Thanking Off 2010
December 28th, 2010
Ice, Sea, Dead People toured twice this year, reclaimed one of their founding-members from the United States, co-released an album with Lost Toys Records, wrote lots of new stuff that you’ll be able to hear next year and, most notably in this news entry, developed a united, democratic voice.
Ice, Sea, Dead People would like to thank the following who helped them this year:
Ash Pocock & Undress to Win Press, Andy Holden, Lost Toys, Daniel Moss, Paul Cox, Tom Robinson, Ash Dosanjh, Shelby Cinca, Gideon Coe, Tom Whalley, everyone at Wysing Art Centre, Everyone to the Anderson, Guy Henderson, Klaus Märtens, Craig at Cargo Records, Yuri Landman plus everyone who bought our stuff, put us on, put us up, played us out and helped us fuck shit up. Let’s do it again, but louder…
P.S. If we missed you out then buy our album for a more comprehensive thank you list.
Audioscope this weekend
November 17th, 2010
We’re playing Audioscope in Oxford this weekend with a bunch of other really good bands. Audioscope have put on some amazine line-ups in the past so we’re really pleased to be invited to play this year’s event.
More info & tickets: audioscope.co.uk
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‘Teeth Union’ reviews so far…
November 2nd, 2010
You may have seen us in the press recently, we’ve been lucky to get some column inches for ‘Teeth Union’ from the NME, Rock-Sound, Loud & Quiet, etc. as well as hitting the radiowaves. Check it out:
Online press:
“This album works as an explanation of exactly why this tense, chaotic guitar attack is always so much fun, no matter how much it hurts. It makes a hero of every kid who can turn their guitar up too loud.”
The Quietus
“Theirs is music for audiences ready to embrace tinnitus. Theirs is a racket that attracts plaudits full of adjectives like “angular”, “abrasive” and “artsy”. Which is, obviously, a brilliant thing; a messy, sketchy, scrambled puzzle of pirouetting riffs and clattering percussion, with vocals atop like rotten cherries, sticky-sweet to the touch but sure to leave a bad taste in the mouth and a pain in the guts.”
BBC
“Ice, Sea, Dead People are clearly not fans of the predictable or safe.There’s enough energy in these pre-packaged twenty-five minutes to power a small country for a year. It makes me want to throw myself across rooms and jump and jerk along with the angular, disjointed noise pouring through my speakers.”
The Line of Best Fit
“An accomplished debut album in a genre that can be very hard to ‘crack.’”
This is Fake DIY
“Keepin’ it punk, energetic and spontaneous in all areas.”
Buddyhead
“Teeth Union’s nine feedback-laden bony punk compositions played too hard and too loud with practically unintelligible lyrics are seriously pleasing things; think White Light/White Heat if it had been recorded in the 21st century by irritated art-schoolers with a budget.”
The Skinny
“Almost plumbing No Wave depths of deconstruction at times, the band’s scathing post-hardcore racket reveals an obsession with smashing both rhythmic conventions and listener expectations.”
Alternative Ulster
John Peel Day
September 27th, 2010
From The Line of Best Fit:
“This year’s John Peel Day celebrations in London are taking place on Saturday the 9th of October at Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes (in the basement of the Tavistock Hotel). With an awe inspiring collection of over thirty bands and DJ’s lining up to help celebrate John’s life and legacy. Whether it’s some of John’s favourites like Bearsuit , an acoustic set from Miss Black America or some new faces like Superman Revenge Squad, Nedry or Ice, Sea, Dead People – that you know he would have loved – there’s plenty there for everyone.
The event is hoping to raise £2500 for the DEC charity, so come along and have a great time whilst supporting a worthy cause. For more details click here.”
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BBC 6 Music interview with Tom Robinson
September 24th, 2010
We were lucky to be invited to the 6 Music studio for an interview with the ever supportive Tom Robinson, check it out on the BBC iPlayer here from 35 minutes in: http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/ttswf/?t=35m – we managed to take up 10 minutes of airtime!
EDIT: You can now listen to the interview here:
