Norwich three-piece band All Mighty Whispers grew out of a two-man studio project called EX. The duo sold more than 1,000 albums via the internet and their fans included radio presenter Janice Long, who played their song, Iceman Chill, on her show. The track also made it onto BBC Five Live's and XFM's airwaves, and EX were offered recording and management contracts. But keen to keep control over their own material, and with a new sound evolving, EX became a trio and christened themselves All Mighty Whispers. Host of influences Together, the group's three members span a wide range of influences, with the results nailed down in their Norwich studio, with guitarist Alick Letort presiding over the controls. Alick learnt to play guitar while living France, and his time there helped to inform his Continental range of influences from French songwriters like Serge Gainsbourg, Jacques Dutronc and Alan Stivell to Germans outfits including Magma, Can and Kraftwerk. David Bowie and The Beatles have also played their part in Alick's musical input. Singer and lyricist Peter Hill cites some of his influences as Julian Cope, Nick Cave and Jim White and also draws on old Film Noir movies. The band's newest addition, drummer Steve Necchi, has had his songwriting style shaped by the '60s psychedelic and '70s new wave scenes as well as cult legends Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and Bill Hicks. Debut album With Steve on drums, the All Mighty Whispers went into a London studio last year with Polish producer Grzegorz Czachor to lay down an eclectic mix of songs from acoustic ballads to poppy guitar-driven tunes for their album, Love Revolution. This track was chosen as the album title following the response from radio stations to the promo copies - and was aptly released on Valentine's Day 2006. And it seems some of the All Mighty Whispers' album tracks are having the same effect on the industry's movers and shakers as the songs from the EX project. Mark Radcliffe has plucked a tune from the record for his BBC Radio 2 show, with BBC Radio Norfolk, Pulse Rated, Japan's Yellow Beat Radio and a number of US and Canadian college stations following suit. Aside from promoting the album, the band are now writing new material and rehearsing for a live show. |