Greetings SUBSETTERs and welcome to the other side of the new year.

We all hope that 2012 has started off well for you and that you have plenty to look forward to over the next 12 months – SUBSET certainly has!

Everyone here at SUBSET HQ is busy chasing, hassling, poking and prodding various representatives of myriad UK festivals (as well as a few international ones) in order to get your favourite fuzzsters on as many festival line-ups this year as possible. They really want to get to play for you all and they enjoy a good festival as much as anyone reading this :0)

“Festivals are great, especially when you’re there with a bunch of buddies” enthuses Rob. “Yeah,” agrees Jay “the fact that you leave the real world outside and only have to think about three things: Which band to see next, what to drink next and what to eat next”. Rom adds: “sleeping is optional!”.

They are currently in contact with loads of festivals from the small local bashes all the way to the big boys such as Sonisphere, Download and Glastonbury.

“We hope that they all take us seriously no matter what size they are” says Rom “We want to play them all even if it is the first slot in the morning – once the dedicated music fans and seagulls see us and hear us they will remember us”. “We definitely need to play these festivals this year before the world ends on December 12th” states Jay. “That’s rubbish and you know it” says Rob “Marty McFly went to 2015 so the world can’t end in 2012!” Who are we to challenge Rob’s knowledge of the Back to the Future series of films?

If you are arranging a festival or have a favourite local one which we might have missed please let us know at the usual email address: SUBSETuk@gmail.com

The lads have kicked off their year with a very constructive first session at the Fuzz Cave and have started filming footage for a new video to be released very soon. During the shoot the very talented Adrien Daste snapped some behind the scenes photo’s which can be seen on the band’s Facebook page here.

Talking about video’s – in response to your Christmas wishes the lads have started to film interviews in order to answer some of the questions you have about them. The first in the series is a candid question and answer session with Jay ‘The Sheriff’ Garrett. The interview covers how long he has been playing bass, which other bands he has played in as well as his martial arts background and his day job and much more. There will be more to follow as soon as Rob and Rom are sober enough to answer questions.

You can catch up on any videos which you may have missed at SUBSET’s video channel here

Keep coming back for more videos and more news!

Here’s Jay’s interview:

How the devil are you all?

As you have probably gathered by the not-so-subtle title above, the lads are off being unsober right now celebrating their third year together as SUBSET

That’s right – it was a dark evening in Milton Keynes, back on November 29 2008, that first saw Rob, Rom, Jay and Steve step in to a rehearsal studio together as a band to start writing what would be first unleashed to the public 4 months later. When you think that Christmas and New Year was in amongst that time it’s pretty remarkable that they managed to stay away from parties for long enough to write anything!

Looking back at those early days Jay reminisces: “Rob, Rom and I had worked together in bands before and when we started toying with the idea of forming a back-to-basics, DIY, plug-and-play no frills rock band Rob introduced us to Steve – 4 months later we were on the line-up at The Motherbar in Hoxton; albeit as ‘But We Barely Know Each Other’. Good times!”

Over the three years there has been no sign of them slowing down.

Rom says: “We are always writing the next EP or the Album. We have always ideas and they are filed away in a secret bunker in Iceland ready to fill everyones headphones and speakers with fuzz!”

SUBSET has managed to self-release 2 EPs and 3 singles, a total of 12 tracks many with videos (check out their YouTube channel!) with another release pencilled in for early 2012.

Rob adds: “As well as writing and recording our main passion is playing live. We love to have a hectic gigging schedule and we’re often hitting 3 gigs a week with the occassional 2 gigs on the same day just to keep it spicy”

Adding to that spice SUBSET have decided to throw their collective hats in the ring and challenge Simon Cowell’s “Corporate Karaoke” X-Factor winner for Christmas Number 1. Even though the three amigo’s would love to see Lucid Dreamer on this year’s top spot they would like the single to generate some cash for Shelter.

“There’s lots of people sleeping rough and you can see it everywhere in London. People are spending £100s on gifts ignoring those that have no one to help them and nothing to celebrate, so we want to send the money from this campaign to Shelter so that it can help” says Rom.

To join the campaign and raise some money for a very good and much needed cause head over to the special Facebook page here: Lucid Dreamer for Christmas Number 1

Even though you might want to go and buy that track right now – WAIT! – buy it between December 12th and 16th so that it get’s counted for the Christmas chart, you never know

We look forward to sharing the next 3 years and beyond with you SUBSETTERs!

