Of The Week in flagship titles NME and Melody Maker; but this was just the tip of the iceberg.

One of the most popular and enduring bands to emerge in the last 25 years, Supergrass (AKA Gaz Coombes, Mick Quinn and Danny Goffey, along with longterm collaborator Rob Coombes who officially joined the lineup in 2002), would go on to score an unbroken run of five Top 10 albums (six, if you include a greatest hits), among them three platinum sellers generating millions of worldwide sales spawning ten Top 20 singles. With a sound that oozed its own unique personality — a frantic explosion of energy, humour, hooks, and sonic references to everyone from The Beatles to Roxy Music; Supergrass were an instant smash with press and public alike, and always one step ahead of their peers too.

Earning a Mercury-nominated debut album ‘I Should Coco’ (which hit the charts at Number 3, before rising to Number One in the week following Glastonbury and alone ended up shifting over 500,000 copies in the UK and a million worldwide), the band would also go on to win awards at the prestigious Brits and Ivor Novellos. In the thirteen years between their first album and their last they were chased down the street by fans in Japan, scored the biggest-selling debut for Parlophone since The Beatles, were helicoptered into Glastonbury, turned down a Calvin Klein pants ad, toured the world on their own and supported everyone from Blur and Arctic Monkeys to Foo Fighters, Radiohead and The Cure.

But like all roller coaster rides, they must come to an end sooner or later. Releasing their sixth and last studio album ‘Diamond Hoo Ha’ in 2008, Supergrass toured the record, before announcing they would be parting ways with a short farewell tour in 2010.

It would not be until a full decade later, that the news of Supergrass’s surprise reunion would be on everyone’s lips; and not a moment too soon either. In 2020, the band are now preparing for some of the biggest shows of their career to date, including an unmissable 17,000+ capacity fixture at Doncaster Racecourse this Spring. With their back catalogue sounding as fresh, compelling and essential today as it ever did, expect a true Proustian rush as songs like ‘Alright’, ‘Mansize Rooster’, ‘Richard III’, ‘Sun Hits The Sky’, ‘Pumping On Your Stereo’, & ‘Moving’ fizz, thrill, and tickle your senses once more in their first outing in over 10 years.

Supergrass – ‘Live After Racing’ @ Doncaster Racecourse
Saturday 16th May 2020

Tickets go on general sale this Friday 17 January at 10.00AM with Artist + O2 customer pre-sale this Wednesday 15 January @ 10.00 AM
https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/35005828DA3475BD

Tickets are priced at:
£35 Grandstand Advance STBF
£45 Club Enclosure Advance STBF
£60 Premier Advance STBF
£25 Children under 18’s (Under 5’s free admission)
£10 Premier Car Parking

Doors 3pm / Racing Starts 5.30pm / Show Starts 9pm

Whether you’re a music fan, a racing fan or both, it’s horses for courses – ‘Live After Racing’ is a unique event with something for everyone.

MARY AND THE RAM – the studio project of Kiran Tanna of The Nightmare Generator; Dom Smith of The Parasitic Twins; and Edward Alan Logie of Modern Mood Swings – have announced the release of the OFFICERS LUNAR DUB REMIX of their latest single ‘Eclipse’ on 14th February via The New Anonymous label in collaboration with Hull based creative collective Forever Underdogs.

Dom Smith of MARY AND THE RAM comments: “Ever since myself and Kiran started this project a couple of years ago, I’ve wanted to have Jamie Baker from Leeds’ OFFICERS do a remix for us. I genuinely do think that with OFFICERS they have created one of the best electronic projects to come out of Yorkshire in the last decade and, as a band, Jamie and Matt have toured with the likes of Gary Numan and Placebo, so that’s really cool.”

The track was mastered at Abbey Road Studios by Oli Morgan (Blossoms, Venom, Gregory Porter).

The original single was recorded at Melrose Yard Studios in York, UK and co-produced between Kiran Tanna and New York based producer Kallie Marie (Explosives for Her Majesty). The band also hooked in the talents of Dave Ogilvie (The Weeknd, Skinny Puppy, Nine Inch Nails) for mixing, with mastering by Howie Weinberg (Thirty Seconds to Mars, Mars Volta, Nirvana).

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MaryAndTheRam

On its release in April 2010, DARWIN DEEZ’S debut album was met with universal praise from international media. Championed by the likes of BBC Radio 1 and the NME, the latter even named him the 10th coolest musician on the planet as he graced their cover. There was nobody around quite like Darwin, and his wonderfully off-kilter debut album is testament to that fact.

Recording the album in his own apartment using only a PC and a cheap microphone – he can lay a claim to being the original indie ‘bedroom’ artist – the songs are mostly stripped down, simple and unadorned but they pulse and throb deliciously with life and a rare wit. Certainly, it would be hard to think of anyone else who can start a song by cribbing “Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star” as the opening line (as on ‘Constellations’), while rhyming “Los Angeles” with “televangelist” (as on ‘Radar Detector’). However, it is also important to note that there is also an emotive undertow of sadness and longing in his oeuvre. By turns joyous and heart tugging, winsome and wistful, glorious and gorgeous, buoyed aloft by Deez’s ear for a soaring chorus and a catchy tune, not to mention his knack for a killer couplet, Darwin self-proclaimed the album as being ‘happy songs for sad people’.

Now, in order to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release, the album will be re-released in deluxe formats as well as performed in its entirety at a number of live shows. Renowned for the most entertaining performances, with added choreographed dance routines, don’t miss your chance to witness a rare insight into everything a pop star should be, and yet so rarely is.

Pre-order the album here: https://ffm.to/darwindeez

LIVE DATES 2020

20/04 Brighton, UK – Concorde 2 (14+)
21/04 Liverpool, UK – O2 Academy 2 (14+)
22/04 Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms (14+)
23/04 London, UK – Electric Ballroom (14+)
24/04 Bristol, UK – Thekla (14+)
26/04 Leeds, UK – Belgrave Music Hall (14+)
27/04 Newcastle, UK – The Riverside (14+)
28/04 Glasgow, UK – St Lukes (14+)
30/04 Dublin, Ireland – Whelans (18+)
01/05 Manchester, UK – Gorilla (14+)

Tickets on sale now: https://www.darwindeez.com