Demons was played on Kerrang Radio again last night by host Alex Baker.
You can listen again at http://www.kerrangradio.co.uk/listen-again, click on Sunday and skip forward to around the 1h 23m mark.
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The new folk is here – New Beats Media review
This month, from Manchester’s soil springs Brit Rock band The Words’ debut album, Truth and Faith.
The album is a surprising one, and by that I mean surprising in a good way, it’s a good solid fashioned rock music release. Honest lyrics, homely imagery and understated but mature guitar work.
On the cd you will find none of the kind of disjointed danciness or quirky rhythmic noises you might expect from a 2011 release. The album isn’t trying to be anything, its not trying to trick you, it’s the kind of album that accompanies a pint in the local over the pool table, or in the background of an inner city back garden barbeque gathering on an orangey yellow summer afternoon. It may seem funny to say but its not even trying to be ‘cool.’ Wait, hold on, it’d be better to say fashionably unfashionable. Or even unknowingly good. What I mean is when you listen to it, you don’t picture a bunch of silver spoon Topman fops pretending to be deep and brooding with fringes a falling and blazers a size too small. There’ll be no lingering stares into the camera lens in the video, none of that. But you may say that maybe a band needs at least a little of this, a little forced mystery, a little feigned emotion maybe to capture the hearts of the music downloading public. At least at first… But listening to this album with its solid simple construction, northern accents and easy feel you are more reminded of traditional music. It is as though this music is becoming ingrained into the nation’s psyche as being the new folk. Folk re-imagined for these decades of supermarket and coffee chains, of foreign footballers and recession. More akin to the likes of that great British band The Levellers. Once the instance happens where you imagine it in this context, you cannot shake the sentiment, the album comes alive to you and you only see it for what it is.Unpretentious, simple and good. Its as though as British people we should factor music like this into our lives on the medical pretence that it’s good for you.
Demons on Kerrang Radio
Our track Demons was given it’s first national airplay last night on Kerrang Radio by Alex Bakerman. He was really positive about the whole album so hopefully we’ll hear a few more tracks and have some more airplay coming our way very shortly.
It’s great that such a massive radio station continues to support new music.
Fish from a different beach – Unpeeled.net Review
Below is a review of ‘Truth & Faith’ from Unpeeled.net….
FISH FROM A DIFFERENT BEACH
THE WORDS “TRUTH AND FAITH” (PHOENIX RECORDS)
RELEASED? 31st October.
SOUNDS LIKE? Traditional, as opposed to to dated, outdated or copyist rock n blues. See, I’m trying to write this in a sensible and informative way, maybe noting that ramming Sex Pistols through Squeeze hasn’t been tried before, but The Words are unhelpfully racing and raging through ‘Fag’ and it’s difficult to stop battering the desk in a pathetic attempt to pretend that I’m already in the band.
So, we’ll fall back on the old snapshot review style… The Words are adults. The Words have been shaving, shaping, playing, smashing, hating and loving this material for longer than is good for them, but fuck ‘em, we came for the noise. The Words drift endlessly and effortlessly from cellar bar to stadium, from funked up punk to knockabout acoustic (“Demons”) campfire Beatle knock-off. The Words are lovely. The Words are a proper band. The Words have heard some Small Faces singles. The Words do some kind of magical, math-pop thing with “Head Over Heels”, that’s the one where Jamie T joins the Beach Boys. The Words are still lovely, buy their records. We haven’t even touched on the instantly accessible stuff like “Time”. The Words enunciate their percussion with delicacy, care and violence. The Words bring Manchester to France for “Under The Sun”. The Words are sneaky fuckers, lots of little riffs, fills and even techie touches decorating the mixes. The Words really are a proper band, that’s stressed because we get so few of them, it’s easy to slap the word ‘The’ in front of a random noun, get some unfeasible haircuts and whine over a backbeat for three minutes and we have shedloads of that, but… The Words are a real band, a real band with songs of genuine quality, songs that probably didn’t start life as even ‘passable’, but songs that, having gone through the real band process, emerge as excellent, compelling, honed, but still fresh or raw.
IS IT ANY GOOD? Oh, go on, take a whack at it.
WHERE IS IT? www.thewordsmusic.co.uk
Everybody’s With You review – Buzzin Music Blog
Below is a review of the single (and preview of the album) from the Buzzin Music Blog
Manchester group The Words are due to release their single Everybody’s With You on 31st October, throughPhoenix Records. It will precede their album Truth & Faith, due out in November.
The Words consists of Stephen Draper (vocals/rhythm guitar), Niel Rowbotham (lead guitar/back vocals), Tom Jackson (Bass/backing vocals) and Graeme Smith (drums), and their previous EP’s have gained airplay on 6Music, as well as being featured in a host of promotional campaigns.
The single Everybody’s With You is a real crowd-pleaser, and with its simple chorus and clever lyrics it’s a great way to gently introduce the listener to the slightly heavier sounds on the rest of the album.
