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Local
heroes Agent Blue, of the "baggy-punk" revolution, are out
in the full glare of rock-biz publicity after a steady build-up of
secret gigs and exclusive appearances...
Now the single's out and so are they ... |
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STEVE
LAMACQ HAS PLAYED THE SINGLE ON RADIO ONE SEVERAL TIMES
COOL LONDON INDIE/ALTERNATIVE STATION XFM HAS PLAYLISTED IT
THE VIDEO OF SNOWHILL HAS BEEN PLAYED ON JAPANESE TELEVISION
ON ITS UK MUSIC PROG ‘’THE BEAT’’
‘’GLOWING’’ - NME LIVE REVIEW OF THE DEBUT LONDON GIG
FIERCE PANDA RECORDS ALSO RELEASED DEBUT SINGLES BY
COLDPLAY. IDLEWILD, PLACEBO, EMBRACE,
SUPERGRASS, HUNDRED REASONS
SNOWHILL VIDEO ON MTV LIST
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The new
release by Agent Blue is now out and released.
"Snow Hill" on Fierce Panda has received much quiet praise - especially
from the likes of Lamacq and NME.
A secret history of colours
 Nick
Andrews (vocals pictured right), Mat Jones (drums), Callum
Murphy (bass), Mark Taylor (guitar), and Josh Hill (guitar) are described
by their publicity as a "blur of unsettled hairstyles".
And have acquired (not their fault they say) an odd pigeon-hole as
first of the baggy punks.
Their first show was at the Dublin Castle, late last year, under the
name Captain Scarlet.
And the present single-publicising tour (April 2003) takes in London,
Northampton, Liverpool, Sugarmill Hanley (16th), Manchester and Wolverhampton
Little Civic (23rd).
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Review by anonymous insider
Jon took the 3-CD single along to "one of my mates in the music business"
and a day later the said so-called expert came up with these comments
and gems:
... "Agent Blue.
Name makes you think of a lot of things - from Agent Orange and REM
to secret agents with mellower, bluer missions impossible.
The single Snow Hill (as well as being the name of a street
in a run-down district of Stoke) is reminiscent of Ned's AD, Manics,
even a little Bush and a bit of the punks' punks The Ruts.
They obviously know their music of the last 20 years, American and
British, and they show their influences in this 3-track CD.
But what's good is that they throw them up in the air and turn them
over and produce a distillation of all those sounds - which is their
own big but punky, fresh but proficient sound.
They're clearly good musicians with an incredibly confident and professional
attack, even if it's been recorded in a small studio.
Get'm on MTV. America could love them." ...
Yeah. We think that's a rave review.
Spend money
Anyway the boyz are doing good, and are doing a well-proper tour just
to show they mean business.
Buy your tickets now for their Hanley (home) or Wolverhampton (very
nearly home) gigs. We predict sell-outs.
PS - cheers to marg_PerAnom for use of the (colour) photo
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