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3 July 2012

Wet Nuns announce new single and UK tour

Wet Nuns announce new single and UK tour this September

“Snarling, sweaty, boisterously hurling expletives at you like great big lumps of molten rock… ridiculously appealing” Clash Music

“This totally rocks” NME

“Like a bastardised Black Keys… Their music goes down like a combo meal of gristle and mean noise; superb” The 405

“The moment we’ve all been waiting for” Artrocker

“They make music that makes us want to get in bar fights in the vain hope that it might impress hot girls with tattoos” Thrash Hits

“Hedonistic riffology” The Fly

Fresh off the back of being hailed as one of NME’s top 20 “Bands To Watch for 2012”, Wet Nuns have announced a new single and UK tour this September.

Following their two explosive singles ‘Heaven’s Below’ and ‘Throttle’, the band will release a brand new single ‘Why You So Cold’ on September 10^th 2012, available on both limited edition 7” vinyl and as a digital download.

Wet Nuns then hit the road from September 6^th for a full UK tour. If you haven’t witnessed a Wet Nuns show yet, then you’ve missed something damn awe-inspiring. The two-piece from South Yorkshire have been blowing venues around the UK apart all year with their hell-bent explosion of songs about “women, death and beer”.

Acclaimed performances at The Great Escape Festival, Liverpool Sound City, London’s Borderline for The Fly Magazine, and their own headline tour earlier in the year have led to feverish crowds baying for more, and also a personal invite from Rob Da Bank to play at this year’s Bestival.

Wet Nuns new single ‘Why You So Cold’ is released on September 10^th on limited edition 7” vinyl and as a digital download.

Tickets for Wet Nuns September tour go on pre-sale from www.artistticket.com at 2pm on Wednesday 4^th July. Tickets will be available on general sale from Friday 5^th July.

WET NUNS LIVE DATES 2012;

21st July - SHEFFIELD - Tramlines Festival (DQ Stage)

09th Aug - LONDON - 100 Club (Converse Represent show)

31st Aug - SADNES, NORWAY – Tribute

WET NUNS ‘WHY YOU SO COLD’ TOUR 2012;

06th Sept - LONDON - Barfly

07th Sept - ISLE OF WIGHT - Bestival

12th Sept - BRISTOL - Louisiana

13th Sept - BRIGHTON - The Hope

14th Sept - HASTINGS - Brass Monkey

15th Sept - BEDFORD - Bedford Pad

16th Sept - BIRMINGHAM - Hare and Hounds

20th Sept - LIVERPOOL - Shipping Forecast

21st Sept - LEEDS - Packhorse

22nd Sept - FORFAR - The Plough

23rd Sept - EDINBURGH - Electric Circus

27th Sept - YORK - Stereo

28th Sept - WAKEFIELD - Hop

29th Sept - NOTTINGHAM - Stealth vs Rescued

04th Oct - MANCHESTER - Castle

05th Oct - MILTON KEYNES - Sno! Bar

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19 May 2012

Sound City Liverpool 2012 review - Friday

Liverpool Sound City Day 2

Here's some snippets of the bands/singers we saw out and about yesterday and we loved every single minute of it.

Wet Nuns @ Red Bull Studio Live

We came across this punk rock/blues rock North East duo by chance as we could hear them from up the road and just had to go and investigate the totally amazing sound emanating from the Red Bull Studio Live was from. When we got their I was surprised to see it was just from 2 people on stage, Rob on guitar and Alexis on drums. From outside you'd be forgiven for thinking they were at least 4 people on the stage. The place was buzzing with energy from the crowd, who were loving every minute of it and the band themselves, who were obviously enjoying every second of it going by the on stage antics and banter. They had also attracted a lot of the North West music industry big guns and I can see why. They didn't want to leave the stage and the crowd didn't want them too. Also a first for me was seeing the drummer, Alexis, take lead vocals for some of the songs but with his sheer raw rock vocals bordering on thrash, which complimented Alexis vocals whose have a more rounded mellow edge to them without loosing that rock grittiness. Guitarist Rob, was totally caught up with the music covering whole stage in what seemed like one giant bounce. This is a massively talented duo and crowd loved them, including us.

White Arrows @ Kazimier

This young band heralding from L.A have with plenty of talent. They bring a fresh sounding approach to music which floats and bounces melodically along throughout set with a gentle rock twists and a mellow twist to the set. Lead singer, Mickey Church's vocals ranged from gently melodic countryesque to gravely from each song, thanks to a cover of Bruce Springsteen's ,"I'm on Fire". Definitely a must see for all you modern indie rock lovers.

Get Back Colquitt @ Binary Cell

With a lead singer, Shaun Dunbabin, looking like a very young Suggs, this young Liverpool band not only have a mature sound beyond their years but lyrics to boot. Shaun has a brilliant voice which captures the emotion of the lyrics. Pity Sound City didn't see fit to actually put this venue on the map as its in a obscure place on Seel Street and people have missed a fantastic opportunity to see a very talented young Indie Rock band who bring a style of their own to the genre. Very polished performance who will hopefully be playing bigger venues very soon.

Michael Kiwanuka @ Epstein Theatre

I almost kicked myself for missing him at last years Sound City and I was certainly not going to let that happen this year and I can say with all honesty that this has to be the best 90 minutes I've spent listening to live music in a very long time.

I dont quite now how to begin trying to describe this gig apart from using the words sheer brilliance that hits every possible musical tingly part of you. We were taken on a soul train that passed through mellowville and funktown on the way. Joining us along the way were some hauntingly beautiful vocals by Michael Kiwanuka. This set hit every note you could possibly wish for in a gig, and then some.

He was joined on stage for half of the set with various musicians including Miles James on guitar, Steve Pringle on keyboards and Graeme Godfrey on percussion as well as a bass player and drummer.

With songs like ,"Rest", "Home Again" , "I'm Getting Ready", a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Waterfall" and my favourite of the night, "Rest" a solo song that was gentle, emotive, beautiful and rendered the lively audience into sheer silence, as everyone just basked in the pleasure of listening to such a talent. Michael sang the remainder of the set how he had originally played them,and took us back in tie to when he in his bedroom with just his guitar and a pen and paper writing them, and it worked so well, keeping it simple and very real, especially with "Any Day Will Do Fine".
His band joined him back on stage for a final funked out number which saw the crowd standing up and joining in clapping and dancing along especially one very natty dressed dude who definitely had his funk on big style especially for tonight.
As i said earlier, I'd missed him last time round and am so glad that I didn't this time. So far for Sound City, Michael Kiwanuka has stolen this festivals crown for the most uber performance.

BearinHeaven @ Leaf

This Brooklyn based "rock" band have to be quite possibly the strangest yet oddly captivating performance so far. With enigmatic lead singer Jon Philpot, clad in a Rambo style vest and providing some mad 80s dancing with a bit of Tim Booth stylee thrown in for good measure they definitely provided great stage presence.With an electro pop style heavily influenced by the bands of 80s yesteryear they are definitely something a little bit different from what we've seen so far. All in all a highly entertaining set.

Pond @ Kazimier

An odd little get up from Australia, with Paisley Adams, a mini Sid Vicious look a like as lead singer this rock band were an eccentric little group who provided a pretty damn good end to our Day 2 of reviewing. At times you thought they were going to go right into Rage Against The Machine mode, then into a funked up little beat number all while Paisley swung around the stage on another planet. After jumping into the crowd half way through set, Paisley just managed to get back on stage and managed to switch of all the lights. Next track saw him playing the flute, not sure I've seen that happen in a rock ensemble before but from the short time they were on stage I realised, it was probably best to expect the unexpected from this curious little lot. But I've got to say, I kinda loved them all the more for it

Review by Alison Goggin
Photos by Thomas Lennon HERE

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29 March 2012

Wet Nuns exclusive single and Rough Trade East in-store for Record Store Day

“Snarling, sweaty, boisterously hurling expletives at you like great big lumps of molten rock… ridiculously appealing” Clash Music

“This totally rocks” NME Radar

“Make sure you see this band as soon as you can” Musical Mathematics

“What’s a girl like me to expect from a Wet Nuns gig? I saw pictures of Terence crowd surfing on two people...” Toast Magazine

Fresh off the back of being hailed as one of NME’s top 20 “Bands To Watch for 2012” and tipped for greatness by Arctic Monkeys’ Matt Helders, Wet Nuns are set to release an exclusive double A-side single on 7” vinyl for Record Store Day on April 21st. The band will also play an in-store at Rough Trade East to celebrate the release.

