| FIFTY NINE VIOLETS are not your usual run of the mill kinda band, they have lyrics from a psychotic civilized society, soundbites, snap shots, and images of the times we know and live in. The muscle behind the brains comes in the form of a rhythm section so real it comes across as sensual and even downright musky. Sometimes hard to pin down but impossible to lose, it moves kinetically under killer guitar riffs.
Tunes of understated power take on the darker side of humanity while tumbling into its maw, this is a band more concerned with sharing their understanding of the world than being bought up, groomed and sold by the pound. Today an artist is expected to market him/herself as a commodity to be generally recognised but what do most bands stand for?
Fifty Nine Violets stand for love, tolerance, loud guitars, raw emotion, dynamic control and passion. Think the Who fighting it out with the Booker T, The Only Ones taking a kick up the arse from Bootsy Collins, or The Sweet having a love-in with Nine Inch Nails. They stand for integrity, honesty and a different kind of love song.
Their album 'Prime Numbers' is available at gigs now. The opening track 'Yeah Yeah Yeah' has been played on Radio One's Lamacq Live. Their 2 years together have also seen them release 2 EP’s on their own imprint, as well as constant national gigging. They have had several electric and acoustic sessions on various regional radio stations. The band have earned gigs with Kasabian, the Paddingtons, Nine Black Alps, 10,000 Things, Mystery Jets, Thee Unstrung, the Mardous, the Levellers, the Ludes, Crash Convention and the 5,6,7,8’s. One recent gig with the Paddingtons was broadcast live by the BBC on radios Leeds/York/Sheffield/Humberside. February 2005 saw the band grace the cover of Hull Sandman magazine.
"Cracking demos!" Steve Lamacq, Radio One
“…Beatlesque melodies and lo-fi instrumentation. There is something about FIFTY NINE VIOLETS we like…” Radio One Extra
“…The best outside broadcast we’ve done” Katy Noone Producer BBC Humberside / Leeds / York / Sheffield
“…suitably snotty and kicking arse nicely, pass the puff and know that this is really worth hunting down.” Unpeeled Zine
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