Biography
These Furrows are a teenage 4 piece from Leicester. Formed in December 2008 their progress has been rapid with them securing a number of enviable support slots with Fun Lovin’ Criminals, Tubelord and The Zutons.
Having formed in the affluent yet understated Leicester music scene – a scene that has bred the likes of Kyte and Maybeshewill – These Furrows take on everything from post-hardcore to post-rock to post-punk, forming a sweet/saccharine collision of sound. Such genres are about the only terms are about as close as you can come to defining a sound that is undeniably their own and unequivocally unique.
But the scene which bore them by no means hinders them, and they are fully immersed in becoming the best they can be without being held back by their surroundings: -
“The Leicester scene has always needed to expand. It’s kind of held back by the variety and quality of the venues. There are a lot of great Leicester bands, back in the day it was ruled by certain ‘indie’ bands who gain a following because of the clothes they wear and their mates rather the music, but there is a lot of talented bands and musicians who don’t have the recognition they deserve due to the ‘scene’.”
Their debut EP “Masks” was released on 10th October 2009 by Robot Needs Home Records to great acclaim, with airplay and support from Huw Stephens at Radio 1, Huey Morgan at 6 Music, and the now ever more influential blogging community.
‘Without Manner’ – the band’s first single proper – was released in August 2010 to a flurry of good reviews, with the band gaining airplay from Jon Kennedy on XFM, to 6 music, to sessions and interviews in their hometown of Leicester where the band have become the hot tip to make it out of that city’s confines and onto greater pastures. A recent series of sold-out shows with label mates, and Leicester comrades, Maybeshewill never deterred the band’s reputation from growing even further.
It’s this natural, and undeniable, growth that summons ever further those feelings that something more special really is coming their way. A recent publishing deal with Bucks Music and a series of dates with the Fun Lovin’ Criminals only enhanced such proof, with the band now confirmed to play the Summer Sundae Festival in their hometown on thew mainstage alongside bands like Mumford and Sons and Local Natives.
‘Faces’, their second EP has been recorded at the legendary Dean Street Studios in Soho, and is due for release in the autumn of 2010, again on Robot Needs Home.
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