Happy birthday Fuzzsters!

All here at SUBSET HQ have been blown away (again) by the talent of you SUBSETTERs!

First it was the anonymous video for Silent Treatment that was passed on to us, then our good friend Dan Zagni produced a video for Ambrosia – and now comes a video treat from 11 year old Jay Sillito!

Yeah, you read that right people – this young dude has produced a video for Lucid Dreamer that cannot fail to leave you with a big ol’ grin on your face.

We can’t stop smiling every time we play it so we felt that we just had to share this with you :0)

Just in case no video appears above click here to see it on our YouTube Channel

Hello SUBSETTERs!

The moment that we’ve all been waiting for since the start of this year has finally arrived.

Our fifth release has now been unleashed onto the interwebs and, quite frankly, we’re very proud of it!

Mahogany has been distributed to iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Napster and loads more thanks to our partnership with Expat Records.

In the UK you can use

In the US click

If you’d rather grab the MP3 verison (192 or 320) nip over to Juno.

The track listing can also now be revealed – but let’s face it, you chose which ones we slung on there

• Lucid Dreamers
• Wyoming
• We Are Subset
• Desire
• Give or Take

You will be able to hear Lucid Dreamers on Darren Daz-la Jones Show on Diverse FM tonight from 7pm!

Let us know what you think

So, it’s another Spring day in London – that means it’s raining.

The lads are pumping themselves full of coffee in order to numb the reminders of the weekend’s indulgences.

Even though they’re looking like they’ve been sleeping rough for the last few days (I’m afraid to ask just in case some of them actually have been) the mood is good here at SUBSET HQ.

The fuzzy foursome (quite literally this morning as they appear to have all dodged the razor as well as the iron today) are joking around and don’t look like a band that has spent the last four months holed up together and been forced to be creative.

In fact, talking to Rom, there was no sign of being forced to do anything:

“We’re constantly writing and recording ideas, this is why we sent 14 tracks to Expats when we only needed 5 – then we let the SUBSETTERs choose their 5 favourites”.

The guys are also bouncing around like excited kids as they are back doing what they love best – playing live!

“Don’t get me wrong, I actually enjoy working in the studio with this lot” says Jay, “but my whole point of being in a band is to play in front of a crowd and SUBSETTERs are the best crowd to do this for”.

Rob adds: “and our first few shows are on home turf for me and Steve so they’re going to feel more like ‘welcome back’ parties even though we’ve been keeping the bars warm here when we’ve not been in the cave”.

I asked Steve, who has spent the last 20 minutes trying to convince the others that it must be “beer o’ clock by now” (it’s not even 11:00am yet!):

“it’s been a blast getting the new songs recorded and then, over the last few weeks arranging them for live but I want to see how the new tracks hit the crowd. ‘Av it!”

If you want to see how these new songs sound then you only have to wait til Thursday April 7th when they hit The Four Kings in Dunstable (or Funstable as the Fuzztastic Four have re-christened it) and then, so that everyone gets a piece of fuzz ‘n’ roll, SUBSET are doing a gig for 13-17 year olds at Grove Corner on Sunday April 10th.

Keep you eyes on the listings as there will be more shows added now that they boys have tasted freedom…

… you have been warned

If you follow the lads on Facebook or Twitter or, better still actually bought shares, you will have already heard the incredible news.

If you still need help in understanding what the heck I am talking about – The sexiest, most gorgeous and generous SUBSETTERs have helped your favourite fuzzy four-piece raise the funds they needed to be able to record and produce their upcoming EP.

The guys have been completely blown away by the generosity of fans, family and friends since they started the campaign in October – just 4 months later the €4,000 has been raised.

They are not taking this lightly we hasten to add – they know that expectations will be high as over 300 SUBSETTERs have invested in this EP.

The boys are really excited about the news and here at SUBSET HQ we’d like to say a huge thank you on behalf of Jay, Rob, Rom and Steve – you have really made their weekend, month and possibly year

Although the tour has officially ended that doesn’t mean that the lads are getting much rest.

Tomorrow (Friday) sees, or rather hears, the Fuzztastic Four play live on air on the BBC Introducing show. You can hear them be interviewed, jam out a few songs and one of them will be racing around the studio on a kids tricycle in the famed ‘Band on a Bike’ slot.