The 7” record will combine Wet Nuns two singles ‘Heaven’s Below’ and ‘Throttle’, and is everything you’ve come to expect from this big-riffing, crowd-surfing, cursing, death-blues duo, with their trademark stomach-churning guitars and downright ugly drumming stamped all over.

Having been on the road since February, including as support to Pulled Apart By Horses, Wet Nuns continue their trail-blazing tour with added dates at The Great Escape Festival, Crooked Ways Festival and Simple Things Festival this May.

If you haven’t witnessed a Wet Nuns show yet, then you’ve missed something damn awe-inspiring. The two-piece from Sheffield have been blowing venues around the UK apart with their hell-bent explosion of songs about “women, death and beer”.

Tickets for remaining dates of Wet Nuns ‘Throttle’ tour are available NOW from www.artistticket.com.

THE THROTTLE TOUR 2012;

27th Mar – YORK – Fibbers

29th Mar – LONDON – Blues Kitchen

07th Apr – STOCKTON – Stockton Calling

13th Apr – LEAMINGTON SPA – Moo Bar

06th May – BRISTOL – Simple Things Festival

11th May – BRIGHTON – Great Escape Festival

26th May – PONTEFRACT – Crooked Ways Festival

02nd Jun – WAKEFIELD – Long Division Festival

08th Jun – WELBECK ABBEY – No Direction Home Festival

Tickets available from www.artistticket.com

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WET NUNS 'Heaven's Below'

WET NUNS 'Throttle'

http://youtu.be/bcqk0tEwGjw

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31 January 2012

Wet Nuns announce 'Throttle' Tour 2012

THIS FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2012!

“Snarling, sweaty, boisterously hurling expletives at you like great big lumps of molten rock… ridiculously appealing” Clash Music

“This totally rocks” NME Radar

“Make sure you see this band as soon as you can” Musical Mathematics

“What’s a girl like me to expect from a Wet Nuns gig? I saw pictures of Terence crowd surfing on two people...” Toast Magazine

It’s been a crazy start to 2012 for death-blues punk duo Wet Nuns. Named one of NME’s “Bands To Watch for 2012”, remixed by Arctic Monkeys’ Matt Helders, having the most watched video on NME.com on the day of its release, and performing with super-group Mister Heavenly for ATP, it seems like there’s no stopping WET NUNS right now.

And now those red-necks from the deep South (of Yorkshire) are hitting the road on a mammoth 21-date tour this February and March.

Stomach-churning guitars and downright ugly drumming combine to produce the trademark modern lo-fi, blues-stoner-punk sound of Wet Nuns. While their recent single, ‘Heavens Below’ is everything you’ve come to expect from this big-riffing, crowd-surfing, cursing, rock duo.

Tickets for the Throttle tour are available NOW from www.artistticket.com. Look out for the some exciting news on the release of the title track of the tour, ‘Throttle’, coming very soon!

Wet Nuns single ‘Heaven’s Below’ is also available as a free download, along with a remix by Arctic Monkeys’ Matt Helders from www.wetnuns.com now.

THE THROTTLE TOUR 2012;

10th Feb – LEEDS – Santiago’s

18th Feb – PRESTON – Mad Ferret

21st Feb – LONDON – Old Blue Last

24th Feb – BRIGHTON – Green Door Store

25th Feb – HASTINGS – Brass Monkey

28^th Feb – SOUTHAMPTON – Joiners

29^th Feb – LEICESTER – Soundhouse

01^st Mar – MANCHESTER – Trof

02^nd Mar – EDINBURGH – Electric Circus

03^rd Mar – GLASGOW – Berkley Suites

04^th Mar – DUNDEE – Reading Rooms

09^th Mar – LIVERPOOL – Shipping Forecast

10^th Mar – HULL – Fruit

16^th Mar – MILTON KEYNES – Sno! Bar

17^th Mar – BEDFORD – Esquires

21^st Mar – BRISTOL – Start The Bus

22^nd Mar – BATH – Moles

23^rd Mar – TRURO – Bunters

24^th Mar – ALDERSHOT – West End Centre

27^th Mar – YORK – Fibbers

29^th Mar – LONDON – Blues Kitchen

Tickets available from www.artistticket.com

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