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Fish from a different beach – Unpeeled.net Review

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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 Traditional, as opposed to to dated, outdated or copyist rock n blues.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

 

http://www.unpeeled.net/albums.html

Truth & Faith – All you need to know

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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…

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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.

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Be My Silver Line

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Below is our new video to My Silver Line.  The video was produced by Colin Warhurst of Siab Studios…

My Silver Line is taken from the EP ‘All the Roads’ which is released on April 11th.

The full track listing is…

1. Under the Sun
2. My Silver Line
3. Time
4. Holding up the Walls

The EP is available to buy on all major download sites, below is the iTunes link…

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/all-the-roads-ep/id443139863