This Love Affair / Skeletons (Sheffield) / HINGe
This Love Affair are a no frills indie rock act that hail from the depths of Birmingham’s burgeoning music scene. The band formed in 2005 – Lee Weston (Vocals & Guitar), brothers Jayme (Drums & Backing Vocals) and Dan Tovey (Guitar & Backing Vocals) and Andrew La Touche (Bass).
The band’s musical approach produces songs with an instantaneous melodic punch, which are indebted to their many and wide-ranging influences. Exemplified by the multiple harmonies, razor sharp guitar riffs, pounding bass lines and thumping drum beats, crowds are left in no doubt of the power and passion this band can produce.
Live the band has already supported some notable and critically lauded artists, including the likes of; INXS, The Enemy, Tom Hingley (Inspiral Carpets), The Boxer Rebellion, Red Light Company, Colin McIntyre (Mull Historical Society), The Maple State and Envy & Other Sins. The band has also performed live radio sessions for Kerrang! and BBC Introducing.
Alex Baker of Kerrang! Radio has described This Love Affair’s music as “epic, beautiful, soaring, energetic and glorious” and added that the band write from the heart and their talent brings the music to life.
The band has recently been recording at Magic Garden Studios in Wolverhampton with producer Gavin Monaghan (Editors, Kings Of Leon, The Twang, Ryan Adams).
Skeletons! Hailing from Sheffield, the quintet bonded many years ago over a shared love of Minnie Riperton, Micheal Jackson, Slayer and martial arts (they met at karate lesson in their local Nether Edge). By their own admission they are “a couple o’reyt nice kids with nowt better to do.” After their former incarnation (Fierce Panda-signed ThisGIRL) came to its natural demise, the then four-piece recruited keyboardist Matt Jones and Skeletons And The Empty Pockets was born. Their first show was a small invite-only affair at Sheffield’s legendary Club 60 and in a surprisingly short space of time they have developed into one of the hottest live bands in Britain’s fifth city!
Hailing from the south side of Birmingham, UK, HINGe (HERE to INSPIRE the NEXT GeNERATION) formed in July 2006 and began playing guitar together after drunken nights out. Soon after sobering up, they realised they sounded alright and so the band was born.
Having supported American band “Babystrange” in only their second gig, things looked promising from the start and continued to progress with a support slot for Inspiral Carpets frontman “Tom Hingley and The Lovers”. Most recently the band have supported upcoming indie acts “Beggars” and “New Education” .
The trio go from strength to strength with their confidence mounting, musical talent overflowing and spirited performances gaining a reputation, they have played an abundance of headlining shows on home turf and all across the country.
