PETE & THE PIRATES

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PETE & THE PIRATES
Currently in the studio putting the finishing touches to the follow up to their massively-acclaimed debut 'Little Death' (Stolen Recordings), Pete and The Pirates pop out for a Friday night of fun.
These bright, young commanders of a brand of unique Englishness blend smooth edged punk and pop to produce music which is sweet, raw, joyous, melancholic, raucous and tender. The Pirates idiosyncratic and endearing song writing puts them somewhere between the Flying Nun band Tall Dwarfs and the wistful reflection of On The Beach-era Neil Young.
'Brashly romantic punk pop' - Time Out 5*****
'Perfect pop without the pretence' NME 8/10
'At their best, Pete and the Pirates sound like The Undertones stumbling into English psychedelia' - The Observer
'a welcome respite for anyone weary of the tabloid exploits of that other Pete, Doherty (which is everyone, right?).' - Pitchfork (8.0)
www.myspace.com/peteandthepirates

HJALTALIN (Iceland)
It's out pleasure to announce as main support for this sure-to-sell-out night, this great orchestral pop seven piece from Reykjavik.
'swirling operatic sound....snuggly blissful shuffle.' - NME
'A touch Arcade fire but more interesting, vocals are stunning, instrumentation is awesome. Joyous and gentle. Big colourful band to fall in love with. Soul, classical. Classoul.' - Huw Stephens, BBC Radio 1
www.myspace.com/hjaltalinband

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