The Wire - The Pussycat Song/ The Dream

There's a handful of white labels of this single which will be officially released in September. New act. New label. New sound. From a basement in Brixton comes a fresh look on sexy Indie dancefloor crossover with The Wire. Formed by guitarist Adj and frontman Tobias Ratcliffe earlier this year, they have produced this raucous piece of thumping guitar driven mesh with programmed beats mixed in with live drums – provided by ex Death In Vegas member Simon Hanson. All enveloped by Tobias’s incredibly soulful vocals and hooky choruses. After only a handful of shows including The Great Escape Festival in May and a myspace following they have quickly found fans from all over the South East. Tobias is a sight to herald on stage with his outlandish clothes and James Brown moves accompanied by a Mick Jagger strut all mixed together with a pinch of salt and a tongue in cheek. Sometimes shambolic, anarchic and chaotic yet always energetic, The Wire will never fail to mesmerise when your eyes and ears are upon them. Both originating from the Brighton area, they now live and work in Brixton London where they have a small studio set up and spend their days on writing, recording and producing this new project. They have also helped set up the new Brixton based label ‘Don’t Point Its Rude’ in order to unleash their fruition on the suspecting world. Early promos have been sent to key radio personnel who have all given the thumbs up to lead track ‘The Pussycat Song’, a fast paced assault on the dancefloor that puts the sex back into distorted guitar. The flip side shows their more soulful element with the eloquent ‘The Dream’. A Talking Heads meets Scissor Sisters fusion that again will make you jig.
The future heralds a follow up single in the new year with an album to follow. Live dates around relase of this single tbc very soon. For more info go to www.myspace.com/thewirenews

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