It all starts this week Subsetters!

The lads kick-off their ‘You Will Never Make it Back Home’ tour this Friday by returning to the fabulous 93 Feet East on London’s Brick Lane.

They follow Raven beats Crow and Volitains on stage and will be warming the stage up for Lyrebirds and Zebedy Rays.

LYREBIRDS: After touring with The Maccabees and performing on grand stages including Brixton Academy, the Lyrebirds felt right at home with their ‘Post-Joy-Division-80’s-Raincoat-Pop’ sound; it’s plain to see that these guys are going places.
“Brighton’s Newest Stadium Heroes.. .. Big sound, big gigs, big friends. Next up, the big time.” Brighton Source

ZEBEDY RAYS: Hailing from Worcestershire, these guys are an intense new band, set to be unleashed on the UK indie scene. Their ‘Dirty guitar riffs’ and blazing stage presence is simply bursting at the seams, and having worked alongside the infamous Paul Tipler, known for his work with Idlewild, 80s Matchbox and Forward Russia, you are clearly in for a treat.
“BRILLIANT!!” Huw Stephens, BBC Radio 1

The tour (at the moment) is made up of 11 dates which have the boys dropping in on renowned venues such as Bedford Esquires, The Horn in St Albans and of course 93 Feet East. They even have a couple of outdoor festivals squeezed in there – The Love Music/Hate Racism bash in Luton and the Dunstable Music Festival.

There’s a very important gig on Wednesday 4th August – Subset are playing The Purple Turtle in Camden. This is the semi-final of the Surface Unsigned competition and if they get through this one they’ll score a place at the Regional Showcase – after that is the finals at the O2 Arena!!!

So it’s definitely time to show your support, just as many of you already have to get Subset this far! Grab a ticket from one of the fellas or click the PayPal button on the right and they’ll send you your ticket.

If you aren’t on the mailing list the dates are all noted for you on the map on the right.

Everyone at Subset HQ are looking forward to seeing you out on the road – many of these gigs will be filmed by Subset’s assigned stalker Pepa. Say hi and give her a Subsetter welcome

See you soon!

We hope that you’ve all made good use of the glorious weather this weekend. We managed to get a few hours drinking outside before hiding away in a studio to record some new ideas.

Hopefully the weather will continue to behave itself as we have not one, not two – but three shows for you this week!

The weekend will kick off on Thursday when we hit the i-Bar in Whetstone. This place has a decent stage, a great PA and great soundguys so we should sound even better than usual

The next day, the one everyone works towards: Friday – we’re on stage at the Nag’s Head in High Wycombe. This a new one for us but it has some great history. This place has seen everyone from John Lee Hooker and Howlin Wolf to The Who and The Sex Pistols play on their stage. If you can make it we’d love to see some familiar faces

Finally we’re with the MMG Hi-Jack team at The Peacock in St. Albans. It’s free to get in, it’s a Saturday and there’s The Aribitors and Friends of the Family joining us on the line up. To us this sounds like a recipe for a decent Saturday evening

Here’s how to get there and stuff

i-Bar
1277 High Road
Whetstone

i-Bar: FaceBook event page – click here

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The Nag’s Head
63 London Road
High Wycombe

Nags Head Facebook event page – click here

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The Peacock
13 Hatfield Road
St Albans

Peacock Facebook event page – click here

Don’t let the pic below confuse you – it’s been called the Peacock, then O’Neills Bar and then back to the Peacock again apparently

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We’re all looking forward to seeing you at some point this weekend

Jay and the lads

The guys are really excited about getting that Friday feeling this week.

Not only are they going to be playing at The Horn again for a cider sponsored showcase but before they soundcheck they’ll be over at Radio Verulam being interviewed by Chris Saunders for his live alternative slot (6:30-7pm).

Fri 12th Feb GAYMER’S FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE 8pm-2am £5

Gaymers proudly presents its Second ‘Friday Night Live’ at The Horn. Gaymers are dedicated to helping new artists fulfil their potential. Tonight they showcase the best Rock bands from the Saint Albans area.

Freerun: With a semi final slot in the 2012 Olympic Talent Serch and a tour including playing at the 02 arena to over 5,000 people this is not to be missed. An amazing band with a new linie up sounding as fresh as all the indie bands out there.

Brigante: Briganté aren’t trying to be anything other then what they are… Indie rock and roll with lashings of funk rock combined to make music that oozes confidence, self-control and energy that would make even the most hardened music critic sit up.

Subset: Their live act has been described by BBC Introducing as “delivering what a band with such a notorious stage attitude should do” and as “tearing the stage apart” by the Majick Music Group.

REV 78: Rev78’s music is a collision between dark, clashing soundscapes, and bright, catchy melodies which seep like honey through a toxic sea. Think The Killers playing hooky three-minute versions of Godspeed You Black Emperor tracks and you’re halfway there; somewhere in that swirling maelstrom is the chemistry needed for rock ‘n roll greatness.

Here’s a link for the Facebook Event page

And here’s where you need to be:

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Subset are out and about again this week with three gigs: The University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield and then The Peacock and The Horn in St. Albans.

Subset love their Uni gigs and this being their first at the University of Hertforshire should be worth seeing.

The Peacock, St. Albans is actually a Battle of the Bands event but the lads have been invited to headline the night as special guests

Then, finally for this week, they finish at one of their favourite venues, The Horn Reborn.

They’ve played The Horn a couple of times and always look forward to returning. They have a date with Chris Saunders of Radio Verulum before the gig.

Another busy week but this is only to be expected these days.

Catch them soon at a venue near you – if they’re not coming to a venue nearby why not put them in touch with the place you reckon that they should play. It could be that simple

Ok then – here’s the when and where’s:

University of Hertfordshire – Tuesday 9th Feb

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The Peacock – Thursday 11th Feb

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The Horn – Friday 12th Feb

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