Tracks like Head Over Heels are fun and innocent, telling the story of an unfulfilled crush with an appealing tune to highlight the quirky lyrics. Under the Sun comes just at the right time, with the lyrics “We were dancing in the bars, singing how the future’s ours, Wishing all those summer days would stay” reminding us that autumn is very nearly upon us.
Both Sirens, and Demons head in a more gritty, urban direction. They have an almost American Rock twist to them, yet manage to do so without losing the inherent Britishness that runs throughout the album, and throughout their previous work.
The band’s Manc background plays an important role in the music, and they have stated that their music comes from “the same buildings, the same weather, the same way of life”. Following in the footsteps of other uniquely manc acts, they have said it is “not stereotypical ‘Manchester music’, but it is music made in Manchester…and that’s generally a good thing”.
The Words forthcoming UK live Dates:
11th November
O2 Academy 2, Islington
12th November
Album Launch Show, Factory 251
19th November
Vintage Rockbar, Doncaster
See the review at http://www.buzzinmusicblog.co.uk/the-words-%E2%80%93-everybody%E2%80%99s-with-you-single-review/4978
Truth & Faith – All you need to know
As you all know our debut album ‘Truth & Faith’ is released on November 14th. For the first time we’re officially revealing the tracklisting for the album, giving you previews of all the songs and a little bit about what the song means to the band.
Remember the CD can be pre-ordered from http://www.phoenixxrecords.bigcartel.com and it will be available digitally to pre-order from iTunes very shortly.
We hope to see you all at our launch gig at Factory251 on November 12th…
The Words – Truth & Faith
Truth & Faith was recorded and mixed at the Loudhailer in Manchester by Mladen Pavlovic “Deni” and mastered by David Rogers.
Recording originally started in November 2010 and one year on is ready for release, here is the tracklisting….
1. FAG
Featured by Mercedes-Benz, used as the song for one of the levels on Playstation 3 game Vibes and the song that for many defines The Words. We could think of no better way to start the album than with FAG.
Ste: “Put simply FAG is the big bang, a first hand recording of the noise made at the birth of the universe.”
2. Demons
“You and me are better baby, you and me together we are”
Ghostbusting is better when there are two heads instead of one.
3. Everybody’s With You
The single from the album and the opening song from our set in Stuttgart. The single is released on October 31st and is all about there being more than meets the eye with some people.
4. Head over heels
Originally called “Mario Kart” during the recording process this song is all about fun, grab an instrument, play, dance around and enjoy yourself.
5. Time
Influenced by Neil’s time working with Frank Black from The Pixies. Neil did the session work on his album, went home and Time was born.
The original recording was released as part of our “All the Roads” EP in 2009 and has been re-recorded with some new twists and turns for this album.
6. Siren
An instruction to everyone out there, do things now that you’ll be proud of in the future. Siren was also the favorite song of Neil’s late mum Denise. RIP.
7. Falling
Ste: “The inspiration behind Falling was when my house burnt down. I came home late one night to a street full of people outside my smouldering house. When I got inside I found hand prints all over my walls where the firemen hand been feeling their way around looking for any signs of life. Luckily no one was inside and we got a song out of it”
8. A Thousand Times
One of those amazing songs that just poured out of us, we went to rehearsals and played it from start to finish first time and they are always the best.
Graeme: “A song all about thinking of the good times you have had with friends, girlfriends, boyfriends or whoever and trying to keep what you have got and enjoy life with them”
9. Under the Sun
The summer anthem, all about getting on holiday, partying, getting on the beach and having a great time. Originally released in 2009 on the “All the Roads” EP, this is a brand new recording with some changes we wanted to introduce.
Featured several times by Mercedes-Benz on their Mixed Tape site, played live in Stuttgart and described by BBC 6 Music’s Tom Robinson as “Absolutely storming” Under the Sun is the ultimate feel good song.
10. The Void
Ste: “The song that dips it’s feet in to the darkness of the unknown while hanging on to the light of the familiar.”
11. Stand up sit down
Always a show stopper when it’s played live, the song that gets everyone up dancing and finishes the set on a high.
Ste: “This song was totally forgotten by me until a friend played a recording of me playing it on her phone. Mad but true, it’s a gift”
12. Truth & Faith
The title track of the album and a song that once started seemed to just write itself. The first time it was played live at a gig in Altrincham it didn’t have a name so we asked the crowd what it should be called and a lady shouted out “Faith & Truth” and it stuck….. until we twisted it around!
Lyricism Shines Throughout…
Below is a review of our debut album ‘Truth & Faith’ from Indie Music Reviewer…
The title track of Truth & Faith, the debut album by The Words, exemplifies the album’s generally uplifting, empathetic, and lightly commiserate character. The band uses the varied vehicles of ska, Brit pop, punk, and even country folk tones to bring forth an excitement felt by those who recognize a band on the verge of multiplying recognition. The Words’ premiere album is a careful and sensitive attempt to capture a wider audience, catering their aural gestures towards a popular listenership, narrowing focus only at times to appeal to the jangly appetities of British youth culture.
