Xfm new music champion John Kennedy loved YOU from the first time he heard their cracking debut single, In Halves.
He has become a true champion of the band – making them the X-posure big One, inviting them to play his club night in London, and to cap it all, he has just asked YOU to perform a live session on his Xfm show!
They didn’t let him down – it’s a cracking session – and the band even picked some tunes for John’s playlist live on the air!
YOU have gained two enormous and influential backers in one day in the shape of both the NME and Xfm‘s John Kennedy!
The bands’ heads must be spinning a bit – first they opened this week‘s NME Radar section to discover that they have been given primary billing of new artists to watch.
The NME loved YOU’s ‘baroque pop’, praised the band’s coiling arrangements and were won over by singer Anna’s ‘otherworldly coo.’
If that wasn’t enough, they then turned on Xfm to hear that new single In Halves has been selected by enormously-respected DJ John Kennedy as his X-Posure Big One – which means they’ll be played on his Xfm show every day this week!
John has been comprehensively won over by YOU, saying on his show, “I played it for the first time on Thursday. It’s been haunting me ever since…” and then tweeted, “Love the track! Playing it every single night this week!”
Whatever next? Well, maybe enviable coverage like this should be expected, having followed on from being tipped by other notable spotters of talent, Tom Robinson and Simon Raymonde.
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16th May – John Kennedy’s X-Posure @ Tooting Tram and Social
May 7th – The Bedroom Bar, Rivington Street, London
1-3 August – Kendal Calling Festival
IMPACT DATE: 19th May 2014
LABEL: MUK Records
They’re seemingly fully-formed; emerging suddenly with a pristine, spine-tingling song and a breathtaking video.
Where on earth have YOU come from?
And, with In Halves, the band is armed with a video to dazzle eyes, and a pristine, shiver-inducing song, pricked by singer Anna Waldmann’s pin-sharp voice.
So where on earth have YOU come from? Well, north London – but by the way of The Cocteau Twins, London Grammar, The XX and Daughter.
It’s a dazzling and confident first step for the North London band, whose early demos caught the keen ears of tastemakers Simon Raymonde and 6 Music’s Tom Robinson last year, before signing to Manchester’s MUK Records.
“One of the best debut singles I’ve heard in my time!” – Gary Crowley on In Halves
A beautiful, unique voice; a coiling, half-dream of a single; a video hinting at end times. What’s not to love?
Keep your eyes and ears open for YOU…
Who are YOU?
Anna Waldmann
Sam Campbell
Harrison Ball
Massimo Zeppetelli
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MUK Records
YOU live:
16th May – John Kennedy’s X-Posure @ Tooting Tram and Social
May 7th – The Bedroom Bar, Rivington Street, London
1-3 August – Kendal Calling Festival