You should be able to watch them in the BBC studio on Band Cam!

The following night is the moment you’ve all been waiting for.

Somewhere between 7pm and 10pm (we’ll know the exact slot on Saturday morning so be sure to check the Facebook update at Facebook.com/Subsetband) the guys will be vying for a place at the National Final held at the O2!

They boys still have a few tickets left (£7 instead of £9 or there’s a 3 for £18 deal) so you can be there at The Dome, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, London – just across from the tube station

If you can’t be there please text as many times as you can.

Just send: SOUTH 5199 to 64343

Let’s get this real, honest slab of fuzz rock through to gig at the O2!

It’s up to you now Subsetters!

See you at the bar.

This is just what the lads need on the day before facing the judges and crowds at tomorrow’s Surface Unsigned competition.

SUBSET have been chosen to be band of the month in the excellent rock, metal and alternative music online magazine – Room Thirteen.

The guys had already received a good review of Ambrosia by the Room Thirteen team but to be selected to be band of the month for August shows true love!

This all sits rather nicely with Ambrosia being single of the month in The Kaje not so long ago

Here’s a quick snippet of what Room Thirteen has to say:

I am sure the prime minister will be even happier to hear that Subset are a back to basics type of band, they play loud, hard and quite frankly, pretty damn well. There is real talent in this four piece and they don’t let you down with their live show either.

If you don’t fancy taking the well informed and impeccable taste of Mr Neil Richardson for granted – come on down and catch the boys live tomorrow at The Purple Turtle!

Click here for the full article.

That’s right people – the moment is almost upon us!

The boys set off on the second leg of their ‘You Will Never Make it Back Home’ tour and it starts with the semi-final round of the Surface Unsigned Competition.

It’s time that all you Subsetters made your voices heard as you chant and vote for your favourite Fuzz Rockers on Wednesday Aug 4th!

SUBSET will be putting everything they can into their performance at The Purple Turtle, Camden and will attack the stage at 8:30pm.

They know that this is where the competition starts to become even harder and they are up against bands that have been together for 4-5 years or more – are you going to be the one that makes a difference?

Every Subsetter in the audience will give the lads that little extra – as well as being worth 5 votes each!!

The guys know that not everyone can get to Camden on a Wednesday evening but realises that you’d still love to see them get to the Regional Showcase – there is a way my friends!

As you know already – you are able to text vote!!

It doesn’t matter if you’re at The Purple Turtle or not – text in SOUTH 5199 and send it to 64343 as many times as you can/want ;0,

You can get to The Purple Turtle via the Northern Line getting off at Mornington Crescent.

Euston station is only a few minutes away for those of you Subsetters travelling into London and there’s plenty of buses going by – the venue is behind Mornington Crescent Tube and Koko

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We look forward to seeing and hearing you there Subsetters – let’s send the guys all the way!

Subset are on their travels again and will be appearing at The Wheatsheaf in Dunstable – a home gig for Rob and Steve

They join Dutch Order again on the bill for this FREE GIG along with Right of Rebellion and Flexy Boys.

Dutch Order are are well liked by Subset and the BBC reviewed their Introducing…. show by saying:

Dutch Order’s performance entailed a fresh, individual showcase of everything that is modern rock. Tracks which they performed included that of ‘Working Girls’ and ‘New Patriots’. Heavy and dynamic tones were let out by ‘Jack and Jill’ but still suited their persona of incorporating a mix of rhythmic rock melodies. They are still in the process of making their music available online but their Facebook group has as much information about them and their sound you could possibly need! Overall it was a very commendable offering of a slice of tasty musical cake from the guys. Be sure to wait for more sweet treats from them.

Right Of Rebellion:
Old skool Punk! Vocals delivered with true grit this three peice could well find themselves with a cult following fast! Taking influence from GBH right through to NOFX Right of Rebellion will not be uncertain about what they want to say!

Gertrude:
Politics and social confusion have lead to this current line up of Gertrude…

Flexy Boys:
Never fail to deliver a high energy performance and with the added bonus of being slightly unhinged and ‘nirvana-esk’. The Flexy Boys will get the show off to a bang b- b- bang -go!

If you can get to Dunstable please come along as Subset have some celebrating to do – Check out the Facebook Event page here

Bring your best drinking trousers here:

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