With the festival season just around the corner we thought we would give one of our favourite bands - both recorded and live - our much sort after prize. Therefore we introduce our Band of the Month for May, Hitchcock Blonde.
The London quartet are a rapidly growing band, gaining plenty of praise from all corners of the globe, which is no real surprise to us here at R13 as Hitchcock Blonde are highly talented bunch producing high energy, enjoyable rocking music. Their live shows prove this band have exactly what it takes, all four are talented in their own right and gel perfectly together. If anyone was looking for a band to put on their festival bill this summer, they would struggle to find better.
Bio:
London indie rock band Hitchcock Blonde play the kind of music that makes you want to fight, dance and have sex all at the same time.
Their 2012 EP release Five Pounds was home recorded across West London and mixed by Tobin Jones (Cold Specks, Ghost Poet, Gaggle) and first single Sexy Like You was quickly picked up by BBC6's Tom Robinson.
Having just released their new single Animal, Hitchcock Blonde are currently recording their next release, and are back on the road gigging throughout the UK with a tour to be announced for June.
Members:
Ella Grace - vocals
Drew Wynen - guitars
Joss Nightingale - bass
Ben Davies - drums
Influences:
Tori Amos,
Band of Skulls,
Cadbury Flake,
Liam Lynch,
The Meteors.
Sounds Like:
Ourselves, taking risks.
Current release and where it's available:
ANIMAL See it here:
and Buy it at http://hitchcockblonde.bandcamp.com
Up and coming artists you would recommend:
Vault of Eagles,
Fake Club,
Bleech,
Wolf Alice.
Future Plans:
Keep doing what we love: making records and playing better and better shows.
Tour Dates:
We have a tour coming up in June which will be announced/detailed very shortly! In the meantime, we're doing the following shows:
May
2nd - Leicester, The Shed
9th - Stevenage, The Red Lion
If you were the prime minister for one day, what would you do:
We would make any TV art/talent shows/contests illegal in this country. And would partake in a burger-eating contest for charity.
If you could go back to any time in history, where would you go and why:
To 5.30pm today... we missed our favourite TV talent show.
Is there anything you would like to say to our readers:
Come say hi to us, online or at a show! We're not a faceless online band and would love to meet and hang out with you all.
Our thanks to Hitchcock Blonde for answering our questions. Make sure you check them out at one of their shows, you will not be disappointed. Failing that, you can always check them out via the old fashioned way - buy their music.